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Loie Fuller cabinet card photograph and dance program .01 Linear Feet 2 items

Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928
Cabinet card photograph of the dancer Loie Fuller, taken circa mid-1890s, and one-sided program from a dance performance by Fuller's dance troupe at the Union Interalliée club in Paris on July 8, 1924, written in French.
  1. George Mason University

Mary Lavigne programs collection 2 Linear Feet 4 boxes

Lavigne, Mary
A collection of opera, ballet, concert, art exhibition, and theatrical programs for performances and events in New York City, Richmond, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and various international locations attended by Mary Lavigne.
  1. George Mason University

Mildred Davenport dance ephemera collection .01 Linear Feet 4 items

Davenport, Mildred, 1900-1990
Content warning: outdated racial language to describe African Americans. Three programs and one pamphlet documenting the dance career of African American dancer Mildred Davenport, 1936 - 1940.
  1. George Mason University

North American 19th century theatre broadside collection 2 Linear Feet 1 box

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
This collection contains around 100 theatre broadsides from the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly all of the broadsides were published in Boston, advertising theatre, opera, and lighter fare in various Boston venues.
  1. George Mason University

Northern Virginia Music Center at Reston collection 3.5 Linear Feet 9 boxes

Meir, Robert C.
The Northern Virginia Music Center at Reston collection contains correspondence, articles, photographs, and 56 audiotape reels related to music center. Photographs include both images of performances as well as publicity shots of the musicians.
  1. George Mason University

Porgy and Bess poster collection 84 posters; poster mock-ups and artwork

George Mason University. Special Collections Research Center.
Content warning: Racist imagery. This collection contains posters promoting the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA)-sponsored production of the Gershwin opera "Porgy and Bess" as it toured various countries - mostly European - during the mid-1950s. It also contains poster mock-ups and artwork related to the production.
  1. George Mason University

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