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ARTS. Arts in Louisville

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Identifier: ARTS
Collections relating to the fine and performing arts in Louisville

Found in 81 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Van Leshout's "Louisvillians and Their Hobbies"

 Collection — Box Bound Volumes Box 1
Identifier: 1998_115-UA
Content Description

This is a collection of loose-leaf black and white caricatures of prominent businessmen of Louisville, Kentucky, by Van Leshout, a Louisville artist and illustrator.

Dates: 1926

American Association of University Women arts project survey report (Louisville) and related materials

 Collection — Box Small Collections Box 3
Identifier: 2014_043-UA
Content Description Typescript of the American Association of University Women's Arts Project Survey report for Louisville and the report of the chairman of the AAUW Arts Committee on the community arts survey. The survey report details the state of the arts in Louisville, providing information on general community attitudes, traditions, and participation in the arts as well arts institutions such as the "Little Symphony," and amateur writers groups. "The Seven Arts" as practiced in Louisville are described in...
Dates: 1938

Art Center Association of Louisville historical materials

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2014_056-UA
Content Description

Materials collected by Madeline Covi, Dorothy Hodapp and Charlotte Price to write a history of the Art Center Association. The history was published in 1984.

Dates: 1935-1970

Association of the Louisville Orchestra

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014_172-UA
Dates: 1951-2014; Majority of material found within 1984-2014

Belknap Theater Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1976_083-UA
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials from the Theatre Arts and Speech Department chronicling the activities of the Belknap Theater. The collection dates from 1916 to 1975 and includes programs/playbills, newspaper clippings, scene photos, and photos of people (headshots). Office records from the Belknap Theater Playhouse office dating from the 1950s to the 1970s are also included.

Dates: circa 1920-circa 1972

Leonard Brecher Louisville theater history collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1982_072-UA
Summary The Leonard C. Brecher Collection contains business and financial records as well as programs for the theatre programs at the University of Louisville; University Players, The Little Theatre Company (LTC), and Belknap Theatre ranging from the 1940s to the 1970s. This includes the merger between companies over time. Information regarding the Macauley Theatre is also included. Playbills/Programs and scripts from various theatres across the country are also in the collection, along with a small...
Dates: 1870s-1976

Bessie Hand Browning musical Louisville performance programs and reviews collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1998_073-UA
Scope and Contents This miscellaneous group of programs from, and reviews of, musical performances dating from 1920 through 1934, belonged to Bessie Hand Browning. The collection contains programs from the Brown Theatre, the Louisville Municipal Auditorium, and other theaters, schools, and churches in Louisville, representing mainly events sponsored by the Community Concert Association, the Civic Arts Association, and the Wednesday Morning Club. Included in a few of the programs are sketches portraying the...
Dates: 1920-1934

Margaret Buckwalter collection of Hubbard materials

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2005_104-UA
Content Description

This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, small prints, photographs, and other materials related to Anna and Harlan Hubbard, collected by Helen Van Ess and Margaret Buckwalter.

Dates: 1926-2003; Majority of material found within 1966-1986

Chamber Music Society of Louisville records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1999_037-UA
Scope and Contents

These records date from 1955 to 1987, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1963 to 1968. In this.5 linear foot collection are minutes and financial reports, ticket sales ledger book and lists, correspondence, programs, and printed material.

Dates: 1955-1987; Majority of material found within 1963-1968

Claude and Flo Caddell collection of Harlan and Anna Hubbard materials

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2017_044