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08. Performing & Visual Arts Research Collection

 Collecting Area
Identifier: 08

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas V. Robinson Gallery Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-021
Dates: 1973-2010; Majority of material found within 1990-2001
Scope and Contents The collection contains approximately 45 linear feet of records documenting the Thomas V. Robinson Gallery, the Robinson Galleries, and also contains records documenting Mr. Robinson’s career as a art dealer. The dates range from approximately 1973-2010, with most materials dated 1990-2001. Materials include business records, correspondence, catalogs, invitations, exhibit documentation, etc.This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this...

Alvin Romansky Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1968-001
Dates: 1907-1994
Scope and Contents The Alvin Romansky Papers include photographs, correspondence, documents, printed materials, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia related to the life and civic pursuits of Alvin Romansky, his father Joseph Romansky, and his uncle Thomas Flaxman. The bulk of the material (principally that related to Alvin Romansky) dates from the 1950s, but a significant amount of material related to Thomas Flaxman dates from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first...

Janice Rubin Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-019
Dates: 1976-2012
Scope and Contents

This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this collection or to request access, contact curator Christian Kelleher (cdkelleher@uh.edu).

Vagram Saradjian Papers

 Collection — Drawer AA.2
Identifier: 2020-010
Dates: 1970s-2019
Scope and Contents Approximately 7 linear feet of archival records dating from the 1970s-2019, documenting Vagram Saradjian’s career as a violinist and professor at the Moore’s School of Music. The bulk of the collection is collection annotated music, but the collection also includes, photos, fliers, programs, newspapers, magazines, posters, correspondence, memos, tenure portfolios, and CVs.This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this collection or to request...

Beth Secor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-011
Dates: 1956-2015
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two boxes, with items from as early as 1956, though the bulk of the collection is from 1976 to 2015. Included in this collection are correspondence, flyers, posters, booklets, newspaper clippings and copies regarding art exhibits, art zines, and slides of paintings. There are also various short pieces of literature, some of which are untitled and have no author or date listed. In addition to personal correspondence and post cards, there is also a substantial...

Abbey Simon Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-008
Dates: approximately late 1940s-2013; Majority of material found within 1960s-1990s
Scope and Contents This collection documents Abbey Simon’s career as a concert pianist but also contains a smaller amount of material related to his role as a professor in the Moore’s School of Music at the University of Houston. Materials in the collection date from the late 1940s through approximately 2013, with a bulk of the materials from the 1960s-1990s. Most of the materials in the collection are programs from throughout Simon's career, but the collection also contains correspondence, contracts, audio...

Al Souza Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-014
Dates: approximately 1960-2020
Scope and Contents

Artist's files, catalogs, and other materials documenting the career of artist Al Souza.

Earl V. Staley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-005
Dates: 1930s-2018; Majority of material found within 1970s-2018
Content Description

This collection contains materials documenting Staley’s artistic production, including sketch books, exhibit catalogues and other exhibit documentation, clippings, and photographs. It also includes family photographs, and a custom pair of cowboy boots made for Mr. Staley in Mexico.

This collection is not yet fully processed but may be available for research. Please contact collection curator Christian Kelleher at cdkelleher@uh.edu for more information.

Karen Stokes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-028
Dates: 1972-2017; Majority of material found within 1980-2009
Content Description The Karen Stokes Papers documents her research, achievements, promotions, course programming, correspondence, grants, and hand-written notes that covers Stokes career in academia and her personal projects including the Travesty Dance Group. The collection includes the Choreography in Action Distance Education course project and DVD’s from 2002, and also include photographs, newspaper clippings, event programs, and notes dated from 1972-2017. Collection provided by Karen Stokes, Director of...

Tatiana Semenova Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-008
Dates: 1920-1996
Scope and Contents

The Tatiana Semenova papers consist of seven boxes of personal material dating from 1933 to 1997. It documents Madame Semenova's early dancing career with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and her later teaching career in Baton Rouge and Houston. There are five series in this collection: Scrapbooks, Photographs, Personal, Programs, and Realia. The collection was received in no particular order. The processor has imposed the arrangement.

Texas Foundation for the Arts Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-007
Dates: 1992-2012
Content Description Documentaries in the collection include: Building Bridges of Understanding: Asia Society Texas Center Galveston Island Houston Arts Television The Art of Architecture: Houston 1910 Harris County CourthouseAll of the films in the collection were first broadcast on Houston Public Media/Houston PBS Ch. 8, and then distributed to all PBS stations in Texas and often to educational outlets, including area school districts, for classroom use. Also included...

Third Ward TX Documentary Film Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-004
Dates: 1995-2007
Scope and Contents This collection contains the final documentary and the audiovisual materials for the documentaryThird Ward TX, including tapes on Project Row Houses, their programs, and artists. Some of the tapes are originals but most of the tapes are clones. The collection also includes photographs, photo slides, publications, Project Row Houses publications, and news clippings.This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this collection or to request access,...

Toby Topek Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-020
Dates: 1952-2000
Scope and Contents

This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this collection or to request access, contact curator Christian Kelleher at cdkelleher@uh.edu.

Vikki Trammell and Ben Russell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-010
Dates: 1961-2010
Scope and Contents

10 linear feet of files and documents on: Artist Bookworks, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Clark Read Civil Rights Foundation, Martin Luther King Community Center, Houston Council on Human Relations, Art through the Years and Let Freedom Ring, Meetings/Committee Work/Minutes, Political and Community Organizations.