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Performing arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chocolate Bayou Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-026
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Chocolate Bayou Theater Collection
Dates: 1979-1987
Scope and Contents

The Chocolate Bayou Theater Company Collection consists of 3 boxes of materials dating from 1979-1988. The collection is divided into two series: Administrative Papers and Productions.

Houston Business Journal Collection of "Houston Heritage" Articles

 Collection
Identifier: 2026-007
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Houston Business Journal Collection of "Houston Heritage" Articles
Dates: 1991-2011
Scope and Contents This collection contains clippings of "Houston Heritage" articles from the Houston Business Journal, a weekly publication that covers local business news across the Greater Houston region. "Houston Heritage" was a weekly column that featured biographical and historical profiles on a wide range of individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other topics concerning Houston and Texas as a whole. The articles were written primarily by Houston historian Betty Trapp Chapman, as well as...

Jose Quintero Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-009
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Jose Quintero Papers
Dates: 1949-1998
Scope and Contents The Jose Quintero Papers consist largely of materials related to Quintero's directing and teaching, supplemented by professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts, and other theater memorabilia. The papers are arranged in five series: Theater Papers, 1950-1996 (6 boxes), Correspondence, 1949-1999 (2 boxes), Works, (1 box), Career (1 box), and Posters.The papers arrived at University of Houston Special Collections directly from Jose Quintero and Nicholas Tsacrios. They were...

Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-004
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers
Dates: 1923-1980
Scope and Contents

The Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers document Nina Vance's career developing and directing the Alley Theatre and also contains personal items from her life. The collection is divided into three series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, and Alley Theatre Papers. The collection includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, programs, sound recordings, clippings, speeches, scrapbooks, date books, and miscellaneous items such as receipts and ephemera.

Robert Weinberger Theatre Playbills Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-001
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Robert Weinberger Theatre Playbills Collection
Dates: 1947-2001
Scope and Contents

The collection contains drama, dance, opera, and symphony programs from performances given in North America and Europe. The programs are arranged chronologically from 1947 to 2001 and are housed in sixty-three binders. Ticket stubs and review clippings are attached to most of the programs with a few bearing autographs.