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Box 75
Correspondence with Secretary of the University
The Arthur Bigelow Papers contain correspondence regarding the renovation of the carillon in Cleveland Tower, as well as its maintenance and concerts thereafter. The papers also contain Bigelow's correspondence concerning a new bell for Nassau Hall in 1949 and the subsequent replacement of stolen clappers. Also included are Bigelow's professional appointments at Princeton, his correspondence with other carilloneurs, photographs of the carillon and tower, papers from the Department of Engineering Graphics, where Bigelow was an Associate Professor, and Bigelow's notes from Geology courses he took in the early 1960s.
Series 1: Chronological Series, 1928-1992
30 boxes
4 items
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This series includes correspondence, memoranda, promotional material, and production files. The documents cover not only dramatic performances, but film, dance, and music as well.
Subseries 2B: Additional Productional Materials and Oversize Materials contains scripts, scores, set and costume designs, building sketches, and a small amount of miscellaneous materials that are mostly correspondence, but also a 1969-1970 company/staff list. Oversize materials include an undated seating chart. Additional production materials may be found in Series 9A: Hugh Hardy Set Designs.
Series 2: Production Files, 1931-1981
46 boxes
1 folder
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Series 2: Production Files, 1931-1981 contains a variety of production materials, including scripts, programs, photographs, and designs relating to specific McCarter productions. Additional production files may be found in Series 1: Chronological Series, 1928-1992, and in Series 3C: Arthur Lithgow Files, 1970-1972, which contains annotated production scripts.
The Financial Material Series includes correspondence, reports, box office statements, cancelled checks, and ledgers.
Series 3: Administrative Files, 1931-1981
32 boxes
2 items
Series 3 consists of three subseries: Financial Materials, 1931-1981; Reports, 1950-1969; and Arthur Lithgow Files, 1970-1972.
General, 1922-1958
1 box
Box 114
Including photo of John Grier Hibben at the opening of the theater, 1930
Subseries 4C consists of miscellaneous clippings from Princeton-area newspapers about McCarter Theatre and performances. Later clippings were collected under the direction of the former Theater Collection Curator at Firestone Library in the 1990s.
Series 4: Clippings and Scrapbooks contains scrapbooks in bindera or classical scrapbook format as well as loose clippings of press coverage about McCarter Theatre, including advertisements.
This subseries contains items that were created to publicize and/or advertise McCarter Theatre and its productions, including playbills, flyers, prints, calendars, and similar materials. The loose items, kept in folders, were added from different resources.
Series 5: Publicity Materials and Publications, 1933-2007
46 boxes
1 folder
Series 5: Publicity Materials and Publications, 1933-2007 includes outgoing publicity materials. To help date individual materials (which often contain performance dates without years) performances may be dated by seaching the local newspaper Town Topics, part of which is digitally available on the Internet Archive.
Subseries 6A: Buildings, People and Publicity, 1929-1990
5 boxes
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Subseries 6A contains miscellaenous publicity photos including buildings and people.
Subseries 6B includes photos of productions and performances.
Series 6: Photographs, 1929-1990
33 boxes
1 folder
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Subseries 6: Photographs, 1929-1990 consists of photographs and slides, including buildings, people, rehearsals, and performances.
Box 164
Subseries 8: Artifacts, 1930-1974 contains a swatch of the original McCarter Theatre curtain, a button from May 1963, printing plates for "French Love Poetry Through The Ages", and three silver New Jersey Drama Critics Awards from 1974.
Series 9 consists of donations by four donors, including an 1924 elevation design, set designs, and programs.
