- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Pleasant, Richard, 1909-1961
- Title:
- Richard Pleasant Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9019s251c
- Dates:
- 1930-1970 (mostly 1940-1960)
- Size:
- 12 boxes and 5.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1-12
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, press releases, newspapers, clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to Richard Pleasant, a founder of the Ballet Theatre.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, press releases, newspapers, clippings, and miscellaneous material related to Pleasant (Princeton Class of 1932).
- Arrangement
Arranged in this order: Richard Pleasant, Bennett and Pleasant, American Theatre Wing, "Italy at Work" (Brooklyn Museum Exhibit), Laszlo Halasz, Aleksander Kobzdez, McCarter Theatre, miscellaneous material, scrapbooks of press releases, reviews, diaries, correspondence, and photographs.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Pleasant, Richard, 1909-1961
Richard Pleasant, a member of the Princeton Class of 1932, was a founder of the Ballet Theatre, co-manager with Isadora Bennett of the McCarter Theatre, and press agent with Bennett for people and organizations in the arts, such as the Polish painter Alexander Kobzdej and the founder-director of the New Yorx City Opera Co., Laszlo Halasz.
Collection History
- Processing Information
Folder inventory prepared by Fadzilah Yahaya GS in 2011.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Richard Pleasant Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9019s251c
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1-12
