Contact Info
Archive, Manuscript & Rare Book collections are accessed in Olin Library at the Special Collections reading room.
HOURS: Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00 by appointment
LOCATION: Olin Library, 1st floor, Danforth Campus
REQUESTS / APPOINTMENTS: 314-935-5495 spec@wumail.wustl.edu
*collections stored offsite require advance notice for retrieval and use
Questions about a specific topic? Contact:
University Archives: Sonya Rooney
Rare Books: Cassie Brand
Manuscript: Joel Minor
Local History: Miranda Rectenwald
Dowd Illustration Research Archive: interim curator
Film & Media Archive: Andy Uhrich
Finding Aids by Subject: Performing Arts
Materials listed in the guides below can be accessed at the Department of Special Collections in Olin Library:
Alumni
- Morris Carnovsky Papers
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- John Ezell Collection
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- Robert Andrew Parker Collection
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- Vincent Piacentini Papers
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- Arthur Proetz Papers
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- Mary Wickes Papers
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Faculty
- William G.B. Carson Papers (University Archives)
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- William G. B. Carson Papers (Manuscripts)
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Photographs and Other Collections
- Black Film Promotional Material Collection
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- WU Photographic Services Collection – Departments & Schools
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Playwrights
Student Groups
- Martha Graham Collection
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- Quadrangle Club
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- Thyrsus Collection
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Theater and Performing Arts History
Related Resource Guides
Digital Exhibits
From other Archives
- Harvard Theatre CollectionInventory of items located in Cambridge, MA
- New York Public Library Theatre Collection - ONLINETens of thousands of photographs of actors and actresses, in character and as themselves, from the 19th century to recent years.
- Theatre Productions and Players - ONLINEVandamm Studio Photographs - The thousands of items in this digital presentation are a sampling of an archive of more than 75,000 images of theatrical personalities and productions.
- Dance in Photographs and Prints - ONLINEScores of dance photographs feature specific dancers, and range from publicity stills to professional photographers' vintage prints.