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Marton family collection of United States and international performance programs
M1801
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Marton family collection of United States and international performance programs
Identifier/Call Number: M1801
Physical Description:
7.71 Linear Feet
(12 manuscript boxes, 1 half box, 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1950-2015
Language of Material: Primarily in English with some material in other languages.
Box 1: Canada; New England; New York -- Box 2: California: mainly Los Angeles; some San Francisco -- Box 3: Chicago and other
Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri) -- Box 4: Japan, 1975, programs, articles by Patricia Marton on Japanese and
European theater and film, clippings on Japanese theater and other arts -- Boxes 5-7: London -- Box 8: London, Norway and
Sweden, 1990's -- Box 9: New York -- Box 10: Film, productions with participation by Patricia Marton, The Puppet Theater of
Japan by A.C. Scott, The Magic World of Hand Puppets by Marion Fischer, The Puppetry Journal, 1961, 1973, 1974 -- Box 11 [oversize
materials]: Cannes Film Festival program, 1968; Chicago, Phil Silvers in Top Banana, circa 1950-1959; Japan, notes and photographs
from Akira Wakabayashi Bunraku production, 1975; London, ballet, opera, and theater programs; Central School of Speech and
Drama information packet, circa 1990-1999; Broadway production programs; New York, Broadway, ice skating, and Radio City programs,
circa 1960-2000. Boxes 12-14: Programs, ephemera, photographs and clippings.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a Gift of the Marton Family of Bloomington, Illinois to Stanford University, Special Collections in 2010.
[identification of item], Marton family collection of United States and international performance programs (M1801). Dept.
of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Concert programs
Dance -- History
puppet theater -- History
Theater -- History
Theater programs