Marton family collection of United States and international performance programs M1801
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2016
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Preferred Citation
[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.
Conditions Governing Use
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
box 1, folders 1-3
Boston, Berkshires, Yale: Theater, dance, and symphony performances.
circa 1980s-2000s
box 2
California: LA and SF theater and dance programs.
circa 1960s-2000s
box 1, folders 4-5
Canada: Theater and Toronto Festival of Storytelling
circa 1960s-1990s
box 3, folders 1-3, box 11, folder 2
Chicago: Theater and dance
circa 1950s-2000s
box 10, folders 1-2, box 11, folder 1
Film: Catalogs and press packet from Sorrento, Cannes, Belgium
1960s
box 11, folders 3-4, box 4
Japan: Performance programs; writing and photographs on Japanese theater by Patricia Marton
1975
box 11, folders 5-7, box 8, folders 1-4, boxes 5-7, box 11, folders 5-6
London: Theater; dance; music; opera
circa 1950s-2000s
box 3, folders 4-7
Midwest: Performance programs from IL; IA; MN; MO
circa 1950s-2000s
box 11, folder 8, box 1, folders 6-7, box 9
New York: Theater; dance; music; opera; and ice skating
circa 1950s-2000s
box 8, folder 5
Norway & Sweden: Theater and dance
1990s
box 10, folder 3
Productions with participation by Patricia Marton
box 10, folders 4-5
Puppetry: The Puppet Theatre of Japan, A.C. Scott; The Magic World of Hand Puppets, Marion Fischer; The Puppetry Journal
1960s-1970s
Box 12, Folder 1-2
Theater programs: musicals
circa 1950-2015
Box 12, Folder 3
Theater playbills
circa 1953-1958
Box 12, Folder 4
Programs: dance
circa 1959-1991
Box 12, Folder 5
Programs: opera and symphony
circa 1952-2014
Box 12, Folder 6
Royal Parish Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields: Vivien Leigh, 1967
1967
Box 12, Folder 6
Radio City Music Hall, 1963, 2000
Box 12, Folder 7
Programs - Easter, in Swedish
Box 12, Folder 8
Performing Arts guides and season guides
Box 12, Folder 9
Wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones souvenir programme
1960-05-06
Box 12, Folder 10
Ephemera relating to Patricia Marton's plays and performances, certificate from National Piano Playing Auditions; thank you
card
Box 12, Folder 10
Ephemera relating to Patricia Marton's plays and performances, certificate from National Piano Playing Auditions; thank you
card; Harmony HOuse and Museum of Repertoire Americana flyers
Box 12, Folder 11
Patricia Marton's writings about theater
half-box 13, Folder 1-3
United States and London: souvenir programs of musicals, circa 1949-1963, many with autographs
half-box 13, Folder 4
Nidaros Cathedral Choir, 1994 - program
half-box 13, Folder 5
Sheet music from musicals
half-box 13, Folder 6
British Film Academy Awards 1966 - program
half-box 13, Folder 7
Central School of Speech and Drama - promotional package
flat-box 14, Folder 1
Ten photographs of Japanese masks, many taken by Patricia Marton
flat-box 14, Folder 1
Photographs including Tokyo Kid Brothers and a Japanese theater production
flat-box 14
Newspaper articles including production of Showboat in Chicago in 1996
