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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Henry Goodman collection of theater playbills
Creator:
Goodman, Henry
source:
Goodman, Henry
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2286
Physical Description:
8 linear feet
(1 small flat box, 4 flat boxes, and 3 oversized flat boxes)
Physical Description:
5 linear feet
(2 unprocessed flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1762 – circa early-1900s, 1951; bulk dates, circa 1830s- circa 1865
Date (bulk): 1830-1865
Abstract: Henry Goodman, Ph.D., faculty emeritus at UCLA, had distinguished career as professor of theater. The collection, assembled
by Goodman, consists of 18th, 19th, and 20th century British theatre playbills, a small number of American and foreign language
playbills, five scrapbooks and a small amount of illustrations.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained
by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Professor Henry Goodman.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9977985303606533
[Identification of item], Henry Goodman Collection of Theater Playbills (Collection 2286). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Henry Goodman was born November 21, 1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Goodman received his BA (1941), MA (1947), and Ph.D. (1952)
from the University of Minnesota. From 1953-1956, he taught at Rockford College in Illinois and at Reed College in Oregon.
In 1957, Goodman joined the faculty at University of California, Los Angeles, where he taught and directed until his retirement
in 1990. Among his many accomplishments, he introduced and directed the world premiere of Bertolt Brecht's
The Caucasian Chalk Circle at Carleton College. Henry Goodman died April 15, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
The collection consists of 18th, 19th, and 20th theater playbills and ephemera collected by UCLA professor of theater Henry
Goodman. The bulk of the collection are British theater playbills from the 19th century and include specimens from Astley's
Royal Amphitheatre; Lyceum Theatre; Nottingham Empire; Royal Princess's Theater; Surrey Theatre; Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden;
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; and others. Additionally, there are a very small number of American and foreign language playbills.
Also included are five scrapbooks representing 19th and early 20th century theatre.
The collection is organized in the following series:
- 1. Theatre Playbills
- 2. Scrapbooks, Illustrations, and Photographs.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Playbills -- Collections.
Goodman, Henry -- Archives
Goodman, Henry