Directory of Arts Resources

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Institutions which contain records which are primary sources for the artistic culture of mankind or some section thereof.

Subcategories

• Architecture
• Documentary Photography
• Ethnomusicology
• Film

Resources in This Category

• American Comedy Archives

  http://www.emerson.edu/comedy/
  Archives held at Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, containing primary source material on the history, craft, and art of comedy. Features oral history interviews with comedy writers, producers, and performers.

• Archive of Contemporary Music

  http://www.arcmusic.org/
  America's largest collection of poular recordings with over 1.6 million discs. A research facility providing information on all aspects of popular music.

• Archives of African American Music and Culture

  http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/
  Includes oral histories, photographs, musical and print manuscripts, audio and video recordings, and educational broadcast programs, at Indiana University in Bloomington.

• Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

  http://www.aaa.si.edu/
  World's largest primary source collection of the visual arts in America, with millions of items.

• Chicago Jazz Archive

  http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/
  Collection of sheet music, recordings, photographs and stock arrangements, focusing on "Chicago style" jazz. Part of the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library.

• Mukul Dey Archives

  http://www.chitralekha.org/
  A private archive at Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, of the work, collection and papers of pioneer Indian graphic artist Mukul Dey. Biography, gallery, details of access.

• Shubert Archive

  http://www.shubertarchive.org/
  Documents the business and artistic records of the theater-owning Shubert Brothers and the Shubert Organization, held by the Shubert Foundation at the Lyceum Theatre, New York City.

• The British Cartoon Archive

  http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/
  Research centre and picture library located in the Templeman Library at the University of Kent: galleries, location information, services offered, contact details, scale of charges and publications.

• Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

  http://wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/
  Houses a large collection of materials relating to film, theater, radio and television in the United States. Located in Madison, WI.

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