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Urban Views: Digital Access to the Joseph Urban Collection at Columbia University

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Nancy E. Friedland
Affiliation:
Columbia University

Extract

Brander Matthews (1852–1929), author, critic and a professor of English and Dramatic Literature at Columbia University, believed strongly that, to best study theatre, researchers and scholars needed to see and access the makings of the stagecraft itself. Based on personal experience, Matthews realized that the observation of sets, props, costumes, models, sketches, and other ephemera would enable a better understanding and visualization of actual productions. As a result, he set out collecting such objects, as well as puppets, masks, posters, and playbills. In 1911, the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum collection was officially established at Columbia University.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 The American Society for Theatre Research, Inc.

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Footnotes

Nancy E. Friedland is the Media Services and Film Studies Librarian at Columbia University.