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Series I: Correspondence
Series II: Documents and Memorabilia
Series III: Printed Material
Series IV: Source Material
Series VI: Production File
Series VII: Miscellaneous Commissioned Projects
Series VIII: Thompson Studies
Series IX: Thompson the Student
Series X: Thompson the Teacher

James Woodman Thompson papers, 1909-1955

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Series I: Correspondence

[See also Map Cases]


Box A Correspondence

[See also map cases]

Series II: Documents and Memorabilia


Box B Diplomas (High School and Carnegie Tech) -- Hofstra College Drama Club -- Photographs (of Woodman Thompson and of Thompson and an unidentified person) -- Tax material (1924 income, 1 sheet)


Mapcase 14-G-10 Documents; Memorabilia; Photographs; Printed Materials; Source Material

Series III: Printed Material


Box B Publicity for Thompson's Productions, Scrapbook and unsorted clippings, etc.

Series IV: Source Material

Box B Calendar for 1954 from Ciba of Switzerland

Box B Chinese Theater, N.Y. (a series of matted studies)


Mapcase 14-F-13 "Chinese Theatre. N.Y."


Box B Eleven prints of works of Albrecht Durer

Box B Albrecht Durer prints (torn from a book)

Box B Five engravings

Box B Prints: Park's New Characters - Twelfth Night Characters

Box B Prints: 200 of people; landscapes; assorted eras and cultures; divided Woodman Thompson into 3 groups

Box B Source Illustrations: L'Amour italien -- The Park Theater of 1822 -- Piano (Harpsichord?) -- "Umbragraph"

Box B Le Dix-neuvieme siécle, Les Moeurs Les Arts, Les Idees, [Paris?], [n.d.]

Box B Leonardo the Painter, [ n.p.]: L'Illustrazione Italiana, June 18, 1939

Series V: Illustration File

Subseries V.1: Architecture


Box 1 Architectural Details: Arabesques - Castles


Box 2 Architectural Details: Ceilings - Gardens


Box 3 Architectural Details: Gardens


Box 4 Architectural Details: Halls - Moldings


Box 5 Architectural Details: Musical Instruments - Schools


Box 6 Architectural Details: Schools - Workshops

Subseries V.2: Costumes


Box 7 Accessories


Box 8 Particular A - O


Box 9 Particular P - Z


Box 10 Ancient Greek

Box 10 Ancient Rome

Box 10 Romanesque (several particular nations)


Box 11 Medieval: Ecclesiastic, Military

Box 11 13th Cent.: English.; French; German; Italian; Spanish

Box 11 14th Cent.: Ecclesiastic; English; French; German; Italian


Box 12 14th Cent.: Italian; Spanish

Box 12 15th Cent. (1st half): English; Flemo-Dutch; French; German; Italian; Spanish


Box 13 15th Cent. (2nd half): English; Flemo-Dutch; French; German


Box 14 15th Cent. (2nd half): Italian; Spanish


Box 15 15th - 16th Cent. transition: Flemo-Dutch; German; Italian

Box 15 16th Cent.: Ecclesiastic; Military


Box 16 16th Cent. (1st half): English; Flemo-Dutch; French; German; Italian


Box 17 16th Cent. (1st half): Italian

Box 17 16th Cent. (2nd half): English; Flemo-Dutch; French; German


Box 18 16th Cent. (2nd half): Italian; Spanish

Box 18 17th Cent. (1st half): Ecclesiastic; Military; Theatrical; English; Flemo-Dutch


Box 19 17th Cent. (1st half): Flemo-Dutch


Box 20 17th Cent. (1st half): Italian; Spanish

Box 20 17th Cent (2nd half): English; Flemo-Dutch; French


Box 21 17th Cent (2nd half): French; German; Italian; Scandinavian; Spanish

Box 21 18th Cent.: Ecclesiastic; Illustrative; Military; Notes; Porcelain; Theatrical; English - men


Box 22 18th Cent.: English - women; English - children; English - genre; English - misc. artists (A-Z); English - artists (A-R)


Box 23 18th Cent.: English - artists (R-Z)

Box 23 18th Cent.: French - men; French - women; French - children; French - genre; French - Revolution; French - misc. artists; French - artists (A-C)


Box 24 18th Cent.: French - artists (D-Z); French - sculpture

Box 24 18th Cent.: Dutch

Box 24 18th Cent.: German - miscellaneous; German - artists

Box 24 18th Cent.: Italian - miscellaneous; Italian - artists (A-L)


Box 25 18th Cent.: Italian - artists (P-Z)

Box 25 18th Cent.:Polish; Russian; Scandinavian; Spanish

Box 25 19th Cent.: Eccelsiastic; Military; Miscellaneous


Box 26 1810s

Box 26 1820s


Box 27 1820s

Box 27 1830s

Box 27 1840s


Box 28 1840s

Box 28 1850s


Box 29 1850s


Box 30 1860s

Box 30 1870s


Box 31 1870s

Box 31 1880s


Box 32 1890s


Box 33 1890s

Box 33 20th Cent.: 1900s


Box 34 20th Cent.: Military

Box 34 20th Cent.: 1910s


Box 35 Modern (1920s)

Subseries V.3: Countries

Box 35 Africa

Box 35 American Indian


Box 36 American Negro

Box 36 Arabia

Box 36 Austria

Box 36 Austria-Hungary

Box 36 Balkans


Box 37 Barbary

Box 37 Belgium

Box 37 British Isles


Box 38 British Isles

Box 38 Bohemia

Box 38 Canada

Box 38 Central America


Box 39 China


Box 40 Egypt

Box 40 Eskimo

Box 40 France


Box 41 France

Box 41 Germany


Box 42 Germany

Box 42 Greece

Box 42 Holland

Box 42 India


Box 43 India

Box 43 Indo-China


Box 44 Indo-China

Box 44 Italy


Box 45 Italy

Box 45 Japan

Box 45 Mexico


Box 46 Mexico

Box 46 Norway

Box 46 Pacific Islands

Box 46 Palestine


Box 47 Palestine

Box 47 Persia

Box 47 Portugal

Box 47 Russia


Box 48 Russia

Box 48 Scandinavia

Box 48 South America

Box 48 Spain


Box 49 Spain


Box 50 Switzerland

Box 50 Syria

Box 50 Turkestan

Box 50 Turkey

Box 50 U. S. A.


Box 51 West Indies

Box 51 Miscellaneous

Subseries V.4: Crafts

Box 51 Unsorted

Box 51 Bookbinding

Box 51 Curtains

Box 51 Glass


Box 52 Glass

Box 52 Heraldry

Box 52 Illuminated manuscripts

Box 52 Ironwork

Box 52 Lace

Box 52 Leather

Box 52 Letters

Box 52 Money

Box 52 Musical instruments

Box 52 Paper - mache


Box 53 Picture frames

Box 53 Pottery


Box 54 Pottery


Box 55 Pottery

Box 55 Printing

Box 55 Prints

Box 55 Rugs

Box 55 Silver


Box 56 Silver

Box 56 Stained glass

Box 56 Stoves

Box 56 Tapestries


Box 57 Tapestries

Box 57 Textiles


Box 58 Tiles

Box 58 Title pages

Box 58 Tole

Box 58 Vehicle

Box 58 Wall paper

Box 58 Water coloring

Box 58 Weaving

Box 58 Miscllaneous

Subseries V.5: Painting


Box 59 Drawings

Box 59 Miscellaneous

Box 59 Perspectives

Box 59 Still life

Box 59 Murals

Box 59 Portraits


Box 60 American

Box 60 British


Box 61 British

Box 61 French


Box 62 French

Box 62 German


Box 63 Italian

Box 63 Russian

Box 63 Scandinavian

Box 63 Trees & Landscapes

Subseries V.6: Styles

Box 63 Primitive Nan

Box 63 Ancient Western Asia

Box 63 Ancient Egypt


Box 64 Ancient Egypt

Box 64 Ancient Rome


Box 65 Ancient Rome

Box 65 Biblical

Box 65 Byzantine-Romanesque


Box 66 Byzantine-Romanesque


Box 67 Romanesque

Box 67 Islamic

Box 67 Gothic


Box 68 Gothic

Box 68 Gothic Architecture - exteriors

Box 68 Gothic Architecture - details


Box 69 Gothic Architecture - miscellaneous

Box 69 Gothic Architecture - ecclesiastic


Box 70 Gothic Architecture - ecclesiastic

Box 70 Gothic Architecture - interiors

Box 70 Gothic Architecture - furniture


Box 71 Gothic Architecture - furniture

Box 71 Renaissance - miscellaneous

Box 71 Renaissance - English

Box 71 Renaissance - Flemo-Dutch

Box 71 Renaissance - French


Box 72 Renaissance - French


Box 73 Renaissance - French

Box 73 Renaissance - German

Box 73 Renaissance - Italian


Box 74 Renaissance - Italian

Box 74 Renaissance - Scandinavian

Box 74 17th Cent.: miscellaneous

Box 74 17th Cent.: American


Box 75 17th Cent.: Flemo-Dutch

Box 75 17th Cent.: German

Box 75 17th Cent.: Italian

Box 75 17th Cent.: Scandinavian

Box 75 17th Cent. (1st half): English

Box 75 17th Cent. (1st half): French

Box 75 17th Cent. (2nd half): English


Box 76 17th Cent. (2nd half): English

Box 76 17th Cent. (2nd half): French

Box 76 18th Cent.: American


Box 77 18th Cent.: American

Box 77 18th Cent.: Colonial American

Box 77 18th Cent.: Dutch


Box 78 18th Cent.: English


Box 79 18th Cent.: English

Box 79 18th Cent.: French

Box 79 18th Cent.: French - Louis XV

Box 79 18th Cent.: French - Provincial


Box 80 18th Cent.: French - Louis XVI

Box 80 18th Cent.: French - Directoire

Box 80 18th Cent.: German


Box 81 18th Cent.: Italian

Box 81 18th Cent.: Miscellaneous

Box 81 19th Cent.: French - Miscellaneous

Box 81 19th Cent.: French - Empire


Box 82 Victorian


Box 83 Victorian


Box 84 Victorian

Box 84 1900

Box 84 Modern


Box 85 Modern

Subseries V.7: Miscellaneous

Box 85 Animals


Box 86 Animals

Box 86 Costumes


Box 87 Exteriors

Box 87 Functions


Box 88 Functions

Box 88 Illustrations


Box 89 Illustrations


Box 90 Illustrations

Box 90 Industrial

Box 90 Lighting


Box 91 Old England, A Pictorial Museum , 2 Volumes,


Box 92 Photographs Postcards


Box 93 Props


Box 94 Props


Box 95 Props


Box 96 Props

Box 96 Shipping


Box 97 Shipping

Box 97 Theatre

Box 97 Vehicles


Box 98 Vehicles

Box 98 War


Box 99 War


Box 100 War


Box 101 Misellaneous


Box 102 Miscellaneous Costume (ORIGINALS)

Series VI: Production File

Contains: correspondence; contracts; expenses; notes; property lists; costume lists; cast lists; schedules; scripts; music "run throughs"; programs; publicity; blueprints; drawings, usually schematics or prop details, done in pencil and/or ink; sketches, generally costume, but some schematics; rough sketches in pencil; studies in color (watercolor, poster paint, melted crayon, light oil, ink and pencil) usually for sets; cardboard minature mock-ups; photographs of sets, scenes, and mock-ups; source illustrations.


Box 103 Unidentified material


Mapcase 14-F-14 "Unidentified Material"


Box 103 Contracts (arranged chronologically)

Box 103 The Admiral


Mapcase 14-F-14 "The Admiral"


Box 103 The Adventures of Samuel Pickwick, Esq.

Box 103 Antigone


Mapcase 14-F-14 "Antigone"


Box 103 Augustan Comedy (also called "A Neoclassical Comedy")


Mapcase 14-F-14 "Augustan Comedy"


Mapcase 14-F-13 "Augustan Comedy"


Box 103 Balle Comique

Box 103 The Beggar On Horseback


Mapcase 14-F-14 "The Beggar on Horseback."


Mapcase 14-G-7 "Beggar on Horseback" ["The Cady Home"], [n.p.], 1933, 15 x 22 3/4 Gouache

[From the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1970. Transferred from Art Properties, 23 September 2001]


Box 103 The Bishop Misbehaves


Mapcase 14-F-15 "The Bishop Misbehaves" - "The Chastening."


Box 103 Bridal Quilt

Box 103 Butterflies

Box 103 Candida

Box 103 Carioca Purple


Box 104 The Chastening

Box 104 Christopher Rand


Mapcase 14-G-1 "Christopher Rand" - "Daphnis & Chloe."


Box 104 Close Harmony (also called "Soft Music")

Box 104 The Cocoanuts

Box 104 Daisies Won't Tell

Box 104 Dangerous Corner

Box 104 Daphnis & Chloe

Box 104 Deep River


Mapcase 14-G-2 "Deep River" - "God Loves Us."


Box 104 Delicate Justice

Box 104 Desert Song (also called "Lady Fair")

Box 104 Expressing Willie

Box 104 The Firebrand


Mapcase 14-G-7 "The Firebrand" Acts I and III, [n.p.], [ca. 1930], 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 Watercolor (signed on back)

[From the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1970. Transferred from Art Properties, 23 September 2001]


Box 104 The Ghost of Yankee Doodle

Box 104 God Loves Us

Box 104 The Habitual Husband


Mapcase 14-G-3 "The Habitual Husband" - "Macbeth."


Box 104 Hedda Gabler

Box 104 Hospitality

Box 104 In the Meantime

Box 104 Iolanthe

Box 104 Ipinegia aus Tarus

Box 104 Joan d'Arc

Box 104 Lightnin'

Box 104 Little Theater Concert

Box 104 Macbeth


Box 105 The Magnificent Yankee


Mapcase 14-G-4 "The Magnificent Yankee" - "Neighbors."


Box 105 Malvaloca

Box 105 The Marriage of Figaro

Box 105 The Merchant of Venice


Mapcase 14-F-12 "The Merchant of Venice."


Box 105 Midnight

Box 105 Month In The Country

Box 105 Neighbors

Box 105 Nepenthe


Mapcase 14-G-5 "Nepenthe" - "Queen Victoria."


Box 105 The New Englander

Box 105 Old Man Minick

Box 105 Pirates Of Penzance

Box 105 Plumes In The Dust

Box 105 The Potters

Box 105 A Primer For Lovers

Box 105 Pure In Heart

Box 105 Queen Victoria

Box 105 Rhapsody Negro


Mapcase 14-G-6 "Rhapsody Negro" - "Rye."


Box 105 Richard The Third (John Carradine)

Box 105 The Rivals

Box 105 Roger Bloomer

Box 105 Romeo and Juliet


Mapcase 14-G-7 "Romeo and Juliet" Act I, scene i, [n.p.], 1933, 14 1/2 x 22 1/4 Watercolor

[From the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1970. Transferred from Art Properties, 23 September 2001]


Box 105 Rye


Box 106 She Stoops To Conquer

Box 106 The Shelf


Mapcase 14-G-7 "The Shelf" - "Venus Vixtrix."


Box 106 The Squall

Box 106 Sweet Nell Of Old Drury

Box 106 Taboo

Box 106 Theme And Variations

Box 106 These Few Ashes

Box 106 This One Man (also called "The Man Saul", etc.)

Box 106 Tomorrow Is A Holiday

Box 106 Venus Vixtrix

Box 106 The Warrior's Husband


Mapcase 14-G-8 "The Warrior's Husband" - "Why Not?"


Box 106 "What Price Glory?"


Mapcase 14-G-7 "Scene from What Price Glory" Act II, [n.p.], [n.d.], 15 x 23 Watercolor

[Inscribed on verso: "What Price Glory"/ Scene II The Dugent/Designed by/Woodman Thompson/for Arthur Hopkins. From the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1970. Transferred from Art Properties, 23 September 2001]


Box 106 White Wings

Box 106 "Why Not?"

Box 106 "Will You Marry Me?"

Box 106 The Winged Messenger


Mapcase 14-G-9 "The Winged Messenger" - "The Wolf At The Door."


Box 106 The Wisdom Tooth

Box 106 The Wolf At The Door

Box 106 Miscellaneous Productions -- Programs only


Mapcase 14-F-13 Miscellaneous material

Series VII: Miscellaneous Commissioned Projects

[See also Map Cases] -- Contains: correspondence; contracts; expenses; notes; property lists; costume lists; cast lists; schedules; scripts; music "run throughs"; programs; publicity; blueprints; drawings, usually schematics or prop details, done in pencil and/or ink; sketches, generally costume, but some schematics; rough sketches in pencil; studies in color (watercolor, poster paint, melted crayon, light oil, ink and pencil) usually for sets; cardboard minature mock-ups; photographs of sets, scenes, and mock-ups; source illustrations.


Box 107 The Chapin School

Box 107 Costume design for Miss Houston

Box 107 Costume Design for Miss Mae Murray

Box 107 The Gotham Hotel Project

Box 107 The Storm King School

Box 107 The Surf Club

Box 107 Weber and Heilbroner


Mapcase 14-G-9 Miscellaneous Commissioned Projects

Series VIII: Thompson Studies


Box 107 "Discarded Drawings"

Box 107 Empire Costumes

Box 107 Oriental-style watercolors

Box 107 Still-life pencil drawings

Series IX: Thompson the Student

Box 107 "Egyptian and Assyrian costumes by Houston and Hornblower"

[More than just Egyptian and Assyrian material; all near-eastern]

Box 107 French Intimate Court History (notes and drawings)

Box 107 Notebook

Box 107 Old schoolwork: charcoal, watercolor

Series X: Thompson the Teacher

Box 107 "Chats on Costume"

Box 107 Thompson teaching (correspondence between W.T. and people wishing to study for the union exam with him; sample exam items; sample work of students correspondence with union officials, etc.)