Andrew B. Harris tapes, 9999

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1910
Bib ID:
6910546 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Harris, Andrew B (Andrew Bennett), 1944-
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
2.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

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This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Two boxes of audio and video tapes from the Chair of the Theater Department.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

ℓIdentification of specific item; Date (if known); Andrew B. Harris Tapes; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accrual

3 Material specifiedAccruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

accn number: Source of acquisition--[source of acquisition]. Method of acquisition--Gift, Purchase, etc; Date of acquisition--date.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.

Papers processed mmb 5/2/1999.

Papers appraised appraiser [date].

Biographical / Historical

Andrew B. Harris has chaired Theatre Departments at Columbia University, Southern Methodist University and Texas Christian University. He is the recipient of the first Award for Excellence in Education for his book Broadway Theatre (Routledge). Production credits include shows in New York, Chicago, and in Texas including: The Life of Galileo (with Laurence Luckinbill ("Time magazine ten best of the New York season"), Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer (Dinah Merrill), the first Sam Shepard Festival (Shep in Rep), the first cultural exchange with the People's Republic of China Cao Yu's Peking Man, Eugene O'Neill's Welded (directed by Jose Quintero with Philip Anglim), the revival of Richard Rodgers' first musical Fly With Me, Joan Torres' Better Half Dead (Victory Gardens, Chicago) and several world premieres by Texas writer Jim Tyler Anderson. A noted Albee scholar, Dr. Harris compiled, produced, and directed the world premiere of Albee's Women. His own plays include Tausk, Erasmus, Rapin' with Repin, and Tar-tuff, a Molié́re adaptation with a Texas twang. He is an alumnus of the New Dramatists in New York. He recently received a grant from the Tobin Foundation to complete his second book, The Performing Set, the Broadway Designs of William & Jean Eckart.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Audiotapes CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Videotapes CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Harris, Andrew B (Andrew Bennett), 1944- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Theater CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID