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04. Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts

 Classification
Identifier: 04
This directory lists manuscript and archival collections related to the Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts.

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Tim Lawrence Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0570
Abstract

Project files, photographs, artwork, A/V, movie and television props, and other files documenting the life and career of makeup and special effects artist, puppeteer, and actor Tim Lawrence. Tim Lawrence, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, had an extensive career in Hollywood working on numerous projects including Michael Jackson’s THRILLER, BEETLEJUICE, GHOSTBUSTERS 1 and 2, GREMLINS 2, HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS, HOWARD THE DUCK, JURASSIC PARK, and more.

Dates: 1974 - 2019

Ellas B. McDaniel (Bo Diddley) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0409
Abstract

Publications, correspondence, contracts, concert posters, tour itineraries, lyrics, albums, photographs, awards, instruments, clothes, and artifacts belonging to American R&B singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer, Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel), who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll.

Dates: 1957 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2007

Steven Abbott Collection of Materials relating to the Gore Vidal Bibliography

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0544
Abstract

Scripts, articles, drafts, correspondence, playbills, artifacts, photographs, memorabilia, audiovisual materials, and other materials related to Steven Abbott’s bibliographic collection on American author, essayist, screenwriter, public intellectual, and socio-political commentator Gore Vidal.

Dates: 1936 - 2013

Bob Hope Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0519
Abstract

The Bob Hope Collection documents, through collected ephemera and artifacts, the life and career of the legendary performer throughout the 20th Century and his 100 years (1903-2003).

Dates: 1890 - 2020

Belknap Dance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0680
Abstract

The collection contains clippings, programs, and other material related to ballet and modern and folk dance dating from the early 20th Century to present.

Dates: 1900 - 2018

H. H. Luetjen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0687
Abstract

Photographs, artwork, commemoratives, and other materials related to H. H. Luetjen's work on the Mercury and Gemini space programs for McDonnell Douglas and NASA as well as historical collecting interests.

Dates: 1933 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1962

Belknap Cinema Programs and Promotional Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: ufcinema-programs
Abstract

The collection contains cinema programs and promotional material including handbills, postcards, press kits, souvenir books, press releases, and various other material. The majority of the programs and material is for individual films. The programs and promotional material spans the history of the film industry, from The Great Train Robbery in 1903 to Frozen 2 in 2019.

Dates: 1903 - 2019