Sonia Cohen Ballet & Theater Ephemera Collection, MS 3118

Collection summary

Title

Sonia Cohen Ballet & Theater Ephemera Collection

Creator

Cohen, Sonia

Call number

MS 3118

Inclusive dates

1936-1963

Bulk dates

1936-1963

Extent

1 box, 14 folders.

Abstract

Consists of various ballet and theater programs from performances in Baltimore (Md.), Washington, D.C., and New York (N.Y.).

Administrative summary 

Repository

H. Furlong Baldwin Library

Maryland Historical Society

201 W. Monument St.

Baltimore, MD 21218

www.mdhs.org

special_collections@mdhs.org

Access restrictions

Open to the public without restrictions.

Use restrictions

Permission to quote must be received in writing from the Special Collections Librarian.

Provenance

Unknown.

Accession number

2012-unk-LIB.

Processing note

Collection processed by Lara Westwood, December 2012.

 

Scope and Content

            The collection contains ballet and theater programs of various productions from 1937 to 1962. Many of the shows were hosted in Baltimore (Md.), Washington, D.C., and New York (N.Y.) at venues such as the Lyric, Ford’s Theatre, and others. Souvenir programs from several seasons of the Ballet Theatre are included.

 The collection is divided in to series by subject and ordered by date.

  • Series I: The Ballet Theatre Programs
  • Series II: Ballet Performance Programs
  • Series III: Theater Performance Programs
  • Series IV: Miscellaneous Performance Programs
  • Series V: Movie Programs
  • Series VI: New York City Ephemera
  • Series VII: Miscellaneous

Container List 

Contents

Dates

Box

Folder

Series I: The Ballet Theatre Programs

 

 

 

The Ballet Theatre souvenir program

1942-1943

1

1

The Ballet Theatre souvenir program

1945-1946

1

1

The Ballet Theatre souvenir program

1947-1948

1

2

The Ballet Theatre souvenir program

1949

1

2

The Ballet Theatre souvenir program

1951-1952

1

3

The Ballet Theatre souvenir program

1954-1955

1

3

The Ballet Theatre advertisement for Lyric Theater performance (Baltimore, Md.)

1954/55

1

3

Series II: Ballet Performance Programs

 

 

 

Washington Ballet souvenir program

No date

1

4

The Mordkin Ballet program, Ford’s Theatre (Baltimore, Md.)

1937

1

4

The Mordkin Ballet program, Ford’s Theatre (Baltimore, Md.)

1937

1

4

The Mordkin Ballet souvenir program

1937-1938

1

4

Slavenska Franklin Ballet souvenir program

1952-1953

1

4

The Sadler’s Wells Ballet program, Lyric Theatre (Baltimore, Md.)

1954

1

5

Sadler’s Wells Ballet souvenir program

1953-1954

1

5

The Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians

1956-1957

1

5

New York City Ballet souvenir program

1957

1

6

Moiseyev Dance Company souvenir program

1958-1959

1

6

Ruth Page’s Chicago Opera Ballet souvenir program

1960

1

6

The Bolshoi Ballet program, Loew’s Capitol Theatre (Washington, D. C.)

1962

1

7

The Bolshoi Ballet souvenir program

1962-1963

1

7

Series III: Theater Performance Programs

 

 

 

“Blossom Time” souvenir program

No date

1

8

“Naughty Marietta” souvenir program

1936

1

8

“Mr. and Mrs. North” program, Belasco Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

1941

1

8

“Claudia” souvenir program

1941

1

8

“Lady in the Dark” program, Ford’s Theatre (Baltimore, Md.)

1941

1

9

“Lady in the Dark” souvenir program

1941

1

9

“South Pacific” souvenir program

1949

1

9

“The Consul” program, Ford’s Theatre (Baltimore, Md.)

1950

1

10

“The Consul” souvenir program

1950

1

10

Olney Theatre summer program

1961

1

10

“Hamlet” program, Peabody Concert Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

1962

1

10

Series IV: Miscellaneous Performance Programs

 

 

 

“Four Elegies for Tenor and String Quartet” by Donald Waxman

No date

 

11

Air Show & Races program (Randallstown, Md.)

1939?

 

11

“Ice Follies of 1939” souvenir program, Iceland, Carlins Park (Baltimore, Md.)

1939

1

11

Metropolitan Opera souvenir program

1960-1961

1

11

Series V: Movie Programs

 

 

 

“Romeo and Juliet” souvenir program

1936

1

12

“The Good Earth” souvenir program

1937

1

12

Series VI: New York City Ephemera

 

 

 

“Museums of New York” pamphlet

No date

1

13

“Ruby Foo’s Den” menu and wine list

No date

1

13

Series VII: Miscellaneous

 

 

 

“The Mayor of Baltimore Reports”

1948-1949

1

14