Performing Arts Libraries, Archives & Museums
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New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
West Coast
International
New England
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, Brown University
Harvard Theatre Collection
The Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University
Mid-Atlantic
Conjuring Arts Research Center
Curtis Theatre Collection, University of Pittsburgh
Folger Shakespeare Library
Free Library of Philadelphia Theatre Collection
The Hampden-Booth Theatre Library
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, University of Maryland
The Museum of the City of New York Theatre Collection
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
The Shubert Archive
Southeast
The Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts, University of Florida
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
Semans Library, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Midwest
Chicago Theatre Collection, Chicago Public Library
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, The Ohio State University
The Newberry Library Performing Arts Collections
Roosevelt University Performing Arts Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Music and Performing Arts Library
University of Minnesota Performing Arts Archives
Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research
Southwest
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Southern Methodist University, Bywaters Special Collections
The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts, McNay Art Museum
West Coast
Louis B. Mayer Library, American Film Institute
Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego
Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science
Museum of Performance and Design
UCLA Arts Library
University of California, Irvine Dance Collection
University of Southern California Cinematic Arts Library
University of Southern California Performing Arts Archives
University of Washington Drama Library
International
Centre National de la Danse Mediathèque (France)
Rodney Seaborn Library, National Institute of Dramatic Art (Australia)
University of Bristol Theatre Collection (U.K.)
V&A Theatre & Performance Department (U.K.)
The Whittaker Library, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (U.K.)
Yorkville Library Theatre Collection, Toronto Public Library (Canada)