Radio City Music Hall Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-7

Collection Organization

This collection is comprised of magazine and newspaper articles, programs from decades of shows, photographs of theatre itself as well as those who have performed there, and many other printed materials about Radio City Music Hall and the world-famous Rockettes. Below is an inventory of the collection.

Correspondence/Literary Productions, 1931 - 2000

 Series – Box 1
Dates
Creation: 1931 - 2000

Correspondence

 Sub-Series – Item 1

Correspondence to the donors of this collection, 1973 - 1987

 File – Item 2
Dates
Creation: 1973 - 1987

Literary Productions (Periodical articles)

 Sub-Series – Item 3

Reinhard, L. Andrew. "What is the Rockefeller Radio City?" Architectural Record, Vol. 69, No. 4, p. 277-281., 1931-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 4
Dates
Creation: 1931-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Theater Designs for Rockefeller Center," Architectural Record, p.418-420, 438., 1932-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 5
Dates
Creation: 1932-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Rockefeller Center in the Making," Architectural Record, p. 14-15., 1932-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 6
Dates
Creation: 1932-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Advertisement for National Tube Company using examples of tubing craftsmanship at Radio City Music Hall, Architectural Record, p. 19., 1933-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 7
Dates
Creation: 1933-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Journal of the Theatre Historical Society, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1972

 File – Item 8
Dates
Creation: 1972

"The Temple of Sound," Popular Mechanics, p. 818-821. (photocopy), 1933

 File – Item 9
Dates
Creation: 1933

"The Greatest Theater in the World," Popular Mechanics, p. 186-191. (photocopy), 1933

 File – Item 10
Dates
Creation: 1933

"Secrets of the 'Magic' Theater," Popular Mechanics, p. 27-31, 146A. (photocopy), 1941-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 11
Dates
Creation: 1941-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dempewolff, Richard F. "Hall of a Thousand Illusions," Popular Mechanics, p. 97-104, 238, 244-245., 1950-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 12
Dates
Creation: 1950-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

"World's Largest Theater in Rockefeller Center will Seat Six Thousand Persons," Popular Mechanics, p. 252-253., undated

 File – Item 13
Dates
Creation: undated

"A Modern Tower of Babel," Popular Mechanics, p. 354-357., undated

 File – Item 14
Dates
Creation: undated

Theatre Crafts, 1974-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 15
Dates
Creation: 1974-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Atkins, Robert A. "Radio City Music Hall," Theatre Organ, p. [15]-18., 1974-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 16
Dates
Creation: 1974-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Salute to Ray Bohr," Theatre Organ, p. [18]-19., 1974-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 17
Dates
Creation: 1974-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

"New York," Theatre Organ, p. 57-58., June-July 1977

 File – Item 18
Dates
Creation: June-July 1977

"Music," Time, p. 37., 1937-06-21T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 19
Dates
Creation: 1937-06-21T00:00:00+00:00

"The Theater," Time, p. 41., 1949-07-04T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 20
Dates
Creation: 1949-07-04T00:00:00+00:00

Trippett, Frank. "A Shrine of Showbigness Goes Down," Time, p. 37., 1978-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 21
Dates
Creation: 1978-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

Okrent, Daniel. "Encore, encore," Time, p. 94-95., 1999-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 22
Dates
Creation: 1999-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

Haskell, Douglas. "Roxy's Advantage over God," The Nation, Vol. 136, No. 3522, p. 11. Brenner, Anita. "Art and Big Business," The Nation, Vol. 136, No. 3522, p. 12., 1933-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 23
Dates
Creation: 1933-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

"The World's Biggest Playhouse Opens," The Literary Digest, p. 16-17., 1933-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 24
Dates
Creation: 1933-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Seymans, Etta M. "Glamour Girl Hospital," Hygelia, p. 708-710., 1940-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 25
Dates
Creation: 1940-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Birnie, William A. H. "Mr. Van Packs 'Em In," American Magazine, p.30-31, 115-116. (photocopy), 1941-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 26
Dates
Creation: 1941-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Radio City Music Hall," Liberty, p. 66-67., 1972

 File – Item 27
Dates
Creation: 1972

"Radio City Music Hall…" (booklet with reprinted newspaper clippings from New York Time, Chicago Tribune, etc.), 1978-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 28
Dates
Creation: 1978-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Kroll, Jack. "Save the Music Hall!" Newsweek, p. 15, 1978-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 29
Dates
Creation: 1978-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

Gill, Brendan. "Radio City — Without Tears," Horizon, p. 88-90, 95., 1978-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 30
Dates
Creation: 1978-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Flaherty, Joe. "Radio City: A Crasher's Bore," New York, p. 61-62., 1978-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 31
Dates
Creation: 1978-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

Pictorial on Radio City Music Hall, Horizon, p. 91-95., 1978-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 32
Dates
Creation: 1978-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Gill, Brendan. "Stop the Music", p. 22-24., 1978

 File – Item 33
Dates
Creation: 1978

Schmidt, Peter. "Rockefeller Center: Heart of Manhattan," Exxon Magazine, p. 4-7., Winter 1980-1981

 File – Item 35
Dates
Creation: Winter 1980-1981

McGuigan, Cathleen. An article about the "Night of 100 Stars", Newsweek., 1982-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 36
Dates
Creation: 1982-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Producer Alexander Cohen Stages the Show of the Century as New York Blazes with 100-plus Stars," People, p. 26-31., 1982-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 37
Dates
Creation: 1982-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Fowler, Charles B. "Cheers for Radio City Music Hall," Musical America, p. 13-15., 1982-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 38
Dates
Creation: 1982-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Botto, Louis. "The Return of 'Porgy'," Playbill, p. 14-20., 1983-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 39
Dates
Creation: 1983-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Smith, Wendy. "Backstage at Radio City," Preservation, p. 52-59., March/April 2000

 File – Item 40
Dates
Creation: March/April 2000

Burris-Meyer, Harold. "Building Number 10," p. 934-937. (photocopy), undated (circa 1930s?)

 File – Item 41
Dates
Creation: undated (circa 1930s?)

Scrapbooks

 Series – Box 2

Newspaper clippings (most original, some photocopied ), 1966 - 2003

 File – Item 1
Dates
Creation: 1966 - 2003

Printed Material (Programs)

 Series – Box 3

Programs # 29 - # 90, 1933 - 1983

 File – Item 1
Dates
Creation: 1933 - 1983

Printed Material (Programs)

 Series – Box 4

Programs # 91 - # 102, 1984 - 1998

 File – Item 1
Dates
Creation: 1984 - 1998

miscellaneous other programs and playbills, 1986 - 2001

 File – Item 2
Dates
Creation: 1986 - 2001

Printed Material (Miscellaneous)

 Series – Box 5

Miscellaneous printed materials (includes: Postcards, flyers, tickets, decals, booklet on office space available in Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall seating chart, stationery), 1930 - 1989

 File – Item 1
Dates
Creation: 1930 - 1989

Photographic Material

 Series – Box 6

8 x 10 black and white still photographs (13) (Radio City Music Hall building) (some are official photos from Radio City Music Hall Entertainment Center), circa 1930s

 File – Item 1
Dates
Creation: circa 1930s

Still photographs of organist Ray Bohr (4) and the Wurlitzer organ used at the Hall (2), undated

 File – Item 2
Dates
Creation: undated

Miscellaneous photographs (3), 1934 - 1972

 File – Item 3
Dates
Creation: 1934 - 1972

Photographs of The Rockettes and other performers (7), undated

 File – Item 4
Dates
Creation: undated

Miscellaneous snapshots, undated

 File – Item 5
Dates
Creation: undated

Color snapshots of Radio City Music Hall photographs and memorabilia, undated

 File – Item 6
Dates
Creation: undated

Artifacts

 Series – Box 7

Shopping Bags (Christmas Spectacular shopping bag, 75 Years Radio City Rockettes shopping bag, Radio City Avenue Store shopping bag, Radio City Music Hall logo plastic bags), undated

 Item – Item 1
Dates
Creation: undated

Promotional cards ("A New York Summer" promotional card, Christmas Spectacular promotional card), undated

 Item – Item 2
Dates
Creation: undated

Miscellaneous oversize and other promotional articles (Radio City Christmas Spectacular drink container, 3-D glasses set, Rockettes Christmas tree decoration), undated

 Item – Item 3
Dates
Creation: undated

Oversize (Printed Material)

 Series – Box 8

Miscellaneous programs, undated

 File – Item 1
Dates
Creation: undated

Pictorials # 4 - # 26 (missing # 20), 1936 - 1997

 File – Item 2
Dates
Creation: 1936 - 1997

Radio City Christmas Spectacular Souvenir Book, 1999

 File – Item 3
Dates
Creation: 1999

Oversize (Miscellaneous)

 Series – Box 9

Life Magazines with articles related to Radio City Music Hall, bulk: January 12, 1942, April 26, 1943, December 11, 1964

 File – Item 1
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found in January 12, 1942, April 26, 1943, December 11, 1964

Life Magazine clipping of stars in the "Night of 100 Stars" gala, 1982-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 2
Dates
Creation: 1982-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Theater Week, 1990-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 3
Dates
Creation: 1990-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

Myrtle Beach Entertainment and Lifestyles, Holiday Edition 1997

 File – Item 4
Dates
Creation: Holiday Edition 1997

Today's Active Lifetimes, 1997

 File – Item 5
Dates
Creation: 1997

Newspaper clippings, 1975 - 1998

 File – Item 6
Dates
Creation: 1975 - 1998

Newspaper and magazine articles and clippings on Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, 1936 - 1978, undated

 File – Item 7
Dates
Creation: 1936 - 1978
Creation: undated

"Let's Go See" World's Fair Edition, vol. 1, No. 3, 1939

 File – Item 8
Dates
Creation: 1939

"The New York Experience", 1980

 File – Item 9
Dates
Creation: 1980

"Radio City/Rockefeller Center", undated

 File – Item 10
Dates
Creation: undated

1 photocopied program "Cheer China", undated

 File – Item 11
Dates
Creation: undated

3 copies of inaugural program, folder, undated (1932?)

 File – Item 12
Dates
Creation: undated (1932?)

Audience folder, Jan-Feb 1973

 File – Item 13
Dates
Creation: Jan-Feb 1973

Play Script "Ten Minutes to the Nativity" by Elise Warner, from the collection of Radio City Music Hall, undated

 File – Item 14
Dates
Creation: undated

Floor plan of Radio City Music Hall, 1974

 File – Item 15
Dates
Creation: 1974

Musical score for "Good Night Angel", 1937

 File – Item 16
Dates
Creation: 1937

Musical score for "Encore", 1981

 File – Item 17
Dates
Creation: 1981

Radio City Music Hall architectural description (Release by Publicity Department describing dimensions and appearance of Radio City Music Hall), undated

 File – Item 18
Dates
Creation: undated

Photograph and business cards for Northeast Media (produced original paintings and posters of Rockettes), undated

 File – Item 19
Dates
Creation: undated

Radio City Christmas Spectacular Coloring Book, undated (1998?)

 File – Item 20
Dates
Creation: undated (1998?)

Press kit for the Golden Jubilee, 1982

 File – Item 21
Dates
Creation: 1982

Press kit for Ron and Joy Holiday Cat Dancers (Biography, articles, 2 8x10 black and white photographs, 1 signed), (1991?)

 File – Item 22
Dates
Creation: (1991?)

Oversize (Scrapbooks)

 Series – Box 10

Album 2 - Volume 2, 1977-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 - 1983-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 1
Dates
Creation: 1977-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 - 1983-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

Album 3 - Volume 3, 1983-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 - 1985-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 2
Dates
Creation: 1983-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 - 1985-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Album 4 - Volume 4, 1985-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 - 1988-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

 File – Item 3
Dates
Creation: 1985-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 - 1988-01-01T00:00:00+00:00