Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Index:
Institution names followed by are members of SIBMAS
Ari Library of Dance, Carina
Arkitekturmuseet
Arkitekturmuseet
Archivet, Biblioteket
Association of Swedish Theatres and Orchestras
Carina Ari Library of Dance
Circus Academy
Cirkusakademien
College of Dance
Dance Centre
Dance Museum
Danscentrum
Danshögskolan
Dansmuseet
Dokumentationsenheten SMA, Statens musikbibliotek
Dramatic Institute
Dramatiska Institutet
Folk Opera
Folkens Museum
Folkoperan
Hobby och Leksaksmuseum
International Puppet Theatre Museum
Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna
Kungliga Armémuseum
Kungliga Biblioteket
Kungliga Dramatiska teatern
Arkiv och Bibliotek
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Bibliotek
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Bibliotek
Raritetssamlingara
Kungliga Musikhögskolan
Kungliga Operan
Arkiv och samlingar
Marionettmuseet
Museum of Architecture
Museum of Architecture
Archives, Library
Music Library of Sweden
Music Library of Sweden
Music Library of Sweden
Special Collections
Musikaliska Akademiens
Bibliotek (MAB)
Musikmuseet Stockholm
National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images
National Museum of Ethnology
Nordic Museum
Nordiska Museet
Operahögskolan
Riksarkivet
Rikskonserter
Royal Academy of Fine Art
Royal Army Museum
Royal Dramatic Theatre
Archive and Library
Royal Library
Swedish National Library
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Library
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Library
Special Collections
Royal Swedish Music College
Royal Swedish Opera
Archives and Collections
Statens Konstmuseer
Statens Ljud- och Bildarchiv (SLBA)
Statens musikbibliotek
Statens musikbibliotek
Statens musikbibliotek
Raritetssamlingara
Statens Musiksamlingar
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande
STIM/Svensk Musik
Stockholm City Museum
Stockholm College of Acting
Stockholm Music Museum
Stockholm University
Department of Cinema Studies
Stockholm University
Theatre and Film Departments
Stockholm University
University library with the Library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholms Stadsmuseum
Stockholms Universitet
Filmvetenskapliga Institutionen
Stockholms Universitet
Teatervetenskapliga institutionen
Stockholms universitet
Universitetsbibliotek med Vetenskapsakademiens bibliotek
Strindberg Museum
Strindbergsmuseet
Svensk Musik
Svensk Musik
Svenska Filminstitutet
Biblioteket
Svenska Filminstitutet
Documentation Department
Svenska Filminstitutet
Stills and Posters Archive
Svenska Institutet
Svenska Musikerförbundet
Svenska Teaterförbundet
Svenskt musikhistoriskt arkiv
Sveriges Dramatikerförbund
Sveriges Radio
Biblioteket
Sveriges Radio
Programarkivet
Sveriges Teatermuseum
Swedish Academy of Music
Library
Swedish Actor's Equity Association
Swedish Broadcasting Corporation
Library
Swedish Broadcasting Corporation
Program Archive
Swedish Centre of the International Theatre Institute
Swedish Concert Institute
Swedish Film Institute
Documentation Department
Swedish Film Institute
Library
Swedish Film Institute
Stills and Posters Archive
Swedish Institute
Swedish Music Historical Archive
Swedish Music History Archive
Swedish Music Information Centre
Swedish Music Information Centre
Swedish Musicians Union
Swedish National Archives
Swedish National Art Museum
Swedish National Collections of Music
Swedish National Library
Swedish Theatre Museum
Swedish Union of Playwrights
Swedish Union of Theatrical Employees
Teatercentrum
Teaterförbundet
Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm
Teatrarnas riksförbund
Theatre Centre
Toy Museum
University College of Opera
Arkitekturmuseet
(Museum of Architecture)
Skeppsholmen
S-111 49 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 463 0500
Telefax: +46 (8) 611 4761
Homepage: http://www.arkitekturmuseet.se/ Written application required.
Fees for exhibitions.
Special Collections: Architecture
Arkitekturmuseet
Archivet, Biblioteket
(Museum of Architecture; Archives, Library)
Fredsgatan 12
S-111 49 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5872 7036
E-mail: arkivet@arkitekturmuseet.se
biblioteket@arkitekturmuseet.se, bildbank Tuesday: 14:00-18:00
Friday: 14:00-18:00
Written application required.
Fees for exhibitions.
Special Collections: Architecture
Picture Bank
Carina Ari Library of Dance
Date founded: 1969
Mail:
P.O. Box 27032
S-102 51 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 662 6570
Telefax: +46 (8) 662 6571
E-mail: biblioteket@carina.se
Homepage: http://www.carina.se/ Monday: 13:00-17:00
Thursday: 13:00-17:00
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan.
Subjects: Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Manuscripts. Programmes.
Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music.
Special Collections: Ballet books (Russian)
Dance
Libretti (French) (17th-19th century)
Libretti (Italian) (17th-19th century) Ballets Russes de Diaghilev
Swedish Ballets of Rolf de Maré (Paris) (1920-1925) Sergei Pavlovic
Diaghilev (1872-1929), choreographer
Rolf de Maré (1920-1925) [Swedish Ballets]
Cirkusakademien
(Circus Academy)
Stora Mossens backe 14
S-167 56 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 643 6566
E-mail: cirkusakademien@swipnet.se
Homepage: http://home.swipnet.se/cirkusakademien
Danscentrum
(Dance Centre)
Jungfrugatan 7B
S-114 44 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5456 8960
Telefax: +46 (8) 5456 8969
E-mail: info@danscentrum.se
Homepage: http://www.danscentrum.se/
Special Collections: Dance (Sweden)
Danshögskolan
(College of Dance)
Mail:
Box 27043
S-102 51 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 459 0501
Telefax: +46 (8) 459 0510
E-mail: kansli@danshogskolan.se
Homepage: http://www.danshogskolan.se/
Dansmuseet
(Dance Museum)
Date founded: 1950
Gustav Adolfs torg 22-24
S-111 52 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 441 7650
Telefax: +46 (8) 200 602
E-mail: info@dancemuseum.com
Homepage: http://www.dancemuseum.com/ Sunday: 12:00-16:00
Tuesday: 12:00-16:00
Wednesday: 12:00-16:00
Thursday: 12:00-16:00
Friday: 12:00-16:00
Saturday: 12:00-16:00
Written application required. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card
On-site use only.
Reproductions: In house.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.
Subjects: Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings.
Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Models. Videos/films/DVDs.
Scores/libretti/music. Paintings. Graphics. Statuary. Objects d'art.
Memorabilia.
Special Collections: Dance (Asia)
Dance (Ceylon)
Dance (China)
Dance (Indonesia)
Dance (Japan)
Dance (Siam)
Music instruments
Shadow plays
Theatre (Asia)
Dokumentationsenheten SMA, Statens musikbibliotek
(Swedish Music History Archive)
Date founded: 1965
Torsgatan 21
Stockholm Mail:
Box 16326
S-103 26 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5195 5418
Telefax: +46 (8) 5195 5445
E-mail: veslemoy.heintz@muslib.se
Homepage: http://www.muslib.se/
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Sound
recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: Music (Sweden)
Dramatiska Institutet
(Dramatic Institute)
Mail:
Box 27090
S-102 51 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 665 1300
Telefax: +46 (8) 662 1484
E-mail: kansli@draminst.se
Homepage: http://www.draminst.se/
Folkens Museum
(National Museum of Ethnology)
Date founded: 1880
Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34
S-115 27 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 666 5000
Telefax: +46 (8) 666 5070
Homepage: http://www.etnologiska.se/
Special Collections: Masks (Sri Lanka)
Folkoperan
(Folk Opera)
Hornsgatan 72
S-118 21 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 616 0700
Telefax: +46 (8) 844 146
E-mail: info@folkoperan.se
Homepage: http://www.folkoperan.se/
Databases with information on collections: Operabase
Hobby och Leksaksmuseum
(Toy Museum)
Date founded: 1981
Mariatorget 1C
S-118 48 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 641 6100
Telefax: +46 (8) 640 4492
Homepage: http://www.hotel.telemuseum.se/leksaksmuseet/
Special Collections: Music instruments, mechanical Walt (Walter Elias)
Disney (1901-1966), animator, film producer
Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna
(Royal Academy of Fine Art)
Date founded: 1735
Fredsgatan 12
S-103 26 Stockholm Mail:
Fredsgatan 12
Box 16317
S-103 26 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 232 945
Telefax: +46 (8) 790 5924
E-mail: biblioteket@konstakademien.se
Homepage: http://www.konstakademien.se/
Kungliga Armémuseum
(Royal Army Museum)
Date founded: 1879
Riddargatan 13
S-104 41 Stockholm Mail:
Riddargatan 13
Box 14095
S-104 41 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 788 9560
Telefax: +46 (8) 662 6831
Homepage: http://www.armemuseum.org/
Special Collections: Music instruments
Kungliga Biblioteket
(Royal Library; Swedish National Library)
Date founded: 1661
Humlegården
S-102 41 Stockholm Mail:
Humlegården
Box 5039
S-102 41 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 679 5040
Telefax: +46 (8) 611 6956
E-mail: kungl.biblioteket@kb.se
Homepage: http://www.kb.se/
Special Collections: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), writer
Hamilton Collection
Huseby Collection [English play, 17th-19th centuries]
Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974), writer
C.G. Stellan Mörner (1915-1977), musicologist
Noverre [manuscripts]
Vilhelm Nylin (1857-1942), banker, collector
Nils Personne (1850-1928), theatre director [Strindberg collection]
Oskar I. [French plays, 17th-18th century]
August Strindberg (1849-1913), playwright
Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770) [French plays]
Julius Fredrik Vilhelm Vult von Steijern (1851-1919), collector [Goethe and
Wagner collection]
Richard Wagner (1813-1883), composer
Kungliga Dramatiska teatern
Arkiv och Bibliotek
(Royal Dramatic Theatre; Archive and Library)
Date founded: 1970
Nybrogatan 2
S-102 41 Stockholm Mail:
Box 5037
S-102 41 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 665 6195
Telefax: +46 (8) 665 6289
E-mail: info@dramaten.se
Homepage: http://www.dramaten.se/
Subjects: Dramatic theatre.
Media: Books.
Kungliga Musikhögskolan
(Royal Swedish Music College)
Valhallavågen 103-109
S-115 91 Stockholm Mail:
Box 27711
Telephone: +46 (8) 161 965
Telefax: +46 (8) 664 1424
E-mail: info@kmh.se
Homepage: http://www.kmh.se/
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
(Royal Swedish Academy of Music)
Date founded: 1771
Blasieholmstorg 8
S-111 48 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 407 1800
Telefax: +46 (8) 611 8718
E-mail: adm@musakad.se
Homepage: http://www.musakad.se/
Special Collections: Music (Sweden)
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Bibliotek
(Royal Swedish Academy of Music; Library)
Date founded: 1771
Blasieholmstorg 8
S-111 48 Stockholm Mail:
Box 16236
S-10326 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5195 5433
Telefax: +46 (8) 5195 5445
E-mail: exp@muslib.se
Homepage: http://www.muslib.se/ Monday: 12:00-16:00
Tuesday: 12:00-19:00 (September-May); 12:00-16:00 (June-August)
Wednesday: 12:00-16:00
Thursday: 12:00-19:00 (September-May); 12:00-16:00 (June-August)
Friday: 12:00-16:00
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Scores/libretti/music. Sound
recordings/CDs.
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Bibliotek
Raritetssamlingara
(Royal Swedish Academy of Music; Library; Special Collections)
Date founded: 1771
21 Torsgatan
S-111 48 Stockholm Mail:
Box 16236
S-10326 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5195 5433
Telefax: +46 (8) 5195 5445
E-mail: rarecoll@muslib.se
Homepage: http://www.muslib.se/hand/rare.html Monday: 12:00-16:00
Tuesday: 12:00-19:00 (September-May); 12:00-16:00 (June-August)
Wednesday: 12:00-16:00
Thursday: 12:00-19:00 (September-May); 12:00-16:00 (June-August)
Friday: 12:00-16:00
Special Collections: Composers (Sweden)
Lute, Swedish
Music (Sweden) Hummel Publishers
Oxenstierna Collection [opera, 1750-1858]
Royal Swedish Academy of Music [archives, 1771-1971]
Stockholm German Church Collection
Stockholm Royal Opera [music collection, 18th and 19th century]
Utile Dulci, literary and musical society [instrumental music, 18th century]
Erik Åkerbert, composer
Helmer Alexandersson, composer
Hugo Alfvén, composer
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, composer
Patrick Alströmer (1733-1840), music lover
Ragnar Althén, composer
Folke (Göken) Andersson, composer
Richard Andersson, composer
Elfrida Andrée, composer
Eric Jacob Arrhén von Kapfelman, composer
Jalmar Arvinder, composer
Kurt Atterberg, composer
Valborg Aulin, composer
Knut Bäck, composer
Sven-Erik Bäck, composer
Wasili Baranowski, composer
C. Barkel
Bror Beckman, composer
Hugom Bedinger, composer
Elof Benktander, composer
Herman Berens (the younger), composer
Herman Berens (the older), composer
Gottfrid Berg, composer
A. Bergström-Simonsson
Franz Berwald (1796-1868) [autograph music]
Amadeus Bianchini, composer
Sven Blohm, composer
Oscar Blom, composer
Karl-Birger Blomdahl, composer
Boije Collection [guitar music, 19th century]
Laci Boldemann, composer
Jan van Boom, composer
Giouse Jun. Bonelli, composer
Leif Bratt, composer
Sten Broman, composer
Hildur Broström, composer
Oscar Byström, composer
Gustaf Carlson, composer
Johan Peter Cronhamn, composer
Viking Dahl, composer
Joseph Fouché d'Otrante, revolutionary, minister of police [French and
Italian opera]
Edouard Du Puy, composer
Sixten Eckerberg, composer
A. Edberg
Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer
Jacob Ekström, composer
Ernst Ellberg, composer
Engsö
Harald Ericsson, composer
Josef Eriksson, composer
E. Erling, composer
Carl Fredrik Fallén (1764-1830)
Gunnar Fastborg, composer
Kjell Fleetwood, composer
Forsell
Olov Franzén, composer
A. Per Fröding, composer
Gunnar de Frumerie, composer
Daniel Fryklund
Gösta Geijer, composer
Jacob Edvard Gille, composer
Cyrus Granér (1870-1937), composer, organist
Ture Gudmundsson, composer
Georg Günther, composer
Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928), composer
A. Hässler-Zethraeus, composer
Johan Fredrik Hallardt (1726?-1794) [postmaster, music collector,
lexicographer]
Bengt Wilhelm Hallberg, composer
Hilding Hallnäs, composer
Ivar Hallström, composer
Bengt Hambraeus (1928-2000), composer, organist, musicologist
Henrik Heimer (1866-1920), composer
John Heintze (1886-1936), composer
Franz von Heland, composer
Fredrik Helleday (1888-1959), composer
Ivar Hellman (1891-1994), composer
Albert Henneberg (1901-1991), composer
Carl Fredrik Hennerberg (1871-1932), writer
Frithiof Hertzman (1837-1910), composer
Johan Leonard Höijer (1815-1884), composer, music critic
A. Holmberg
S. Holmberg
Ragnar Hultén, composer
Ssam-Ragnar Hultén
Titus Hultstrand (1893-1963), composer
Elisabeth Huselius-Wickter, composer
John Jacobsson, composer
Gösta Jahn, composer
Gunnar Jeanson, composer
Cari Johansson
M. Johansson, composer
J. Jonsson, composer
Jacob Axel Josephson, composer
M. Jungstedt
Edvin Kallstenius, composer
G. Kallstenius, composer
Kjellbom
A.M. Klemming
Erland von Koch, composer
Sigurd von Koch, composer
August Körling, composer
Evald Lagerström, composer
Lago
Lars-Erik Larsson, composer
Sigfrid Laurin, composer
Edwin Lehnert, composer
Greta Lehnert, compose
Carl Leuhusen (1724-1795), composer
Ingvar Lidholm, composer
György Ligeti, composer
Bernhard Lilja, composer
O. Lindberg, composer
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
Albert Lindholm, composer
August W. Lindman, composer
Astrid Lundahl, composer
Lennart Lundberg, composer
Carl Lundell, composer
L. Lundén, composer
Lundgren-Grevesmühl Collection
Amanda Maier, composer
Nils Malmberg, composer
Åke Malmfors, composer
Carin Malmlöf-Forssling, composer
Gustaf Mankel, composer
Johan Mazer (1790-1847), merchant [instrumental music, 1750-]
Melcher Melchers, composer
Arne Mellnäs, composer
D. Möller
Marianne Mörner
John Morén, composer
Helena Munktell, composer
Niegmann
Bo Nilsson, composer
C. Nisser
Nomus
Birgitta Nordenfeldt, composer
Eva Nordenfeldt
Ernst af Nordenvard, composer
C. Nordqvist [composer]
Y. Norén, composer
L. Norman [composer]
J. Norrman, composer
Jacob Nyvall, composer
Hj. Ohlsson, composer
R. Ohlsson, composer
Otto Olsson, composer
Carsten Folke Salomon Otter, composer
Herman Palm, composer
H. Pegelow, composer
Gösta Percy, composer
Moses Pergament, composer
H.A. Peter, composer
M. Peterson, composer
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
O. Ralf
Ture Rangström, composer
S. Rappe
Florence Richards, composer
E. Rischow
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758), composer, "Father of Swedish Music"
Hilding Rosenberg, composer
Albert Rubenson, composer
Gabriel Sack (1697-1751) [French opera]
John Salomonsson, composer
Gottfried Salwén, composer
Schlyter
C. Schwencke, composer
F.S. Silverstolpe, composer
Heimer Sjöblom, composer
N. Sjöblom
Adolph Sjöding, composer
Emil Sjögren, composer
E. Söderlund, composer
Lille-Bror Söderlundh, composer
August Söderman, composer
Wilhelm Söhrling, composer
Torsten Sörenson, composer
Stene
Fredrika Stenhammar, composer
Per Ulrik Stenhammar, composer
Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer
O. Strandberg
Carl Axel Strindberg, composer
Strömberg
Hilda Sundhammar, composer
Martin Tegen
Alice Tegnér, composer
H. Tham, composer
Johan Thor, composer
Bengt von Törne, composer
O.P. Trobäck, composer
U. Troili, composer
Eduard Tubin (1906-1982), composer
Conrad Rudolf af Uhr (1819-1871), composer
Karl Valentin (i.e. Valentin Fey) (1882-1948)
Patrik Vretblad, composer
Axel Raoul Wachtmeister, composer
Bo Wallner
S.Å. Welin, composer
Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
E. Westberg, composer
Ivar Widéen, composer
David Wikander, composer
O.D. Winge
Dag Wirén, composer
Karl Wohlfart, composer
Kungliga Operan
Arkiv och samlingar
(Royal Swedish Opera; Archives and Collections)
Date founded: 1773
Jacobs Torg 2 (Opera House)
Västra Trädgårdsgatan 2 (Administration)
S-103 22 Stockholm Mail:
Box 16094
S-103 22 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 791 4300
Telefax: +46 (8) 411 0242
E-mail: info@kungligaoperan.se
Homepage: http://www.operan.se/
Databases with information on collections: Operabase
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card. Other
On-site use only. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user.
Exhibitions.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Puppet
theatre. Theatre architecture. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media: Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts. Correspondence.
Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Properties. Sets.
Models. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Masks.
Paintings. Graphics. Statuary. Sound recordings/CDs. Production material.
Other.
Special Collections: Royal Opera (Stockholm) [art and music collection]
Theatre, dramatic (1788-1907)
Marionettmuseet
(International Puppet Theatre Museum)
Date founded: 1976
Brunnsgatan 6
S-111 38 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 103 061
Telefax: +46 (8) 211 015
Homepage: http://www.marionetteatern.com/ Sunday: 13:00-16:00
Tuesday: 13:00-16:00
Wednesday: 13:00-16:00
Thursday: 13:00-16:00
Friday: 13:00-16:00
Saturday: 13:00-16:00
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card. Printed
Materials loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.
Subjects: Puppet theatre. Other.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts.
Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes.
Properties. Sets. Models. Videos/films/DVDs. Official documents.
Scores/libretti/music. Masks. Objects d'art. Sound recordings/CDs.
Production material. Other.
Special Collections: Puppets (Asia)
Puppets (international)
Puppets (Swedish) Marionetteatern (Stockholm)
Musikaliska Akademiens
Bibliotek (MAB)
(Swedish Academy of Music; Library)
Date founded: 1771
Nybrokajen 11
Stockholm Mail:
Box 16326
S-103 26 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 666 4512, 666 4514 (library)
Telefax: +46 (8) 666 5665 Monday: 11:00-16:30
Tuesday: 11:00-16:30
Wednesday: 11:00-16:30
Thursday: 11:00-16:30
Friday: 11:00-16:30
Saturday: 10:00-13:00
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Other
Materials loan. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Subjects: Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes.
Clippings. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music.
Musikmuseet Stockholm
(Stockholm Music Museum)
Date founded: 1899
Sibyllegatan 2
S-103 26 Stockholm Mail:
Box 16326
S-103 26 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 666 4530, 666 4539 (library), 666 4540 (archives)
Telefax: +46 (8) 663 9181
E-mail: museum@musikmuseet.se
bibliotek@musikmuseet.se
Homepage: http://www.musikmuseet.se/ Sunday: 11:00-16:00
Tuesday: 11:00-16:00
Wednesday: 11:00-16:00
Thursday: 11:00-16:00
Friday: 11:00-16:00
Saturday: 11:00-16:00
Special Collections: Music, folk (Swedish)
Music instruments Daniel Fryklund (1879-1965), collector [collection]
Jenny Lind, opera singer
Kristina Nilsson, opera singer Nordiska Museet
(Nordic Museum)
Djurgården
S-115 93 Stockholm Mail:
Box 27820
S-115 93 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5195 6000
Telefax: +46 (8) 5195 4580
Homepage: http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/
Operahögskolan
(University College of Opera)
Dag Hammarskjölds väg 24 [from autumn 2003 Teknikringen 35]
S-115 27 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5458 1060
Telefax: +46 (8) 5458 1061
E-mail: info@operahogskolan
se
Homepage: http://www.operahogskolan.se/
Riksarkivet
(Swedish National Archives)
Date founded: 1618
Fyrverkarbacken 13-17
S-102 29 Stockholm Mail:
Box 12541
S-102 29 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 737 6350
Telefax: +46 (8) 737 6474
E-mail: riksarkivet@riksarkivet.ra.se
Homepage: http://www.ra.se/
Rikskonserter
(Swedish Concert Institute)
Nybrokajen 11
S-111 48 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 407 1600
Telefax: +46 (8) 407 1650
E-mail: info@srk.se
Databases with information on collections: Operabase
Statens Konstmuseer
(Swedish National Art Museum)
Date founded: 1867
Hovslagargatan 2
Stockholm Mail:
Box 16176
S-103 24 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 666 4250
Telefax: +46 (8) 611 4422
Homepage: http://www.nationalmuseum.se/
Statens Ljud- och Bildarchiv (SLBA)
(National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images)
Date founded: 1979
Karlavägen 98
Stockholm Mail:
Box 24124
SE-104 51 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 783 3700
Telefax: +46 (8) 663 1811
E-mail: foexp@ljudochbildarkivet.se
Homepage: http://www.ljudochbildarkivet.se/
Media: Videos/films/DVDs. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: Film
Sound recordings
Statens musikbibliotek
(Music Library of Sweden)
Date founded: 1771
Torsgatan 21
Stockholm Mail:
Box 16 326
S-103 26 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5195 5412
Telefax: +46 (8) 5195 5445
E-mail: exp@muslib.se
Homepage: http://www.muslib.se/
Subjects: Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes.
Clippings. Scores/libretti/music.
Statens Musiksamlingar
(Swedish National Collections of Music)
Torsgatan 21, 3rd floor
Stockholm Mail:
Box 163 26
S-103 26 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 519 5400
Homepage: http://www.smus.se/
Special Collections: Music (Sweden)
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande
Date founded: 1920
Riddargatan 35-37
S-114 57 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 661 7171
Telefax: +46 (8) 661 7171
E-mail: smf@nydahlcoll.se
Homepage: http://home.swipnet.se/~w-13371/
STIM/Svensk Musik
(Swedish Music Information Centre)
Date founded: 1965
Sandhamnsgatan 79
Stockholm Mail:
Box 27327
S-102 54 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 783 8800
Telefax: +46 (8) 783 9510
E-mail: swedmic@stim.se
Homepage: http://www.mic.stim.se/
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: Music (Sweden)
Stockholms Stadsmuseum
(Stockholm City Museum)
Date founded: 1931
Peter Myndes backe 6
S-116 46 Stockholm Mail:
Box 15025
S-116 46 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5083 1600
Telefax: +46 (8) 5083 1699
E-mail: stadsmuseet@smf.stockholm.se
Homepage: http://www.stadsmuseum.stockholm.se/ Monday: 8:00-16:45
Tuesday: 8:00-16:45
Wednesday: 8:00-16:45
Thursday: 8:00-16:45
Friday: 8:00-16:45
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Circus.
Cinema.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Programmes. Clippings. Posters.
Designs/Plans. Memorabilia.
Special Collections: Circus (1860-1920)
Music hall (1860-1920) Carl Michael Bellmann (1740-1795), poet, musician
Frithiof Malmetan
Stockholms Universitet
Filmvetenskapliga Institutionen
(Stockholm University; Department of Cinema Studies)
Date founded: 1961
Mail:
Filmhuset
Borgvägen 1-5
Box 27062
S-102 61 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 665 1177, 665 1100 (information), 665 1161 (library)
Telefax: +46 (8) 666 3668
E-mail: v.raja@sub.su.se
Subjects: Cinema.
Media: Books. Periodicals.
Stockholms Universitet
Teatervetenskapliga institutionen
(Stockholm University; Theatre and Film Departments)
Date founded: 1958
Universitetsvägen 10, D 8
S-106 91 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 674 7000
Telefax: +46 (8) 674 7490
Homepage: http://www.teater.su.se/ Monday: 10:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00
Tuesday: 10:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00
Wednesday: 10:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00
Thursday: 10:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00
Friday: 10:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00
Stockholms universitet
Universitetsbibliotek med Vetenskapsakademiens bibliotek
(Stockholm University; University library with the Library of the Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences)
Date founded: 1978
Universitetsvägen 10
S-106 91 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 162 000
Strindbergsmuseet
(Strindberg Museum)
Date founded: 1974
Drottninggatan 85
S-111 60 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 411 5354
Telefax: +46 (8) 411 0141
E-mail: info@strindbergsmuseet.se
Homepage: http://www.strindbergsmuseet.se/ Sunday: 12:00-16:00
Tuesday: 10:00-16:00, 18:00-20:00
Wednesday: 10:00-16:00
Thursday: 10:00-16:00
Friday: 10:00-16:00
Saturday: 12:00-16:00
Written application required. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Card
On-site use only.
Reproductions: In house. By company.
Exhibitions. Fees for exhibitions.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Amateur theatre. Cinema. Festivals.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Programmes. Clippings.
Posters. Videos/films/DVDs. Paintings. Graphics. Statuary. Memorabilia.
Special Collections: Strindbergs Intima Teater August Strindberg
(1849-1912), dramatist
Svensk Musik
(Swedish Music Information Centre)
Sandhamnsgatan 79
P.O. Box 27327
S-102 54 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 783 8800
Telefax: +46 (8) 783 9510
E-mail: swedmic@stim.se
Databases with information on collections: Operabase
Special Collections: Music (Sweden)
Svenska Filminstitutet
Biblioteket
(Swedish Film Institute; Library)
Date founded: 1933
Filmhuset
Borgvägen 1-5
S-102 52 Stockholm Mail:
Filmhuset
Box 271 26
S-102 52 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 665 1100
Telefax: +46 (8) 666 3688
E-mail: biblexp@sfi.se
Homepage: http://www.sfi.se/bibliotek/
Subjects: Cinema.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Clippings.
Svenska Filminstitutet
Documentation Department
(Swedish Film Institute; Documentation Department)
Date founded: 1933
Filmhuset
Borgvägen 1-5
S-102 52 Stockholm Mail:
Filmhuset
Box 271 26
S-102 52 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 665 1100 Monday: 10:00-21:00
Tuesday: 10:00-21:00
Wednesday: 10:00-21:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Special Collections: Censorship cards (German) (1920-1945)
Censorship records (Sweden) (1911-1983)
Film companies (Sweden) [account books and inventories]
Svensk Industri (1912-1970) [unpublished archives] Idestam Almquist
Ingmar (Ernst Ingmar) Bergman (1918-), film director
Gustav Berg (1896-1984), archivist, librarian
Carl Anders Dymling (1898-1961), radio, film director
Olof Molondander
Gunnar Skoglund
Svenska Filminstitutet
Stills and Posters Archive
(Swedish Film Institute; Stills and Posters Archive)
Filmhuset
Borgvägen 1-5
S-102 52 Stockholm Mail:
Filmhuset
Box 271 26
S-102 52 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 665 1100
Homepage: http://www.sfi.se/ Monday: 10:00-16:00
Tuesday: 10:00-16:00
Wednesday: 10:00-16:00
Thursday: 10:00-16:00
Friday: 10:00-16:00
Special Collections: Posters, film
Svenska Institutet
(Swedish Institute)
Sverigehuset
Hamngatan/Kungsträdgäden
Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 789 2000
Telefax: +46 (8) 207 248
E-mail: si@si.se
Homepage: http://www.si.se/
Databases with information on collections: Operabase
Svenska Musikerförbundet
(Swedish Musicians Union)
Mail:
Alströmergatan 25 B
Box 43
S-100 29 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5870 6000
Telefax: +46 (8) 168 020
E-mail: info@musikerforbundet.se
Homepage: http://www.musikerforbundet.se/
Svenska Teaterförbundet
(Swedish Actor's Equity Association)
S-112 94 Stockholm Mail:
Box 12710
Telephone: +46 (8) 441 1300
Telefax: +46 (8) 653 9507
E-mail: info@teaterforbundet.se
Homepage: http://www.teaterforbundet.se/
Svenskt musikhistoriskt arkiv
(Swedish Music Historical Archive)
Date founded: 1965
Nybrokajen 13
S-103 26 Stockholm Mail:
Box 19326
S-103 26 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 666 4560
Telefax: +46 (8) 666 4565 Monday: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00
Tuesday: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00
Wednesday: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00
Thursday: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00
Friday: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: In house. By company.
Subjects: Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Variety/music hall.
Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes.
Scores/libretti/music.
Sveriges Dramatikerförbund
(Swedish Union of Playwrights)
Drottninggatan 85
S-111 60 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 213 310
Telefax: +46 (8) 613 3979
E-mail: sdf@dramatiker.se
Homepage: http://www.dramatiker.se/
Sveriges Radio
Programarkivet
(Swedish Broadcasting Corporation; Program Archive)
Date founded: 1961
S-105 10 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 784 1535
Telefax: +46 (8) 784 2285 Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance.
Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Circus.
Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Other.
Media: Sound recordings.
Sveriges Radio
Biblioteket
(Swedish Broadcasting Corporation; Library)
Date founded: 1942
Oxenstiernsgatan 20
S-105 10 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 784 4130
Telefax: +46 (8) 784 2257 Monday: 9:00-16:00
Tuesday: 9:00-16:00
Wednesday: 9:00-16:00
Thursday: 9:00-16:00
Friday: 9:00-16:00
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Subjects: Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Amateur theatre. Theatre
architecture. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals. Public celebrations.
Media: Books. Periodicals.
Special Collections: Radio (Sweden)
Sveriges Teatermuseum
(Swedish Theatre Museum)
Date founded: 1922
Kvarnholmsvägen 56, Gäddviken, Nacka
S-104 65 Stockholm Mail:
Box 15417
S-104 65 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5569 3111
Telefax: +46 (8) 5569 3101
E-mail: sverigesteatermuseum@dtm.de
Homepage: http://www.sverigesteatermuseum.dtm.se/ Monday: 12:00-17:00
Tuesday: 12:00-17:00
Wednesday: 12:00-17:00
Thursday: 12:00-17:00
Friday: 12:00-15:00
Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Other
Materials loan. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: In house. By company.
Fees for exhibitions.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance.
Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret.
Variety/music hall. Amateur theatre. Theatre architecture. Circus.
Festivals. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations. Other.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Promptbooks. Manuscripts.
Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes.
Properties. Sets. Models. Scores/libretti/music. Paintings. Graphics.
Statuary. Memorabilia. Production material.
Special Collections: Opera (Stockholm)
Theatre (Stockholm) Drottningholms slottsteater
Kungliga Teatrarnas Arkiv (KTA)
National Archive (State Registers) Depositions
Royal Swedish Opera, official depository
Royal Theatres (Stockholm), 1773- [registers]
Swedish Centre of the International Theatre Institute
Kvarnholmsvägen 56
S-111 48 Stockholm Mail:
Box 15035
S-104 65 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 462 2530, 462 2536 (dance committee)
Telefax: +46 (8) 462 2535
E-mail: swedish@iti.a.se
Homepage: http://www.iti.a.se/ Monday: 9:00-17:00
Tuesday: 9:00-17:00
Wednesday: 9:00-17:00
Thursday: 9:00-17:00
Friday: 9:00-17:00
Special Collections: Theatre (Sweden)
Teatercentrum
(Theatre Centre)
Hantverkargatan 4
S-112 21 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 651 0588
Telefax: +46 (8) 653 6420
E-mail: kansli@teatercentrum.se
Homepage: http://www.teatercentrum.se/
Teaterförbundet
(Swedish Union of Theatrical Employees)
Mail:
Box 12710
S-112 94 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 441 1300
Telefax: +46 (8) 653 9507
E-mail: info@teaterforbundet.se
Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm
(Stockholm College of Acting)
Mail:
Box 20044
S-114 60 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 5560 9300, 5560 9310
Telefax: +46 (8) 702 9580
E-mail: info@teaterhogskolan.se
Homepage: http://www.teaterhogskolan.se/
Teatrarnas riksförbund
(Association of Swedish Theatres and Orchestras)
Mail:
Box 1778
S-111 87 Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (8) 440 8370
Telefax: +46 (8) 440 8389
E-mail: tr@teatrarnasriks.se
Homepage: http://www.teatrarnasriksforbund.org/
Index:
Institution names followed by are members of SIBMAS
Ari Library of Dance, Carina
Arkitekturmuseet
Arkitekturmuseet
Archivet, Biblioteket
Association of Swedish Theatres and Orchestras
Carina Ari Library of Dance
Circus Academy
Cirkusakademien
College of Dance
Dance Centre
Dance Museum
Danscentrum
Danshögskolan
Dansmuseet
Dokumentationsenheten SMA, Statens musikbibliotek
Dramatic Institute
Dramatiska Institutet
Folk Opera
Folkens Museum
Folkoperan
Hobby och Leksaksmuseum
International Puppet Theatre Museum
Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna
Kungliga Armémuseum
Kungliga Biblioteket
Kungliga Dramatiska teatern
Arkiv och Bibliotek
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Bibliotek
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Bibliotek
Raritetssamlingara
Kungliga Musikhögskolan
Kungliga Operan
Arkiv och samlingar
Marionettmuseet
Museum of Architecture
Museum of Architecture
Archives, Library
Music Library of Sweden
Music Library of Sweden
Music Library of Sweden
Special Collections
Musikaliska Akademiens
Bibliotek (MAB)
Musikmuseet Stockholm
National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images
National Museum of Ethnology
Nordic Museum
Nordiska Museet
Operahögskolan
Riksarkivet
Rikskonserter
Royal Academy of Fine Art
Royal Army Museum
Royal Dramatic Theatre
Archive and Library
Royal Library
Swedish National Library
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Library
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Library
Special Collections
Royal Swedish Music College
Royal Swedish Opera
Archives and Collections
Statens Konstmuseer
Statens Ljud- och Bildarchiv (SLBA)
Statens musikbibliotek
Statens musikbibliotek
Statens musikbibliotek
Raritetssamlingara
Statens Musiksamlingar
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande
STIM/Svensk Musik
Stockholm City Museum
Stockholm College of Acting
Stockholm Music Museum
Stockholm University
Department of Cinema Studies
Stockholm University
Theatre and Film Departments
Stockholm University
University library with the Library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholms Stadsmuseum
Stockholms Universitet
Filmvetenskapliga Institutionen
Stockholms Universitet
Teatervetenskapliga institutionen
Stockholms universitet
Universitetsbibliotek med Vetenskapsakademiens bibliotek
Strindberg Museum
Strindbergsmuseet
Svensk Musik
Svensk Musik
Svenska Filminstitutet
Biblioteket
Svenska Filminstitutet
Documentation Department
Svenska Filminstitutet
Stills and Posters Archive
Svenska Institutet
Svenska Musikerförbundet
Svenska Teaterförbundet
Svenskt musikhistoriskt arkiv
Sveriges Dramatikerförbund
Sveriges Radio
Biblioteket
Sveriges Radio
Programarkivet
Sveriges Teatermuseum
Swedish Academy of Music
Library
Swedish Actor's Equity Association
Swedish Broadcasting Corporation
Library
Swedish Broadcasting Corporation
Program Archive
Swedish Centre of the International Theatre Institute
Swedish Concert Institute
Swedish Film Institute
Documentation Department
Swedish Film Institute
Library
Swedish Film Institute
Stills and Posters Archive
Swedish Institute
Swedish Music Historical Archive
Swedish Music History Archive
Swedish Music Information Centre
Swedish Music Information Centre
Swedish Musicians Union
Swedish National Archives
Swedish National Art Museum
Swedish National Collections of Music
Swedish National Library
Swedish Theatre Museum
Swedish Union of Playwrights
Swedish Union of Theatrical Employees
Teatercentrum
Teaterförbundet
Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm
Teatrarnas riksförbund
Theatre Centre
Toy Museum
University College of Opera
SIBMAS Home Page
Directory Home Page (entry point)
Institutions
Alphabetical access by name of institution (both original and English
versions of the name when available)
Collections
Alphabetical access by name of special collections within the institutions
Location:
Geographical access (country and then city)
Africa
Asia
Australasia
Caribbean
Central America
Europe
Middle East
North America
South America
United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
Index:
Institution names followed by are members of SIBMAS
Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
AKG London Arts & History Picture Library
Andes Press Agency (APA)
Anerley Branch Library
Arena Performing Arts Library
Arts Council of England
Library
Association of British Orchestras
Association of British Theatre Technicians
Barbican Library
Barbican Library
Music Performance Research Centre
Barbican Music Library
Barda, Clive
Barnet Public Libraries
Local History Collection
Barry Kay Archive
Battersea Local History Collection
BBC Information Resarch Library
BBC Picture Archives
Bear Gardens Museum of the Shakespearean Stage, The
Belsize Music Rooms
Benesh Institute of Choreology
Library
Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood
Bharatiya Vidya Bahvan Institute of Indian Art and Culture
British Academy of Composers & Songwriters (BACS)
British Actors Equity Association
British Architectural Library
British Architectural Library
British Arts Festivals Association (BAFA)
British Association of Choreographers
British Ballet Association
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
BBC Information Resarch Library
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Photograph Library
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
BBC Picture Archives
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Reference Library
British Broadcasting Corporation
Central Music Library
British Centre of the International Theatre Institute
British Council
Performing Arts Department
British Film Institute (BFI)
Film Archive
British Film Institute (BFI)
Library and Information Services
British Film Institute (BFI)
Stills, Posters and Designs
British Library of Political & Economic Science
Archives Division
British Library
Collections and Services
British Library
Department of Manuscripts
British Library
Music Collections
British Library
National Sound Archive
Aural Jazz Documentation
British Library
National Sound Archive
Drama and Literature Collection
British Library
National Sound Archive
International Music Collection
British Library
National Sound Archive
Oral History Section
British Library
National Sound Archive
Pop Music Section
British Library
National Sound Archive
Western Art Music
British Library
Newspaper Library
British Library
Oriental and Indian Office Collections
British Museum
Department of Prints and Drawings
British Music Information Centre
British Pathe
British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
British Theatre Association
Library
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)
Bromley Public Libraries
Anerley Branch Library
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre
Cameron Mackintosh Archive
Central Music Library
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Library
Central School of Ballet
Central School of Speech and Drama
Library
CILIP
Special Libraries
Cinema Bookshop, The
Cinema Museum, The
Circus Space, The
City of London Festival
City University
Department of Arts Policy and Management
Library
City University
Department of Music
College of the Royal Academy of Dancing
Commonwealth Institute
Commonwealth Resource Centre
Commonwealth Resource Centre
Contemporary Medical Archives Centre
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Coram Foundation for Children, Thomas
Foundling Hospital Art Treasures
Council for Dance Education and Training
Courtauld Institute of Art
Witt Library
Critic's Circle
Cruickshank Private Collection, Graeme
Cuming Museum
Dance UK
Davis FBIPP, FMPA, FRPS, Reginald
Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre, The
Dickens House Museum
Photographic Collection
Director's Guild of Great Britain
Dominic Photography
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Archive
Drama Centre London
Library
Drama Studio London
Dulwich College
Library
Ealing Public Libraries
Local History Collection
Enfield Libraries
Local History Unit
English Folk Dance and Song Society
English Heritage
Photographic Library
English National Ballet Archive
English National Opera
Archives
E.T. Archive
European Association for Jewish Culture
Experimental Arts Productions
Fenton House
Festival of Experimental Music
Finsbury Library
Finsbury Library
Local History Department
Forest Archives, Waltham
Vestry House Museum
Garrick Club
Library
Globe Research
Goldsmiths College
Library
Goldsmiths College
Music Department
Grant Archive, Ronald
Greater London Photograph Library
Greater London Record Office and History Library
Greater London Photograph Library
Greenwich and Docklands Festival
Greenwich Local History Library
Greenwich Theatre Art Gallery
Guildhall Library
Print Room
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Library
Gunnersbury Park Museum
Hackney Archives Department
Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre
Hogarth's House
Holborn Library
Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Imperial War Museum
Department of Documents and Printed Books
Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
Independent Broadcasting Authority
Library
Independent Television Commission
Independent Theatre Council
Institute of Education
Library
Institute of Germanic Studies
Library
Institute of Historical Research
Institute of Jewish Studies
Institute of Latin American Studies
Library
International Federation of Actors (FIA)
Islington Libraries
Central Reference Library
Islington Local History Collection
Islington Libraries
Finsbury Library
Italia Conti Academy, The
Jewish Music Insitute
Black Jewish Music Library, Doris and Bertie
John Vickers Theatre Collection
Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre, The Desmond
Kay Archive, Barry
Kensington and Chelsea Public Libraries
Chelsea Local History Collection
Kensington and Chelsea Public Libraries
Kensington Local History Collection
King's College, London
Department of Music
Kobal Collection, The
Laban Centre for Movement and Dance
Library and Archives
Lambet Public Libraries
Lambeth Archives Department
Lambeth Archives Department
Language of Dance Centre
Lebrecht Music Collection
Lewisham Public Libraries
Local History Department
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
London Academy of Performing Arts
London and International School of Acting (LISA)
London College of Fashion
Library
London College of Music and Media
London Contemporary Dance Trust Archive
London Features International
London International School of Performing Arts
London Metropolitan Archives
London Palladium Theatre
Archive
Mackintosh Archive, Cameron
Making Music, The National Federation of Music Societies
Mander and Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection, Raymond
Middlesex University
School of Drama
Performance Arts Library
Mountview Theatre School
Moving Image Research and Library Services Ltd.
Museum of Instruments
Museum of London
Music Performance Research Centre
Music Publishers' Association
Musicians Union (British Writers Council)
National Art Library
National Council for Drama Training
National Council of Theatre for Young People
National Federation of Music Societies
National Film and Television Archive
National Monuments Record
National Museum of the Performing Arts
National Opera Studio
National Portrait Gallery
National Sound Archive
Aural Jazz Documentation
National Sound Archive
Drama and Literature Collection
National Sound Archive
International Music Collection
National Sound Archive
Oral History Section
National Sound Archive
Pop Music Section
National Sound Archive
Western Art Music
National Trust
Photographic Library
Newham Public Libraries
Local Studies Library
Newspaper Library
Palace Theatre Archive
Performance Arts Library
Performing Arts Library
Place, The
London Contemporary Dance Trust Archive
Playhouse Archive
Polka Children's Theatre
Poor School, The
Prokofiev Archive
Puppet Centre Trust
Queen Mary and Westfield College
Main Library
Radius
Religious Drama Society of Great Britain, The
Rambert Dance Company
Archives
Ranger's House
Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection
Really Useful Theatres
Archive
Redferns Music Picture Library
Retrograph Archive Ltd.
Reuters Television Stills Library
Roehampton Institute
Learning Resources Centre
Ronald Grant Archive
Rose Theatre
Royal Academy of Dance
Library and Archives
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Library
Royal Academy of Music
Library
Royal Albert Hall Archives
Royal Ballet School
Archive
Royal College of Music
Department of Portraits and Performance History
Royal College of Music
Library
Royal College of Music
Museum of Instruments
Royal College of Organists
Library
Royal Festival Hall
Archive
Royal Institute of British Architects
British Architectural Library
Royal Institute of British Architects
Drawings Collection
Royal Institute of British Architects
Manuscripts and Archive Collection
Royal National Theatre
Archive
Royal Opera House
Archive
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce
School of Literary and Media Studies
The Learning Centre
School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
Shakespeare's Globe Centre
Globe Research
Sir John Soane's Museum
Skeel Library, Caroline
Soane's Museum, Sir John
Research Library
Society for Theatre Research
Society of British Theatre Designers
Society of London Theatre (SOLT)
Society of West End Theatre
Southwark Local Studies Library
Southwark Public Libraries
Southwark Local Studies Library
Spotlight, The
St. Paul's Girls' School
History Department
Stage Management Association
Swiss Cottage Library
Thames Television
Theatre Information Group (TIG) [UK affiliat of SIBMAS]
Theatre Museum
National Museum of the Performing Arts
Theatre Museum
Research Facilities
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Archive
Theatres Trust
Research and Information Office
Theatrical Management Association (TMA)
Tiller's Marionettes
Tower Hamlets Libraries
Local History Library
Trinity College of Music
Ullmann Foundation, Viktor
Universal Pictorial Press & Agency Ltd.
University College London
Institute of Jewish Studies
University College London
Library
University of London
Institute of Education
Library
University of London
Institute of Germanic Studies
Library
University of London
Library
University of London
School of Advanced Study
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
School of Oriental and African Studies
Jewish Music Insitute (JMI)
Black Jewish Music Library, Doris and Bertie
University of London
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University of London
Westfield College
Skeel Library, Caroline
University of North London
School of Literary and Media Studies
The Learning Centre
University of Surrey Roehampton
Learning Resources Centre
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
Vestry House Museum
Vickers Theatre Collection, John
Victoria and Albert Museum
Archive of Art and Design
Victoria and Albert Museum
Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings
Victoria and Albert Museum
Indian and South-East Asian Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
National Art Library
Viktor Ullmann Foundation
Wandsworth Museum
Wandsworth Public Libraries
Battersea Local History Collection
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Westminster Archives Centre
Westminster Central Reference Library
Westminster City Archives
Westminster Library
Wigmore Hall
Archive
Williams Memorial Library, Vaughan
Wilson, Reg
Wimbledon School of Art
Learning Resource Centre
Witt Library
Writers Guild of Great Britain
Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
Royal Victoria Building
Trinity Road
London SW18 3SX
Telephone: +44 (20) 8870 6475
Telefax: +44 (20) 8875 0789
AKG London Arts & History Picture Library
10 Plato Place
72-74 Dionis Road
London SW6 4TU
Telephone: +44 (20) 7610 6103
Telefax: +44 (20) 7610 6125
Media: Photos.
Andes Press Agency (APA)
Date founded: 1982
26 Padbury Court
London E2 7EH
Telephone: +44 (20) 7613 5417
Telefax: +44 (20) 7739 3159
E-mail: photos@andespress.demon.co.uk Monday: 9:00-18:00
Tuesday: 9:00-18:00
Wednesday: 9:00-18:00
Thursday: 9:00-18:00
Friday: 9:00-18:00
Written application required. Fees for using facility.
Catalogs: Card
Materials loan.
Reproductions: In house.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Ballet/dance. Puppet theatre. Festivals.
Music/Music performance.
Media: Photos.
Arena Performing Arts Library
Date founded: 1992
1st Floor, 55 Southwark Street
London SE1 1RU
Telephone: +44 (207) 403 8542
Telefax: +44 (207) 402 8561
E-mail: enquiries@arenaimages.com
Homepage: http://www.arenaimages.com/ Monday: 9:00-18:00
Tuesday: 9:00-18:00
Wednesday: 9:00-18:00
Thursday: 9:00-18:00
Friday: 9:00-18:00
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Other
Materials loan.
Fees for exhibitions.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance.
Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Theatre
architecture. Circus. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Other.
Media: Photos.
Arts Council of England
Library
14 Great Peter Street
London SW1P 3NQ
Telephone: +44 (20) 7973 6590
E-mail: enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk
Homepage: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Monday: 14:00-17:00
Tuesday: 14:00-17:00
Wednesday: 14:00-17:00
Thursday: 14:00-17:00
Friday: 14:00-16:00
Written application required. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized
On-site use only.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Opera. Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Children's
theatre. Puppet theatre. Theatre architecture. Festivals. Music/Music
performance. Other.
Media: Books. Periodicals.
Association of British Orchestras
Enterprise House
59-65 Upper Ground
London SE1 9PQ
Telephone: +44 (20) 7261 1555
Telefax: +44 (20) 7261 1155
E-mail: info@abo.org.uk
Homepage: http://www.abo.org.uk/
Association of British Theatre Technicians
47 Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3XT
Telephone: +44 (20) 7403 3778
Telefax: +44 (20) 7378 6170
E-mail: exec@abtt.org.uk
Homepage: http://www.abtt.org.uk/
Barbican Library
Date founded: 1982
Barbican Centre
London EC2Y 8DS
Telephone: +44 (20) 7638 0569
Telefax: +44 (20) 7638 2249
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Monday: 9:30-17:30
Tuesday: 9:30-19:30
Wednesday: 9:30-17:30
Thursday: 9:30-17:30
Friday: 9:30-17:30
Saturday: 9:30-12:30
Interlibrary loan.
Exhibitions.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Cinema. Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Sound
recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: Music Preserved Archive
Barbican Library
Music Performance Research Centre
Date founded: 1982
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London EC2Y 8DS
Telephone: +44 (1932) 860 472
Telefax: +44 (1932) 860 472
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Monday: 9:30-17:30
Tuesday: 9:30-19:30
Wednesday: 9:30-17:30
Thursday: 9:30-17:30
Friday: 9:30-17:30
Saturday: 9:30-12:30
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Videos/films/DVDs. Sound recordings/CDs.
Barbican Music Library
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London EC2Y 8DS
Telephone: +44 (20) 7638 0672
Telefax: +44 (20) 7638 2249
E-mail: barbicanlib@corpoflondon.gov.uk
Homepage: http://www.barbican.org.uk/
Clive Barda
50 Agate Road
London W6 0AH
Telephone: +44 (20) 8741 0805
Telefax: +44 (20) 8563 0538
E-mail: 100546.5607@compuserve.com Monday: 9:30-18:00
Tuesday: 9:30-18:00
Wednesday: 9:30-18:00
Thursday: 9:30-18:00
Friday: 9:30-18:00
Holdings added.
Subjects: Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Theatre architecture.
Festivals. Music/Music performance.
Media: Books.
Barnet Public Libraries
Local History Collection
Hendon Library
The Burroughs
Hendon
London NW4 4BE
Telephone: +44 (20) 8359 2876
Telefax: +44 (20) 8359 2885 Tuesday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:00
Wednesday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:00
Thursday: 12:30-19:30
Friday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:00
Saturday: 9:30-12:30, 13:30-17:00
Special Collections: Golders Green Theatre
Orpheaum Theatre Gabriella Casartelli
Lord George Sanger
The Bear Gardens Museum of the Shakespearean Stage
Bear Gardens
Bankside
London SE1 9EB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7928 6342
Belsize Music Rooms
London NW3 5AX
Telephone: +44 (20) 7916 0111
Telefax: +44 (20) 7916 0222
E-mail: info@belsize-music-rooms.co.uk
Homepage: http://www.belsize-music-rooms.co.uk/
Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood
Date founded: 1872
Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9PA
Telephone: +44 (20) 8983 5200
Telefax: +44 (20) 8983 5225
E-mail: bgmc@vam.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Sunday: 14:30-17:30
Monday: 10:00-17:50
Tuesday: 10:00-17:50
Wednesday: 10:00-17:50
Thursday: 10:00-17:50
Saturday: 10:00-17:50
Subjects: Puppet theatre.
Special Collections: Puppets
Toy theatres
Bharatiya Vidya Bahvan Institute of Indian Art and Culture
4A Castletown Road
West Kensington
London W14 9HQ
Telephone: +44 (20) 7381 3086
Telefax: +44 (20) 7381 8758
Homepage: http://www.ipi.co.uk/docs/bhavan, http://www.wakti Sunday:
10:00-17:00
Monday: 10:00-17:00
Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: Music (Indian)
British Actors Equity Association
Guild House
Upper St Martin's Lane
London WC2H 4EG
Telephone: +44 (20) 7379 6000
Telefax: +44 (20) 7379 7001
Homepage: http://www.equity.org.uk/
British Architectural Library
Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place
London W1N 4AD
Telephone: +44 (20) 7580 5533
British Arts Festivals Association (BAFA)
Whitechapel Library, 3rd Floor
77 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 7QX
Telephone: +44 (20) 7247 4667
Telefax: +44 (20) 7247 5010
E-mail: bafa@netcomuk.co.uk
Homepage: http://www.artsfestivals.co.uk/
British Association of Choreographers
London N2 9DN
Telephone: +44 (181) 444 9437
British Ballet Association
Woolbrough House
39 Lonsdale Road
London S13 9JP
Telephone: +44 (181) 748 1241
Telefax: +44 (181) 748 1301
British Broadcasting Corporation
Central Music Library
Date founded: 1922
156 Great Portland Street
London W1A 6AJ
Telephone: +44 (20) 7580 4468
Telefax: +44 (20) 7637 3094
Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
BBC Information Resarch Library
B256, Television Centre
London W12 7RJ
Telephone: +44 (20) 7765 3560
Telefax: +44 (20) 7765 0898
E-mail: guy.strickland@bbc.co.uk Monday: 9:30-17:30
Tuesday: 9:30-17:30
Wednesday: 9:30-17:30
Thursday: 9:30-17:30
Friday: 9:30-17:30
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Photograph Library
Unit One, 29 North Acton Road
Harlesden
London NW10 6PE
Telephone: +44 (20) 8743 8000 ext 2972
Telefax: +44 (20) 8847 4267
Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Monday: 9:30-17:30
Tuesday: 9:30-17:30
Wednesday: 9:30-17:30
Thursday: 9:30-17:30
Friday: 9:30-17:30
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
BBC Picture Archives
B116, Television Centre
London W12 7RJ
Telephone: +44 (20) 8225 7193
Telefax: +44 (20) 8746 0353 Monday: 9:30-17:30
Tuesday: 9:30-17:30
Wednesday: 9:30-17:30
Thursday: 9:30-17:30
Friday: 9:30-17:30
Media: Photos.
Special Collections: Radio
Television
British Academy of Composers & Songwriters (BACS)
British Music House, 2nd Floor
26 Berners Street
London W1T 3LR
Telephone: +44 (20) 7636 2929
Telefax: +44 (20) 7636 2212
E-mail: info@britishacademy.com
Homepage: http://www.britishacademy.com/
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Reference Library
Date founded: 1928
Room C135
Woodlands
80 Wood Lane
London W12 O55
Telephone: +44 (20) 8743 8000 ext 3645
Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Monday: 9:30-20:00
Tuesday: 9:30-20:00
Wednesday: 9:30-20:00
Thursday: 9:30-20:00
Friday: 9:30-20:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:30
British Centre of the International Theatre Institute
ITI at Goldsmiths College
University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
Telephone: +44 (20) 7919 7276
Telefax: +44 (20) 7919 7277
E-mail: iti@gold.ac.uk
Special Collections: Theatre (England)
British Council
Performing Arts Department
11 Portland Place
London W1N 4EJ
British Film Institute (BFI)
Film Archive
Date founded: 1935
21 Stephen Street
London W1P 1PL
Telephone: +44 (20) 7255 1444
Telefax: +44 (20) 7436 7950
Homepage: http://www.bfi.org.uk/ Monday: 10:30-17:30
Tuesday: 10:30-17:30
Wednesday: 10:30-17:30
Thursday: 10:30-17:30
Friday: 10:30-17:30
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
Exchange of material.
British Film Institute (BFI)
Library and Information Services
Date founded: 1933
21 Stephen Street
London WIP 2NN
Telephone: +44 (20) 7255 1444
Telefax: +44 (20) 7436 7950
E-mail: www.speccoll@bfi.org.uk
Homepage: http://www.bfi.org.uk/ Monday: 10:30-17:30
Tuesday: 10:30-20:00
Wednesday: 13:00-20:00
Thursday: 10:30-20:00
Friday: 10:30-17:30
Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions.
Subjects: Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes.
Clippings. Scores/libretti/music. Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs.
Production material.
Special Collections: Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied
Technicians
British Board of Fil Classification Michael Balcon (1896-1977), film
producer
Trevor Griffiths (1935-), screenwriter
Derek Jarman
Joseph Losey
Troy Kennedy Martin
Ivor Montagu
David Puttnam
Carol Reed
Irene Shubi
British Film Institute (BFI)
Stills, Posters and Designs
21 Stephen Street
London W1P 1PL
Telephone: +44 (20) 7255 1444
Telefax: +44 (20) 7436 7950
Homepage: http://www.bfi.org.uk/ Monday: 10:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-18:00
Subjects: Cinema.
Media: Posters.
Special Collections: Posters, film
British Library
Collections and Services
Date founded: 1753
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7605
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7577
E-mail: moira.goff@bl.uk
Homepage: http://www.portico.bl.uk/ Monday: 10:00-20:00
Tuesday: 9:30-20:00
Wednesday: 9:30-20:00
Thursday: 10:00-20:00
Friday: 9:30-17:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00
Media: Books.
Special Collections: William Archer (1856-1924), author, critic
Sophia Sarah Banks
John Malcolm Bullock (1879-1938), journalist, critic
Charles Burney (1726-1814), musician, composer, organist
John Rutter Chorley (1807-1867)
Francis Cox
George Daniel
Henry Evans Evanion (1832-1905), conjurer, ventriloquist
David Garrick (1717-1779), actor, manager, playwright
John Gielgud (1904-2000), actor
William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911), librettist
Sidney Carr Glynn
Diana Gordon
Sir Augustus Harris (1851-1896), playwright
Joseph Haslewood, critic reviewer
Thomas Hailes Lacy
John Larpent
Richard Northcott
Sir Laurence Olivier
Richard Percival
J. Petherbridge
Sir Ralph Richardson, actor
Richard John Smith
William Barclay Squire
Bram Stoker
W.E. Streatfield
Tieck, Johann Ludwig, writer
Dawson Turner
James Winston
British Library
Department of Manuscripts
Date founded: 1753
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7513
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7511
E-mail: mss@bl.uk Monday: 10:00-16:45
Tuesday: 10:00-16:45
Wednesday: 10:00-16:45
Thursday: 10:00-16:45
Friday: 10:00-16:45
Saturday: 10:00-16:45
Media: Manuscripts.
Special Collections: Lord Chamberlain's Plays
Manuscripts William Archer (1856-1924), author, critic
William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911), librettist
Harold Pinter, playwright
Peggy Ramsay
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), playwright
Kenneth Tynan, critic
British Library
Music Collections
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7772
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7751
E-mail: music-collections@bl.uk
Homepage: http://www.bl.uk/collections/musiccatalogues.html
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: Hirsch Music Library
Royal Music Library
Stefan Zweig
British Library
National Sound Archive
Aural Jazz Documentation
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7434
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7441
E-mail: andrew.simons@bl.uk Monday: 9:30-20:00
Tuesday: 9:30-20:00
Wednesday: 9:30-20:00
Thursday: 9:30-20:00
Friday: 9:30-20:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00
British Library
National Sound Archive
Drama and Literature Collection
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7436
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7441
E-mail: toby.oakes@bl.uk Monday: 9:30-20:00
Tuesday: 9:30-20:00
Wednesday: 9:30-20:00
Thursday: 9:30-20:00
Friday: 9:30-20:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00
Subjects: Dramatic theatre.
Media: Videos/films/DVDs. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: British Live Art (1980-)
ICA theatre productions (1992-1996)
London International Festival of Theatre (1983-1995)
Royal Court Theatre (London) (1972-)
Royal National Theatre (London) (1963-)
RSC London productions (1964-)
British Library
National Sound Archive
International Music Collection
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7427
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7441
E-mail: janet.topp-fargion@bl.uk
Homepage: http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive Monday: 9:30-20:00
Tuesday: 9:30-20:00
Wednesday: 9:30-20:00
Thursday: 9:30-20:00
Friday: 9:30-20:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Sound recordings/CDs.
British Library
National Sound Archive
Oral History Section
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7405
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7441
E-mail: rob.perks@bl.uk Monday: 9:30-20:00
Tuesday: 9:30-20:00
Wednesday: 9:30-20:00
Thursday: 9:30-20:00
Friday: 9:30-20:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00
Media: Sound recordings.
Special Collections: BBC Radio Ballads
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
National Life Story Collection
Television History Workshop
Testimony Films Zoe Dominic, stage photographer
Margaret 'Percy' Harris (1904-), theatre designer
Jocelyn Herbert (1914-), theatre designer
Tanya Moiseiwitsch (1914-), theatre designer
British Library
National Sound Archive
Pop Music Section
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7433
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7441
E-mail: andy.linehan@bl.uk
Homepage: http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/pop Monday: 9:30-20:00
Tuesday: 9:30-20:00
Wednesday: 9:30-20:00
Thursday: 9:30-20:00
Friday: 9:30-20:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Videos/films/DVDs. Scores/libretti/music. Sound
recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: Music, popular Kenny Everett (1944-1995), disc jockey,
comedian
British Library
National Sound Archive
Western Art Music
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7440
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7418
E-mail: tim.day@bl.uk Monday: 9:30-20:00
Tuesday: 9:30-20:00
Wednesday: 9:30-20:00
Thursday: 9:30-20:00
Friday: 9:30-20:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Sound recordings.
British Library
Newspaper Library
Date founded: 1932
Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5HE
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7353
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7379
E-mail: newspaper@bl.uk
Homepage: http://www.portico.bl.uk/newspaper Monday: 10:00-16:45
Tuesday: 10:00-16:45
Wednesday: 10:00-16:45
Thursday: 10:00-16:45
Friday: 10:00-16:45
Saturday: 10:00-16:45
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed
On-site use only.
Reproductions: In house.
Exhibitions.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Ballet/dance. Variety/music hall. Circus.
Cinema. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations. Other.
Media: Periodicals. Other.
British Library
Oriental and Indian Office Collections
Date founded: 1991
197 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 8NG
Telephone: +44 (20) 7412 7873
Telefax: +44 (20) 7412 7870 Monday: 9:30-17:45
Tuesday: 9:30-17:45
Wednesday: 9:30-17:45
Thursday: 9:30-17:45
Friday: 9:30-17:45
Saturday: 9:30-12:45
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed. Other
On-site use only. Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user. In house. By company.
Subjects: Radio/TV. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes.
Clippings. Graphics. Statuary. Memorabilia.
British Library of Political & Economic Science
Archives Division
London School of Economics and Political Science
University of London
10 Portugal Street
London WC2A 2HD
Telephone: +44 (20) 7955 7223
Telefax: +44 (20) 7955 7454
E-mail: document@lse.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.library.liblse.ac.uk/archives/
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Monday: 10:00-19:30
Tuesday: 10:00-19:30
Wednesday: 10:00-19:30
Thursday: 10:00-19:30
Friday: 10:00-17:30
Saturday: 11:00-17:30 (semester)
Written application required.
Catalogs: Computerized
Reproductions: By user.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre.
Media: Books. Photos. Programmes. Posters. Official documents.
Special Collections: National Theatre (Great Britain) Marguerite Radcliffe
Carpenter (1880-1943), writer [gay theatre]
Edward Hall (1844-1929), writer [gay theatre]
Halford John Mackinder (1861-1947), geographer
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), playwright [business papers]
British Museum
Department of Prints and Drawings
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
Telephone: +44 (20) 7323 8405
Telefax: +44 (20) 7323 8999
E-mail: prints@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/pd/pdhome.html
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Monday: 10:00-13:00, 14:15-16:00
Tuesday: 10:00-13:00, 14:15-16:00
Wednesday: 10:00-13:00, 14:15-16:00
Thursday: 10:00-13:00, 14:15-16:00
Friday: 10:00-13:00, 14:15-16:00
Saturday: 10:00-13:00
Catalogs: Printed
Reproductions: By user.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Children's theatre.
Media: Graphics.
Special Collections: Stefano della Bella (1661-1664), costume designer,
engraver
Baccio del Bianco (1604-16), costume designer
Charles Burney (1726-1814), musician, composer, organist [theatrical
material; engravings of scenes from plays]
Samuel De Wilde (1751?-1832), artist
Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena (1696-1756), scenographer
David Garrick (1717-1779), actor, manager, playwright
Mary Hamilton
Oskar Kokoschka, painter, scenographer
Charles Ricketts, scenographer
Carl Friedrich Schinkel, designer
Ralph Thomas [juvenile drama collection]
British Music Information Centre
10 Stratford Place
London W1N 9AE
Telephone: +44 (20) 7499 8567
Telefax: +44 (20) 7499 4795
E-mail: bmic@bmic.co.uk
Homepage: http://www.bmic.co.uk/ Monday: 12:00-17:00
Tuesday: 12:00-17:00
Wednesday: 12:00-17:00
Thursday: 12:00-17:00
Friday: 12:00-17:00
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
Reproductions: By user.
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections: Music, contemporary classic (British)
British Pathe
New Pathe House
57 Jamestown Road
London NW1 7XX
Telephone: +44 (20) 7424 3636
Telefax: +44 (20) 7485 3606
E-mail: info@britishpathe.com
Homepage: http://www.britishpathe.com/
Subjects: Radio/TV.
Media: Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections: Newsreels
British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
Riverside Building
County Hall
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7JA
Telephone: +44 (20) 7803 1300
Telefax: +44 (20) 7803 1310
E-mail: general@bpi.co.uk
Homepage: http://www.bpi.co.uk/
British Theatre Association
Library
Date founded: 1919
at: Theatre Museum
Russell Street
Covent Garden
London WC2E 7PA
Special Collections: British Theatre Play Library William Archer
(1856-1924), author, critic
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)
84 Harley House
Marylebone Road
London NW1 5HN
Telephone: +44 (20) 7486 2036
Telefax: +44 (20) 7224 1046
E-mail: london@bmi.com
Homepage: http://www.bmi.com/
Bromley Public Libraries
Anerley Branch Library
206d Anerley Road
London SE20
Telephone: +44 (20) 8778 7457
Special Collections: Crystal Palace (Bromley)
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
Date founded: 1984
33-34 The Market
Covent Garden
London WC2E 8RE
Telephone: +44 (20) 7379 7961
Telefax: +44 (20) 7497 5445
E-mail: barecat@cabaret.co.uk
Homepage: http://www.cabaret.co.uk/
Special Collections: Automata Ron Fuller (1937-), toymaker
Tim Hunkin
Peter Markey
Keith Newstead
Paul Spooner
Central Music Library
Date founded: 1948
160 Buckingham Palace Road
London SWIW 9UD
Telephone: +44 (20) 7798 2192 Monday: 9:30-19:00
Tuesday: 9:30-19:00
Wednesday: 9:30-19:00
Thursday: 9:30-19:00
Friday: 9:30-19:00
Saturday: 9:30-17:00
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. By company.
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Library
Southampton Row
London WC1B 4AP
Telephone: +44 (20) 7514 7000
Telefax: +44 (20) 7514 7024 Written application required.
Catalogs: Computerized
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Opera. Ballet/dance. Cinema. Radio/TV.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Videos/films/DVDs.
Central School of Ballet
10 Herbal Hill, Clerkenwell Road
London EC1R 5EJ
Telephone: +44 (20) 7837 6332
Telefax: +44 (20) 7833 5571
Central School of Speech and Drama
Library
Embassy Theatre
64 Eton Avenue
London NW3 3HY
Telephone: +44 (20) 7559 3942
Telefax: +44 (20) 7722 4132
E-mail: p.collet@cssd.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.cssd.ac.uk/ Monday: 9:15-19:45; 11:00-16:45 (vacations)
Tuesday: 9:15-19:45; 11:00-16:45 (vacations)
Wednesday: 9:15-19:45; 11:00-16:45 (vacations)
Thursday: 9:15-19:45; 11:00-16:45 (vacations)
Friday: 9:15-16:45; 11:00-16:45 (vacations)
Saturday: 13:15-16:45
Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card
Interlibrary loan.
Reproductions: By user.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance.
Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Variety/music hall.
Theatre architecture. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV. Music/Music performance.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Videos/films/DVDs.
Special Collections: Postcards, theatre (Edwardian) Jocelyn Herbert
[archive]
CILIP
Special Libraries
7 Ridgmount Street
London WC1E 7AE
The Cinema Bookshop
Date founded: 1967
13-14 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3NH
Telephone: +44 (20) 7637 0206 Monday: 10:30-17:30
Tuesday: 10:30-17:30
Wednesday: 10:30-17:30
Thursday: 10:30-17:30
Friday: 10:30-17:30
Saturday: 10:30-17:30
Holdings added.
Subjects: Cinema.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Programmes. Posters. Memorabilia. Other.
The Cinema Museum
Date founded: 1984
The Master's House
2 Dugard Way
London SE11 4TH
Telephone: +44 (20) 7840 2202
Telefax: +44 (20) 7840 2299
E-mail: martin@cinemamuseum.org.uk
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Monday: 10:00-17:00
Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Written application required. Fees for using facility. Holdings added.
Materials loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: By user. In house.
Exhibitions.
Subjects: Dramatic theatre. Variety/music hall. Theatre architecture.
Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals.
Media: Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes.
Clippings. Posters. Designs/Plans. Costumes. Videos/films/DVDs. Statuary.
Memorabilia. Sound recordings/CDs. Production material. Other.
Special Collections: Film posters
Film stills
Programmes, theatre (19th-20th centuries) Una Plays Ltd. (1943-1949) Renée
Adoree [i.e. Renée la Fonte] (1898-1933)
Florence Desmond (1905-), actress
Fernando Lamas
Matheson Lang [contracts]
John Paddy Carstairs
The Circus Space
Coronet Street
London N1 6HD
Telephone: +44 (20) 7613 4141
Telefax: +44 (20) 7729 9422
City of London Festival
Bishopsgate Hall
230 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4HW
Telephone: +44 (20) 7377 0540
Telefax: +44 (20) 7377 1972
E-mail: admin@colf.org
Homepage: http://www.colf.org/
City University
Department of Arts Policy and Management
Library
Level 7, Frobisher Crescent
Barbican
Silk Street
London EC2Y 8HB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7477 8752
Telefax: +44 (20) 7477 8887
Homepage: http://www.city.ac.uk/artspol/index.html Written application
required.
Media: Books.
City University
Department of Music
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
Telephone: +44 (20) 7477 8284
Telefax: +44 (20) 7477 8576
E-mail: music@city.ac.uk
College of the Royal Academy of Dancing
36 Battersea Square
London SW11 3RA
Telephone: +44 (20) 7223 0091
Telefax: +44 (20) 7326 8040
Commonwealth Institute
Commonwealth Resource Centre
Kensington High Street
London W8 6NQ
Telephone: +44 (20) 7603 4535
Telefax: +44 (20) 7603 2807
E-mail: crc@commonwealth.gov.uk
Homepage: http://www.commonwealth.org.uk/
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Tuesday: 11:00-16:30
Wednesday: 11:00-16:30
Thursday: 11:00-16:30
Friday: 11:00-16:30
Saturday: 13:00-17:00
Reproductions: By user.
Subjects: Music/Music performance.
Media: Videos/films/DVDs. Sound recordings/CDs.
Contemporary Medical Archives Centre
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE
Telephone: +44 (20) 7611 8483
Telefax: +44 (20) 7611 8545
E-mail: l.hall@wellcome.ac.uk Monday: 9:45-17:15
Tuesday: 9:45-19:15
Wednesday: 9:45-17:15
Thursday: 9:45-19:14
Friday: 9:45-17:15
Special Collections: Harcourt Health Centre (Hong Kong) [puppet shows]
National Birthday Trust Fund (1930s-1950s) [theatrical performances] Sir
Henry Head (1861-1940), neurologist, writer
Thomas Coram Foundation for Children
Foundling Hospital Art Treasures
Date founded: 1739
40 Brunswick Square
London WC1N 1AZ
Telephone: +44 (20) 7278 2424
Telefax: +44 (20) 7837 8084
Special Collections: Music instruments Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788),
painter
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), composer
William Hogarth (1697-1763), painter
Reynolds, painter
Council for Dance Education and Training
c/o Riverside Studios
Crisp Road
Hammersmith
London W6 9RL
Telephone: +44 (20) 8741 5084
Courtauld Institute of Art
Witt Library
Somerset House
Strand
London WC2R 0RN
Telephone: +44 (20) 7873 2742
Telefax: +44 (20) 7873 2772
E-mail: cath.gordon@courtauld.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/pages/photographic.html
Databases with information on collections: Backstage
Monday: 10:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-18:00
Catalogs: Card
Reproductions: In house.
Subjects: Fine arts.
Special Collections: Illustrations
Critic's Circle
c/o The Stage & Television Today
47 Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3XT
Telephone: +44 (20) 7403 1818
Graeme Cruickshank Private Collection
The Palace Theatre
171 Torridon Road
Catford
London SE6 1RG
Telephone: +44 (20) 8695 5480
E-mail: graeme@stagemanagementassociation.co.uk
Special Collections: Adelphi Theatre (London) (1887-1901)
Barnes Theatre (London) (1925-26)
Duke of York's Theatre (London) (1892)
Middlesex Music Hall (1851-1909)
Royal Command Music Hall Performance (Palace Theatre) (1912)
Vaudeville Theatre (1887-1901) Walter P. Dando, stage manager, engineer,
photographer
Cuming Museum
155/157 Walworth Road
London SE17 1RS
Telephone: +44 (20) 7701 1342
Telefax: +44 (20) 7703 7415 Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00
Special Collections: Music Hall bills
Playbills
Theatre model (Tudor)
Dance UK
9 Rossdale Road
London SE15 1AD
Telephone: +44 (20) 8741 1932
Reginald Davis FBIPP, FMPA, FRPS
Date founded: 1955
Orchard View
64 Totteridge Village
London N20 8PS
Telephone: +44 (20) 8445 3131
Telefax: +44 (20) 8446 8886 Monday: 9:30-19:00
Tuesday: 9:30-19:00
Wednesday: 9:30-19:00
Thursday: 9:30-19:00
Friday: 9:30-19:00
Fees for using facility.
On-site use only. Materials loan.
Media: Photos. Clippings.
Dickens House Museum
Photographic Collection
48 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LF