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Donald Oenslager papers and designs

Title: Donald Oenslager papers and designs, 1922-1982.
Author: Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 103	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 103	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 102	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 102	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 101	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 101	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 100	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 100	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 99	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 99	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 98	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 98	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 97	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 97	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 96	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 96	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 95	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 95	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 94	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 94	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 93	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 93	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 92	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 92	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 91	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 91	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 90	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 90	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 89	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 89	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 88	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 88	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 87	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 87	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 86	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 86	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 85	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 85	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 84	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1996-015 Box 84	Offsite

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Additional Authors

Oenslager, Donald, Mrs.

Description

71 linear feet (103 boxes)

Summary

The Donald Oenslager Papers and Designs span the years 1922-1982 and reflect his long and varied career as a stage designer, professor, consultant, writer, and lecturer.

Subject

Genre/Form

Clippings.
Correspondence.
Costume design drawings.
Elevations.
Financial records.
Photographs.
Preliminary sketches (sketches)
Renderings.
Scrapbooks.
Set design drawings.
Swatches.
Technical drawings.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography (note)

Donald Mitchell Oenslager, an American stage designer and professor was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 7 Martch 1902.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

*T-Mss 1996-015

OCLC

NYPG06-A115

Author

Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975.

Title

Donald Oenslager papers and designs, 1922-1982.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

Donald Mitchell Oenslager, an American stage designer and professor was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 7 Martch 1902. Oenslager began his career in the theater as an actor, working at the Greenwich Village Theatre and the Provincetown Playhouse during the early 1920s. He became interested in theater design after studying in Europe and his first project as a designer was in 1925 for a ballet, Sooner or Later. Oenslager was active as a designer from the 1930s to the 1960s, working on many notable Broadway productions, including Of Mice and Men (1937) and A Majority of One (1959), for which he received a Tony Award. He also served as a faculty member of the Yale School of Drama, teaching design from 1925 until his death in 1975. Oenslager published many works, including Scenery Then and Now (1936) and Notes on Scene Painting (1952). Profoundly influenced by the European stage designers, Edward Gordon Craig and Adolphe Appia, Oenslager brought a new emphasis on symbolism over realism to American theater design. Throughout his life, Oenslager built up an extensive collection of materials on both Craig and Appia. Following his death on 11 June 1975, Oenslager's widow, Mary, gave portions of the Craig material to the New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division, while other parts of the collection went to Yale University.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Occupation

Set designers.

Added Author

Oenslager, Donald, Mrs.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 1996-015

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