Research Catalog

Title

The Springer Opera House collection of Abe Feder lighting designs.

Author

Feder, Abe H.

Publication

1932-2004.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Swope, Martha

Description

30.93 linear feet (34 boxes, 39 tubes, 7 oversize folders)

Summary

Abe Feder (1909-1997) was an American lighting designer for theater, interior spaces, urban environments, and architecture. The Springer Opera House collection of Abe Feder lighting designs date from 1932 to 2004 and focus on the theatrical portion of Feder's career.

Alternative Title

Abe Feder lighting designs

Subjects

• Ground plans
• Stage lighting
• Scripts (documents)
• diazotypes (copies)
• Stage lighting designers
• Theater > Production and direction
• Blueprints (reprographic copies)
• Musical theater > Production and direction
• Cue sheets
• Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
• Design drawings

Genre/Form

• Blueprints (reprographic copies)
• Cue sheets.
• Design drawings.
• Ground plans.
• Scripts (documents)
• diazotypes (copies)

Source (note)

• Donated by Springer Opera House in 2018.

Provenance (note)

• In the 1980s, at the urging of his friend, Springer Opera House trustee Glesca Marshall, Abe Feder donated his theatrical lighting designs and papers to Springer, where Marshal hoped they would form the basis of a theater lighting library. Springer Opera House held the Feder collection from 1987 until 2018, when Springer donated the collection to New York Public Library. Though Springer's in-house library project was never fully realized, there is evidence of the theater's efforts to organize, augment, and describe the Feder collection. The chronological order imposed upon the collection by Springer Opera House has been retained.

Call Number

*T-Vim 2017-047

OCLC

1041708618

Author

Feder, Abe H., creator.

Title

The Springer Opera House collection of Abe Feder lighting designs.

Production

1932-2004.

Provenance

In the 1980s, at the urging of his friend, Springer Opera House trustee Glesca Marshall, Abe Feder donated his theatrical lighting designs and papers to Springer, where Marshal hoped they would form the basis of a theater lighting library. Springer Opera House held the Feder collection from 1987 until 2018, when Springer donated the collection to New York Public Library. Though Springer's in-house library project was never fully realized, there is evidence of the theater's efforts to organize, augment, and describe the Feder collection. The chronological order imposed upon the collection by Springer Opera House has been retained.

Source

Donated by Springer Opera House in 2018.

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Finding aid

Occupation

Stage lighting designers.

Added Author

Swope, Martha, creator.

Research Call Number

*T-Vim 2017-047