Bound volumes containing approximately 2,000 scripts and related correspondence for radio and television programs for which Ace wrote. Most of the radio scripts are for Easy Aces, 1928-1945. Also includes radio scripts for the Danny Kaye Show. As of 2005, an additional unprocessed collection of glass recordings is being transferred to the MBRS Division.
Contains papers relating to Ackley's career with KSO and KRNT, Des Moines owned by the Iowa Broadcasting Co. Ackely was a newscaster and master of ceremonies for special programming, transcriptionist and music director. Includes scripts, ephemera, a scrapbook and photographs.
Consists primarily of reports and supporting research materials collected for a study on the proposed merger of several performers' unions affiliated with the Associated Actors and Artists of America. The unions were: Actors' Equity Association (AEA), American Guild of Radio Artists (AGRA), American Federation of Variety Artists (AGVA), Television Authority (TVA), American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Chorus Equity Association (CEA).
Reports and clippings relating to the Council's use of radio. Also contains Radio/TV Fact Sheets, 1946-1971, with background information on major Ad Council campaigns. Material is located in more than one collection.
Repository/Collector:
Rare Book & Special Collections Library, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Adam Lüders speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about his early dance training at the Royal Danish Ballet School; Stanley Williams and other teachers; his apprenticeship at the Royal Danish Ballet, including performing in works such as Flemming Flindt's Swan lake and John Cranko's The lady and the fool; performing in George Balanchine's Don Quixote; leaving the Royal Danish Ballet to join the London Festival Ballet; the repertoire of the London Festival Ballet; coming to New York City at the suggestion of Peter Martins and Peter Schaufuss; joining New York City Ballet in 1975; his roles at City Ballet, including in Balanchine's Brahms-Schoenberg quartet, Agon, and Kammermusik no. 2; working with Jerome Robbins, including in Robbins' work Goldberg variations and Dances at a gathering; his favorite ballets, including Balanchine's Four temperaments, Agon, and Theme and variations; his coming performances with the Royal Danish Ballet, in New York City; leisure activities.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center