Arts. Arts
Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:
Gary Pacernick Papers (MS-582)
This collection contains correspondence, publications, and paperwork documenting the career of Jewish poet and Wright State University English professor Gary Pacernick. Pacernick was one of the early members of Wright State’s English department faculty, serving from 1967 to 2009. Prominent in the collection are letters to Pacernick from poets and writers nationwide and worldwide.
Joyce Wolfe Papers (MS-591)
Lenny Davis Collection (MS-610)
Lenny Davis operated the Forvm Club (Forum Club) in Dayton from 1965 until 1977. The scrapbooks of this collection contain memorabilia, photos, letters, and newspaper clippings about the club, as well as Lenny’s various performances, both solo and in bands. Additionally, there are many individual photos outside the scrapbooks that further document Lenny’s life and career, as well as club entertainers. This collection also includes audio/video recordings and posters.
A Photographic Portfolio of Huffman Flying Field (MS-631)
The collection consists of 11 platinum palladium prints of photographs created at Huffman Prairie, featuring flight and architecture. This portfolio is limited edition set #1 out of 16 sets created.
Kenley Players Programs (MS-651)
The Kenley Players was a summer stock theatre company that cast famous actors and actresses in well-known plays and musicals, then brought the productions to cities throughout the Midwest, including Dayton, Ohio. This collection includes programs from several local Kenley Players productions.
Dayton Opera Records (MS-660)
The Dayton Opera Records include administrative files, such as Board of Trustee minutes; show files, such as programs, production binders, and posters; photographs and slides; scrapbooks; and audiovisual materials.
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Operation Records (MS-664)
The collection contains the records of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, an entity which was formed in 2012 to merge the management and business operations for three of Dayton's large performing arts organizations: the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Dayton Ballet, and Dayton Opera.
Bill Garlow Photographic Negatives Collection (MS-665)
Bill Garlow was an award-winning staff photographer for the Dayton Journal-Herald and later Dayton Daily News for over 40 years, from the mid-1960s to mid-2000s. The collection consists of thousands of film negatives (mostly 35mm), spanning a wide variety of topics, people, places, and events. The materials are arranged chronologically.
Dr. Arthur E. Thomas, President Emeritus, Central State University, Collection (MS-667)
The collection contains personal papers, legal documents and court proceedings, photographs, audio and video recordings, news clippings, awards and certificates, correspondence, and other materials relating to Dr. Thomas’s life and career in education and civil rights activism. The collection includes a significant amount of analog audiovisual material, including recordings of most episodes of Thomas’s interview program “Like It Is.”
Garard-Getter Family Collection (MS-668)
The collection consists primarily of the personal photographs of a Dayton, Ohio, family in the early 20th century. Subjects include leisure activities (hunting, boating, camping, and playing music, etc.), travel (throughout Ohio and beyond), and family reunions.
