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Creator
Shilkret, Wayne
Call number
JPB 17-16
Physical description
3.5 linear feet (9 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Wayne Shilkret photographs, JPB 17-16. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Repository
Music Division
Access to materials
Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials

Wayne Shilkret was a publicist and arts administrator who photographed prominent musicians and dancers as part of his work. The Wayne Shilkret photographs consist mostly of dance, music, and opera photographs taken in the 1960s and 1970s.

Biographical/historical information

Wayne Shilkret was a publicist and arts administrator who photographs of musicians and dancers as part of his publicity and administrative work. He served as publicist for the booking and promotion agency Sol Hurok Attractions, Inc., as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the John F. Kennedy Center. He then became executive director of the Ambassador Auditorium, the Cerritos Performing Arts Center, the Pasadena Symphony, and General Manager of the Hollywood Bowl.

Scope and arrangement

Subjects of the photographs include ballet and dance performances, military tattoos, and circus performances; individual ballet dancers, conductors, violinists, pianists, and opera singers; and Sol Hurok himself. There are a large number of images of the Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi's prima ballerina, Maya Plisetskaya. Photographs are mostly contact sheets and negatives, though there are some enlarged prints. A small number of photographs taken by photographers other than Shilkret are included in the collection. The collection also contains printed promotional material, including ballet programs and a poster of Mstislav Rostropovich.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Donated by Cindy Shilkret, 2017.

Processing information

Processed by Kit Fluker, 2017.

Using the collection

Location

Music Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Access to materials

Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials