Richard Nelson papers and designs

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2000-014", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21817", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1966-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1966/1996"}

date_inclusive_start

1966

date_inclusive_end

1996

keydate

1966

unittitle

{"value"=>"Richard Nelson papers and designs"}

physdesc

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span><span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The work represented in this collection includes designs for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional productions, international tours, and Nelson's plans for the Ronald Reagan Library. The materials are light plots, lighting sections, channel hookups, dimmer hookups, instrument schedules, shop orders, magic sheets, cue sheets, focus charts, scripts, and supporting design documents. Professional papers include resume material and documentation of Nelson's Lucida Corporation."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Richard Nelson Papers and Designs, *T-VIM 2000-014. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Nelson, Richard, 1938-1996", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Richard Nelson created the lighting for more than 70 Broadway productions, including ''Sunday in the Park With George,'' for which he won Tony and Drama Desk awards. His other Broadway credits include ''Into the Woods,'' ''Morning's at Seven'' and ''The Tap Dance Kid.'' Mr. Nelson also designed the lighting for many Off Broadway plays and musicals, including David Henry Hwang's ''Golden Child'' at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.</p> <p>He was also known as a designer who, during a 40-year international career, helped to define the use of light as an important element in modern dance. Beginning in 1959, he worked with such choreographers as Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins and James Waring. From 1968 to 1973, he was the resident lighting designer for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.</p> <p>Nelson's designs were also seen at the Goodspeed Opera House in Chester, Conn., the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and Center Stage in Baltimore, where he created the lighting for a production of Bertolt Brecht's ''Galileo.'' He also worked with Steve Reich, the composer, and Beryl Korot, the video artist, on ''The Cave,'' an opera toured internationally in the 1990s. His architectural lighting designs include the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. He was also an associate professor of theater at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor from 1988 to 1991 and taught in the design department at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University until his death.</p> <p> © 1996 by Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The work represented in this collection includes designs for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional productions, international tours, and Nelson's plans for the Ronald Reagan Library. The material consists of light plots, lighting sections, channel hookups, dimmer hookups, instrument schedules, shop orders, magic sheets, cue sheets, focus charts, scripts, and supporting design documents. Professional papers include resume material and documentation of the Lucida Corporation.</p> <p>Paperwork, in many instances, shows work in progress rather than finalized. Some documentation of tours shows the progression of the lighting solutions over time. The magic sheets, called \"schemagics\", are particularly instructive.</p> <p>Advance notice is required.</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Richard Nelson papers and designs are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21817#c787669'>Series I: Professional papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes resume material, chronological and biographical information, clippings, programs, notes on lighting instruments, notes for classes taught at New York University and University of Michigan, and extensive documentation of the Lucida Corporation, a business venture that Nelson founded.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21817#c787715'>Series II: Productions and tours</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Contained here are designs for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional productions, and international tours. The material includes light plots, lighting sections, channel hookups, dimmer hookups, instrument schedules, shop orders, magic sheets, cue sheets, focus charts, scripts, and supporting design documents.</p> <p>Dates, often from the planning stages, reflect the designer's notations on the documents.</p> <p>Contact archivist for Lighting Archive Access table that is available on these productions.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21817#c787776'>Series III: Non-theatrical work</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p> Included here are designs for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The materials are ground plans, stage plans, grid plans, lighting positions, lighting sections, and supporting design documents.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21817#c787778'>Series IV: Venues</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains plans for theatrical venues that were folded by the designer for easy portability. Additional venues are included in Series V: Oversized / Technical drawings. The materials here include ground plans, stage plans, grid plans, lighting positions, lighting sections, and supporting design documents.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21817#c787785'>Series V: Oversized / Technical drawings</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains oversized / technical designs for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional productions, international tours, non-theatrical events, and theatrical venues. The materials included are light plots, lighting sections, theatre ground plans, stage plans, grid plans, lighting positions, lighting sections, and supporting design documents.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Series I: Professional papers</li> <li>Series II: Productions and tours</li> <li>Series III: Non-theatrical work</li> <li>Series IV: Venues</li> <li>Series V: Oversized / Technical drawings</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p> The papers were donated by Alison Sommers Nelson in May 2000.</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Bill Burns discussion (audio tape) separated to Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive. <span class=\"num\">*LTC 99-06</span></p> <p><span class=\"title\">Cyrano: the Musical</span> (videocassette recording) separated to the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.<span class=\"num\">NCOV 2449</span></p> <p><span class=\"title\">Shakespeare for My Father (workshop)</span>(videocassette recording) separated to the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.<span class=\"num\">NCOV 2448</span></p> <p><span class=\"title\">The Tap Dance Kid</span>(videocassette recording) separated to the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.<span class=\"num\">NCOV 2444</span></p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Beverly Emmons and Cynthia Tobar; Machine-readable finding aid created by Barbara Knowles and Cynthia Tobar.</p><p>Encoding of the finding aid and subsequent design digitization sponsored by grant funding from the New York State Council on the Arts</p><p>Stage lighting project processed in collaboration with the Lighting Archivȩ</p>"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p> NYPL Digital Gallery</p>"}

extent_statement

26.6 linear feet (121 boxes)

date_start

1966

date_end

1996

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1. Series I: Professional papers [3/1]
2. Series II: Productions and tours [60/1]
3. Series III: Non-theatrical work [1/1]
4. Series IV: Venues [6/1]
5. Series V: Oversized / Technical drawings [2/1]