Found 6 collections related to Arts fund raising

Morton Baum was the chair of City Center’s Finance Committee from 1943 to 1968. In the 1960s he became its managing director. City Center was responsible for presenting many of the most important dance, music, opera and drama companies in New York City during the middle of the 20th Century. Baum was also instrumental in bringing that same quality of the arts to the newly-formed Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc. The collection consists of administrative and financial material used in the creation and running of City Center. It also includes administrative and financial material about the creation of Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts. less

Mary Bywaters was a pianist and supporter of the arts from Dallas, Texas. The Mary Bywaters collection of Texas Arts material (1961-1985) contains files from Dallas arts booster groups and companies, as well as programs and photographs documenting the careers of Jerry Bywaters Cochran and Mary Cochran. less

Helen L. Brown was the administrative director of the Greater New York Chapter of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) from 1952 to 1966. In 1966, she was named Director of Special Events for the Actors Studio. Her administrative files contain materials from both organizations. ANTA materials date from 1952 to 1966 and consist of meeting minutes, publications, clippings, notices about events, event programs, annual financial statements, correspondence, and other records. Much of the material concerns ANTA's Preview and Special Performance Program. The Actors Studio materials include drafts of informational literature about the organization, event programs, correspondence, and clippings dating from 1962 to 1967. There is also a small amount of material related to Brown's publicity work for other theater organizations. less

Marion and Clarissa Cumbo were a Black married couple based in New York City who worked as musicians and arts fundraisers. Their papers, dating from 1882 to the 1980s, contain materials related to their music careers. The collection holds Professional Files, Correspondence, Printed Matter, and Personal Files that address performances, tours, the lives of the Cumbo family, and their arts organizations, Symphony for the New World and Triad Productions. less

Marion and Clarissa Cumbo were a Black married couple based in New York City who worked as musicians and arts fundraisers. The collection, dated from the 1890s to the 1980s, contains photographs depicting the Cumbos' music careers, their work with Symphony of the New World and Triad Productions, and their families and friends. less

The Actors Fund of America (renamed the Entertainment Community Fund) was founded in 1882 by Albert Marshman Palmer (1838-1905), an American theatrical manager. The scrapbooks, dated 1897 to 1933, document the early years of the Fund to support actors in financial crisis and to raise funding for the Actors Fund Home originally located on Staten Island. The scrapbooks hold articles, notices of board meetings, membership applications, playbills, registers and an autograph album. less