institutions : NATIONAL
Akhil Bhartiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
212 Din Dayal Upadhyaya Marg
New Delhi 110 002
India
Phone :3313791/3316784
Specialisation: Hindustani music; music education and training
National Archives of Oral History
64 Sangita, Behind Telephone Bhavan
Colaba
Bombay
Maharashtra 400 005
India
Specialisation: Oral history projects; archiving
Sangeet Research Academy
Alladeen 1, Netaji S.C. Bose Road
Tollygunge
Calcutta
West Bengal 700 040
India
Specialisation: Indian Classical music traditions - Hindustani music.
Janapada Sampada
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
Central Vista
Janpath
New Delhi 110 001
India
Specialisation: Folk traditions of India; mask collection
Natrang Pratishthan
Theatre Resource Centre
B-7, Jangpura Extention
Ground Floor. Birbal Road
New Delhi
Delhi 100 014
India
Phone :(O) 011-4312950 (R)011-3381708
Fax: 011-4633088/4310854
Email: natarang@ndf.vsnl.net.in
Specialisation: archives of contemporary Indian theatre. ; Hindi language
theatre. extensive collections of clippings, cuttings and ephemera.
Karnataka Janapada Trust
7, Temple Street
4th Block Kumara Park West
Bangalore
Karnataka 560 020
India
Specialisation: Folklore of Karnataka. audio visual collections
Centre for Cultural Resource & Training
Bahawalpur House
Bhagwan Das Road
New Delhi 110 001
India
Phone :382300/383705
Specialisation: Audio visual collections of Indian culture - especially
performing arts; teaching and training; audio visual publications available
Kerala Folklore Academy
Chettupuzha
Trichur
Kerala 680 621
India
Specialisation: folk traditions of Kerala
National Archives of India
Janpath
New Delhi
India
Phone :382300
Specialisation: Records archive; hisotrical document collections. Courses
in archiving
National Film Archives
Law College Road
Pune
Maharashtra 411 004
India
Specialisation: Cinema archives. Indian and international film collectio;
film appreciation
Akhil Bhartiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
Gandharva Niketan
P.O. Box 14
Miraj
Maharashtra
416 410
India
Specialisation: Hindustani classical music ; teaching and training; music
library
Secretary
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Rabindra Bhavan
Ferozeshah Road
New Delhi
Delhi 110 001
India
Phone :381833/387246/387247/387248
Fax: 091-11-382428
Specialisation: Indian performing arts; archives; festivals, workshops
and concerts
Pratibha Agrawal
Natya Shodh Sansthan
4 Lee Road
Calcutta
West Bengal 700 020
India
Phone :(O)033-2476765 (R)033-2472093
Fax: 033-2101343
Specialisation: Indian theatre; research and resource centre; audio
visual collections; costumes; scripts; sets
B.
Ananthakrishnan
Centre of Performance and Folklore
University of Calicut
School of Drama
Aranattukara Post
Trichur
Kerala 680 618
India
Phone :0487-385352
Fax: 0487-441505
Specialisation: folk traditions of Kerala; archives
Shubha Chaudhuri
Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology
American Institute of Indian Studies
22, Institutional Area
Sector 32
Gurgaon
Haryana
India
Phone :91-11-4694149, 91-0124-381384
Fax: 91-11-4698150
Email: mailto:pratibhaagrawal@hotmail.com
Specialisation: audio visual archiving; ethnomusicology; archives of
Indian performing arts and expressions of folkore
Haridasa Bhat
Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts
M.G.M. College Campus
Udupi
Karnataka 576 102
India
Phone :(O)08252-21159/(R)08252-20559
Fax: 08252-20559
Email: maito:rrcmgm-vip@zetainfotech.com
Specialisation: Folk performing traditions of Karnataka
D.B. Biswas
National Centre for the Performing Arts
Nariman Point
Mumbai
Maharashtra 400 021
India
Specialisation: audio visual archiving - especially sound recording
and technology; audio visual collections of Indian performing arts; performance
S.C. Biswas
Project Director
Microfilming of Indian Publication Project
Library of Congress office, American Centre
24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi
Delhi 110 001
India
Phone :(O)011-3316841/ (R)011-6852047
Fax: 011-3736066
Email: locindia@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in
Specialisation: library and archive management; document preservation
technologies
Satyasheel Deshpande
Secretary
Samvaad Foundation
58/B Walkeshwar Road
Krishna Niwas
Mumbai
Maharashtra 400 006
India
Phone :(O)022-3645698(R)022-3626468
Fax: 022-3634318
Email: samvaad@bom2.vsnl.net.in
Specialisation: auido visual archvies of Hindustani vocal music; research
and documentation
T.V. Gopalkrishnan
1-A 14th Cross Street
Sastrinagar
Chennai
Tamil Nadu 600 020
India
Specialisation: audio visual archives of Karnatak music
Srivatsa Goswami
Vraj Kala Gurukala
Gambhira
Radharaman
Vrindaban
Uttar Pradesh 281 121
India
Specialisation: Musical traditions of Braj ; Pushti margi kirtan
Fr. Francis Jayapathy
Folklore Resources and Research Centre
St. Xavier's College
Thirunelveli District
Palayamkottai
Tamil Nadu 627002
India
Phone :(O)0462-574453
Fax: 0462-574804
Email: frrc@(R)hotmail.com
Specialisation: audio visual archives of folklore of Tamil Nadu
V.
Jayarajan
Folkland
International Centre for Folklore & Culture
Elambachi, Trikaripur
Kasargod Dist.
Kerala 671 311
India
Phone :04987/3112
Specialisation: folklore; folklore of Kerala. audio visual collections
Indian National Theatre
19/21, Ambalal Doshi Marg
Haman Street
Mumbai
Maharashtra 400 023
India
Phone :022-271465/270361
Specialisation: Documentation and audiovisual collections of performing
traditions of Gujarat and Maharashtra
Naveen Kishore
Seagull Arts Resrouce Centre
The Seagull Foundation for Arts
26 Circus Avenue
Calcutta
West Bengal 700 017
India
Phone :033-2497076/2403636
Fax: 033-2477906
Email: seagull@giascl01.vsnl.net.in
Specialisation: Theatre; Art; Cultural Traditions; Publications
Komal Kothari
Rupayan Sansthan
2/B Paota Road
Jodhpur
Rajasthan 342 006
India
Phone :(O)0291-546359 (R) 0291-545350
Fax: 0291-544354
Email:
Specialisation: Audio visual archives of folk performing traditions
of Rajasthan; documentation and research
Geeta Meyer
The Sangeet Kendra
Opposite the Underbridge
Shahibag
Ahmedabad
Gujarat 380 004
India
Specialisation: Recording collection of Indian Classical - especially
Hinduastani music
M.L.K. Murthy
Centre for Folk Culture Studies
S. N. School
Golden Threshold Campus
Nampally Station Road
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh 500 001
India
Phone :040-592396(O)/ 040-251292(R)
Fax: 040-258145/253145
Email:
Specialisation : Folklore of Andhra Pradesh - Documentation, research
and audio visual collections
P.K. Nair
Ex-Director
National Film Archive of India
Chatur Bunglow
55/1 Law College Road
Pune
Maharashtra 411 004
India
Phone :0212-347113
Fax: 0212-331250
Specialisation: audio visual archiving - especially film archiving
Sampradaya
1 Musiri Subramanian Road
Mylapore
Chennai
Tamil Nadu 600 004
India
Phone :(O) 044-4993359
Fax: 044-4991802
Email: samprada@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in
Specialisation:audio visual collections of Karnatak music; documentation
and research
Ashok Ranade
7,Dnyandevi
Sahitya Sahavas. Bandra(East)
Mumbai
Maharashtra 400 051
India
Phone :6422384 (R)
Email: ranasing@bom4.vsnl.net.in
Specialisation: ethnomusicology; Indian music; voice culture; music
of Maharashtra; Hindustani music; folk and popular music
V.A.K. Ranga Rao
Ram Mahal
18, Pycrofts Gardens
Madras
Tamil Nadu 600 006
India
Phone :478308
Specialisation: 78 rpm records. documentation and collection
Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi
Kaiserbagh
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh 226 001
India
Specialisation: performing arts of Uttar Pradesh
K.S. Subramaniam
Brhaddhvani
41 IV Main Road
Raja Annaimalaipuram
Chennai
Tamil Nadu 600 028
India
Phone :(O) 044-4321127 (R) 044-4941760
Fax: 044-4321127
Email: brhad@md3.vsnl.net.in
Specialisation: Karnatak music - teaching methods; recording collection
and archives of Karnataka music; ethnomusicology; World music
Deborah Thiagarajan
Dakshinachitra
Madras Craft Foundation
G-3, No.6, Madhuram Flats
Urur Olcott Road, Besant Nagar
Chennai
Tamil Nadu 600 090
India
Phone :(O) 044-4918943
Fax: 044-4918943
Email: mcfdak@md3.vsnl.net.in
Specialisation: arts and crafts of South India
G.
Venu
Natanakairali
Chakyar Madhom
Irinjalakuda
Trichur 680 121
India
Specialisation: Dance traditions of Kerala
Resource persons and institutions : INTERNATIONAL
National Film and Sound Archives
G.P.O. Box 2002
Canberra A.C.T 2601
Australia
Specialisation: ethnographic films
Grace Koch
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
P.O. Box 553
Canberra A.C.T. 2601
Australia
Email: gdk@elc.aiatis.gov.an
Specialisation: audio visual archivist; intellectual property rights
Dietrich Schueller
Director
Phonogrammarchiv
Oesterr. Akademie der Wissenschaft
Liebiggasse 5
Vienna A-1010
Austria
Email: pharchiv@kfs.oeaw.ac.at
Specialisation: audio visual archives; expert on technological issues
of recording and preservation.
Anwarul Karim
Director
Folklore Research Institute
Lalon Academy
Ishurdi Road
Kushtia
Bangladesh
Specialisation: folk performing traditions of Bangladesh
Shamasuzzaman Khan
Director
Folklore Division
Bangla Academy
Dhaka
Bangladesh
National Archive of Canada
395 Wellington St.
Ottawa
Canada
Olavo Alen Rodrigues
Director
Centro de Investigation
y Desarollo de la Musica Cubana
Calle G, No 505 e/21 y 23
Vedado Zona Postal Habana 4, Cuidad de la Habana
Havana
Cuba
Specialisation: music and performing traditions of Cuba
Lisbet Torp
Ethnomusicologist
Music og Dans Kaersangervej 23
DK-2400
Copenhagen
Denmark
Email: lisbet_Torp@online.pol.dk
Specialisation: musical instruments; dance ethnology
Lauri Honko
Director
Nordic Institute of Folklore
Fennicu
Henrikinkatu 3, 20500
Turku 50
Finland
Specialisation: archiving folklore; oral epics
Phillipe Bruguiere
Musical Section
National Museum for Asiatic Arts
6 Place d'lena
Paris 75016
France
Phone :01 47236165
Fax: 01 47205750
Specialisation: musical instruments; Dhrupad
Mireille Helffer
Laboratoire d'ethnologie
Musee de l'homme
Palais De Chaillot
Paris 75116
France
Specialisation: ethnomusicology; museums; Buddhist musical traditions.
Kwabena Nketia
International Center of African Music & Dance
School of Performing Arts
Legon
Ghana
Specialisation: ethnomusicology; African music; archives of African
performing Arts
John Lawrence Witzleben
Music Dept.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin N.T.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Phone :609 6717
Fax: (852) 603 5273
Specialisation: audio visual archives; Chinese music; ethnomusicology
Andras Kozma
Ravi Shankar Institute of Music and Performing Arts
Volkmann U, 3/B
Budapest 1026
Hungary
Phone :(361) 762-698
Email: 100410.1077@compuserve.com
Specialisation:Audio visual collection of Hindustani music especially
sitar
Ani Ismarini
Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia National archives of Indoanesia
Jl. .Ampera Raya
Cilandak Timur
Jakarta 12560
Indonesia
Phone :(021) 7805851-3
Fax: (021) 7805812
Specialisation: archiving of oral history
Kenya National Archives
P.O. Box No. 49210
Nairobi
Kenya
National Archive of Malaysia
Jalan Data
Kuala Lampur 50568
Malaysia
Gert Mathias Wegner
Dept. of Music
Kathmandu University
P.O. Box 10878
Bhaktapur
Nepal
Specialisation: Nepali musical traditions
Ann Schuursma
Kruipbrem 4
NL-3068 TH
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Specialisation: Audio visual archives
Archives of Maori and Pacific Music
University of Auckland
Auckland
New Zealand
Director
Lok Virsa
P.O. Box 1184
Islamabad
Pakistan
Fax: +51/814-756
Specialisation: folk traditions of Pakistan
Don Niles
Music Department -Cultural Study Division
The National Research Institute
P.O. Box 1432
Boroko
Papua New Guinea
Phone :+675/325-4644
Fax: +/325-0531
Email: 100253.31@compuserve.com
Specialisation: ethnomusicology. music of Papua New Guinea
Instituto Riva Aguero
Catholic University of Peru
Apartado 1761
Lima 100
Peru
Phone :622540 Ext. 273
Specialisation: Andean music; audio visual archives
Jose Maceda
Professor Emer.
Department of Music Research
College of Music
University of The Phillippines
57 Agoncillo St.Diliman
Quezon City 1101
Philippines
Phone :+632/927-3608
Fax: +/929-8438
Email:
Specialisation: ethnomusicology; music of Philippines
Director
Arab Gulf States Folklore Centre
P.O.Box 7996
Doha
Qatar
Specialisation: Arab folklore
Ali Al Daw
Archive of Traditional Music of Sudan Department of Folklore
School of Asian and African Studies
Khartoum University
Kartoum
Sudan
Specialisation: ethnomusicology; folklore; performing traditions of Sudan;
audio visual archives
Jumah Bin Khamis Al-Shidi
Oman Centre for Traditional Music
P.O.Box 1000
Seeb 111
Sultanate of Oman
Phone :601317
Fax: 697667
Specialisation:Taditional music of Oman; audio visual archives
Musikethnologisches Archiv der Universitat Zurich
Ramistrasse 66
Zurich
CH-8001
Switzerland
Phone :(41)(1)2572878
Specialisation: ethnographic archives of music
Laurent Aubert
Secretary General
Archive of Folk and Popular Music
Musee de' Ethnographie
Boulevard Carl-Vogt 65-67
Geneva
CH-1205
Switzerland
Phone :(4122) 281218
Specialisation: world music archive of folk and popular music
National Sound Archives
29 Exhibition Road
London
SW 7 2AS
U.K.
Phone :01 - 5896603
Fax:
Email:
Specialisation: ethnomusicology; world music; audio visual archives; archival
training
Helen P. Harrison
Media Librarian
Open University Library
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
U.K.
Specialisation: Audio visual archives
Archives of Traditional Music
Indiana University
117, Morrison Hall
Bloomington
Indiana 47405
U.S.A.
Phone :(812) 855-4679
Specialisation: audio visual archives; world music; ethnomusicology
Samuel Brylawski
Archivist
Recorded Sound Reference Centre
Library of Congress
Washington D.C. 20540
U.S.A.
Email: sbry@loc.gov
Specialisation:
Dieter Christensen
International Council for Traditional Music
Center for Ethnomusicology
Columbia University
New York
New York 10027
U.S.A.
Email: maito:dc22@columbia.edu, ictm@woof.columbia.edu
Suzanne Flandreau
Librarian/Archivist
Center for Black Music Research
Columbia College
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Illinos 60605-1996
U.S.A.
Phone :312 663-1600
Email: maito:suzanna.flandreau@mail.colum.edu
Specialisation: audio visual archiving; black music traditions
Stephanie Hall
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
Washington D.C. 20540
U.S.A.
Phone :(202) 707-4430
Email: shal@loc.gov
Specialisation: archiving of folklore materials; MARC for unpublished
material
Jennifer Post
Music Library
Middlebury College
Middlebury
Vermont 05753
U.S.A.
Email: post@midd.edu
Specialisation: Audio visual archiving; ethnomusicology
Anthony Seeger
Folkways
Center for Folklife Programs
955 L'Enfant Plaza Suite 2600
Smithsonian Institution
Washington D.C. 20560
U.S.A.
Phone :202-287-3261
Fax: 2022873699
Email: tony@folkways.si.edu
Specialisation: audio visual archiving; intellectual property rights
Laurel Sercombe
Archivist
Ethnomusicology Archives
School of Music, DN-10
University of Washington
Seattle
Washington 98195
U.S.A.
Email: julius@u.washington.edu
Specialisation: ethnomusicology archives; audio visual archiving; copyright
Louise Spear
Director
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archives
1630 Schoenberg Hall
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles
California 90024
U.S.A.
Phone :(310) 825-1695
Email: ecz5lou@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
Specialisation: audio visual archiving; ethnomusicology
William Storm
Director
Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archives
Syracuse Unviersity
222 Waverly Road
Syracuse
New York 13210
U.S.A.
Specialisation: Audio recording technologies
Libraries, Museums And Archive
- American theatre history
An informal list of hard-to-find resources maintained by Susan Kattwinkel with a little help from her friends in the ASTR. Enhanced by astute comments - Bibliothéque de l'Arsenal
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection
New York Public Library. One of the largest and most comprehensive archives devoted to the theatrical arts. The holdings illuminate virtually every type of performance, from street corner to stage to studio, and include drama and musical theatre, film, television, radio, and popular entertainment (circus, magic, vaudeville, puppetry). - Digital Performance Archive (DPA)
Traces the rapid developments taking place which combine performance activity with new digital technologies. Includes an extensive online searchable database of virtual theatre performance and related events 1990-2000, with selected video documentation and statements by creators. Based in the UK at Nottingham Trent University, developed jointly by NT and the University of Salford. An exciting project. - Dion Boucicault
Theater Collection
University of South Florida, Tampa. Currently lists main resources available, but extensive plans for further development - Drottningholm
Theatre Museum
The Court Theatre (Slottsteater) is a unique example of an 18th century theatre still in full working order, complete with its original stage machinery. Site available in English and Swedish - Federal
Theatre Project Archives
Mason University, Virginia. Holdings include administrative records, audiotapes, billboard sheets, music, negatives, photographs, playbills, radioscripts, and videotape lectures. The web site includes some photos and posters - Hellenic Centre
for Theatrical Research
Located in Athens. Site includes biographies of Greek theatre stars of 19th and 20th centuries - Hungarian Theater Museum and
Institute
The Hungarian theater archive, library and museum. - John Rylands
Library
University of Manchester, UK. Useful general bibliographical search engine by keyword or decimal classification - Lawrence and Lee
Theatre Research Institute
Ohio State University: Research materials pertaining to performing arts, with a primary emphasis upon live performance. - Max Reinhardt
Archives
The Max Reinhardt Archives, State University of New York at Binghamton is happy to assist scholars interested in the varied aspects of Reinhardt's monumental career. Their holdings are strongest for his earlier and more experimental Berlin productions, and to a lesser extent his Salzburg Festival productions as well. - Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson
Theatre Collection
The Collection has long been known to academics and theatre historians and professionals all over the world, many of whom have used the research facilities and to whom the Collection has supplied rare or little-known pictures to illustrate theses, Ph.D. submissions, theatre books and programmes. The collection receives many requests for information and verification and has long been known for its integrity and accuracy. - Royal National Theatre Archive
These pages give basic information regarding the holdings of the Royal National Theatre Archive and how to contact the Archive. There is also on-line information regarding past productions at the National. - Slovenian National Theatre Museum
- Slovak Theatre history
- Scottish Theatre Archive
The major repository for documentary material relating to the performing arts in Scotland. - Templeman
Library Theatre Collections
University of Kent (UK). Interesting collection of 19thC English materials from several actor- manager dynasties, supplemented by a growing collection of playbills. The web site includes a number - Theatre Museum, London
Little available online, as yet. Click on "computer catalogue" - Toronto
Reference Library Performing Arts Centre
Archival collections relating to various individuals (and some organizations) active in Canadian theatre, as well as some material relating to international theatre. These collections include manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, theatre programs, stage designs, and prompt books. The library also has a small number of collections relating to Canadian dance, music, and film - University
of Bristol Theatre Collection
- Yale Research Guide
in Theater studies
Pointers to the collections, databases and other resources in the Yale University Library
