Library Sources for Costume History

This guide is designed to assist in researching costume history. It offers several sources for beginning the research project, but the individual researcher will want to augment these suggestions.

Indexes and Databases

MLA(Modern Language Association International Bibliography)

Art Abstracts

Microform Collections

New York Theatre, 1919-1961

Collection of 26,000 captioned photographs of stage productions of 1000 performers. The original collection of photographs is housed in the New York Public Library, Library and Museum of the Performing Arts. Set includes booklet which indexes the microfiche collection.

• Booklet shelved in Microforms and Documents Deptartment's Library of Congress Collection, call number PN2277.N5 N42.
• Microfiche shelved with Microfiche collections.

Source Materials in the Field of Theatre

Seventy primary and secondary sources (books, periodicals, manuscripts, and diaries) in English, French, German, and Italian. Comprises 135 vols., some illustrated.

• Index shelved in Microforms and Documents Deptartment's Library of Congress Collection, call number PN2101.A53 1973.
• The 22 microfilm reels are shelved in the Microfilm Sets Collection, no. 4006.

University of Bristol Theatre Collection

This collection consists of graphic material that chronicles theatre development from primitive times to the late 20^th century.

• Index and microfiche are shelved together in the Microforms and Documents Deptartment's Library of Congress Collection, call number PN 2596 .B75 U54.

Visual catalogue of Fashion and Costume in the Victoria and Albert Museum

This set comprises 57 microfiches in pockets in ring binder cover the years 1555-1955. It includes historical and informational notes.

• Microfiche and index are shelved together in the Microforms and Documents Department's Library of Congress Collection, call number GT509 .V5.

Journals and Magazines