NTA Collection Information

The National Theatre Archive’s collection is open to the general public. The Collection Finding Aid contains a general overview of the collection’s background and contents. Individual container lists contain detailed inventories for each record group within the collection.

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Click on any container list below to browse a record group inventory:

Record Group 1: Administrative Records, 1877-2019

Record Group 2: Governance Records, 1974-2016 [PUBLIC ACCESS RESTRICTED]

Record Group 3: Public Relations and Marketing Records, 1956-2013

Record Group 4: Programming and Events Records, 1866-2022

Record Group 5: Production Records, 1835-2022

Record Group 6: Photographs, circa 1906-2000

Record Group 7: Scrapbooks, 1882-2000

Record Group 8: Audiovisual, circa 1961-1999

Record Group 9: Press, 1838-2000

Record Group 10: Posters and Artwork, circa 1870-2023

Record Group 11: Scripts and Librettos, 1915-1993

Record Group 12: Sheet Music, circa 1880-1984

Record Group 13: Memorabilia, 1885-2017

Record Group 14: Other Theatres Records, circa 1870-1993

Record Group 15: Stage for a Nation Publication, 1948-1986

Record Group 16: General Archive, circa 1980-circa 2010 [PUBLIC ACCESS RESTRICTED]

Content on this page was last updated on August 7, 2023.