Periodic transfers of records are expected from the McCarter Theatre indefinitely.

Much of the McCarter Theatre records were previously held within the Theater Division of the Special Collections. Some materials were directly received by the Mudd Manuscript Library from donors in known acquisitions; whenever this is the case, the material is identified by an accession number beginning with "AR".

The McCarter Theatre records have been transferred in numerous installments over the past several decades.

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

This collection was processed by Casey Babcock in August 2008. Finding aid written by Casey Babcock in August 2008. Additions were processed and the finding aid was updated by Christie Peterson with assistance from Suchi Mandavilli '14 in April 2011. To facilitate access the collection was intellectually rearranged by Helene van Rossum in 2019.

The Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library holds many collections which relate to Princeton's theater history. Of particular interest are AC122, Triangle Club Records.

Carbons, invoices, and receipts were removed during processing in 2008. An oversize photograph print of parked bicycles, posters for non-McCarter productions dating from McCarter's time as a booking theatre, poster-size enlargements of newspaper articles, and posters that did not identify McCarter Theatre were removed from the accessions processed in 2011. Detailed information about items removed is available upon request.

Subject

• Actors -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century -- photographs
• Actresses -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century -- photographs
• Costume designers -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century -- Drawings
• Community plays, etc. -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century

Publisher

University Archives

Finding Aid Author

Casey Babcock

Finding Aid Date

2008

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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