Harvard Theatre Collection ephemera procedures
HTC Series
Below is a list of the active and closed HTC catchall series. Only HTC 1, 2, and 3 are open for additions. When materials are acquired that don’t fit one of these, a new collection will be created by manuscript accessioning who will notify acquisitions, i.e. HTC 4 (for format not covered in HTC 1, 2, or 3).
Call number | Title | Existing finding aid |
HTC 1 | Harvard Theatre Collection playbills, programs, advertisements, and other material related to theatrical production, 1866-2018 | yes |
HTC 2 | Harvard Theatre Collection photographs, ca. 1866-2018 | yes |
HTC 3 | Harvard Theatre Collection posters | yes |
HTC Clippings 1 | Clippings on dance - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 2 | Clippings on film - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 3 | Clippings on Shakespeare productions - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 4 | Clippings on Shakespeare subjects - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 5 | Clippings on theatrical organizations - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 6 | Clippings on theatrical subjects - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 7 | Clippings on opera - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 8 | Clippings on London theaters - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 9 | Clippings on Boston theaters - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 10 | Clippings on New York theaters - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 11 | Clippings on theaters in the United States - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 12 | Clippings on "foreign" theaters - CLOSED | yes |
HTC Clippings 13 | Clippings on theatrical productions - CLOSED | |
HTC Clippings 14 | Clippings on persons in the theater - CLOSED |
Categories of theater ephemera and routing
- Single printed ephemeral items are added to Manuscript catchalls (finding aids) – Matt notes this in MS accessioning form and items go through MS accessioning/processing
- Single printed ephemeral items (of great value OR that don’t fit in catchalls) go through printed books – Matt routes this through books with Meg
- Single manuscript items go through MS accessioning/processing
- Collections of printed ephemeral items go through MS accessioning/processing
Workflow for accruals to HTC collections
Curator purchases ephemeral material and fills out manuscript accession tracking form, making sure to include whether the material should be added to HTC 1, 2, or 3 or a new HTC created.
Acquisitions links to Alma record or creates a stub record and passes information to manuscript accessioning
Manuscript accessioning describes item according to regular catchall procedures, creating a finding aid if one does not exist.
Finding aids
As needed, new "related collections" notes will be added to TCS and HTC records to direct researchers to related relevant material
e.g. in TCS 1-13: "See additional cabinet cards in the Harvard Theatre Collection collection identified as HTC 1"
For end-processing
For MS Thr, follow standard end-processing procedures.
For additions to catchalls identfied as HTC, manuscript accessioning assigns catchall item a box number and a folder number in the finding aid. If added to an existing finding aid, this will be the last folder of the last box. If new finding aid, this will be Box 1, Folder 1.