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Radio City Music Hall collection of the designs of James Stewart Morcom and John William Keck

Title: Radio City Music Hall collection of the designs of James Stewart Morcom and John William Keck, 1933-1979.
Author: Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.)
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box/Folder 7	Still image	Request in advance	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box/Folder 7	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box/Folder 8	Still image	Request in advance	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box/Folder 8	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box/Folder 9	Still image	Request in advance	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box/Folder 9	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box/Folder 10	Still image	Request in advance	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box/Folder 10	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box/Folder 1A	Still image	Request in advance	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box/Folder 1A	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 11	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 12	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 12	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 13	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2002-005 Box 13	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Description

10.68 lin. ft. (8 boxes and 6 oversized folders )

Summary

The design collection consists of color set designs in watercolor, pastel, crayon and pencil for some of the stage shows at Radio City Music Hall.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Set design drawings.

Source (note)

Jerry Marshall

Biography (note)

James Stewart Morcom, set and costume designer for theater and ballet, became the fifth Art Director for Radio City Music Hall in 1950.
John William Keck, New York scenic designer, succeeded Morcom as Art Director of Radio City Music Hall in 1973.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

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Cataloged

Call Number

*T-Vim 2002-005

OCLC

NYPW02-F19

Author

Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.)

Title

Radio City Music Hall collection of the designs of James Stewart Morcom and John William Keck, 1933-1979.

Biography

James Stewart Morcom, set and costume designer for theater and ballet, became the fifth Art Director for Radio City Music Hall in 1950. He had had an active design career in New York and London and had designed for Radio City Music Hall when it opened in 1933 and also in the late 1940s. He retired in 1973.

John William Keck, New York scenic designer, succeeded Morcom as Art Director of Radio City Music Hall in 1973. He resigned in 1980 and next designed sets for the Metropolitan Opera House.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Morcom, James Stewart, 1906-1988.

Keck, John William, 1929-2001.

Research Call Number

*T-Vim 2002-005

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