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Broadside Back on Schedule and to Reported on the 19Th SIBMAS Be Down to Less Than 450 If All Those Expand Its Participation and Scope - NEWSLETTER OF THE THEATRE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION - - Volume 20, no.2 Fall 1992 ANNUAL TLA MEETING AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY BROADWAY IN THE of failure. At Tamiment, you could with actors. Mike Levitas POCONOS fail without being humiliated, or (carpenter/technician) now works On Friday, October 16, 1992, New threatened with the loss of your for the New York Times but when York University hosted TLA's job. Ms. LoMonaco described he finished high school he had a annual meeting. In the early highlights of the Tamiment years: summer job working as a boat boy afternoon, the TLA Executive Imogene Coca as Carmen Miranda at Tamiment. He learned the work Board met in the Avery Fisher in a parody of "South American ethic at Tamiment and worked Media Center, followed by the Way;" Danny Kaye as Anatole of under the most pleasurable annual business meeting in the Paris; The Yiddishe Mikado circumstances; one summer, he co- Society for Libraries Room. All (following the trend of the "Hot starred with Lee Grant in 27 TLA members were invited to view Mikado" and other ethnic spoofs of Wagons FUN of Cotton. Fred the exhibition "Broadway in the Gilbert & Sullivan). Voelpel (designer) said that Poconos" celebrating the history of everybody wanted to be at the Tamiment- Playhouse and the Following Ms. LoMonaco's Tamiment; Tamiment kept their opening of the collection at the presentation, Prof. Brooks lives simple, focused and direct. Tamiment Library housed in McNamara explained the origins of Tamiment was the "most wonderful NYU's Bobst Library. After the the Tamiment collection: Bill boot camp in the world." The reception, guests were treated to a Thomas, who was a member of a panelists entertained questions and slide/talk on the history of prominent New York socialist comments from an audience filled Tamiment by Martha Schmoyer family, spent his summers at with Tamiment alumni. LoMonaco. A TLA member, Ms. Tamiment from the late 1920s up LoMonaco is the former archivist until 1955. He was a great TLA ANNUAL BUSINESS of the Tamiment collection and the supporter of Tamiment and saved MEETING MINUTES author of Broadway in the Poconos scores, scripts and playbills which became the core of the Tamiment (Greenwood Press, 1992). Ms. The Theatre Library Association's LoMonaco provided a whirlwind Collection. In addition, Thomas donated seed money to set up an annual business meeting convened history of Tamiment which she at 500 p.m., on Friday, October 16, described as a "show biz laboratory" archive. McNamara then introduced a panel of Tamiment 1992 at Bobst Library, New York and "television's studio." She noted University. President James Poteat alumni, who shared their that Tamiment spawned the called the meeting to order and Broadway productions Straw Hat reminiscences with the audience. Lucille Kallen (writer) recalled the asked for the approval of the Revue and Once Upon a Mattress minutes of the last annual meeting. and TV's Your Show of Shows. She end of her first summer at Tamiment when she threw her described Tamiment as an "adult Secretary/Treasurer Richard M. campus" for performers, composers, arms around a tree trunk and swore "I will never leave this place." Buck distributed the treasurer's writers, and technicians -- a place report, along with last year's where creative people could try out Samuel "Bin" Liff (stage manager) learned at Tamiment how to be a balance sheet for comparison. ideas and material, and learn to There is a negative balance of perfect their skills without the fear stage manager and how to work $1,756.28 of expenses over income. For the Publications Committee, arrangements for someone to The checkbook balance is $12,576 Maryann Chach reported on the handle the New Orleans TLA/ALA as compared to $14,227 a year ago. Committee's efforts to get conference in 1993. He also TLA has lost membership; it will Broadside back on schedule and to reported on the 19th SIBMAS be down to less than 450 if all those expand its participation and scope. Congress that he and Dorothy who have not yet paid dues are Lauren Bufferd (Chicago), Nena Swerdlove recently attended in dropped. He requested the Couch (Ohio), Beth Kerr (Texas) Lisbon [For more details, see membership to ask those who have and Brigitte Kueppers (California) SIBMAS article in this issue]. He not paid to rejoin. To cut expenses, have been serving as regional news is working on plans for the 5th the membership agreed to drop the contributors and contacts; TLA edition of the "Blue Book," pocket calendar as of 1994. Mr. members willing to act as regional Peflorming Ads Libraries and Buck called for additional contacts are desired and should Museums of the World [For a suggestions from the membership contact Broadside. Additionally, review of the 4th edition, see on ways to cut expenses. The news of member activities is Broadside, Summer 19921 and will Secretary/Treasurer's report was welcome from all, and direct attempt to include more American accepted as submitted. solicitations through mailings have repositories. A letter is being sent been underway. Anyone interested to relevant professional For the Program Committee, Mr. in working on Broadside or the organizations, requesting Buck reported on plans and Publications Committee is urged to membership lists, as a first step in considerations to conduct programs contact Co-chairs Ms. Chach or gathering information for the 5th on silent film and on preservation Catherine Johnson. Pefoming edition due out in 1994. William issues, to be held in New York Arts Resources, vol. 17 which Green reported that the 18th City. In addition, members originally had been scheduled to SIBUAS Congress (Stockholm, suggested having regional meetings focus on the theme of 1990) proceedings have now been and programs; Suggestions were "Broadcasting Collections" has been published. He also reported on made for a program on dance, an delayed due to insufficient article the collection of 19th century update of the 1982 conference on submissions. PAR will now publish theatre posters at the Queens preservation of theatre materials The New York Hippodrome: A Public Library. He noted that the and a program on cataloging 19th Complete Chronology of Yeats Society of New York held century theatre materials. Members Pegomances, From 1905 to 1939 by several programs this year on are invited to give additional Milton Epstein as Vol. 17 (due in theatre and dance. He will send a suggestions to Mr. Buck or Bob late spring, 1993). The PAR notice of their activities to Taylor, co-chairs of the committee. "Broadcasting" volume is now Broadside. scheduled for vol. 19 (due to be For the Membership Committee, published Fall 1994). PAR invites James Poteat gave the President's Geraldine Duclow reported that a queries for articles on all aspects of Report saying that while TLA is letter soliciting new TLA members Broadcasting collections; contact experiencing money and was sent this summer to ARL Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, membership problems, these libraries. The next activity will be to Peforming Arts Resources, Theatre difficulties are being addressed contact the deans of library schools, Library Association, 111 through the Board, the Committee using personal contacts whenever Amsterdam Ave., Room 020, New structure, and the membership at possible. It was stressed that York, NY 10023. large. Mr. Poteat underscored the increasing membership, both need for members to continue to personal and institutional, is the Louis Rachow reported on TIA's contribute ideas, and to stay in responsibdity of all TLA members; interactions with its affiliated communication. He particularly Lauren Bufferd's recent success in organizations -- CNLIA, LINK, and requested members to send making contact with institutions in SLA. The TLA report is to be information to Ms. Chach and Ms. the Midwest was cited as an published in the SLA Annual Johnson for Broadside. example. Report. SLA, in particular, is interested in publishing information Bob Taylor, standing in for Richard For the Nominating Committee, about TLA and member activities Wall announced the results of the Richard Wall called for in its newsletter, which is similar to TLA board elections for 1993-1995. recommendations for candidates for Broadside. Re-elected to the TLA Board for the TLA Board for 1994-19%, three year terms are incumbents which may be submitted to him, or Mr. Buck reported on the status of Louis Rachow (International to any member of the Committee the upcoming 1992 TLAIASTR Theatre Institute), Catherine or the Board. conference. At ALA Midwinter, he Johnson (Dance Heritage will attempt to finalize Coalition), and Richard Wall (Qikeens College). Dorothy Swerdlove was also elected. The LElTER TO THE EDITOR meeting adjourned at 6:00 PM. Dear Editor, BOOK REVIEWS I wish to correct an erroneous statement regarding our photographic services operation which appears in your Winter 1991/1992 - Spring 1992 Popular Entertainment Research: issue in the article on the panel on permissions for publication. How to Do It and How to Use It. The article states that following the purchase of MGM's film library by By Barbara J. Pruett. Metuchen, Ted Turner, the Margaret Herrick Library could no longer provide NJ: Scarecrow, 1992. xii, 581 pp. researchers with copies of MGM stills. This is totally untrue. We $62. continue to provide photographic copies of stills from the MGM Collection, as we do for stills from our other holdings. A professional librarian and For all photographic reproductions ordered in our library, we require author, Pruett based this guide on the user to sign a legal document, which lists all the photos ordered, and her extensive knowledge of in which the user agrees that he/she is responsible for clearing any rights research sources and her own or permissions for whatever use from any appropriate copyright owners.
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