BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Harvey Lichtenstein President's Records Page Collection Identifier 08_Harvey_Lichtenstein_Colle Dates 1967 – 1999 inclusive Extent 68.09 linear feet Agency History The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), founded in 1861, is a thriving arts center in Brooklyn. Originally conceived as a home for classical music, it quickly broadened to include theater and lectures, and welcomed the star performers of the day. After the original location in Brooklyn Heights was destroyed by fire in 1903, a new theater was built at 30 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene, and the BAM campus has now grown to comprise three buildings. Today, BAM is known as an adventurous multi-arts center with world-renowned programming. It is celebrated for its Next Wave Festival in the fall, which presents contemporary experimental performance, and for its spring season of international theater, dance, and opera. BAM also offers a robust roster of film, a comprehensive Education & Humanities program, and serves an important civic function, hosting numerous community events. Historical/Biographical Note Internationally recognized as a driving force behind the performing and visual arts, Harvey Lichtenstein has been a leader in the world of arts administration for 50 years. Beginning with early positions at New York City Ballet and New York City Opera, Harvey returned to his native Brooklyn in 1967 to begin his tenure at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, setting a new course for the institution and helping to change the cultural landscape of New York while gaining an international reputation as a champion of all that is new and progressive in the arts: dance, theater and music. The list of artists he has supported is long and includes John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Pina Bausch, Ingmar Bergman, Merce Cunningham, William Forsythe, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Peter Brook, Steve Reich, Ariane Mnouchkine, Twyla Tharp, Jerzy Grotowski and Robert Lepage. In 1999, after 32 years, Harvey stepped down from the leadership of BAM to lead the BAM Local Development Corporation (LDC) in its efforts to establish a cultural district in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The BAM LDC has now joined with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership to form a coordinating unit for all development activity in Downtown Brooklyn. Scope & Content BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] The Harvey Lichtenstein President’s Records Collection spans 1967 through 1999 and consists of correspondence, interdepartmental memoranda, reports, production materials, notes, financial and production summaries, contracts and other memorabilia. These records reflect the 32 years Harvey Lichtenstein spent as President and Executive Producer of BAM; from general administration, programming, community development, correspondence to board files and resident companies. Processing Note Processed by Mark Toepfer Collection Contents Harvey Lichtenstein President's Records 01 - Administrative 01.01 - Finance Box 001 Box 002 Box 003 Box 004 Box 005 Box 006 Box 007 Box 008 Box 009 Box 010 Box 011 Box 012 Box 013 Box 014 Box 015 Box 016 Box 017 01.02 - Fundraising (Campaign) Box 018 Box 019 Box 020 Box 021 BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Box 022 Box 023 Box 024 Box 025 Box 026 Box 027 Box 028 Box 029 Box 030 Box 031 Box 032 Box 033 Box 034 Box 035 Box 036 Box 037 Box 038 Box 039 Box 040 Box 041 01.03 - Capital Projects Box 042 Box 043 Box 044 Box 045 Box 046 Box 047 Box 048 Box 049 Box 050 Box 051 Box 052 Box 053 Box 054 Box 055 BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Box 056 01.04 - Planning and Development Box 057 Box 058 Box 059 Box 060 Box 061 Box 062 Box 063 Box 064 Box 065 Box 066 Box 067 Box 068 Box 069 01.05 - Government Box 070 Box 071 Box 072 Box 073 Box 074 Box 075 Box 076 Box 077 Box 078 Box 079 Box 080 Box 081 Box 082 Box 083 Box 084 Box 085 Box 086 Box 087 Box 088 BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Box 089 Box 090 Box 091 Box 092 Box 093 Box 094 Box 095 Box 096 Box 097 Box 098 Box 099 Box 100 Box 101 Box 102 Box 103 Box 104 Box 105 Box 106 Box 107 Box 108 01.06 - Legal Box 109 Box 110 Box 111 Box 112 Box 113 01.07 - Interdepartmental Correspondence Box 115 Box 116 Box 117 Box 118 Box 119 01.08 - Personnel Box 120 Box 121 BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] 01.09 - Travel Box 122 01.10 - General Box 123 Box 124 Box 125 Box 126 Box 127 Box 128 Box 129 Box 130 Box 131 Box 132 Box 133 Box 134 Box 135 Box 136 Box 137 Box 138 Box 139 Box 140 Box 141 Box 142 Box 143 Box 144 Box 145 Box 146 Box 147 01.11 - Rolodex Box 148 02 - Programming 02.01 - Artist Files Box 001 Abbey Theatre - Budgets Abbey Theatre - Contracts and settlements BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Abbey Theatre - Tour Abedon, Caila - Correspondence Actors' Company, The - Correspondence Actors' Company, The - Program Adams, John - Correspondence Agnes De Mille Dance Theater Akalaitis, Joanne - Correspondence Almeida Theater Company Almeida Theater Company - Ivanov Alum, Manuel - Correspondence Alwin T. Nikolais Dance Company American Ballet Theatre - General American Ballroom Theater - Sheer Romance American Chamber Ballet American Contemporary Theatre Box 002 American Film Theatre American Music Theater Festival American National Opera Company Among Company Anderson, Gillian - Correspondence Anderson, Laurie Andriessen, Louis Anna Sokolow Dance Company Anthony, Mary - Correspondence Armitage, Karole - Correspondence Armitage, Karole - Correspondence Arnoult, Philip - Double Edge Theatre Ashkenazy, Vladimir Australian Ballet, The Ballet Hispanico of New York Ballet Internationale Ballet Rambert Ballet Tech - Eliot Feld Box 003 BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Ballet Théâter Contemporian Bang On A Can - Benefit concert and party Baryshnikov, Mikhail Basel Ballet Basel Ballet Bat-Dor Dance Company Batsheva Dance Company Batsheva Dance Company Bausch, Pina Bausch, Pina Bausch, Pina Box 004 Bauch, Pina Bauch, Pina Bauch, Pina Bauch, Pina Bauch, Pina Bauch, Pina - Film Bejart Dance Company Bella Lewitzky Dance Company Belling, Susan Benitez, Maria - Estampa Flamenca Bergman, Ingmar Bergman, Ingmar - Gala Bergman, Ingmar - Hamlet Box 005 Bergman, Ingmar - Madame de Sade Bergman, Ingmar - Marketing Plan Berio, Luciano - Opera Berkoff, Steven Berliner Ensemble, The Big Apple Circus Big Momma Thornton Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company Bland, Edward BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Blue Nile Group, The Boosey and Hawkes Borkman, John Gabriel Boston Musica Viva, The Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra - Mary H. Smith correspondence Boulez, Pierre Branca, Glenn Braunschweig, Philippe Braxton, Anthony - Trillium Box 006 Bread and Butter Theatre British American Repository Company Brook, Peter - Correspondence Brook, Peter - General Brook, Peter - General Brook, Peter - General Brook, Peter - International Centre of Theatre Research Brook, Peter - International Centre of Theatre Research Brook, Peter - International Centre of Theatre Research Brook, Peter - International Centre of Theatre Research Report Brook, Peter - Project Brook, Peter - Project Brook, Peter - Project Brook, Peter - Project Box 007 Brook, Peter - Promotion Brook, Peter - Resume Brook, Peter - Wexner Center Prize Brooklyn Center Orchestra Brooklyn Doctor's Symphony Orchestra BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Brooklyn Lyric Opera Association Brooklyn Music Teachers Guild Brown, Carolyn Brown, Trish Brown, Trish Brown, Trish Brunel, Christine Brussels Opera Bryars, Gavin Bryon, Experience Robinson Busby, Gerald Byrne, David Byron, Don Cacciapaglia, Roberto - Sky Generations Cage, John Calitsis, Vasilios Box 008 Cameri Theatre Cameri Theatre Cameri Theatre - Rina Yerushalmi correspondence Canadian Opera Company Canadian Opera Company Canadian Opera Company Cannonball Adderley Quintet Carbone 14 Carlson, Carolyn Carver, Brent Cazals, Celine Central Ballet of China Box 009 Central Ballet of China Central Ballet of China Central Ballet of China Central Ballet of China Central Ballet of China BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Central Ballet of China Central Ballet of China - Budgets for 1990 Fiscal Year Central Ballet of China - Television Documentary Chaikin, Joseph Chandrelekha Box 010 Charles Moore Dance Theatre, The Charlip, Remy Cheek by Jowl Chereau, Patrice - In the Loneliness of the Cottonfields - Final Drafts Chereau, Patrice - In the Loneliness of the Cottonfields - Rough Drafts Chicago Lyric Opera Center for American Artists Children's Theatre Company of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Childs, Lucinda Childs, Lucinda Chris Burnside and Dancers City Center Joffrey Ballet Clarke, Martha Cleveland Ballet Cloud Gate Dance Group Box 011 Coates, George Comedie Francaise Company One Theater Concertus Musica Contemporary Dance Trust Cowles, Sage Cucharacha Theater Cullberg Ballet Company, The Curchack, Fred Dagar Brothers, The Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Dancers and Musicians of Bali Dancers and Musicians of Mali Darpana BAM Hamm Archives 718.724.8150 [email protected] Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell Davis, Chuck Davis, Chuck - Card to Harvey Lichtenstein Box 012 Davis, Miles Davis, Ron De Keersmaeker, Anna Teresa De Larrocha, Alicia Decoufle, Pierre Degroat, Andrew Degroat, Andrew - Red Notes Del Tredice, David Del Villard, Susan Dennis, Ellen Dessoff Choirs, The Donald Byrd Dance Company Donald McKayle