Digital Public Library Lists Theatre Memorabilia

Thousands of items from the University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign have now been listed and archived on the Digital Public Library of America's official website.

Items from hundreds of years of theatre history are listed in the vast collection, which includes such striking pieces as original posters and playbills from productions dating as far back as the 1700s as well as portraits of actors, lithographs, sheet music, scores, instrument profiles, scripts, photographs and more.

Additionally, the easily navigable site offers biographies of theatrical luminaries and extensive theatrical history notes, as well.

More information: "The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America's libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America's heritage, to the efforts and data of science. The DPLA aims to expand this crucial realm of openly available materials, and make those riches more easily discovered and more widely usable and used. More information is online at http://dp.la.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library holds more than thirteen million volumes, more than 120,000 serial titles, and more than nine million manuscripts, maps, slides, audio tapes, microforms, videotapes, laser discs, and other non-print material. The University Library is ranked highly nationally and globally, and its collections and services are used heavily by students, faculty, and scholars. More than one million items are circulated annually, and many more are used on site and virtually from anywhere in the world. For more information, please visit www.library.illinois.edu."

Visit the Digital Public Library of America's official website's theater section here.