Gilbert Hemsley Papers, 1948-1980

Container Title
Series: Ballet
American Ballet Theatre
Box   9
Folder   1
Brochure, reviews, 1952, 1967, 1974, undated
Box   9
Folder   2
General technical information and unidentified, 1970-1971, undated
Box   9
Folder   3
Tour to Japan, undated
Fall , 1961
Box   9
Folder   4
Caprichos, 1961
Box   9
Folder   5
Spring Tour 1965, light plot, , February 1965
Box   9
Folder   6
1966 Season, light plots for State Theatre, , 1966
Box   9
Folder   7
Winter Tour 1966, hook-ups, , 1966
Spring Tour , 1966
Box   9
Folder   8
General technical production file, 1966
Box   9
Folder   9
Combat
Box   9
Folder   10
Dark Elegies
Box   9
Folder   11
Etudes
Box   9
Folder   12
La Fille Mal Gardee
Box   9
Folder   13
Grand Pas Glaz
Box   9
Folder   14
Interplay
Box   9
Folder   15
Miss Julie
Box   9
Folder   16
Nutcracker
Box   9
Folder   17
Pas de Deux
Box   9
Folder   18
Pillar of Fire
Box   9
Folder   19
Les Sylphide
Box   9
Folder   20
Theme and Variations
Box   9
Folder   21
Wind in the Mountains
Box   9
Folder   22-23
Fall Tour 1966, technical production file, , 1966
Russian Tour , 1966
Box   10
Folder   1
General technical production file, 1966
Box   10
Folder   2-3
Production notebooks, 1966
Box   10
Folder   4
Road Tour 1966, technical production file, , 1966
Box   10
Folder   5
Spring Tour 1967, technical production file, , 1967
, 1967 Season
Box   10
Folder   6
Swan Lake (Chicago, Opera House, February 1967)
Plots, plans, and designs, 1967: See the Oversize File
, 1968 Season
Brooklyn Academy
Box   10
Folder   7
Plot, December 1968
Box   10
Folder   8
Pulcinella Variations, 1968
Metropolitan Opera House
Box   10
Folder   9
Plots, 1968
Box   10
Folder   10
Summer Tour 1969, technical production file, , 1969
, 1969 Season
Box   10
Folder   11
Basic light plot, September 1969
Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
Box   10
Folder   12
Plan, 1969
Brooklyn Academy
Box   10
Folder   13
Pulcinella Variations
Box   10
Folder   14
Winter Tour 1970, program listing, , 1970
Box   10
Folder   15
European Tour 1970, technical production file, , 1970
, 1970 Season
Box   10
Folder   16
General technical production file, 1970
Plots, plans, and designs, 1970: See the Oversize File
Box   10
Folder   17
Pulcinella Variations
, 1970/1971 Season
Box   10
Folder   18
General technical production file, 1970-1971
Box   10
Folder   19
Coppelia
Box   11
Folder   1
Gaiete Parisienne
Box   11
Folder   2
Miss Julie
, 1971 Season
Box   11
Folder   3
Beatrix Cenci (Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center, 1971)
Box   11
Folder   4
Pulcinella Variations
Miscellaneous and unidentified seasons
Box   11
Folder   5
Petrouchka, review, undated
Box   11
Folder   6
Swan Lake, review, 1975
Australian Ballet
Box   11
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1970-1971
Box   11
Folder   8
Equipment, 1970, undated
Box   11
Folder   9
Fact sheets, reviews, tickets, 1970-1971
Box   11
Folder   10
Finances, 1971, undated
Box   11
Folder   11
Manifest, 1970
Box   11
Folder   12
Plots and sections, 1970, undated
Box   11
Folder   13
Schedules, lists, 1970-1971
Box   11
Folder   14
Technical production file, general, 1970-1971
Box   11
Folder   15
The Display, undated
Box   11
Folder   16
Divertissements, undated
Box   12
Folder   1
Don Quixote, undated
Box   12
Folder   2
Raymonda, undated
Box   12
Folder   3
Les Rendezvous, undated
Box   12
Folder   4
Sun Music, undated
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico - , 1975 and 1976 tour
Box   12
Folder   5
Technical production file, 1975-1976
Plots, plans, and designs, 25 December 1974, undated: See the Oversize File
Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Dance Academy - , 1973 tour
Box   12
Folder   6-8
Production notebooks, 1973
Box   13
Folder   1-3
General technical production files, 1973
Box   13
Folder   4
Cardboards, 1973
Box   13
Folder   5
Manifests and equipments lists, 1973
Box   13
Folder   6
Running times, 26 June-22 August 1973
Box   13
Folder   7
Schedules, financial materials, reviews, miscellany, 1973
Ambler, Pennsylvania, Temple University, Festival Hall
Box   13
Folder   8
Technical production file, 1973
Boston, Music Hall ( 21-22 August 1973)
Box   13
Folder   9
Technical production file, including playbill, 1973
Chicago, Auditorium ( 6-11 August 1973)
Box   13
Folder   10
Technical production file, including playbill, 1973
Detroit, Masonic Auditorium
Box   13
Folder   11
Technical production file, including playbill, 1973
Holmdel, New Jersey, Garden State Arts Center ( 24-26 July 1973) (Performance by the Bolshoi Ballet only)
Box   13
Folder   12
Technical production file, including playbill, 1973
Miami, Dade County Auditorium ( 24-25 July 1973) (Performance by the Bolshoi Dance Academy only)
Box   13
Folder   13
Technical production file, including playbill, 1973
New York, Metropolitan Opera House ( 26 June-22 July 1973)
Box   14
Folder   1
Technical production file, including playbill, 1973
St. Louis, Municipal Opera ( 13-19 August 1973)
Box   14
Folder   2
Technical production file, including playbill, 1973
Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap, Filene Center ( 31 July-4 August 1973)
Box   14
Folder   3
Technical production file, including playbill, 1973
Bolshoi Ballet - , 1975 Tour: See Hurok Concert at the end of this series
Eliot Feld Ballet (NY, New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theatre, 29 November 1974-5 January 1975)
Box   14
Folder   4
Technical production file, including materials on Swan Lake and Tiger, 1974, undated
Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens
, 1965 Tour
Box   14
Folder   5
General technical production file, 1965
Box   14
Folder   6
Programs, clippings, plots, 1965
Box   14
Folder   7
Cues for Dark Visions, Firebird, Gehenna, Medea, Nutcracker/Pas de Deux, Suite Canadien, Swan of Tronela, Sylphides, 1965
, 1966 Tour
Box   14
Folder   8
General technical production file, 1966
Box   15
Folder   1
Cues for Dark Visions, Firebird, Graduation Ball, Medea, 1966
Box   15
Folder   2
Cues for Nutcracker, Pas de Deux, Pas de Quatre, Sea Gallows, Suite Canadien, Swan Lake, Sylphides
National Ballet of Canada - Tours
Box   15
Folder   3
Schedules, lists, miscellany, 1972-1975
National Ballet of Cuba
, 1978 Tour
Box   15
Folder   4
Cardboards, 1978
Box   15
Folder   5
Color file, 1978
Box   15
Folder   6
Groundplans, 1978
Box   15
Folder   7
Journal, by Gilbert Hemsley, 18-22 April 1978
Box   15
Folder   8
Manifest, 1978
Box   15
Folder   9
Performance reports, 1978
Box   15
Folder   10
Program, 1978
Box   15
Folder   11
Running and timing sheets, 1978
Box   15
Folder   12
Schedules, 1978
Box   16
Folder   1
Stage management information and cues, 1978
Box   16
Folder   2
Technical production file, general, including reviews, 1978
New York, Metropolitan Opera House
Box   16
Folder   3-4
Technical production file, 1978
Toronto, O'Keefe Center
Box   16
Folder   5
Technical production file, 1978
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center
Box   16
Folder   6
Technical production file, 1978
Plots, plats and designs for Carmen, Coppelia, and Giselle, for Washington, D.C. and New York, April-May 1978: See the Oversize File
Box   16
Folder   7
Ad Libitum
Box   16
Folder   8
Blood Wedding
Box   16
Folder   9
Canto Vital
Box   16
Folder   10
Carmen
Box   16
Folder   11
Casa de Bernarda Alba
Box   16
Folder   12
Coppelia
Box   16
Folder   13
Edipos Rex
Box   17
Folder   1
Genesis
Box   17
Folder   2
Giselle
Box   17
Folder   3
Grand Pas de Quatre
Box   17
Folder   4
Munecos
Box   17
Folder   5
Paso a Tres
Box   17
Folder   6
La Peri
Box   17
Folder   7
Ritmakas
Box   17
Folder   8
Swan Pas
Box   17
Folder   9
Les Sylphides
Box   17
Folder   10
Tarde en la Siesta
, 1979 Tour
Box   17
Folder   11
Cardboards, 1979
Box   17
Folder   12
Cardboards for the Kennedy Center, 1979
Box   17
Folder   13
Castings file, 1979
Box   17
Folder   14
Color file, 1979
Box   17
Folder   15
Follow spot cues, 1979
Box   17
Folder   16
Follow spot cues for the Kennedy Center, 1979
Box   17
Folder   17
Follow spot cues for the Met, 1979
Box   17
Folder   18
Hanging plots, 1979
Box   18
Folder   1
Hook-up for the Net, 1979
Box   18
Folder   2
Manifest, 1979
Box   18
Folder   3
Miscellany, including programs, 1979
Box   18
Folder   4
Orchestra pit set-ups, 1979
Box   18
Folder   5
Performance reports, 1979
Plots, plans and designs, 1979: See the Oversize File
Box   18
Folder   6
Preliminary information and notes, 1979
Box   18
Folder   7-8
Production notebook and file, 1979
Box   18
Folder   9
Reviews and clippings, 1979
Box   18
Folder   10
Room lists, 1979
Schedules
Box   18
Folder   11
General, 1979
Box   18
Folder   12
Daily, 1979
Box   19
Folder   1
Prologue, 1979
Box   19
Folder   2
Blood Wedding
Box   19
Folder   3
Carmen
Box   19
Folder   4
El Guije
Box   19
Folder   5
La Fille Mal Gardee
Box   19
Folder   6
Flower Festival
Box   19
Folder   7
Giselle
Box   19
Folder   8
Grand Pas de Quatre
Box   19
Folder   9
Leda and the Swan
Box   19
Folder   10
Munecos
Box   19
Folder   11
Night of the Guitar
Box   19
Folder   12
Paso a Tres
Box   19
Folder   13
La Peri
Box   19
Folder   14
Pulsations
Box   19
Folder   15
Rara Avis
Box   19
Folder   16
Remembranza
Box   19
Folder   17
Song for a Strange Flower
Box   19
Folder   18
Spartacus and Pas de Deux
Box   19
Folder   19
Swan Lake
Box   19
Folder   20
Swan Pas
Box   19
Folder   21
Les Sylphides
Box   19
Folder   22
Tarde en la Siesta
Box   19
Folder   23
Time Out of Mind
Princeton Regional Ballet
, 1966 Season (McCarter Theatre)
Box   19
Folder   24
Technical production file, 1966
, 1972 Season (Trenton War Memorial)
Box   20
Folder   1
Coppelia, technical production file, 1972
The Royal Ballet
Box   20
Folder   2
Miscellany, circa 1970-1976
The Royal Swedish Ballet - , 1974 Tour
Box   20
Folder   3
Cardboards, 1974
Box   20
Folder   4
Cues, 1974
Box   20
Folder   5
Equipment, instruments, and gels, 1974
Box   20
Folder   6
Notebook of pre-sets, 1974
Box   20
Folder   7
Technical production file, 1974
Box   20
Folder   8
Salary information, 1974
Box   20
Folder   9
Schedules, 1974
Box   20
Folder   10
Swedish-English instructions, 1974
Box   20
Folder   11
Consort
Box   20
Folder   12
Embrace Tiger
Box   21
Folder   1
Gaite Parisienne
Box   21
Folder   2
Miss Julie
Box   21
Folder   3
Sleeping Beauty
Box   21
Folder   4
Swan Lake
Box   21
Folder   5
Birmingham, Alabama, Civic Center, technical information, undated, production file, , 1974
Box   21
Folder   6
Chicago, Arie Crown Theatre, technical production file, 1974
Stuttgart Ballet
Box   21
Folder   7
General and unidentified technical production file, undated
, 1969 Tour
Box   21
Folder   8
Technical production file, 1969
Box   21
Folder   9
Production notebook for the Met, 1969
Box   21
Folder   10
Eugene Onegin
Box   21
Folder   11
Giselle
Box   21
Folder   12
Holberg Pas de Deux
Box   21
Folder   13
Jeu de Carte
Box   21
Folder   14
Mozart Concerto
Box   21
Folder   15
Nutcracker Suite
Box   21
Folder   16
Opus One
Box   21
Folder   17
Presence
Box   21
Folder   18
Romeo and Juliet
Box   22
Folder   1
Taming of the Shrew
Box   22
Folder   2
Los Angeles, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1969
, 1971 Tour
Box   22
Folder   3
Correspondence, reviews, miscellany, 1971
Cues
Box   22
Folder   4
Stage manager's notebook of cues, 1971
Box   22
Folder   5
Notebook of cues for Carmen, Seasons, and Taming of the Shrew
Box   22
Folder   6
Road cues, 1971
Box   22
Folder   7
Equipment and props, 1971
Box   22
Folder   8
Manifests and shipping information, 1971
Box   22
Folder   9
Notebook of production time logs plus programs at the Met, 1971
Box   22
Folder   10
Schedules and personnel lists, 1971
Box   22
Folder   11
Technical production file, 1971
Box   22
Folder   12
Black Swan
Box   22
Folder   13
Brouillards
Box   22
Folder   14
Carmen
Box   22
Folder   15
Coppelia Pas de Deux
Box   22
Folder   16
Eugene Onegin
Four Ballets
Box   22
Folder   17
Catalyst
Box   22
Folder   18
Ebony Concerto
Box   23
Folder   1
Salade
Box   23
Folder   2
Jeu de Carte
Box   23
Folder   3
Mozart
Box   23
Folder   4
Opus One
Box   23
Folder   5
Poeme de L'Extase
Box   23
Folder   6
Romeo and Juliet
Box   23
Folder   7
Russlan
Box   23
Folder   8
The Seasons
Box   23
Folder   9
Taming of the Shrew
Box   23
Folder   10
Boston, Music Hall, 1971
Box   23
Folder   11-12
Chicago, Lyric Opera House, 1971
Box   23
Folder   13
Cupertino, California, Flint Center Auditorium, 1971
Box   23
Folder   14
Holmdel, New Jersey, Garden State Arts Center, 1971
Box   23
Folder   15
Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium, 1971
St. Louis, Municipal Opera
Box   23
Folder   16
General technical production file, 1971
Box   23
Folder   17
Stage designs for Eugene Onegin and Taming of the Shrew, 1979
Box   23
Folder   18
Sacramento and San Diego, California, 1971
Box   23
Folder   19
San Francisco, Opera House, 1971
Box   23
Folder   20
Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap, 1971
, 1973 Tour
Box   24
Folder   1
Manifests and trucking memoranda, 1973
Plots, plans, and designs, 1973: See the Oversize File
Box   24
Folder   2
Production notebook, 1973
Box   24
Folder   3
Running times for New York, Philadelphia and Washington, 1973
Box   24
Folder   4
Schedules and personnel lists, 1973
Box   24
Folder   5
Technical information and miscellany, 1973
New York, Metropolitan Opera House
Box   24
Folder   6
General technical production file, 1973
Box   24
Folder   7
Brahms
Box   24
Folder   8
Mahler
Box   24
Folder   9
Romeo and Juliet
Box   24
Folder   10
Swan Lake
Box   24
Folder   11
Vivaldi
Box   24
Folder   12
Philadelphia, Academy of Music, general technical production file, 1973
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center
Box   25
Folder   1
General technical production file, 1973
Box   25
Folder   2
Wage sheets, 1973
Box   25
Folder   3
Eugene Onegin
Mixed bill (Brahms, Mahler, Vivaldi)
Box   25
Folder   4
Technical production file, 1973
Box   25
Folder   5
Master cues notebook, 1973
Romeo and Juliet
Box   25
Folder   6
Technical production file, 1973
Box   25
Folder   7
Master cues notebook, 1973
Box   25
Folder   8
Swan Lake
, 1975 Tour: See Hurok Concert at the end of this series
, 1977 Tour
Box   25
Folder   9
Miscellany, 1979
Plots, plans, and designs, 1977: See the Oversize File
Box   25
Folder   10
Eugene Onegin
Box   25
Folder   11
Initials R. B. M. E.
Box   25
Folder   12
Romeo and Juliet
Box   26
Folder   1
Sleeping Beauty
Box   26
Folder   2
Taming of the Shrew
, 1979 Tour (at the Met)
Box   26
Folder   3
Mixed Bill #1 and #2
Box   26
Folder   4
Eugene Onegin
Box   26
Folder   5
Lady of the Camellias
Box   26
Folder   6
Romeo and Juliet
Box   26
Folder   7
Taming of the Shrew
Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company
Box   26
Folder   8
Programs, 1974
Wisconsin Ballet Company
, 1972 Season
Box   26
Folder   9
Technical production file, including playbills, reviews, 1972
Box   26
Folder   10
Notebooks, 1972
, 1973 Season
Box   26
Folder   11
Playbills, correspondence, schedules, miscellany, 1973
Nureyev and Friends (NY, Uris, 26 December 1974 and tour)
Box   26
Folder   12
New York, technical production file, 1974, undated
Box   27
Folder   1
Madison, technical production file, including reviews, 1973
Box   27
Folder   2
Milwaukee, technical production file, including reviews, 1973
Nutcracker (Production information unknown)
, 21 November 1972: See the Oversize File
Relache (Madison, Union Theatre, 2 May year unknown)
Box   27
Folder   3
Playbill, undated
Hurok Concert - 1975 tour of the Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Opera, and Stuttgart Ballet
Materials for entire summer tour
Box   27
Folder   4-6
General production file, 1975
Box   28
Folder   1
General production file, 1975, continued
Box   28
Folder   2-4
Work schedules, May-June 1975
Box   28
Folder   5
Production expenses, 1975
Box   28
Folder   6
Russian production materials, 1975
Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera
Box   28
Folder   7
Pictures and designs of sets, pre-production and production, 1975
Box   29
Folder   1
Production materials, schedules, correspondence, notes, miscellany, 1974-1975
Bolshoi Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet
Box   29
Folder   2
Performance schedules, April-June 1975
Bolshoi Opera
Box   29
Folder   3
Clippings and reviews, 1975
Box   29
Folder   4
Lists, 1975
Box   29
Folder   5
Manifests, 1975
Box   29
Folder   6
Notebook with lighting notes for production, 1975
Box   29
Folder   7
Production file, general, 1975
Box   29
Folder   8
Production notebook, including opera timings, hanging plots, set plots, synopses, character lists, and miscellany, 1975
Box   29
Folder   9
Running time records, 1975
Box   29
Folder   10
Schedules, 1975
Box   29
Folder   11
Shipping material, 1975
Box   29
Folder   12-13
Work schedules, 1975
Box   30
Folder   1
Miscellany, 1975
Boris Godunov
Box   30
Folder   2-3
Vocal score, by Modest P. Moussorgsky, annotated with lighting cues, 1975
Box   30
Folder   4-5
Technical production files, 1975
The Dawns Are Quiet Here
Box   30
Folder   6-7
Vocal score, annotated with lighting cues, 1975
Box   31
Folder   1
Synopsis, cues, pre-set sheets, plans and plots, 1975
Box   31
Folder   2
Technical production file, 1975
Eugene Onegin
Box   31
Folder   3
Vocal score, by P. I. Tchaikovsky, annotated with lighting cues, 1975
Box   31
Folder   4
Synopsis, cues, pre-set sheets, plans and plots, 1975
Box   31
Folder   5
Technical production file, 1975
The Gambler
Box   31
Folder   6
Technical production file, 1975
Le Joueur
Box   31
Folder   7
Vocal score, annotated with lighting cues, 1975
Pique Dame
Box   32
Folder   1
Technical production file, 1975
The Queen of Spades
Box   32
Folder   2-3
Vocal score, by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, annotated, 1975
War and Peace
Vocal score, by S. Prokofieff, with lighting cues and ground plots, 1975
Box   32
Folder   4-6
Scenes 1-11
Box   33
Folder   1
Scenes 12-13
Box   33
Folder   2-3
Notebook containing musical score, annotated with lighting cues, 1975
Box   33
Folder   4
Technical production file, 1975
Bolshoi Ballet
Box   33
Folder   5
Clippings and reviews, 1975-1976
Box   33
Folder   6
Correspondence, budget, timing and fact sheets, miscellany, 1975
Box   33
Folder   7
Journal, 1975
Box   33
Folder   8
Manifests and shipping information, 1975
Box   33
Folder   9
Notebook with lighting notes for productions, 1975
Box   34
Folder   1-2
Notebook of cheat sheets, pre-sets, and cue sheets, 1975
Box   34
Folder   3
Personnel and cast lists, 1975
Box   34
Folder   4-5
Schedules, 1975
Box   34
Folder   6-9
Technical production files, 1975
Box   35
Folder   1-2
Technical production files, 1975, continued
Box   35
Folder   3
Don Quixote
Box   35
Folder   4-5
Gala
Box   35
Folder   6-7
Giselle
Box   35
Folder   8-10
Ivan the Terrible
Box   35
Folder   11
Sleeping Beauty
Box   36
Folder   1-2
Sleeping Beauty
Box   36
Folder   3-9
Spartacus
Box   36
Folder   10
Swan Lake
Box   37
Folder   1-2
Swan Lake, continued
Stuttgart Ballet
Box   37
Folder   3
Clippings, 1975
Box   37
Folder   4
Costume and prop list, 28 April 1975
Box   37
Folder   5
Miscellany and production information, 1975
Box   37
Folder   6
Schedules, circa May-June, 1975
Box   37
Folder   7
Shipping file, 1975
Box   37
Folder   8
Swan Lake