The Archives at T.J. Shanahan

This collection consists of 96 scripts, 4,450 folders of clippings, and a collection of photographs gathered by Mr. Harris during the decades of the 1960s to the 1990s, to support his work as a critic of avant-garde theater and dance in downtown Manhattan. View the guide to The William Harris Papers, The William Harris addendum, and Second Addendum to the William Harris Papers

The College’s own papers are inventoried and arranged as they are deposited; this collection currently consists of papers, photographs, publications, and three-dimensional objects from the 1940s to the present. The archives is currently working to provide digital access to high-use items. To request a scan of a document, see if the item is archives by checking the guide to MMC Papers  and  MMC Photos. Check to see if a particular news item might be available in this index to the student newspapers(opens in a new tab). Please also check the general information about our MMC College Catalogs(opens in a new tab) and MMC College Yearbooks.

Published between 1953 and 2000, Plays and Players was London’s premier theatre news magazine. The archives has a partial run, with an index to reviews, interviews and articles on topics in theatre studies. Link to Plays and Players finding guide.

MMC Professor Richard Niles donated fourteen boxes of material collected for his dissertation on playwright and drag artist Charles Busch. The collection contains advertisements for Charles Busch’s plays and personal appearances, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, reviews, and scripts. It is noteworthy for its transcripts of interviews with Mr. Busch and his associates about their creative process. View the Guide to the Niles/ Busch Papers.

Actress Maureen Anderman appeared in motion pictures, on television, and on stage—Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre—from the 1970s to the 2010s. This fourteen-document-box collection documents her acting career via correspondence, notes for performances, photographs, posters, programs, and scripts. View the finding aid to the Maureen Anderman Papers .

MMC Professor Ray Recht deposited ten document boxes from his work as a set designer on Broadway, off Broadway, in regional and community theatre, in TV programs and commercials, and in film. His materials date from the 1970s through the 2010s, and include scripts, programs, and the sketches, photographs, and papers needed to design sets and to make them work during a performance in pre-computer era. View the finding aid to the Ray Recht Papers.

Friends of the late MMC Professor J. William Bordeau deposited five boxes of correspondence, photographs, programs, promotional items and videotape from his work teaching acting and directing to college students. View the finding aid to the J. William Bordeau Papers(opens in a new tab).

The library maintains a collection of books too fragile for its shelves here. View the guide to the Rare Books Collection.