Repository

Heinz History Center

Title

Olga Krasofsky Collection

Creator

Krasofsky, Olga

Collection Number

MSS 0671

Extent

0.75 linear feet (1 box)

Date

1920-1970

Abstract

The Olga Krasofsky Collection contains numerous theatre programs, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, various pamphlets and programs, and four oversized items. The programs are primarily from Pittsburgh, Pa., theaters.

Language

The material in this collection is in English.

Author

The guide to this collection was written by Alex J. Toner.

Sponsor

This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.

Publisher

Heinz History Center

Address

1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

Scope and Content Notes

The Olga Krasofsky Collection contains numerous theatre programs, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, various pamphlets and programs, and four oversized items. The theater programs primarily consist of Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh productions at Heinz Hall during the 1973, 1974, and 1981 seasons. The collection contains three Nixon Theatre programs from the 1950s, several Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival programs between 1982 and 1984, and other individual theatre programs. There is a scrap book containing newspaper clippings from thePittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Press focused on the 1930s and early 1940s. Among the various event programs are a Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment program from 1963, and an Al Hirt "The World's Greatest Horn" booklet. The collection contains a 1935 reprint of the Constitution from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , a 40th Anniversary St. Mary Russian Orthodox Church picture, and several small photographs depicting Pittsburgh during the 1936 flood.

The collection also contains three oversized rolled maps, and one poster. The poster displays portraits of Allied political and military leaders during World War I. One map portrays the United States and Europe during the 1920s, another delineates the war boundaries of Europe in 1939, while the third, created by the American Society for Russian Relief after World War II, depicts Russian industry and its peoples by region.

Conditions Governing Access

None.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Olga Krasofsky in 1997.

Archives accession # 1997.0033

Preferred Citation

Olga Krasofsky Collection, 1920-1970, MSS 0671 , Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Alex J. Toner on 12/7/11.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Separated Materials

This collection contains several oversized materials, including a sheet music for a Liberty Chimes March from 1894, and Time magazine's Atlas of War published during World War II.

Subjects

Corporate Names

• Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Geographic Names

• Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Other Subjects

• Theater--Pennsylvannia--Pittsburgh.

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