Scope and Contents
The papers comprise correspondence, topical files, writings, and teaching materials documenting the career of Alois M. Nagler as theater historian, teacher, and author.
Dates
- 1932-1973
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Yale School of Drama, 2008.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged by type of material.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers comprise correspondence, topical files, writings, and teaching materials documenting the career of Alois M. Nagler as theater historian, teacher, and author.
Biographical / Historical
Alois Maria Nagler was born in Graz, Austria, in 1907, and educated at the University of Graz. In the 1930s he was a theater critic and literary editor for a Viennese newspaper. Nagler visited the United States as a guest lecturer in the late 1930s and did not return to Europe. In 1946 he joined the Yale faculty teaching theater history and was director of graduate studies in theater history until his retirement in 1976. Nagler was co-founder and past president of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) and co-founder and former chairman of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR). He is the author of A Source Book in Theatrical History. Nagler died in Wallingford, Connecticut, on August 5, 2008.
- Title
- Guide to the Alois M. Nagler Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Carol King and Christine Connolly
- Date
- May 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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