Ingram Bloch Collection
Scope and Contents
The Ingram Bloch Collection is an archive of old playbills and programs spanning from 1929 to 1953. The collection is arranged chronologically, starting with 1929 and ending with 1953 and unknown dates. The collection primarily features theater programs, along with some opera programs. Some publications in the collection include: Chicago Stagebill, The Playgoer, The Playbill of Chicago Theaters, Goodman Theatre, Harris Theater, and others.
Dates
- Creation: 1929 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access
This collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Special Collections in the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Collections should be requested 2-3 days prior to visiting in order to facilitate easier access. For questions or to request a collection, contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Ingram Bloch was born on August 27, 1920, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Katherine Armstrong and Oscar Edgeworth Bloch. He received his BS degree from Harvard University in 1940 and his MS (1941) and PhD (1946) degrees from the University of Chicago. During World War II, he served at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory and at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Bloch taught physics at Vanderbilt from 1948 until his retirement in 1986. He died on December 28, 1995, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Full Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 letter Hollinger)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Ingram Bloch Collection, 1929-1953, consists of theatre playbills and programs collected by physicist Ingram Bloch, 1920-1995.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection of playbill programs was donated by Ingram Bloch to Vanderbilt University in 1966.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Ingram Bloch Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1966 June
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
About this Site
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Requesting Materials
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