The purpose of the Freddy Wittop Center for the Study of Performing Arts is to support the Hargrett Library’s robust performing arts collections through exhibitions, student scholarship, instruction, and public programming.
Established to honor the work and lifetime achievements of internationally acclaimed costume designer, Freddy Wittop (1911-2001), the Center is particularly strong in set and costume design with the Paris Music Hall and Wittop collections, supplemented by collections of 19th-century theatrical cartes de visite, cabinet photographs, theatrical postcards, playbills, souvenir albums, European toy theaters, actors' scrapbooks, British music hall programs, and engravings and original costume renderings.
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Research and Projects Funded by the Wittop Center: