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Costumes
- Motley Collection of Theatre & Costume Design
This online resource is a rare collection of original materials from behind-the-scenes in theater — more than 5,000 items from some 150 productions in England and the United States. These materials include costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and fabric swatches.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History by Call Number: REF GT507 .G74 2008ISBN: 9780313336621Publication Date: 2007-12-30How people dressed throughout history often reflects how they lived at the time, and Clothing in World History gives the reader a chance to explore clothing in a given place and time, while also providing a general history to help put the costumes in context.
Dressed for the Photographer : Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840–1900 by Call Number: LOWER LEVEL OVERSIZED: GT610 .S42 1995ISBN: 9780873385121Publication Date: 1995Fashion has always been a cultivating force. And during the 19th century — a time of great change — fashion was a powerful component in the development of American society. This is an excellent collection of 19th-century photographs of people wearing their finest clothes, and also their everyday garments.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: Costume Collection
The Metropolitan Museum's online costume collection contains more than 35,000 costumes and accessories. It represents five continents and seven centuries of fashionable dresses, regional costumes, and accessories for men, women, and children from 1400s to the present.
- Artstor This link opens in a new windowImages from the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. Subjects include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, fashion and costume, literature, religion, theater, world history, and more. All images are rights-cleared for educational use.
Lighting
- Stage Lighting for StudentsThis is a comprehensive overview of the art and science of lighting design, for entertainment lighting applications.
Sound Effects
BBC Sound Effects Library by Call Number: CIRC DESK: QC229 .B18 1991Publication Date: 1991–1997This "old school" collection of sounds on CD's from the BBC (on 60 disks!) includes international ambiances from Greece to Pakistan, plus animals, transportation, humans and more.
Use the index below to find the right sound for checkout.
1. BBC sound effects
2. Exterior atmospheres
3. Household
4. Interior backgrounds
5. Transport
6. Animals and birds
7. Human crowds, children and footsteps
8. Comedy, fantasy and humor
9. International
10. Communications
11. Water
12. British birds
13. Industry
14. Cities
15. Rural atmospheres
16. Cars
17. Sport and leisure
18. Bang!
19. Electronically generated sounds
20. Weather (1)
21. Weather (2)
22. Ships and boats (1)
23. Ships and boats (2)
24. America
25. Aircraft
26. China
27. Babies
28. Hospitals
29. Africa: the human world
30. Africa: the natural world
31. Equestrian events
32. Greece
33. Adventure sports
34. Livestock (1)
35. Livestock (2)
36. Farm machinery
37. Horses (1)
38. Horses (2) and dogs
39. Schools and crowds
40. Spain.
41. Trains
42. Age of steam
43. Construction
44. Cats
45. Emergency
46. Istanbul
47. Birds
48. Crowds
49. Suburbia
50. France -- Paris
51. London
52. Exterior atmospheres
53. India and Nepal: City life
54. India, Pakistan and Nepal
55. Footsteps 1
56. Footsteps 2
57. South America: Urban
58. South America: Rural
59. Hungary
60. Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new windowListen to music online from all genres, including world music. You can browse by composer, artist, genre, and label, or use the advanced search to find music by country, period, instrument, and more.