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Lisa C. .Brown, Untitled (Dancers, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, PA), 2009. Digital photograph. (Used with permission of the artist)
- Artstor
Digital image collection of leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists covering topics such as architecture, art history, fashion & costume, design, and more. As of August 2024, Artstor is accessed through JSTOR.
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- Berg Fashion LibraryOnline content of world dress and fashion including the The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, articles, ebooks, images, lesson plans, and museum exhibitions. Also called Bloomsbury Fashion Central.
- Passion for Circus: The Photography of Sverre BraathenAn ISU collection of circus images dating from the 1930s to 1950s
- Cia Fornaroli CollectionHundreds of images from the Cia Fornaroli Collection at The New York Public Library illustrate the rich history of Italian dance.
- Dance In Photographs and Prints; Dance Images in the New York Public Library Digital CollectionCollections of historical dance photographs feature specific dancers from late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery, Jerome Robbins Dance DivisionThe largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance.
- 19th Century Actors & Theatres Photographs - Univ. of Washington LibrariesConsists of over 600 photographs including cartes-de-visite and cabinet card studio portraits of entertainers, actors, and actresses who performed on the American stage in the mid- to late 1800s.
- Oxford Art OnlineCompilation of art reference sources and includes full text articles, artist biographies, and digital images. Limited to eight simultaneous users.
- Ringling Collection - University of Florida LibrariesComprised of cabinet cards, postcards and photographs of 19th century American and British actors and actresses.
- Works of Art: The Costume Institute(Metropolitan Museum of Art) - "Seven centuries and five continents of fashionable dress, regional costumes, and accessories for men, women, and children, up to the present"
- Dance VideosDVDs and streaming videos pertaining to dance, sorted newest to oldest
Milner Library also subscribes to:
- Dance Online: Dance in VideoStreaming video collection includes a variety of dance performances and documentaries from the 20th century covering ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, improvisational and modern concert dance.
- Theatre in VideoStreaming video collection including theatre performances of the world's leading plays and theatre-related documentaries.
- Digital Theatre PlusProvides streaming videos of full-length productions and interviews representing contemporary theatre and performance around the world; also includes a variety of educational resources.
- Kanopy VideoMulti-disciplinary streaming video platform including educational videos and feature films with a focus on race and gender studies, communication, education, sociology, psychology, health sciences, and the arts.
