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Thomas G. Neumiller Papers

Call Number

MSS.032

Date

1965-1997, inclusive

Creator

Neumiller, Thomas G.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet
in 1 manuscript box.

Language of Materials

Materials primarily in English.

Abstract

Thomas G. Neumiller was born in 1937 in Peoria, Illinois. A fter graduating from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1959, Neumiller studied theater history in West Germany on a Fulbright scholarship. He was later stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, as an officer in the United States Army Military Intelligence. Neumiller received an M.F.A. from the Yale Drama School, where he studied stage direction, and taught theatre at Wheelock College and Stony Brook University, where he remained until he retired in 1997. He founded the Stony Brook Summer Playhouse, serving as its Artistic Director for ten years. The collection consists of letters, printed materials, photographs, drawings, clippings, and other materials Thomas Neumiller assembled to compliment letters he received from two women who he knew, Friedelind Wagner and Margaret Hamilton.

Biographical Note

Thomas G. Neumiller was born in 1937 in Peoria, Illinois. After graduating from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1959, Neumiller studied theater history in West Germany on a Fulbright scholarship. He was later stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, as an officer in the United States Army Military Intelligence.

Neumiller received an M.F.A. from the Yale Drama School, where he studied stage direction, and taught theatre at Wheelock College and Stony Brook University, where he remained until he retired in 1997. He founded the Stony Brook Summer Playhouse, serving as its Artistic Director for ten years. Thomas G. Neumiller died on April 22, 1998 at his residence in Stony Brook, New York.

- source:

"Paid Notice: Deaths NEUMILLER, THOMAS G.", The New York Times, April 23, 1998

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series:

Series I: Friedelind Wagner Materials
Series II: Margaret Hamilton Materials

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, printed materials, photographs, drawings, clippings, and other materials Thomas Neumiller assembled to compliment letters he received from two women who he knew, Friedelind Wagner and Margaret Hamilton.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); Thomas Neumiller Papers; MSS 32; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.

Provenance

The Thomas G. Neumiller Papers were donated to The Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University on April 28, 1997.

Collection processed by

Marvin Taylor, 1997. Finding aid updated by Lisa Darms, 2009.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 17:04:31 -0400.
Language: Description is in English

Processing Information

Collection processed by Marvin Taylor, 1997.

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections

Series I: Friedelind Wagner Materials

Correspondence: Friedelind Wagner to Thomas Neumiller

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Thomas Neumiller to Friedelind Wagner (carbons), undated

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Hanne-Lore Kuhse to Thomas Neumilller, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject Folder: Friedelind Wagner Master Classes: brochures, etc., undated

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject Folder: Friedelind Wagner Biographical materials, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject Folder: Friedelind Wagner at Wheelock College, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs:, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

a. Cosima and Siegfried Wagner
b. Familie S. Wagner
c. Friedelind and Winifred Wagner, signed by both
d. two promotional photographs of Friedelind Wagner

Photographs: Master Class members, 1966

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art works: two watercolor sketches for sets by John Dew, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Bayreuth, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Bayreuth, primarily about the centennial, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II: Margaret Hamilton Materials

Correspondence: Margaret Hamilton to Thomas Neumiller

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printed materials about Margaret Hamilton

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs: six stills of Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. One copy inscribed.

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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