Previous Winners
of
the Distinguished Achievement in Service and Support of Performing Arts
Libraries Award
Friday, November 18, 1994, in Sardi’s Eugenia Room:
Paul Myers
(1st Award) (former Curator, Theatre Collection, The New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts)
May 31, 1996 (at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts):
Dorothy Swerdlove,
retired Curator, Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts. Award was presented by Paul Myers.
November 9, 2000 (at
the Bernard B. Jacobs Room, 11th Floor Penthouse, Sardi Building,
during the Annual TLA Meeting):
1. Maryann Jensen, Curator, Theatre Collection, Princeton University and
former TLA president. (TLA President, Susan Brady presented award; Maryann
Jensen wasn’t present at the meeting and the award was officially presented to
her on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2000, at ASTR-TLA reception at 42nd Street
Theatres)
2. Louis Rachow, former Curator, Walter Hampden Library at the Players Club, former TLA president, TLA historian and Librarian, International Theatre Institute (TLA President, Susan Brady presented award)
3. Rod Bladell, Librarian at the Theatre Collection, The New York Public for the Performing Arts (TLA Vice President, Kevin Winkler presented award)
4. Don Fowle, Librarian at the Theatre Collection, The New York Public for the Performing Arts, (TLA Vice President, Kevin Winkler presented award)
May 31, 2002 (at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts):
1. Betty L. Corwin, Curator and Founder, Theatre on Film and Tape, The
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Director/Choreographer, Susan
Stroman presented the award)
2. Richard M. Buck, Assistant Director, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and former Secretary/Treasurer, Theatre Library Association (Alan Pally and Marian Seldes presented the Award).
June 4, 2004 (at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts):
1. Annette Fern, former Reference Librarian, Harvard Theatre Collection
and TLA Board Member (Laurence Senelick presented the Award)
2. Don B. Wilmeth, Professor Emeritus, Brown University, and former TLA Vice President and Board Member (Laura Linney presented the award).
June 2, 2006 (at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts):
1. Maryann Chach, Director, The Shubert Archive and former TLA Secretary
and Board Member (Gerald Schoenfeld, Chairman, The Shubert Organization,
presented the Award)
2. Madeline Fitzgerald Matz, former Reference and Research Specialist in the Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, Library of Congress and TLA Awards panelist (Phyllis R. Klotman, Professor Emeritus of Afro-American Studies, Indiana University, presented the award).
3. Mary C. Henderson, former Curator, Theatre Collection, The Museum of the City of New York, editor of TLA’s Performing Arts Resources, theatre historian and teacher (Writer/critic John Lahr presented the award).
For further information, contact Martha S. LoMonaco.
