Scenemaster60
Well-Known Member
I am wondering if anyone here at CB has firsthand experience with this special collection housed at Penn State? As I have mentioned in another post, Kliegl pretty much OWNED the regional and higher education lighting market on the east coast and the midwest from the late 1950s up through the 70s. As an historian I am very interested in the documents housed in this archive. At this point I am not really contemplating a research project either for a degree program or a book but the tale of this once proud company, its prestigious installations (Metropolitan Opera House 1966, Guthrie theatre 1959, Kennedy Center 1969, Sante fe opera 1968, Lyric Opera of Chicago 1974….etc.) and its rapid decline after 1980 fascinate me.
Any thoughts or insights that people might have would be welcome.
I am also wondering if anyone has Kliegl documents in electronic format that they might be willing to share. The stuff over at http://www.klieglbros.com is great but it strikes me that what is posted there may just be the tip of the iceberg, as they say.
Mark Kieffer
Any thoughts or insights that people might have would be welcome.
I am also wondering if anyone has Kliegl documents in electronic format that they might be willing to share. The stuff over at http://www.klieglbros.com is great but it strikes me that what is posted there may just be the tip of the iceberg, as they say.
Mark Kieffer