Main entry:

Historic Theatres' Trust.

Title & Author:

Emmanuel Briffa Collection = Collection Emmanuel Briffa, 1879-2006.

Description:

6 boxes (ca. 3.5 linear ft.)

Notes:
Extent: 885 slides, 885 photographs, 558 negatives, 372 postcards, 6 stereoscopic cards, 4 drawings, 1 cut-and-assemble model, 1 sheet of stamps, ca. 305 textual items consisting of theatre and concert programs, playbills, clippings, and printed ephemera. A scrapbook of Montréal playwright Louis Guyon has been catalogued separately.
This collection, named in honour of Emmanuel Briffa (1875-1955), one of Canada's most prolific theatre decorators, forms part of the larger Historic Theatres' Trust Collection/Fonds Société des salles historiques. It consists of photographs, postcards, slides, printed ephemera, and historical materials gathered by the Historic Theatres' Trust during its existence from 1989-2006. The subject matter deals primarily with theatres in Canada, though a significant number of items depict theatres in the U.S. and a small number of items depict theatres outside North America (chiefly Europe).
Box 1: Photos : Quebec -- Photos : Ontario -- Photos : Maritimes, Western Canada -- Photos : Toronto -- Photos : Granada Theatre (Montreal) -- Photos : [York], Seville, Cinema V, Corona, Plaza -- Slide collection : Canada & U.S.A.
Box 2: Slides : [Québec & Montréal] -- Slides of postcards in the Emmanuel Briffa Collection -- [Postcards : Canada] -- [Postcards : Canada] -- Postcards : international -- [Postcards : international] -- [Photocopies of postcards].
Box 3: Miscellaneous photographs and negatives.
Box 4: Theatre programs and invitations -- [Programs, playbills and invitations].
Box 5: [Programs and playbills].
Box 6. [Programs and playbills].
Includes material in both English and French.
Forms part of: Historic Theatres' Trust Collection/Fonds Société des salles historiques.
Library copy: gift of Janet MacKinnon, Founding President, Historic Theatres' Trust.

Biographical note:

The heritage organization Historic Theatres' Trust was founded in Montréal in 1989 as Theatres' Trust. Its name was changed to Historic Theatres' Trust in 1991. Its mandate was to promote within the public a greater appreciation regarding the preservation of historic Canadian theatres, as well as to provide technical documentation and expertise to encourage improved methods of preserving, restoring, maintaining, operating and researching historic theatres. During its active years, the organization succeeded in having many historic theatres declared as historic sites at the municipal and federal levels. The Historic Theatres' Trust was dissolved in 2006, after 17 years of activity.

Resources:
List of programs and playbills
List of programs and playbills

Subject:

Historic Theatres' Trust collection/Fonds Société des salles historiques.
Cinema V (Montréal, Québec)
Théâtre Corona (Montréal, Québec)
Théâtre Denise-Pelletier (Montréal, Québec)
Théâtre Plaza (Montréal, Québec)
Théâtre Seville (Montréal, Québec)
Cinéma York (Montréal, Québec)
Theaters Canada History.
Theaters Canada Photographs.
Theaters Canada, Western Photographs.
Theaters Maritime Provinces Photographs.
Theaters Ontario Photographs.
Theaters Ontario Toronto Photographs.
Theaters Québec (Province) Photographs.
Theaters Québec (Province) Montréal Photographs.
Theaters Canada Slides.
Theaters Conservation and restoration Canada.
Theaters United States History.
Theaters Conservation and restoration United States.
Theater Québec (Province) Montréal.
Theater architecture.
Theater architecture Canada.
Historic preservation Canada.
Théâtres Conservation et restauration Canada.
Théâtres Conservation et restauration États-Unis.
Théâtre Québec (Province) Montréal.
Architecture des théâtres.
Architecture des théâtres Canada.
Préservation historique Canada.
Historic preservation
Theater
Theaters
Theaters Conservation and restoration
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Ontario Toronto
Québec
Québec Montréal
United States
Western Canada

Form/genre:

Cut-and-assemble models.
Electronic images.
Fonds (collections)
Annual reports.
Articles.
Brochures.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Concert programs.
Digital images.
Drawings.
Negatives (photographs)
Photocopies.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Playbills.
Postage stamps.
Postcards.
Printed ephemera.
Scrapbooks.
Slides (photographs)
Souvenir models (representations)
Theater programs.
Spiral bindings.
History
Slides

Added entries:

Theatres' Trust.
Historic Theatres' Trust Collection/Fonds Société des salles historiques. Emmanuel Briffa Collection.
Historic Theatres' Trust collection/Fonds Société des salles historiques.

Collection Emmanuel Briffa

Holdings:

Location: Library main m fonds 246435
Call No.: NA6840.C2 H575
Copy: box 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main m fonds 259839
Call No.: NA6840.C2 H575
Copy: box 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main m fonds 259840
Call No.: NA6840.C2 H575
Copy: box 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main m fonds 259841
Call No.: NA6840.C2 H575
Copy: box 4
Status: Available

Location: Library main m fonds 259869
Call No.: NA6840.C2 H575
Copy: box 5
Status: Available

Location: Library main m fonds 259896
Call No.: NA6840.C2 H575
Copy: box 6
Status: Available