LibGuides: THEA 380: Set Design (Prof. Colleen Ballance): Suggested Resources for Your First Assignment

Suggested Resources

Wofford OneSearch and PASCAL Delivers (consider adding the keyword phrase "pictorial works" to these searches to find resources rich in images)
- Resources about the Dakota Apartments in New York City => In Wofford OneSearch => In PASCAL
- Resources about furniture in the 1940s and 1950s => In Wofford OneSearch => In PASCAL
- Resources about interior decoration in the 1940s and 1950s => In Wofford OneSearch => In PASCAL
Women's Magazine Archive for popular-magazine articles from the 1950s, 60, and 70s about the Dakota Apartments and other luxury apartments in New York City.
The New York Times newspaper (1923 to current) for articles about the Dakota Apartments or other luxury apartments in the Big Apple.
JSTOR--a database for images as well as for journal articles, books, and book chapters
Google and Google Images
- Dakota Apartments
- Dakota Apartments' floor plans
- Interior design of the Dakota Apartments
- Their furnishings, or decor
- Luxury apartments in NYC
  - In the 1940s
  - In the 1950s
- Edwardian furniture, as an example of a style to concentrate on
- (Big-game hunting OR trophy hunting) AND interior design
YouTube
- "Dakota Masterpiece! Would You Live in this 1884-Style Apartment?"
- "Dakota Apartment Available for First Time in 50 Years!"
- "1 West 72nd Street--The Dakota"
- "Maestro! Leonard Bernstein's Enchanting Dakota Apartment"
- The 1971 film adaptation of Kurn Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June via YouTube.
Wikipedia article "The Dakota"--check the article's bibliography, many of whose resources are available to you through our library's online resources, including e-newspapers, e-journals, and databases.
WorldCat--a catalog of the world's libraries and museums--in which catalog you should search this specific phrase as a subject: Dakota, The (New York, N.Y.)