Nederlandsche Vereniging voor het Poppenspel and other sources. Extensive archive

Mostly concerning Dutch puppeteers, but also incl. some material on foreign puppeteers, early 20th cent. to 1970s. Clippings from newspapers and periodicals, booklets, flyers, announcements, articles, orig. photographs, annotations, letters and fan mail in pen, drawings and a few complete scripts, kept (partly in alphabetical order) in 34 ringbinders.

Important archive, providing a rare overview of Dutch puppeteers, their shows and exhibitions throughout 20th century. Comprises a.o.: Nationale Poppententoonstelling Singermuseum Laren (1971), Figurentheater Triangel, Poppentheater Merlijn/ Rien Baartmans (several portfolios, incl. "Rikkie en Slingertje", lists of decors and puppets), Poppentheater Toermalijn/ Camilla Koevoets, Henk Abbing, Gérard van den Akker, Livinius v.d. Bundt, Bread & Puppet Theatre, Godfried Beumers, Feike Boschma, Bert and Joost Brugman, Roelie Bruins-Van Oosten, Trees and Frans van den Berg and other members of the Van den Berg family, Peter Collee, Jacques Chensnais, Guido and Felicia van Deth, Renee Dumoulin, Elinor van Dommelen, Mevrouw Gosliga, Lucas Goudzwaard, Henk Driessen, Herman Egtberts, members of the Engel family, Carla Flink (Calimero), Eugene Lambert, Frank Kooman, Marijke Kots, Eef van Maanen, De Haagsche Schimmenspelers/ Frans ter Gast, Otto van der Mieden, Staats Poppen Theater Moskou/ Sergej Obrastzow, Jan Nelissen, Jan de Noord, Piet Onderwater, Cees Pfaff, Bert Plagman, Marius Prein, Hans Schoen, Harm de Wilde, Dik Voormekaar, Mevrouw Middendorf, Annie Mojel, Jan de Nijs (extensively), Mary van Regteren Altena-Koning , Jos and Riet Spanbroek, Gerald Scarfe, Gerrit Sterker, R.M. Rono Suripto, Lenee Rothstein, Thoraldo (incl. complete manuscript scripts), Harry van Tusschenbroek, Henk Walters and Jan Weiland. (total 34 ringbinders)