Theatrical producers and directors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of the Iceland Base Command newspaper, “The White Falcon,” and an Icelandic newspaper, “Morgunbladid”, 1943-1945, undated
File — Box 21, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Paul Baker collected the material in this series during his time as Special Service Entertainment Officer at Iceland Base Command in World War II. The Iceland Base Command newspaper, “The White Falcon,” contains several articles about productions directed by Paul Baker at the base. Also included in this series are programs from some of these plays, as well as art works from Iceland. This series is arranged by material type.
Dates:
1943-1945, undated
Correspondence , 1927-1999, undated
Series
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this series is comprised of personal correspondence (1942- 1945) between Paul and Kitty Baker while she remained in the U.S., and he was stationed in Iceland and Paris as a Special Services Entertainment Officer during World War II. This group of correspondence is of particular interest in that it offers great insight into the Bakers’ early relationship as husband and wife. The original chronological order in which the Bakers kept this correspondence has been maintained. The...
Dates:
1927-1999, undated
Dallas Theater Center, 1957-1960
File — Box 19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The scrapbooks in this series contain mostly newspaper clippings, and some photographs and ephemera. The bulk of the scrapbooks are about Paul Baker, his productions, and the different theaters at which he worked. The Family (1952-1976) scrapbook contains clippings and photographs relating to the Baker children’s activities and achievements, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Bakers’ educational interests and accomplishments. There are also a few clippings about the Baker family in other scrapbooks in...
Dates:
1957-1960
Dallas Theater Center, Baylor Theater, and Baylor Children’s Theater, 1959-1961
File — Box 20
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The scrapbooks in this series contain mostly newspaper clippings, and some photographs and ephemera. The bulk of the scrapbooks are about Paul Baker, his productions, and the different theaters at which he worked. The Family (1952-1976) scrapbook contains clippings and photographs relating to the Baker children’s activities and achievements, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Bakers’ educational interests and accomplishments. There are also a few clippings about the Baker family in other scrapbooks in...
Dates:
1959-1961
Dallas Theater Center brochures, 1929-1996, undated
File — Box 15, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The brochures and programs in this series come mostly from theaters and productions with which Paul Baker was involved either as a performer or director. They are arranged alphabetically by theater name.
Dates:
1929-1996, undated
Ebersole, Martha Texas Tacky, 1983
File — Box 13, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the scripts in this series are from plays directed or written by Paul Baker. Other scripts were written by students, friends or relatives of Baker. Many of the scripts have been annotated and some are in an early or rough stage. The scripts have been arranged alphabetically by author.Highlights in this series include three plays by the Bakers’ daughter, Sallie Baker Laurie, and two versions of Hamlet, one as arranged by Paul Baker and a...
Dates:
1983
Ebersole, Martha Texas Tacky, in two acts with director’s notes by Paul Baker, 1983
File — Box 13, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the scripts in this series are from plays directed or written by Paul Baker. Other scripts were written by students, friends or relatives of Baker. Many of the scripts have been annotated and some are in an early or rough stage. The scripts have been arranged alphabetically by author.Highlights in this series include three plays by the Bakers’ daughter, Sallie Baker Laurie, and two versions of Hamlet, one as arranged by Paul Baker and a...
Dates:
1983
Educational , 1991-1993, undated
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series, made up of the subseries Tributes and Interviews, Play Productions, Educational, and Miscellaneous, documents the Bakers’ lifelong involvement in theater and education. Within each series the cassettes have been arranged alphabetically by title. Many of the cassettes in the Tributes and Interviews, and Educational Subseries offer insight into Paul Baker’s philosophy of education, while the cassettes in the Play Productions Subseries provide examples of Baker’s work as a...
Dates:
1991-1993, undated
Enhancing Leadership Skills, Waelder, January 12, 1993
File — Box 9, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series, made up of the subseries Tributes and Interviews, Play Productions, Educational, and Miscellaneous, documents the Bakers’ lifelong involvement in theater and education. Within each series the cassettes have been arranged alphabetically by title. Many of the cassettes in the Tributes and Interviews, and Educational Subseries offer insight into Paul Baker’s philosophy of education, while the cassettes in the Play Productions Subseries provide examples of Baker’s work as a...
Dates:
January 12, 1993
Excerpts from the Dallas Theater Center production of Stillsong by Sallie K. Baker, staged by Paul Baker, produced by PBS, Dallas, Texas, 30 minutes, undated
File — Box 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series, made up of the subseries Tributes and Interviews, Play Productions, Educational, and Miscellaneous, documents the Bakers’ lifelong involvement in theater and education. Within each series the cassettes have been arranged alphabetically by title. Many of the cassettes in the Tributes and Interviews, and Educational Subseries offer insight into Paul Baker’s philosophy of education, while the cassettes in the Play Productions Subseries provide examples of Baker’s work as a...
Dates:
undated
Family, 1952-1976
File — Box 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The scrapbooks in this series contain mostly newspaper clippings, and some photographs and ephemera. The bulk of the scrapbooks are about Paul Baker, his productions, and the different theaters at which he worked. The Family (1952-1976) scrapbook contains clippings and photographs relating to the Baker children’s activities and achievements, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Bakers’ educational interests and accomplishments. There are also a few clippings about the Baker family in other scrapbooks in...
Dates:
1952-1976
Final Days ABC Workshop, undated
File — Box 10, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series, made up of the subseries Tributes and Interviews, Play Productions, Educational, and Miscellaneous, documents the Bakers’ lifelong involvement in theater and education. Within each series the cassettes have been arranged alphabetically by title. Many of the cassettes in the Tributes and Interviews, and Educational Subseries offer insight into Paul Baker’s philosophy of education, while the cassettes in the Play Productions Subseries provide examples of Baker’s work as a...
Dates:
undated
Flynn, Robert As I Lay Dying, a stage adaptation, 1992
File — Box 13, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the scripts in this series are from plays directed or written by Paul Baker. Other scripts were written by students, friends or relatives of Baker. Many of the scripts have been annotated and some are in an early or rough stage. The scripts have been arranged alphabetically by author.Highlights in this series include three plays by the Bakers’ daughter, Sallie Baker Laurie, and two versions of Hamlet, one as arranged by Paul Baker and a...
Dates:
1992
Framed clipping about the Dallas Theater Center which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, undated
File — Box 21
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The small group of clippings in this series highlights periods in Paul Baker’s life from his undergraduate years at Trinity University in Waxahachie, TX, to his work at Baylor University, and his retirement in Waelder, TX.
Dates:
undated
Frontline: Teacher, Teacher FRON815K, 59 minutes, undated
File — Box 10, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series, made up of the subseries Tributes and Interviews, Play Productions, Educational, and Miscellaneous, documents the Bakers’ lifelong involvement in theater and education. Within each series the cassettes have been arranged alphabetically by title. Many of the cassettes in the Tributes and Interviews, and Educational Subseries offer insight into Paul Baker’s philosophy of education, while the cassettes in the Play Productions Subseries provide examples of Baker’s work as a...
Dates:
undated
Gibson, Jewel Brann and the Iconclast, based on Brann and the Iconclast by Charles Carver, undated
File — Box 13, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the scripts in this series are from plays directed or written by Paul Baker. Other scripts were written by students, friends or relatives of Baker. Many of the scripts have been annotated and some are in an early or rough stage. The scripts have been arranged alphabetically by author.Highlights in this series include three plays by the Bakers’ daughter, Sallie Baker Laurie, and two versions of Hamlet, one as arranged by Paul Baker and a...
Dates:
undated
Gibson, Jewel Get Out of Town, Mr. Brann, based on Brann and the Iconclast by Charles Carver, undated
File — Box 14, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the scripts in this series are from plays directed or written by Paul Baker. Other scripts were written by students, friends or relatives of Baker. Many of the scripts have been annotated and some are in an early or rough stage. The scripts have been arranged alphabetically by author.Highlights in this series include three plays by the Bakers’ daughter, Sallie Baker Laurie, and two versions of Hamlet, one as arranged by Paul Baker and a...
Dates:
undated
Hamlet #1-3 (three cassettes), undated
File — Box 13, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The majority of the recordings (13 reel to reel tapes, 3 cassettes, and 1 phonograph) in this series are of theater productions directed by Paul Baker during his time at Baylor. They are arranged alphabetically.
Dates:
undated
Hamlet - a 30 minute film of the Baylor Theater experimental production. Film directed by Eugene McKinney, staged by Paul Baker in 1957 (includes DVD copy), 1957
File — Box 7, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series, made up of the subseries Tributes and Interviews, Play Productions, Educational, and Miscellaneous, documents the Bakers’ lifelong involvement in theater and education. Within each series the cassettes have been arranged alphabetically by title. Many of the cassettes in the Tributes and Interviews, and Educational Subseries offer insight into Paul Baker’s philosophy of education, while the cassettes in the Play Productions Subseries provide examples of Baker’s work as a...
Dates:
1957
Hamlet - Burgess Meredith, 1956
File — Box 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The scrapbooks in this series contain mostly newspaper clippings, and some photographs and ephemera. The bulk of the scrapbooks are about Paul Baker, his productions, and the different theaters at which he worked. The Family (1952-1976) scrapbook contains clippings and photographs relating to the Baker children’s activities and achievements, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Bakers’ educational interests and accomplishments. There are also a few clippings about the Baker family in other scrapbooks in...
Dates:
1956
