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Theater

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 962 Collections and/or Records:

Common Ground: A Play by Antoinette Winstead – Third draft, printout of edited Play script in black binder, 2006

 File — Box 3584, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Archival material donated by Elvin Holt, PhD retired, Texas State University Department of English. Materials include play scripts used by Dr. Holt in editing the anthology, Acting Up and Getting Down: Plays by African American Texas. Play writes include Celeste Bedford Walker, Antoinette F. Winstead, Ted Shine, and Thomas Melancon. Folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Holt’s original descriptions.

Dates: 2006

Complete pencil draft

 File — Box 11, Folder: 5
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: This subseries very clearly shows Vliet’s process of writing from preliminary research through final product. It includes extensive background research files including files by subject containing clippings from newspapers and magazines, library call slips, color and black and white photographs, and handwritten notes. Following these research files are drafts of chapters handwritten in pencil, annotated typescripts, clean typescripts, and (minimal) correspondence. Perhaps most meticulously...
Dates: circa 1980s

Computer Disks, undated

 Sub-Series — Box 40, Folder: 1-4
Sub-Series Description

Eighty-six 5 1/4” floppy computer disks (with no print-outs) are included in this subseries. Many are untitled or have fragments of labels.

Dates: undated

Congratulatory letters and cards, 1982-1983

 File — Box 11, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1982-1983

Contracts, drafts, 1982-1983

 File — Box 13, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1982-1983

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

“Copy #2 Final version”

 File — Box 26, Folder: 9
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.

Dates: undated

“Copy 2 uncorrected” typescript

 File — Box 15, Folder: 1
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: This subseries very clearly shows Vliet’s process of writing from preliminary research through final product. It includes extensive background research files including files by subject containing clippings from newspapers and magazines, library call slips, color and black and white photographs, and handwritten notes. Following these research files are drafts of chapters handwritten in pencil, annotated typescripts, clean typescripts, and (minimal) correspondence. Perhaps most meticulously...
Dates: Publication: 1977

Copy of Eugene Lee's resume

 Item — Folder SMC 0038
Collection Overview From the Collection: Small Manuscript Collections consists of material acquired by the Wittliff either through gift or purchase that are not part of larger collections. They are often indiidual items or small groups of items relating to a particular author, musician, photographer, or topic. Types of material include: manuscripts; letters; photographs; ephemera such as pamphlets, brouchures or cataloges; reports; historical documents; and other printed material. Each item or group of items is assigned a unique...
Dates: 1992 - 1994

Copy of “Executive Summary,” November 1977, and DTC “Report on Examinations of Financial Statements and Supplemental Data for the years ended August 31, 1977 and 1976,” includes other relevant documents, 1976-1977

 File — Box 9, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1976-1977

Copy of thesis

 File — Box 2, Folder: 4-5
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1949-1983, undated

Corkscrews: 1 costume sketch on watercolor paper (19” x 23.5”); 6 costume sketches (15” x 20”), 1982

 Item — Box 2939, item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Original oversized watercolor sketches of costumes for various plays and film projects.

Dates: 1982

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

Correspondence, clippings, Finance Committee agenda, photos, 1983

 File — Box 13, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1983

Correspondence, Finance Committee documents, Jones' resume, budgets for shows, phone directory, 1982-1983

 File — Box 13, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1982-1983

Correspondence, requests for letters of recommendation, 1982-1983

 File — Box 11, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1982-1983

Correspondence with Mr. Harry Buckwitz, Director Staedtische Buehnen, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany concerning Caucasian Chalk Circle, 1966-1967

 File — Box 7, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1966-1967

Costume Sketches, undated

 Sub-Series
Sub-Series Description

Costume sketches by Van Broughton Ramsey for a variety of plays and films.

Dates: undated

“Costumes for my agent’s children” Wizard, Leprechaun, Ritual robe, undated

 File — Box 2908, Folder: 25
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Costume sketches by Van Broughton Ramsey for a variety of plays and films.

Dates: undated

Country music 45 rpms

 File — Box 25, Folder: 7
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.

Dates: Publication: 1983