Theater

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...

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...

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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.

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

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

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Binders containing scripts, costume designs, research, and other production materials for various television series. Arranged chronologically by broadcast date. Also included is the design binder for Billy McGolf, a walk-around character for the PGA.

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...

Series Description From the Series: Mary Sue Jones left the Dallas Theater Center in 1983 and joined the College of Santa Fe as artist in residence. She taught and directed at the Greer Garson Theater Center becoming a full time faculty member at the College of Santa Fe in 1988. The first subseries, Teaching and Directing, contains class notes, student theses, reviews of College productions, and notes on faculty and college administration. Besides her own theater work, Mary Sue continued to manage the rights to Preston's...

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Binders containing scripts, costume sketches, research materials, production notes, and other documentation for film projects. Arranged chronologically by broadcast date of the films.

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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.

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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.

Abstract

Mary Sue Jones' Papers span the years from 1931 to 1992 with most of the material dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. Contained here are class notes, scripts, set designs, costume designs, playbills, letters, photographs, records, audiotapes, reports, clippings, magazines, articles, awards, school records, yearbooks, scrapbooks, personal effects, and mementos.

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...

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...

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...

Series Description From the Series: Mary Sue Jones left the Dallas Theater Center in 1983 and joined the College of Santa Fe as artist in residence. She taught and directed at the Greer Garson Theater Center becoming a full time faculty member at the College of Santa Fe in 1988. The first subseries, Teaching and Directing, contains class notes, student theses, reviews of College productions, and notes on faculty and college administration. Besides her own theater work, Mary Sue continued to manage the rights to Preston's...

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Binders containing scripts, costume designs, research, and other production materials for various television series. Arranged chronologically by broadcast date. Also included is the design binder for Billy McGolf, a walk-around character for the PGA.

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Binders containing scripts, costume designs, research, and other production materials for various television series. Arranged chronologically by broadcast date. Also included is the design binder for Billy McGolf, a walk-around character for the PGA.

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Binders containing scripts, costume designs, research, and other production materials for various television series. Arranged chronologically by broadcast date. Also included is the design binder for Billy McGolf, a walk-around character for the PGA.

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Binders containing scripts, costume designs, research, and other production materials for various television series. Arranged chronologically by broadcast date. Also included is the design binder for Billy McGolf, a walk-around character for the PGA.