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Theater

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Barton, Katie (Class of 2023), November 4, 2020

 Item
Identifier: MOH
Scope and Contents

In this oral history interview, Katie Barton, Class of 2023, discusses the presidential and senate race in North Carolina. Barton also mentions clubs on campus, including the meditation club and a pandemic theater project, that have provided support for students, as well as hopes for the spring semester during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dates: November 4, 2020

BLSE theatre director's scripts , 1933 - 1940

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: F7
Scope and Contents

Includes dozens of director’s scripts from plays performed at the Bread Loaf School of English at the Bread Loaf Little Theatre in the 1930s and 1940s. The director's scripts include manuscript notes, play programs, costume and set drawings, and stage and lighting sketches/details.

Dates: 1933 - 1940

Bread Loaf Printers Scrapbook, 1940-1942

 Item — Box 16, Box: Flat Archives Scrapbooks Shelf 13
Identifier: F7
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook comprises samples of print materials from Bread Loaf Printers, including programs for plays, lectures, and musical performances at the Bread Loaf School of English, greeting cards, and poetry. Filed with the scrapbook is a 1940 issue of the Graphic Arts Education Journal, which includes an article detailing the creation of a printing operation at Bread Loaf at the suggestion of Robert Frost.

Dates: 1940-1942

Class of 1915 Clotilda Hayes scrapbook, 1911-1915

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook marked with the college logo and seal, compiled by Clotilda Hayes, class of 1915. It contains ephemera and realia ranging from menus, sports and theater programs, room decorations, letters, Christmas cards, chemistry class notes, dance cards, Halloween decorations, and some small photographs.

Dates: 1911-1915

Class of 1915 Karl Isaac Solomon Sterns scrapbook, 1910-1920

 Item — Box 57
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains assorted ephemera related to Sterns' life and education including dance cards, programs (plays, church services, athletic events), Dean's disciplinary messages, photographs, newspapers and newspaper clippings, and a Vermont certificate of Stern's military service (with medal) in World War I. Curiously, materials are housed in a National Memory and Fellowship book for the University of Vermont, not for Middlebury College.

Dates: 1910-1920

Class of 1917 George Wilberforce Grant scrapbook, 1913-1917

 Item — Box 59
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook contains programs for plays, athletic events, and concerts, newspapers and newspaper clippings, dance cards, song and chant lyrics, as well as photographs, dating between 1913 and 1917.

Dates: 1913-1917

Class of 1917 Helen B. Cussons scrapbook, 1913-1917

 Item — Box 58
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains memorabilia from Cusson's years at Middlebury College, including programs from plays, sporting events (primarily baseball), and commencement ceremonies, dance cards, letters, newspaper clippings, drawings, and a journal. Though belonging to Cussons, the embossed name on the scrapbook reads "Press Club, 1930-31." This has been blacked out.

Dates: 1913-1917

Class of 1918 James Cardell scrapbook, 1914-1918

 Item — Box 60
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains programs from plays and sporting events, photographs, newspaper clippings, and materials related to the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, as well as a program from a 1915 screening of D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" at Middlebury.

Dates: 1914-1918

Class of 1918 Ruth Hesselgrave scrapbook, 1914-1918

 Item — Box 61
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents Memory and fellowship book published by the College Memory Book Company, compiled by Ruth A. Hesselgrave, Middlebury College class of 1918 for the years 1914-1918. Contains ephemera from her four years at Middlebury, including concert and drama programs, Valentine's day cards, photographs, letters, commencement addresses, house rules, event menus, athletics programs, and newspaper clippings. Also includes pamphlets from meetings of the Middlebury Suffrage Study Club and Young Women's...
Dates: 1914-1918

Class of 1922 Herbert C. Leach scrapbook, 1918-1922

 Item — Box 65
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook contains various collegiate ephemera including photographs, programs (plays, sporting events), letters, birthday, Valentine's, and Christmas cards, newspaper clippings, large posters relating to Freshman rules and traditions, and a certificate of admission to the "Sage Society."

Dates: 1918-1922

Class of 1923 Allen Douglass Bliss scrapbook, 1927-1929

 Item — Box 75
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

newspaper clippings; receipts; letters + correspondence; New England flood of 1927; chemistry; performing arts programs; Alpha Chi Sigma; Harvard University; various forms.

Dates: 1927-1929

Class of 1923 Evelyn Ryle scrapbook, 1919-1923

 Item — Box 68
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

"Book of Friends;" athletics; candy wrappers/packaging; hair; music performance and theatre programs; Christmas; YWCA; Sigma Kappa; invitations/notes; commencement; campus buildings; newspaper clippings

Dates: 1919-1923

Class of 1925 Clyde Fussell scrapbook, 1921-1923

 Item — Box 71
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents Scrapbook entitled "My College Days at Middlebury," created by Clyde Fussell, Class of 1925. The scrapbook includes a "book of friends," a Middlebury football team roster, a Middlebury baseball team roster and schedule, a theatre program, a track schedule, a tennis schedule, a drama program, a senior ball invitation, newspaper clippings, a Mead Memorial Chapel service program, and a train ticket. The scrapbook also includes materials related to Kappa Phi Kappa, Dramatic Club, fraternities,...
Dates: 1921-1923

Class of 1928 Grant G. Lavery scrapbook, 1924-1928

 Item — Box 100
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents The scrapbooks covers Lavery's high school graduation and his four years at Middlebury College, 1924-1928. It includes photographs of students and campus, song lyrics, athletic records (primarily football), academic records, a high school commencement program, programs and tickets from plays (Wig and Pen), musical performances, and sporting events, as well as from Junior Week, the Parker Merrill speech competition, and Middlebury College Debate Team competitions, membership cards (Dramatic...
Dates: 1924-1928

Class of 1935 Walter Wyman Smith, Jr. scrapbook, 1931 - 1935

 Item — Box 87
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook contains memorabilia from Smith's college years, 1931-1935, including programs (plays, debate competitions including international debate against Oxford University and the University of Puerto Rico, the Parker Merrill speech competition, commencement exercises, church services, variety shows, class day, and sporting events), essays, numerous issues of the Middlebury Campus, various issues of independent and satirical publications (South Painter Gazette, Sig Ep Panther, Supmac...
Dates: 1931 - 1935

Class of 1939 Richard Charles Sabra scrapbook, 1936-1939

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This folder contains loose pages from Richard Sabra's (Middlebury Class of 1939) scrapbook, , which in turn contain dance cards, invitations to dances and other events, newpaper cutouts--some related to the Middelbury College women's ski team, pamphlets of plays, and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1936-1939

Class of 1942 Marcia Sanders scrapbook, 1938-1942

 Item — Box 75.2
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook comprises material from Sanders' four years at Middlebury College, 1938-1942, including admissions materials, academic records, photographs of Middlebury's students and campus, rules and regulations (handbook), a copy of the Student Union constitution, programs from plays, athletic events, musical performances, lectures, Winter Carnival, and other events, membership cards (Middlebury Mountain Club and Middlebury Women's Forum), newspaper clippings, holiday cards, book reports,...
Dates: 1938-1942

Class of 1943 Margaret Bullock scrapbook, 1939-1943

 Item — Box 93.2
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains an extensive collection of various ephemera, including dance cards, letters, sorority and fraternity realted materials; newspaper clippings; personal objects; photographs; Pi Beta Phi; postcards; official college publications and student publications; valentines; winter carnival programs and related materials, and programs for theatre and music perfrmances.

Dates: 1939-1943

Class of 1944 Ingrid Hillevi Monk scrapbook , 1941-1942

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains a collection of ephemera from Monk's second year at Middlebury College including programs for musical performances, plays, and sporting events, newspaper clippings, birthday cards, Christmas cards, valentines, and a full issue of the Middlebury Campus from 1942.

Dates: 1941-1942

Class of 1945 Mary Elizabeth Wisotzkey scrapbook

 Item
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents Wisotzkey's college years, from 1941 to 1945. It contains, photographs, letters, programs from sporting events as well as musical and theatre performances, dance cards, academic records, receipts, newspaper clippings, and commencement materials. The scrapbook also contains documents pertaining to the second World War at Middlebury College, including political cartoons and instructions for air raid drills. Of particular note is a mock war ration book, given to...
Dates: 1800-

Class of 1949 Rachel Louise Adkins scrapbook, 1949

 Item — Box 82, Volume: 1
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

portraits; sketches; commencement; piano recital; acceptance letter; delta kappa epsilon sorority; registration; national war fund receipt; Midd Nite; newspaper clippings; friends; freshmen week rules; dance cards; winter carnival; Christmas time; bouquet; Wesleyan; theatre programs; sorority rush party invitations; romance with man named Jim; sorority bid and initiation; Scullion's ball; summer activities; sports schedule; sports roster; banquets.

Dates: 1949

Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents the final portion of Walker's Senior year at Plainview High School in Plainview, NJ (1950/51), and the beginning of her first year at Middlebury College (1951/52). It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings, Middlebury College application materials, programs from church services, plays (Wig and Pen, Broadway), and musical performances, birthday and other holiday cards, high school commencement materials, rules and regulations for...
Dates: 1950-1951

Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1951-1952

 Item
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents the middle portion of Walker's first year at Middlebury College. It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings, programs from plays, church services, musical performances, films, and sporting events, napkins, valentines, memorabilia from the 1952 Winter Carnival, and greek letter society rush materials. The scrapbook also contains documents pertaining to the tenth annual Middlebury Conference, and a complete and intact copy of the...
Dates: 1951-1952

Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1952-1953

 Item — Box 3
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents the latter portion of Walker's first year at Middlebury College and much of her sophomore year. It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings (primarily concerning weddings and engagements), programs from plays, musical performances, church services, and sporting events, memorabilia from the 1953 Winter Carnival, dance cards, song lyrics, birthday cards and valentines, academic records, personal letters, menus, matchbooks, and...
Dates: 1952-1953

Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1953

 Item — Box 4, Volume: 3
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook is dated 1953 and appears to document a portion of Walker's junior year at Middlebury College. It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings (primarily concerning engagements and weddings), programs and tickets from plays and sporting events, napkins, wedding invitations, photographs of the Middlebury football team, college bulletins for both Middlebury and Tufts University, matchbooks, and memorabilia from the 1953 Yale/Harvard weekend. The...
Dates: 1953

Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1954-1955

 Item — Box 4, Volume: 1, 2
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook appears to document a portion of Walker's junior year at Middlebury College. It contains a small of ephemera including newspaper clippings (primarily concerning engagements and weddings), programs and tickets from plays and sporting events, dance cards, wedding invitations, and memorabilia from the 1954 Winter Carnival. A majority of the scrabook's contents are accompanied by handwritten notes and/or brief journal entries. The binding is removed from this...
Dates: 1954-1955

Class of 1958 Yvonne Cosby scrapbook, 1955-1958

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This unbound scrapbook contains a loose collection of items including theatre programs (Wig and Pen, Cosmos Club, Middtime Varieties), programs from events such as convocation, junior weekend, baccalaureate, athletic events, and Winter Carnival. It also includes stickers, a list of dormitory regulations, and information about sororities at Middlebury College.

Dates: 1955-1958

Departmental & Bread Loaf plays, 1920 - 1984

 Item
Scope and Contents

These scrapbooks contain photos, playbills, clippings of various plays performed at Middlebury College by different departments or by the Bread Loaf School of English

Dates: 1920 - 1984

Elizabeth Burditt Parker alumni scrapbook, 1926-1930

 Item — Box 1: Series C-49.IV
Identifier: C-49.IV.4
Scope and Contents Compiled by Elizabeth Burditt Parker, Middlebury College Class of 1930. Daughter of J. Earle Parker, Middlebury College Class of 1901, and Caroline Mason Burditt [Parker], Middlebury College Class of 1903. Elizabeth B. Parker married John T. Andrews, Professor of Philosophy at Middlebury College. The scrapbook covers Parker's college years, 1926-1930. The scrapbook is particularly well appointed, containing an extensive collection of letters, photographs, and ephemera, including...
Dates: 1926-1930

Frances A.M. Harrison letter, March 6, 1882

 File — Box 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: C-Misc 92
Scope and Contents

One holograph letter dated March 6, 1882 written by Frances A.M. Harrison in London to "Bessie." The letter discusses British music, opera and theater, English state actor Sir Henry Irving, and Italian-French opera singer Adelina Patti.

Dates: March 6, 1882