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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Victoria Rue Papers
creator:
Rue, Victoria, 1946-
source:
San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2018.05.23
Physical Description:
11 boxes
(12.3 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1946-2018
Abstract: The Victoria Rue Papers contain documentation of Dr. Rue's career as a writer, director, and professor, as well as her personal
and family history.
The Victoria Rue Papers consist of materials that encompass major components of Dr. Rue's career and personal experiences
in the arts, education, and religion. Subjects include the role of women in the Catholic Church, feminism, theatre, literacy,
the bible, community outreach, LGBTQA, and education.
The material in the collection is primarily paper, but also includes some audio and video cassettes, CDs, DVDs, a film reel,
photo negatives, slides, and prints, and a few large format items.
The Victoria Rue Papers are arranged into four series: Series I: Personal Materials and Papers; Series II: Theatre; Series
III: Educational Courses and Workshops; and Series IV: Ordinations and Priesthood Activities. Oversize items are located in
Box 11.
Victoria Rue, Ph.D. is a feminist theologian, and a writer, director and teacher of theatre. Her Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological
Union focused on how feminist theatre enacts feminist theology. As a professor, Dr. Rue has taught in the fields of Theatre,
Women’s Studies, Religious Studies and Theology at the Pacific School of Religion, Starr King School for the Ministry, the
California Institute for Integral Studies, St. Lawrence University, and San Jose State University, in addition to many other
schools.
She served as one of the teaching faculty of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Her work as a theatre director
has been seen in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum, San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, and New York's Shakespeare
Festival, among other theatres. She was also the visiting guest director for San Khau Viet Cali, a Vietnamese theatre company
in San Jose.
Dr. Rue is the co-founder of A Critical Mass: Women Celebrating Eucharist in which Roman Catholic women publicly celebrated
a monthly feminist Catholic Mass. The group began in 1997 and celebrated for seven years. Dr. Rue was ordained a woman deacon
in the Roman Catholic Church in 2004 and a woman priest in 2005. Dr. Rue's book, Acting Religious: Theatre as Pedagogy in
Religious Studies, was published in 2005 by Pilgrim Press. She has frequently consulted on pedagogy to university departments
and individual professors.
Copyright has been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections and Archives, with the exception
of Dr. Rue’s original manuscripts. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing
to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use
of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Collection is open for research. Access to magnetic and digital materials is restricted. Permission from the Director of Special
Collections is required to access this material.
Victoria Rue Papers, MSS-2018-05-23, San José State University Library, Special Collections & Archives
Collection processed by Kate Steffens in June 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Religion
Feminism
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
Theater
Women priests -- Catholic Church
Rue, Victoria, 1946-
San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives