Stanford plays and Players Photograph Albums, 1903-1906

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Summary

Title:
Stanford Plays and Players photograph albums
Dates:
1903-1906
Creators:
Edwards, Paul C. (Paul Carroll) and Cole, Wendell
Extent:
2.25 Linear Feet (12volume)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item] Stanford Plays and Players Photograph Album (A0073). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Volume one: Photographs from student drama productions including ones by the English Club, the Class of 1904, the 1906 Plug Ugly, the Class of 1906, and a production of Hamlet by Ben Greet's Company of Players with students from the University. The English Club's production of Ben Jonson's EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR, 1905, is particularly well documented. Volume 2: Newsclippings, play bills, and notes from Stanford Players productions 1949-1959 collated by Wendell Cole, Emeritus Professor of Drama.

Biographical / historical:

Paul Edwards attended Stanford University from 1902-1906. He pursued a career in newspaper editing and later served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees. Wendell Cole taught dramatic literature and theater history at Stanford for 52 years. He designed sets and costumes for more than 250 productions at Stanford, and was the set designer for the first American production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and the West Coast premiere of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. He also designed the set for Gluck's Iphigenia in 1963, considered one of the best operas ever staged at Stanford, and won four awards for creativity and service. The design room of Stanford's drama department is named for him.

Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
University Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-11 13:52:19 -0800 .

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Restrictions:

Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item] Stanford Plays and Players Photograph Album (A0073). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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