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Inventory of the Bay Area Playwrights Festival Collection
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  • Processing Information
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  • Creator: Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Title: Bay Area Playwrights Festival Collection
    Date (inclusive): 1976-1993
    Extent: 4.4 linear feet
    Abstract: Founded by Robert Woodruff in 1976, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival is an annual event focusing on writing and workshops led by eminent playwrights. The collection contains festival materials including scripts, promotional materials, photographs, audio tapes, and video recordings from 1976-1993.
    Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
    Repository: University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
    Davis, California 95616-5292
    Collection number: D-078
    Language of Material: Collection materials in English.

    Administrative History

    Founded by Robert Woodruff in 1976, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival is an annual event focusing on writing and workshops led by eminent playwrights.

    Scope and Content

    The collection contains festival materials including scripts, promotional materials, photographs, audio tapes, and video recordings from 1976-1993.

    Arrangement of the Collection

    The collection is arranged in five series: Scripts, Promotional Materials, Correspondence, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Bay Area Playwrights Festival--Archives
    Drama festivals--San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
    Theater--United States--20th century
    American drama--20th century

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Processing Information

    Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid with assistance from student employee Michelle Xie.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Norah Holmgren in 1994.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Bay Area Playwrights Festival Collection, D-078, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis 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 researcher.