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Series I. Speech and Drama Department Production Materials 1924-1982 1946-1959

Scope and Contents

The materials in this series document stage plays arranged and presented by the Speech and Drama Department produced over a fifty-year time period. The files consist primarily of theater programs and photographs from the department and San Jose Players' productions. Also included are select musical scores and scripts for the San José Spartan Revelries, as well as several newsletters and festivity announcement fliers. Researchers interested in stage productions of the Speech and Drama Department will find in this series a wealth of information about the plays, actors, productions, and main stage settings. Of special value are the high-quality photographs documenting the productions, which beautifully enhance the printed materials.

Arrangement

This series is organized alphabetically by material type, then chronologically by date.

Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence 1944-1964

Box 1, Folder 2

Department of Speech and Drama Programs 1924, 1928

Box 1, Folder 3

Department of Speech and Drama Programs 1937-1941

Box 1, Folder 4

Department of Speech and Drama Programs 1941-1950

Box 1, Folder 5

Department of Speech and Drama Programs 1951-1959

Box 1, Folder 6

Department of Speech and Drama Programs 1960-1976

Box 1, Folder 7

Department of Speech and Drama Programs undated

Box 1, Folder 8

Flyers, Mailers, and Posters 1948-1959

Box 1, Folder 9

Flyers, Mailers, and Posters 1960-1982

Box 1, Folder 10

Movie Series Schedule 1951

Box 1, Folder 11

Production Negatives and Contact Sheets

Box 1, Folder 12

Production Photographs c. 1935, 1974

Box 1, Folder 13

Production Programs and Photographs (1 of 2) 1946-1947

Box 1, Folder 14

Production Programs and Photographs (2 of 2) 1946-1947

Box 1, Folder 15

Production Programs and Photographs 1947-1948

Box 1, Folder 16

Production Programs and Photographs 1948-1949

Box 1, Folder 17

Production Programs and Photographs 1949-1950

Box 1, Folder 18

Production Programs and Photographs 1950-1951

Box 1, Folder 19

Production Programs and Photographs 1951-1952

Box 1, Folder 20

Production Programs and Photographs 1952-1953

Box 1, Folder 21

Production Programs and Photographs 1953-1954

Box 1, Folder 22

Production Programs and Photographs 1954-1955

Box 1, Folder 23

Production Programs and Photographs 1955-1956

Box 2, Folder 1

Production Programs and Photographs 1956-1957

Box 2, Folder 2

Production Programs and Photographs (1 of 2) 1958-1959

Box 2, Folder 3

Production Programs and Photographs (2 of 2) 1958-1959

Box 2, Folder 4

Spartan Revelries B.M.O.C. Script c. 1941

Box 2, Folder 5

Spartan Revelries Materials 1941

Series II. National and International Theater Production Materials 1909-1969

Scope and Contents

The materials in this series consist of national and international programs for ballet, orchestra, and theater performances, as well as magazines on contemporary events in theater.

Individual programs and playbills were originally distributed during performances from various orchestras and ballets within Bay Area. Programs featured in this sub-series from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the University of California Greek Theatre, and the Philharmonic Society of San Mateo County.

All magazines are late 1960s issues of Curtain Call and Performing Arts, the San Francisco Civic Light Opera and the American Conservatory Theater editions, respectively, of a magazine called PLAYBILL, The Magazine for Theatregoers.

Souvenir ballet programs consist of the promotional material provided by individual ballet companies from the late 1930s to early 1950s. Multiple issues cover the performances presented by these companies as they toured the United States and Europe. Some souvenir programs include autographed copies.

The souvenir theater programs were part of the Department of Speech & Drama's library catalog. The booklets in this subseries include synopsis of iconic plays, their creators, and the actors, who featured in major productions at the time, Audrey Hepburn for example.

Arrangement

This series is divided into four sub-series based on type, then organized alphabetically.

Sub-series 1. Individual Orchestra and Ballet Programs 1909-1956

Box 3, Folder 1

Programs 1909-1918

Box 3, Folder 2

Programs 1920-1925

Box 3, Folder 3

Programs 1926-1929

Box 3, Folder 4

Programs 1930-1934

Box 3, Folder 5

Programs 1937-1939

Box 3, Folder 6

Programs 1947

Box 3, Folder 7

Programs undated

Box 6, Folder 9

Shakespeare Festival Programs and Publicity 1956

Sub-series 2. Magazines 1965-1968

Box 4, Folder 1

Curtain Call 1965-1966

Box 4, folder 2

Curtain Call 1967

Box 4, Folder 3

Performing Arts 1967-1968

Sub-series 3. Souvenir Ballet Programs 1935-1961

Box 4, Folder 4

American Ballet 1936-1937

Box 4, Folder 5

Argentinita 1938-1939

Box 4, Folder 6

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1936-1944

Box 4, Folder 7

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1945-1951

Box 4, Folder 8

Ballet Theater 1942-1946

Box 5, Folder 1

Ballet Theater 1946-1953

Box 5, Folder 2

Billy Rose's Aquacade 1940

Box 5, Folder 3

Dancers of Bali 1952

Box 5, Folder 4

Ice Follies 1940

Box 5, Folder 5

International Ballet 1951-1952

Box 5, Folder 6

Jooss European Ballet c. 1946

Box 5, Folder 7

Kathrine Dunham 1944-1950

Box 5, Folder 8

Leningrad Kirov Ballet 1961

Box 5, Folder 9

Martha Graham 1946

Box 5, Folder 10

Moiseyev Dance Company from Moscow 1958

Box 5, Folder 11

Mordkin Ballet 1937, 1939

Box 5, Folder 12

Roland Petit's Ballets de Paris 1950-1951

Box 5, Folder 13

Ruth Page, Bently Stone Ballet 1950

Box 5, Folder 14

Sadler's Wells Theater Ballet 1950-1953

Box 5, Folder 15

Slavenska Franklin Ballet 1952-1953

Box 5, Folder 16

Trudi Schoop and her Comic Ballet 1935-1936

Box 5, Folder 17

Uday Shan-Kar and his Hindu Ballet 1938-1939

Sub-series 4. Souvenir Theater Programs 1926-1959

Box 5, Folder 18

Comédie-Française 1926-1930

Box 6, Folder 1

Souvenir Theater Programs A-B c.1945-1955

Box 6, Folder 2

Souvenir Theater Programs C-F C.1940-1959

Box 6, Folder 3

Souvenir Theater Programs G-H c.1940-1950

Box 6, Folder 4

Souvenir Theater Programs K-L c. 1954-1957

Box 6, Folder 5

Souvenir Theater Programs M-N c.1926-1954

Box 6, Folder 6

Souvenir Theater Programs O-R c. 1935-1950

Box 6, Folder 7

Souvenir Theater Programs S-T c. 1947-1950

Box 6, Folder 8

Theatre National de L'Odéon 1927-1929

Collection Contents

Series I. Speech and Drama Department Production Materials

Flyers, Mailers, and Posters

Series II. National and International Theater Production Materials

Sub-series 1. Individual Orchestra and Ballet Programs

Sub-series 2. Magazines

Sub-series 3. Souvenir Ballet Programs

Sub-series 4. Souvenir Theater Programs