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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Department of Drama, records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0690
Physical Description:
17 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1905-1995
Date (bulk): 1937-1974
Summary: This collection
includes production books from various plays put on by the department and one box of
miscellaneous records including course bulletins, syllabi, departmental pamphlets, and "A
Report on the Activities of the Department of Speech and Drama and the Stanford Players,
1939-42." Accession ARCH-2012-078 contains production programs, set designs, water colors,
photographs, and copies of purchase orders relating to production.
Physical Description: Accession
ARCH-2012-078: Materials are extremely fragile, as they were stored in steam tunnels beneath
Memorial Hall for over 60 years.
Language of Material:
English .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The records were received by the Stanford University Archives via administrative transfers
from the Department of Drama.
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in
advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Stanford University, Department of Drama, Records (SC0690).
Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Accession ARCH-2012-078: Contractors working in Memorial Hall in 2012 found two boxes of
records in an unused steam tunnel under the building. These boxes were labeled "Stanford
Players 1937 to 1948" and had clearly been stored there since 1948, or very soon thereafter.
The two boxes were in poor condition at the time of discovery. Upon transfer to the Stanford
University Archives in 2012, they were immediately sent to conservation, where they were
frozen to arrest any further deterioration.
The collection includes production books from various plays put on by the department and
one box of miscellaneous records including course bulletins, syllabi, departmental
pamphlets, and "A Report on the Activities of the Department of Speech and Drama and the
Stanford Players, 1939-42."
Accession ARCH-2012-078 contains production programs, set designs, water colors,
photographs, and copies of purchase orders relating to production.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College and school drama
American theater