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[Pictorial material pertaining to Betty Cole and the Straw Hat Theatre].
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[Pictorial material pertaining to Betty Cole and the Straw Hat Theatre]Creator/Contributor:
Cole, Betty, 1929-2015, creator, creator.Abstract:
Scrapbooks and photograph album pertaining to musical theater performer Betty Cole and the Straw Hat Theatre of Berkeley,
Calif., with which Cole was affiliated for many years. Albums document the revue's productions and the performances of Cole
and her fellow performers from 1951-1954 and 1965, at various venues in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California.
Albums include many snapshot and publicity photographs, as wells as programs and other printed theater ephemera, and clippings
of reviews of and advertisements for Straw Hat productions. Also includes many negatives of the 1953 summer stock tour in
New England (of which many corresponding prints are present, especially in vol. 4) and numerous negatives documenting Cole's
personal life (of which very few corresponding prints are present). A small group of negatives pertain to the Straw Hat Theatre's
1966 season. Includes small file of snapshots depicting actress Jane Connell (U.C. Berkeley graduate) on the television studio
set of Bewitched during filming of the "Hepzibah" episode 1970, with Cole as her on-set guest
Date:
1951 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMusical theater -- California -- Photographs
Community theater -- California -- Photographs
Women in the performing arts -- California -- Photographs
Actresses -- California -- Photographs
Women singers -- California -- Photographs
Women dancers -- California -- Photographs
Théâtre musical -- Californie -- Photographies
Théâtre communautaire -- Californie -- Photographies
Femmes dans les arts du spectacle -- Californie -- Photographies
Actrices -- Californie -- Photographies
Chanteuses -- Californie -- Photographies
Danseuses -- Californie -- Photographies
Actresses
Community theater
Musical theater
Women dancers
Women in the performing arts
Women singers
California
Straw Hat Theatre, Inc. -- Photographs
Cole, Betty -- 1929-2015 -- Archives
Cole, Betty -- 1929-2015 -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Betty Cole, with numerous photographs by her.
Multiple film negative formats present.
Includes postcards, print ephemera and clippings.
Albums are well-captioned throughout.
Album contents have been disbound and foldered. Original album covers are present.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Related collection: Betty Cole diary (BANC MSS 2018/242).
Betty Cole (1929-2015) was born in Chico, California and had an interest in musical theater from an early age. In 1951, she
joined the Straw Hat Theatre group and toured with the troupe in New England in 1953. In 1954, she married Warner Tooker,
whom she divorced in 1972, before remarrying Lew Graham. She learned to play acoustic guitar and formed a folk group called
The Untrapped Housewives that later became The Chimney Corner Singers and performed at various venues in South Lake Tahoe.
Cole passed away in Reno, Nevada on November 28, 2015.
Type:
graphicPostcard.
scrapbooks.
Albums (Books)
Archives.
Photographs.
Postcards.
Scrapbooks.
Photograph albums.
Albums (Books)
Postcards.
Clippings.
Albums personnalisés.
Cartes postales.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 550 photographs in 2 boxes and 2 sleeves : chiefly gelatin silver prints and film negatives ; various sizes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.