Department of Theatre Collection

Collection

Identifier: BC13-54

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Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection is comprised of materials that document and promote the Department of Theatre's productions and events from the 1920s to 2014. Materials include flyers, posters, programs, new clippings, press releases, photographs, slides, negatives, contact sheets, digital media, and one artifact, a dreidel. Also included in this collection is “The First Steps in Speaking Verse,” an undated script by Maude Adams which includes an anthology of poems.

From 1978-1992, the Department of Theatre kept programs, flyers, and other performance ephemera in scrapbooks, which comprise series 2 of this collection.

Dates

Creation: 1920 - 2014

Creator

Barnard College. Department of Theatre (Organization)

Access

This collection has no restrictions.

Publication Rights

Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Reproduction Rights

Single photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.

Historical Background

The Department of Theatre, Barnard College is the theater department for all undergraduate students at Columbia University, which includes Barnard and Columbia Colleges. There are multiple productions in the fall semester in addition to the final project for students in the Advanced Directing course. During the spring semester, the Department of Theater hosts the Senior Thesis Festival, a production directed by faculty or visiting artist, and an evening of Solo Performances. Performances of the Department of Theatre, Barnard College can take place in the Minor Latham Playhouse or the Glicker-Milstein Black Box Theater, both located on the Barnard campus.

Extent

6.4 Linear Feet (12 boxes)

Language

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection documents and promotes the Department of Theatre's performances and events from the 1920s through 2014.

Collection Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into the five series.

Series 1. Performance Ephemera, 1920s–2014
Series 2. Scrapbooks, 1978–1990s
Series 3. Photographic Materials, 1990s-2013
Series 4. Artifact(s), undated
Series 5. Performance Media, 2008-2013

Physical Location

This collection is located in the Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library. To use this collection, please contact the Barnard Archives and Special Collections at 212.854.4079 or archives@barnard.edu.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Department of Theatre, Barnard College.

Accruals

Additions are expected.

Processing History

This collection was processed and the finding aid written by Hilary Price in October 2014.

This finding aid was updated by Hilary Price in July, 2015.

Descriptive Rules Used: Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Encoding: Machine readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002.

Finding aid written in English.