North Carolina Speech and Drama Association
Content Description
This collection consists of 7 boxes containing materials relating the operations of the North Carolina Theatre Conference. Additionally, there are materials from and relating to other theatre and arts organizations both inside and outside the state of North Carolina. These organizations include: North Carolina Speech and Drama Association, Carolina Dramatic Association, North Carolina High School Drama Association, North Carolina Association of Professional Theatres, South Eastern Theatre Conference, Theatre and Speech Combined Conference, American Theatre Association, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Division of the Arts, NC State Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina Alliance for Arts Education, Arts Advocates of North Carolina, Southern Arts Federation, Arts North Carolina, American Association of Community Theatre, North Carolina Theatre Departments and Companies, and Out-of_State Theatre Organizations.
Dates
- 1950 - 2003
Creator
- From the Collection: North Carolina Theatre Conference (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
The first meeting of the North Carolina Speech Association was held on March 18, 1950 in the Branson Building at Duke University. The purpose of the meeting was to form a state organization from the parent organization of the Southern Speech Association. This request orginated from Ken Reardon of Duke University who made a motion for the creation of a North Carolina Speech Association.
The Constitutiona and By-laws for the North Carolina Speech Association were adopted during a meeting on May 6th, 1950.
The purpose of this organization as stated in the original 1950 Constitution was "...to promote speech training and activity in North Carolina and to provide for the professional interests and advancements of its members."
Sometime around the late 1960s to 1971 is when the organization made the decision to also incorporate the theatre arts into its focus as well as to update its name to the North Carolina Speech and Drama Association.
Extent
From the Collection: 8.75 Linear Feet (7 record boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository