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PA/THR. Theatre

 Record Group Term
Identifier: PA/THR

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Carolina Theatre of Greensboro Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0493
Abstract The Carolina Theatre opened on October 31, 1927, as a 2,200-seat vaudeville theater. Originally billed as "The Showplace of the Carolinas," the Carolina Theatre was considered to be the finest theater between Washington D.C. and Atlanta.The Theatre was part of the Keith Vaudeville chain, and early programs included live performing acts, the Carolina Theatre Orchestra, the Carolina News newsreel, an audience sing-along, and a silent film accompanied by the Robert Morton theatre...
Dates: 1970 - 2018

Helen Elizabeth Clapp Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0452
Abstract Helen Elizabeth Clapp was born on December 5, 1905, and was the daughter of David Carr and Lula Henrietta Anderson Clapp. She grew up in Greensboro and attended Greensboro High School. She graduated from the North Carolina College for Women (now UNCG) in 1927 with a B.A. in English. She married Walter Clinton Jackson, Jr., on June 16, 1928.Clapp created this scrapbook to commemorate her college career and personal life. The scrapbook contains information about Clapp's graduating...
Dates: 1926 - 1927; Other: Date acquired: 2015 June 1

George Darden Piano and Opera Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0445
Abstract George Darden's 1963 debut featured a solo piano performance with the Savannah Symphony. After studying under pianist, Carlisle Floyd, and mezzo-soprano, Elena Nikolaidi, at Florida State University, Darden established himself in the Texas Opera Theatre and the Houston Grand Opera in major projections such as Il Barbiere di Sivilia and Of Mice and Men. In 1985, he began his collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera, providing piano and music preparation for...
Dates: 1887 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1890 - 2000

Coralee "Coco" Burson Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0222
Abstract

Coralee "Coco" Burson Davis (1921-2016), of Pasadena, California, served in the Coast Guard SPARS from 1942-1946 and was a member of the Tars and Spars musical revue and movie cast.

Dates: 1942-1946

Department of Drama and Speech Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0004.0013
Abstract Drama and speech were originally offered in the Department of English in the 1920s. In 1960, the Department of Drama and Speech was formed, later becoming the Department of Theatre. Today the department is responsible for the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in theatre. The records of the Department of Theatre and Speech contain catalogues, annual reports, correspondences, recording tapes, newspaper clippings, and an archive of the department's website which document the activities of...
Dates: 1920 - 2021

Patty Provins Gillespie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0425
Content Description

The Patty Provins Gillespie Papers include two scrapbooks and various artifacts from her time as a student at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now UNC Greensboro). Items include newspaper clippings, photographs, Woman's College handbook, residence hall cues, theater programs, commencement programs, dolphin seal club brochure, freshman book list, PE papers, Major Voice papers, sheet music, a musical script, and a woman's college bulletin.

Dates: 1945-1962, and undated

Grassroots Productions Limited Records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 0447

Grassroots Productions Limited Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0447
Abstract Grassroots Productions Limited was the producer of the Fun Fourth Festival (July) and the Festival of Lights (December) in downtown Greensboro. Grassroots also provided logistical and operational support for other festivals and events. Grassroots Productions ceased operations in 2015.The collection contains records, promotional materials, slides, photographs, newspaper clippings, and VHS tapes relating to the Fun Fourth Festival, the Festival of Lights, and the Greensboro...
Dates: 1980 - 2015

Paul Eliot Green Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0022
Abstract

Paul Eliot Green (1894-1981) was a Southern playwright, poet, and novelist.

The Paul Eliot Green Papers date from 1917 to 1968 and contain diaries, manuscripts, publications, and correspondence.

Dates: 1917 - 1968

Greensboro Youtheatre and Livestock Players Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0511
Abstract

The Livestock Players and Greensboro Youtheatre are part of the City Arts Program of the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department. The scrapbooks and photographs were donated by Carole Lehman Lindsey-Potter, founder of the City Arts Program of the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department.

Dates: 1973 - 1975

Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0255
Abstract Robert C. Hansen (1951- ) is a professor of theatre and an Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG).The Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection dates from Roman times (circa 100-300) to 2020 (bulk 1800s-2000s) and contains programs, heralds, guidebooks and periodicals, playbooks, sheet music and song books, correspondence and autographs, original costume and scenery designs, posters, photographs, postcards,...
Dates: circa 100-2018; Majority of material found within 1800s - 2000s

Nell Johnson Clippings Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0522
Scope and Contents

The clippings book contains newspaper clippings, theatre tickets, theatre advertisements, programs, and report cards.

Dates: 1927 - 1928

Elna Allran Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0023
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 January 1999; various photographs of Jones will serving with the Cadet and Army Nurse Corps, 1944-1947; various Navy publications, 1944-1945; 2 copies of Jones poetry, 1945-1947; various ephemera from locations Jones was stationed, 1945-1946; various holiday menus from military camps, 1945-1947; Cadet Nurse Patch With Caduceus Pin; Cadet Nurse Patch; Caduceus Pin; photograph album, 1945-1947 containing photographs from: Camp Rucker,...
Dates: circa 1944-1999

Kathryn McAllister England Papers

 Unprocessed Material — Record box 1
Identifier: MSS 0279

Jane Kimmel Theatre Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0268
Content Description

This collection contains playbills collected by Jane Kimmel from productions in New York City and Greensboro, North Carolina. Some of the playbills are signed.

Dates: 1922 - 1962

Livestock Players and Greensboro Children's Theatre Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 0461

Livestock Players and Greensboro Children's Theatre Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0461
Abstract The City of Greensboro hired Carole Lindsey (now Lindsey-Potter) to expand the city's arts programs. She recruits Barbara Britton to reinvigorate Greensboro Children's Theatre (serving grades four through nine).In 1971, Lindsey-Potter and Britton start Greensboro Youth Theatre for ninth-graders through young adults, staging plays at the Greensboro Coliseum complex. Soon after, the pair begin summer productions in the old Guilford County agricultural arena on Burlington Road, also...
Dates: 1970 - 2005

Mary Haynsworth Mathews Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0119
Scope and Contents

Mary Haynsworth Mathews was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1916. She served with the American Red Cross in England, France, and Germany from 1942 to 1946. Included in this collection are an oral history and photographs.

Dates: 1944-1999

Department of Media Studies Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0004.0006
Abstract

The Department of Media Studies formed out of the Department of Broadcasting Cinema and Theatre after 2000.

This record group is comprised of self study and accreditation documents related to the Broadcasting Cinema and Theatre Department, ranging in date from 1993-2000, as well as an archive of the department's website.

Dates: 1993 - 2021

Herman Middleton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0289
Abstract Herman Middleton, head of the Greensboro Women’s College Theatre Department, was an important figure in the theatre community. Middleton holds the position of second most productions directed by a UNCG faculty member, directing over 40 productions. This collection consists of various pictures, slides and books full of production information. One of the most important aspects of this collection are the three boxes of folders that are in original order, organized and titled by Herman Middleton...
Dates: 1956 - 1990

Reinhold Saleski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0236
Scope and Contents The Reinhold E. Saleski Papers date from 1910 to 1973 and includes writings (In English and High German) by Dr. Saleski on subjects including: Educational Theory, Linguistics, Language Instruction, Music, Philosophy, Poetry, Prose Fiction, and Theater. These subjects contain manuscripts (both academic and creative), notes on manuscripts, instructional materials, sheet music, and other documents pertaining to the above mentioned subjects. The collection also contains other possessions of Dr....
Dates: 1910 - 1973

Esther Maria Samuelson Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0330
Abstract Esther Maria Samuelson was a student at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1950 with a Bachelor's degree in Spanish. While a student, Samuelson was a member of many clubs and college groups such as the Adelphian Society, the Spanish Club, and Phi Beta Kappa.The Esther Maria Samuelson Scrapbook dates from 1946 to 1949. The Scrapbook contains materials such as college documents, event programs, newspaper clippings, invitations, photographs,...
Dates: 1946 - 1949

Office of the Dean of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0009.0001
Abstract

This collection contains the administrative records of the Dean of the School of Music, Dance, and Theatre. Included are correspondence, memoranda, committee records, annual reports, and other records that document the activities of the Dean.

Dates: 1894 - 2021

Mark Smith-Soto Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0362
Abstract

Dr. Mark Smith-Soto is Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages (Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures) at UNCG Greensboro. Dr. Smith-Soto also served as editor/poetry editor of International Poetry Review from 1991 to 2022, and as director of the Center for Creative Writing in the Arts from 2005 to 2015.

This collection contains published and unpublished poetry, and photocopies of poetry by Mark Smith-Soto, teaching materials, and publications.

Dates: 1960 - 2017

Southeastern Theatre Conference Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0048
Abstract

The official records of the Southeastern Theatre Conference, established in 1949, includes administrative records and correspondence, major publications, convention records, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1948 - 2016; Other: Acquired in 1970

Department of Theatre Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0004.0028
Abstract

Though the Department of Theatre was officially established in 2000, theatre and drama have been a part of UNCG since its inception. Since then, the department has grown up to 300 students. This collection includes 57 boxes of material, focusing mainly on the productions and plays of the UNCG Theatre Department, as well as the Pixie Theatre for Young People.

Dates: 1897-2015

Triad Pride Performing Arts Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0492
Abstract

This collection consists of papers from the Triad Pride Performing Arts (TPPA). The majority of the papers included in this collection only cover the Triad Pride Men's Chorus, covering the years from 1998 to 2019.The collection consists of 7 series: News Clippings, GALA Chorus, Performance Content, Concert Programs, Outside Organization Information, Correspondence and General TPPA Content.

Dates: 1998 - 2019

Triad Stage Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0529
Abstract The collection includes publicity and marketing materials, newspaper clippings, playbills, photographs, and scale models set designs documenting Triad Stage's history.Triad Stage is a regional theatre that was co-founded by Preston Lane and Richard Whittington in 1999. In September 1999, Triad Stage purchased downtown Greensboro's Montgomery Ward building, built in 1936 and vacant for almost 40 years. The founders began renovations on the building in 2001, transforming the space...
Dates: 1999 - 2019

Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0523
Abstract

Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz (1911-2007) of Detroit, Michigan, served as an officer in African American units of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and later the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942-1945.

The collection is made up of nine photographs and one letter from Wertz to her mother.

Dates: 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/2007