Performing Arts
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Chase papers
Mary Coyle Chase (1907-1981) was born in Denver, Colorado. While working at newspaper and public relations jobs, Chase began to write plays. Her most famous play is Harvey, the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary, six-foot tall rabbit. Chase incorporated elements of fantasy drawn from Irish folktales into her work, such as banshees and Celtic pookas (spirits in animal form). The collection includes literary manuscripts and correspondence.
Ellison-White Chautauqua Bureau records
Travelling chautauqua shows offered lectures, plays, and concerts of religious, classical, and popular music, and in 1912, J.R. Ellison joined with Clarence H. White in establishing the Ellison-White Chautauqua Bureau, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The collection contains articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, articles, and programs, 1912-1928.
Ellison-White Chautauqua Bureau scrapbooks
Travelling chautauqua shows offered lectures, plays, and concerts of religious, classical, and popular music, and in 1912, J.R. Ellison joined with Clarence H. White in establishing the Ellison-White Chautauqua Bureau, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The collection contains seventeen scrapbooks (1931-1956) that include clippings, articles, programs, and other printed matter regarding the bureau's sponsored entertainment.
Alice Henson Ernst papers
Bernie Green papers
Bernie Green (1908-1975) was born Bernard Greenwald, and he became a music composer, conductor, and arranger. The collection (1948-1975) contains correspondence, and music, lyric, score, and arrangement manuscripts created for albums, pageants, radio and television shows, and commercials.
Houston Branch papers
Houston Branch (1899-1968) was a writer, editor, publicist, and organization executive. The collection contains literary manuscripts, correspondence, and records relating to Branch's work as a creative writer and in public relations.
M. A. Jagendorf papers
Love Without Lovers play script by Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman, Swedish-born director, writer and producer, famous for such films as The Seventh Seal and Persona, completed the script included in this collection in 1978. The collection consists of a typed translation of the unfilmed/unperformed script for Love Without Lovers , and includes a letter detailing his motivations for writing the script, major plot points, and the directions for the "framing" of the piece.
Frederic C. McConnell papers
Frederic C. McConnell (1890-1968) worked as stage director of the Cleveland Play House, was founder and director of the Chautauqua Repertory Theater, and a charter member and officer of the National Theater Conference. The collection (1912-1968) contains correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, Cleveland Play House and Laguna Play House records, Katherine Wick Kelly papers, and stage material and productions.
Albert M. Ottenheimer papers
George Steiner papers
George Steiner (1900- ) was a composer and conductor of music. The collection includes music manuscripts, correspondence, and notebooks.