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Guide to the Vassar College Drama Department Records, circa 1910-2008

Guide to the Vassar College Drama Department Records, circa 1910-2008

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Collection Summary

Repository: Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator: Vassar College. Department of Drama
Title: Vassar College Drama Department Records
Dates: circa 1910-2008
Quantity: 50 cubic feet (83 boxes), 2 framed items
Abstract: Material documenting the history of the Vassar College Drama Department and its many components and programs (including the Experimental Theatre). Includes programs, news clippings, production material, photographs, negatives, slides, and film.
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Administrative History

The Vassar College Experimental Theatre was founded in 1925 by Hallie Flanagan Davis as a program of the English Department, and later became part of the Drama Department when it was founded in 1938. The predecessors of the Experimental Theatre included the Vassar Dramatic Workshop and the Vassar Players.

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Scope and Content Note

Programs, news clippings, production material, photographs, slides, and negatives documenting the history of the Vassar College Drama Department and its many components and programs (including the Experimental Theatre) from ca. 1905-2017.

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Access and Use

Access

Box 48 contains restricted material. Please contact the Archives and Special Collections staff for more information. The rest of the collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.

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Related Material

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Subject Headings

Names:

  • Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969

Organizations:

  • Experimental Theatre of Vassar College

Subjects:

  • College theater
  • Performing arts--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
  • Theater--Study and teaching

Document Types:

  • Audiovisual materials
  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Correspondence
  • Drawings (visual works)
  • Negatives
  • Open reel audiotapes
  • Open reel videotapes
  • Photographs
  • Scripts
  • Sheet music
  • Slides

VCL Categories:

  • Vassar College Academic Departments and Programs
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Encoding Information

Original encoding by Elizabeth Clarke, April 2007. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, May 2024.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Vassar College Drama Department Records, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

Collection processed April 2005 by Laura Streett. Updated in 2018 by Janine St. Germaine (added boxes 62-83).

Acquisition Information

Transferred in several accessions over a number of years. The last accessions arrived in 2018.

The records of Martin Fallon, technician and then an instructor in stage management for the Drama Department from approximately 1936-1944, were added to the collection in 2010, a gift of Charles D. Fallon (A2010-009).

The 2011 accession included photographs presumed to have been taken by Raymon Traver.

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Series List

Series I. Subject Files, circa 1916-2003

Programs, newsclippings, promotional material, and other records relating to the the Experimental Theatre and its productions as well as miscellaneous Drama Department files.

Series II. Miscellaneous Student Papers and Theses, 1930-1973

An incomplete set of student papers completed for various Drama Department classes.
*Please note: Some Drama Department theses have been cataloged separately and can be accessed via the Vassar College Libraries Online Catalog.

Series III. Experimental Theatre Lantern Slides, 1931, 1937

Two sets of slides used in the Experimental Theatre productions, Can You Hear Their Voices (1931) and One-Third of a Nation (1937).

Series IV. Experimental Theatre Negatives, 1925-1942

Mostly 4"x5" negatives on cellulose acetate "Safety" film. Some are deteriorating and/or brittle and may not be available for duplication.

Series V. Experimental Theatre Photographs, 1925-1979

Photographs housed according to size, then in chronological order.
Boxes 10 - 21 and 68 - 79 contain 8" x 10" and smaller photographs
Boxes 4 - 5 contain 14" x 18" and smaller photographs
Boxes 22 - 24 contain 16" x 20" photographs
Items housed in map cases are approximately 12" x 48"
Only some of the photos in Box 58 are signed by Raymon Traver, but it is possible that all of them were taken by him.
There are additional photographs in the production files housed in boxes 59 and 60 (A2013-025).

Series VI. Drama Department Slides, 1944-1991

4 slide boxes within a larger box. Includes "Coursework, 1905-1981" and a set of numbered slides (with some numbers missing) of productions dating from 1944-1960.

Series VII. Drama Department Audio and Film Reels, 1961-1971

A small set of film and audio reals from miscellaneous productions.

Series VIII. Drama Department Production Material, circa 1910-2008

Scripts, prompt books, costume and set design, etc. including Experimental Theatre productions, Hall productions, senior theses*, and class projects. Organized in chronological order, but not listed by individual production. There is also a small collection of musical scores as well as the state management records of Martin Fallon. Boxes 59 and 60 also include programs, correspondence, photographs and other materials relating to productions dating from 1915-1949.
*Please note: Some Drama Department theses have been cataloged separately and can be accessed via the Vassar College Libraries Online Catalog.

Container List

Series I. Subject Files

Folder 1.1 Experimental Theatre News Clippings, 1929-1972
Folder 1.2 Experimental Theatre Press Releases, 1960-1992
Folder 1.3 Experimental Theatre Programs, 1928-1949
Folder 1.4 Experimental Theatre Programs, 1950-1979
Folder 1.5 Experimental Theatre Programs, 1980-2003
Folder 1.6 Experimental Theatre Calendars and other Advertising Material, 1934-2002, undated
Folder 1.7 "Experimental Theatre Report" by Hallie Flanagan and Lester Lang, 1933 May 18
Folder 1.8 Experimental Theatre Building Plans, 1930
Folder 1.9 Experimental Theatre Production Files — Orpheus, 1939
Folder 1.10 Experimental Theatre Production Files — Pillars of Society, 1939
Folder 1.11 Predecessors to the Experimental Theatre at Vassar, circa 1917-1926
Folder 1.12 Mary Heinlein's Files, circa 1950-1955
Folder 1.13 Mary Heinlein's Files, circa 1956-1957
Folder 1.14 Mary Heinlein's Files, circa 1958-1959
Folder 1.15 Mary Heinlein's Files, circa 1959-1960
Folder 1.16 Mary Heinlein's Files, circa 1960-1961
Folder 1.17 Mary Heinlein's Files, circa 1960-1961
Folder 1.18 Mary Heinlein's Files, circa 1937-1960
Folder 1.19 Summer Session, 1935
Folder 1.20 Summer Session, 1935
Folder 1.21 Summer Session, 1935
Folder 1.22 Summer Session, 1935
Folder 1.23 Summer Session, 1935
Folder 2.1 Summer Session, 1935
Folder 2.2 Summer Session, 1935-1937
Folder 2.3 Correspondence with Lester Lang, 1937-1938
Folder 2.4 Correspondence with the Mercury Theatre, 1937-1938
Folder 2.5 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1931-1937
Folder 2.6 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1960-1961
Folder 2.7 Miscellaneous, circa 1928-1943
Folder 46.1 "B - General Correspondence," 1946-1955
Folder 46.2 "C - General Correspondence," 1947-1955
Folder 46.3 "H - General Correspondence," 1948-1955
Folder 46.4 "L - General Correspondence," 1949-1955
Folder 46.5 "M - General Correspondence," 1946-1954
Folder 46.6 "P - General Correspondence," 1946-1955
Folder 46.7 "S - General Correspondence," 1940-1955
Folder 46.8 "S - General Correspondence," 1953-1955
Folder 46.9 "W - General Correspondence," 1940-1955
Folder 46.10 "Courses Bibliographies," 1940-1953, undated
Folder 46.11 "Courses Bibliographies," 1941-1955, undated
Folder 46.12 "Courses Bibliographies," 1938-1944
Folder 46.13 Summer Theatre, 1954
Folder 46.14 "Students Summer Drama Schools," Drama Schools"
Folder 46.15 Summer Theatre, 1956
Folder 46.16 Summer Theatre, 1955
Folder 46.17 College Library, 1951-1955
Folder 46.18 "College Theatre — Avery," 1952
Folder 46.19 "The Theatre — Avery," 1939-1953
Folder 46.20 "Recorder — Old," undated
Folder 46.21 Mailing list, 1951-1954
Folder 46.22 "Curriculum Committee — Old," undated
Folder 46.23 "Publicity — Old," 1938-1953, undated
Folders 46.24 - 46.26 "National Theatre Conference," 1933-1949, undated
Folder 46.27 "National Theatre Conference," 1948-1949
Folder 46.28 "National Theatre Conference," 1949-1953, undated
Folder 46.29 "National Theatre Conference Placement Service Catalogue, Section 1," 1948
Folder 46.30 New Dramatists Committee, undated
Folder 47.1 N.Y. State Regional Drama: NY State Community Theatre Association, 1947-1953, undated
Folder 47.1a Drama Department Scrapbook, circa 1916-1921
Folder 47.2 Scrapbook of Theatre Clippings, 1936-1937
Folder 47.3 Scrapbook of Theatre Clippings, circa 1937
Folder 47.4 Scrapbook of Theatre Clippings, 1937-1938
Box 80 Scrapbooks, containing programs, press clippings, correspondence, 1935-1945 (2 volumes)
Boxes 81-82 Scrapbooks, containing programs, press clippings, photographs, correspondence, 1927-1936 (2 volumes)
Folder 47.5 Equipment — General, undated
Folder 47.6 Costuming and Make-up, undated
Folder 47.7 Sound Equipment and Effects, undated
Folder 47.8 Lighting Equipment, undated
Folder 47.9 Shuttuck, Charles H., 1948-1954, undated
Folder 48.1 [RESTRICTED] "Faculty — Stewart, David," 1952
Folder 48.2 [RESTRICTED] "Faculty — (Coffee) Richards, Sally,, 1949, 1951
Folder 48.3 [RESTRICTED] "Applicants," 1946-1955
Folder 48.4 [RESTRICTED] "Applicants for Miss Smith's Position," 1943-1948, undated
Folder 48.5 [RESTRICTED] Student letters, 1940-1954, undated
Folder 48.6 [RESTRICTED] "Students' letters," 1950-1952
Folder 48.7 [RESTRICTED] Letters of Recommendation, 1941-1954

Series II. Miscellaneous Student Papers and Theses

Box 2 Miscellaneous Student Papers and Theses, 1930-1973

Series III. Experimental Theatre Lantern Slides

Box 3 Can You Hear Their Voices?, 1931 May
Box 3 One-Third of a Nation, 1937 Jul

Series IV. Experimental Theatre Negatives

Folder 6.1 Guibour, 1925-1926
Folder 6.2 Marriage Proposal, 1927 Nov
Folder 6.3 Sleeping Beauty, 1928 Apr
Folder 6.4 Blocks, 1928 Apr
Folder 6.5 Troll Hill, 1928 Oct
Folder 6.6 Down in Egypt's Land, 1928 Dec
Folder 6.7 Water and Wine, 1928 Dec
Folder 6.8 Noah's Ark, circa 1928
Folder 6.9 The Wreck, 1929 Mar
Folder 6.10 The Sky Will be Lit Up, 1929 Apr
Folder 6.11 X=O, 1929 Oct
Folder 6.12 Each in His Own Way, 1929 Dec
Folder 6.13 Simples by Moonlight? or Cartoon? or Mdme. Europe?, 1930 Mar
Folder 6.14 Man and the Masses, 1930 May
Folder 6.15 Backgrounds of Modern Theatre?, [1930 Oct]
Folder 6.16 The Adoption, 1930 Dec
Folder 6.17 The Other Room, 1930 Dec
Folder 6.18 Groceries and Notions, 1931 Feb
Folder 6.19 Can You Hear Their Voices?, 1931 May
Folder 6.20 See America First, 1931 Oct
Folder 6.21 The Man with the Flower in his Mouth, 1931 Oct
Folder 6.22 Hippolytus, 1931 Dec
Folder 6.23 See America Now, 1932 Oct
Folder 7.1 Varieta Futurista, 1932 Mar
Folder 7.2 Miners on Strike, 1932 May
Folder 7.3 We Demand, 1932 May
Folder 7.4 Heritage, 1932 May
Folder 7.5 Svapnavasavadatta of Bhasa (Dream of the Vasavadatta), 1933 Jan
Folder 7.6 Now I Know Love, 1933
Folder 7.7 Now I Know Love, 1933
Folder 7.8 American Plan, 1933 Oct
Folder 7.9 Fear, 1934 Jan
Folder 7.10 The Phantom Bride!, 1934 May
Folder 7.11 Singing Girl of Copan, 1934 Mar
Folder 7.12 Antony and Cleopatra, 1934 Dec
Folder 7.13 Antony and Cleopatra, 1934 Dec
Folder 8.1 My Country Right or Left, 1935 May
Folder 8.2 Ladies are Made, 1935 Jul
Folder 8.3 The Phantom Bride!, 1935 Jul
Folder 8.4 Come Out Into the Sun, 1935 Aug
Folder 8.5 Lady from the Sea, 1935 Dec
Folder 8.6 "Lab Shows,", 1936 Feb
Folder 8.7 Fuente Ovejuna, 1936 May
Folder 8.8 Tonight We Improvise, 1936 Dec
Folder 8.9 "Lab Shows,", 1937 Jan
Folder 8.10 No More Peace (blue-ing), 1937 Feb
Folder 8.11 No More Peace, 1937 Feb
Folder 8.12 Relax!, 1937 Apr
Folder 8.13 Fallen Mangoes, 1937 Apr
Folder 8.14 One-Third of a Nation, 1937 Jul
Folder 8.15 The Infernal Machine, 1937 Dec
Folder 8.16 Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1938 Feb
Folder 9.1 3 Plays on American Homelife, 1938 Apr
Folder 9.2 Vassar's Folly, 1938 Dec
Folder 9.3 Peter Goes to the Fair, 1939 Feb
Folder 9.4 Three Sisters, 1939 Apr
Folder 9.5 Orpheus, 1939 Dec
Folder 9.6 Mr. Sycamore, 1940 Feb
Folder 9.7 Vassar's Folly, 1940
Folder 9.8 Our Town, 1940 Dec
Folder 9.9 Pillars of Society, 1941 Feb
Folder 9.13 Sight Unseen, 1941 Apr
Folder 9.14 Murder in the Cathedral, 1941 Dec
Folder 9.10 Santos Vega, 1942 Feb
Folder 9.11 Phoenix, 1942 Apr
Folder 9.12 War Chest Rally, 1942 Nov
Folder 9.15 Unidentified Production, circa 1940s
Folder 9.16 War Bonds Posters - for set design?, circa 1930s
Folder 9.17 Costume Designs?, circa 1930s
Folder 9.18 "Rosenfeld" Costume Designs?, circa 1930s

Series V. Experimental Theatre Photographs

Folder 10.1 Guibour, 1925-1926
Folder 68.1 Guibour, 1925-1926
Mapcase 1 Guibour, 1925-1926
Folder 68.2 She Canna Perish, 1926 Mar
Folder 68.2 The King’s Ward, 1926 Mar
Folder 10.2 Marriage Proposal, 1927 Nov
Folder 10.3 Ur Faust, 1927
Folder 68.4 The Marriage Proposal, 1928 Mar
Folder 10.4 Blocks, 1928 Apr
Folder 68.6 Blocks, 1928 Apr
Mapcase 1 Blocks, 1928 Apr
Folder 10.5 Sleeping Beauty, 1928 Apr
Folder 68.5 The Sleeping Beauty, 1928 Apr
Folder 10.6 Troll Hill, 1928 Oct
Folder 68.7 Troll Hill, 1928 Oct
Mapcase 1 Troll Hill, 1928 Oct
Folder 10.7 Water and Wine, 1928 Dec
Folder 10.8 Down in Egypt's Land, 1928 Dec
Folder 68.8 Down in Egypt's Land, 1928-1929
Folder 68.3 Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1928
Folder 10.9 The Sky Will be Lit Up, 1929 Apr
Folder 68.12 The Sky Will be Lit Up, 1929 Apr
The Sky Will be Lit Up, set illustration, unknown artist, [1929 Apr?] [framed]
Folder 68.9 Water and Wine, 1928-1929
Folder 68.10 The Prophecy, 1928-1929
Mapcase 1 The Prophecy, 1928-1929
Folder 68.11 The Wreck, 1928-1929
Folder 10.10 X=O, 1929 Oct
Folder 68.13 Endurance Flight, 1929 Oct
Folder 68.14 Each In His Own Way, 1929 Dec
Folder 10.11 Each In His Own Way, 1929 Dec
Folder 68.15 Cartoon, 1929-1930
Mapcase 1 Cartoon, 1929-1930
Folder 68.18 Simples By Moonlight, 1930 Mar
Folder 10.12 Man and the Masses, 1930 May
Folder 68.17 Man and the Masses, 1930 May
Folder 10.13 Background of Modern Theatre, 1930 Oct
Folder 10.14 Background of Modern Theatre, 1930 Oct
Mapcase 2 Background of Modern Theatre, 1930 Oct
Folder 11.1 The Adoption, 1930 Dec
Folder 68.19 The Adoption, 1930 Dec
Mapcase 2 The Adoption, 1930 Dec
Folder 11.2 The Other Room, 1930 Dec
Folder 68.16 The Ivory Door, 1930
Folder 69.1 The Strange Gentleman, 1930-1931
Folder 11.3 Groceries and Notions, 1931 Feb
Folder 11.4 Groceries and Notions, 1931 Feb
Folder 69.2 Groceries and Notions, 1930-1931
Mapcase 2 Groceries and Notions, 1931 Feb
Folder 11.5 Can You Hear Their Voices?, 1931 May
Folder 11.6 Can You Hear Their Voices?, 1931 May
Folder 69.4 Can You Hear Their Voices?, 1931 May
Folder 11.7 See America First, 1931 Oct
Mapcase 2 See America First, 1931 Oct
Folder 11.8 The Man with the Flower in his Mouth, 1931 Oct
Mapcase 2 The Man with the Flower in his Mouth, 1931 Oct
Folder 11.9 Hippolytus, 1931 Dec
Folder 11.10 Hippolytus, 1931 Dec
Folder 22.1 Hippolytus, 1931 Dec
Folder 69.3 The Hippolytus of Euripides, 1931
Folder 11.11 Varieta Futurista, 1932 Mar
Folder 69.5 Varieta Futurista, 1932
Folder 12.1 Heritage, 1932 May
Folder 69.6 Heritage, 1932 May
Mapcase 2 Heritage, 1932 May
Folder 69.6 We Demand, 1932 May
Mapcase 2 We Demand, 1932 May
Folder 69.6 Miners on Strike, 1932 May
Folder 12.2 See America Now, 1932 Oct
Mapcase 3 See America Now, 1932 Oct
Mapcase 3 See America Now, 1932 Oct
Folder 12.4 Svapnavasavadatta of Bhasa (Dream of the Vasavadatta), 1933 Jan
Folder 12.5 Svapnavasavadatta of Bhasa (Dream of the Vasavadatta), 1933 Jan
Folder 22.2 Svapnavasavadatta of Bhasa (Dream of the Vasavadatta), 1933 Jan
Folder 69.7 American Plan, 1933 Oct
Folder 12.6 Now I Know Love, 1933
Folder 12.7 Fear, 1934 Jan
Mapcase 3 Fear, 1934 Jan
Folder 12.8 Backgrounds of the Modern Theatre, 1934 Mar
Folder 69.8 Backgrounds of the Modern Theatre, 1934 Mar
Mapcase 3 Backgrounds of the Modern Theatre, 1934 Mar
Folder 69.9 Trial By Jury, 1934 Apr
Folder 12.9 The Phantom Bride!, 1934 May
Folder 13.1 The Phantom Bride!, 1934 May
Folder 69.10 The Phantom Bride!, 1934 May
Mapcase 3 The Phantom Bride!, 1934 May
Folder 69.11 Noah, 1934 Jun
Folder 13.2 Antony and Cleopatra, 1934 Dec
Folder 13.3 Antony and Cleopatra, 1934 Dec
Folder 69.12 Antony and Cleopatra, 1934 Dec
Mapcase 4 Antony and Cleopatra, 1934 Dec
Folder 22.3 The First Legion, 1934
Mapcase 4 My Country Right or Left, 1935 May
Folder 13.4 Ladies are Made, 1935 Jul
Folder 13.5 Ladies are Made, 1935 Jul
Folder 13.6 Come Out into the Sun, 1935 Aug
Folder 13.7 Lady from the Sea, 1935 Dec
Folder 14.1 Lady from the Sea, 1935 Dec
Mapcase 4 Lady from the Sea, 1935 Dec
Folder 69.13 Summer Session, The Dance of Death, 1935
Folder 69.14 Question Before the House, 1935 Mar
Folder 69.15 My Country Right or Left, 1935 May
Folder 69.16 The Lady from the Sea, 1935 Dec
Folder 69.17 How Are Ye Blind, 1936 Feb
Folder 14.2 How Are Ye Blind!, 1936 Feb
Folder 14.3 Fuente Ovejuna, 1936 May
Folder 69.18 Fuente Ovejuna, 1936 May
Mapcase 4 Fuente Ovejuna, 1936 May
Folder 14.4 Tonight We Improvise, 1936 Dec
Folder 14.5 Tonight We Improvise, 1936 Dec
Folder 69.19 Tonight We Improvise, 1936 Dec
Mapcase 5 Tonight We Improvise, 1936 Dec
Folder 14.6 Backgrounds of the Modern Theatre, 1937 Jan
Folder 69.20 Backgrounds of the Modern Theatre, 1937 Jan
Mapcase 5 Backgrounds of the Modern Theatre, 1937 Jan
Folder 14.7 No More Peace, 1937 Feb
Folder 14.8 No More Peace, 1937 Feb
Folder 15.1 No More Peace, 1937 Feb
Mapcase 5 No More Peace, 1937 Feb
Folder 69.21 No More Peace, 1937 Feb
Folder 15.2 Relax!, 1937 Apr
Mapcase 5 Relax!, 1937 Apr
Folder 15.3 Fallen Mangoes, 1937 Apr
Folder 15.4 Fallen Mangoes, 1937 Apr
Folder 69.22 Fallen Mangoes, 1937 Apr
Mapcase 5 Fallen Mangoes, 1937 Apr
Folder 69.22 Relax, 1937 Apr
Folder 15.5 One-Third of a Nation, 1937 Jul
Folder 15.6 The Infernal Machine, 1937 Dec
Folder 69.23 The Infernal Machine, 1937 Dec
Mapcase 6 The Infernal Machine, 1937 Dec
Folder 15.7 Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1938 Feb
Folder 15.8 Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1938 Feb
Folder 4.1 Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1938 Feb
Mapcase 6 Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1938 Feb
Folder 4.2 I Have Seen Myself Before, 1938 Apr
Folder 16.1 Three Plays on American Homelife, 1938 Apr
Folder 69.24 Three Plays on American Homelife, 1938 Apr
Mapcase 6 Three Plays on American Homelife, 1938 Apr
Folder 16.2 Vassar's Folly, 1938 Dec or 1940 Jun
Folder 16.3 Vassar's Folly, 1938 Dec or 1940 Jun
Folder 16.4 Vassar's Folly, 1938 Dec or 1940 Jun
Folder 16.5 Vassar's Folly, 1938 Dec or 1940 Jun
Folder 4.3 Vassar's Folly, 1938
Mapcase 7 Vassar's Folly, 1938-1939
Folder 16.6 Peter Goes to the Fair, 1939 Feb
Folder 16.7 Peter Goes to the Fair, 1939 Feb
Folder 4.4 Peter Goes to the Fair, 1939 Feb
Folder 69.26 Peter Goes to the Fair, 1939 Feb
Mapcase 7 Peter Goes to the Fair, 1939 Feb
Folder 16.8 The Three Sisters, 1939 Apr
Folder 4.5 The Three Sisters, 1939 Apr
Folder 69.26 The Three Sisters, 1939 Apr
Mapcase 7 The Three Sisters, 1939 Apr
Folder 16.9 Orpheus, 1939 Dec
Folder 4.6 Orpheus, 1939 Dec
Folder 69.27 Orpheus, 1939 Dec
Mapcase 7 Orpheus, 1939 Dec
Folder 17.1 Escape or No Escape (Includes "Escape for Jane," "Check for Eight Dollars," "Prelude," and "Mr. Sycamore"), 1940 Feb
Folder 5.1 Escape or No Escape, 1940 Feb
Folder 70.1 Escape or No Escape, 1940 Feb
Mapcase7 Escape or No Escape, 1940 Feb
Folder 17.2 Our Town, 1940 Dec
Folder 17.3 Our Town, 1940 Dec
Folder 70.2 Our Town, 1940 Dec
Folder 70.3 Pillars of Society, 1941 Feb
Folder 17.4 Pillars of Society, 1941 Feb
Mapcase8 Pillars of Society, 1941 Feb
Folder 17.5 Sight Unseen, 1941 Apr
Folder 17.6 Sight Unseen, 1941 Apr
Folder 17.7 Sight Unseen, 1941 Apr
Mapcase 10 Sight Unseen, 1941 Apr
Folder 70.4 Sight Unseen, 1941 Apr
Folder 70.5 Murder in the Cathedral, 1941 Dec
Folder 17.8 Murder in the Cathedral, 1941 Dec
Folder 18.1 Murder in the Cathedral, 1941 Dec
Mapcase 10 Murder in the Cathedral, 1941 Dec
Folder 70.6 Santos Vega, 1942 Feb
Folder 18.4 Santos Vega, 1942
Folder 18.2 Phoenix, 1942 Apr
Mapcase 8 Phoenix, 1942 Apr
Folder 18.3 War Chest Rally, 1942 Nov
Mapcase 8 War Chest Rally, 1942 Nov
Folder 70.7 War Chest Rally, 1942 Nov
Folder 22.4 St. Joan, 1942-1943
Mapcase 10 St. Joan, 1942-1943
Folder 70.9 Saint Joan, 1943 Apr
Folder 70.10 Elmer and Lily, 1943 May
Folder 18.5 Elmer and Lily, 1942-1943
Mapcase 10 Elmer and Lily, 1942-1943
Folder 18.6 St. Joan, 1942-1943
Folder 18.7 St. Joan, 1942-1943
Folder 70.8 Medea, 1943
Folder 5.2 Peer Gynt, 1946 Mar
Folder 18.8 She Would be a Soldier, 1943 Dec
Folder 70.11 She Would be a Soldier, 1943 Dec
Folders 70.12 – 70.13 The Tempest, 1944 Mar
Folder 18.9 The Tempest, 1944 Mar
Folders 70.14 – 70.15 Him, 1944 Dec
Folder 71.1 Sunny Morning, 1945 Mar
Folder 71.1 No Strings Attached, 1945 Mar
Folder 71.1 Twelve Pound Look, 1945 Mar
Folder 71.1 Trifles, 1945 Mar
Folder 71.1 Theatre of the Soul, 1945 Mar
Folder 71.2 Bodas de Sangre, Blood Wedding, 1945 Jun
Folder 71.3 Back to Methuselah, 1946 Nov
Folder 19.1 Back to Methuselah, 1946
Folder 9.2 Les Mouches, 1947 Apr
Folders 22.5-22.7 Les Mouches, 1947 Apr
Folder 71.4 Les Mouches, 1947 Apr
Folder 71.5 Tobias and the Angel, 1947 Dec
Mapcase 9 Tobias and the Angel, 1947-1948
Folder 71.6 The Learned Ladies, 1948 Mar
Folder 71.7 The Spook Sonata, 1948 Apr
Folder 71.8 The Alcestis of Euripedes, 1948 Dec
Folder 71.9 The Provok’d Wife, 1949 Mar
Folder 71.10 The Good Woman of Setzuan, 1949 Apr
Folder 71.11 From Morn to Midnight, 1949 Dec
Folder 71.12 Electre, 1950 Mar
Folder 19.3 Electre, 1949-1950
Folders 23.1-23.3 Electre, 1949-1950
Mapcase 9 The Trojan Women, 1950-1951
Folder 71.13 The Trojan Women, 1950 Dec
Folder 19.4 Hedda Gabler, 1950-1951
Folder 71.14 The Gardener’s Dog, 1951 Feb
Folder 19.5 Finnegan's Wake, 1951 May
Folder 24.1 Finnegan's Wake, 1951 May
Folder 71.15 Orphee, 1951 May
Folder 72.1 Finnegans Wake, 1951 Dec
Folder 24.2 Orphee, 1951
Folder 72.2 The Skin of Our Teeth, 1952 Mar
Folder 19.6 The Skin of Our Teeth, 1952
Folder 24.3 The Skin of Our Teeth, 1952
Folder 72.3 Farfetched Fables, 1952 Dec
Folder 72.3 The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet, 1952 Dec
Folder 24.4 Madwoman of Chaillot, 1952
Folder 72.4 The Critic, 1953 Mar
Folder 72.5 Right You Are, 1953 May
Folder 72.6 Lysistrata, 1953 Dec
Folder 72.7 Mother of Us All, 1954 Mar
Folder 19.7 The Crucible, 1954
Folder 24.5 The Crucible, 1954
Folder 19.8 Much Ado About Nothing, 1955
Folder 73.1 Much Ado About Nothing, 1955 Mar
Folder 73.2 Ondine, 1955 May
Folder 19.10 Ondine, 1955
Folder 24.6 Ondine, 1955
Folder 19.9 Heartbreak House, 1955
Folder 73.3 Heartbreak House, 1955 Nov
Folder 58.1 The Alchemist, 1956 Mar
Folder 73.4 The Alchemist, 1956 Mar
Folder 73.5 Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1956 May
Folder 19.11 Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1956 May
Folder 58.2 Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1956 May
Folder 19.12 Three Sisters, 1956 Dec
Folder 58.3 Three Sisters, 1956 Dec
Folder 73.6 Three Sisters, 1956 Dec
Folder 73.8 Noah, 1957 Mar
Folder 19.14 Noah, 1957
Folder 73.9 Him, 1957 May
Folder 73.10 A Winter’s Tale, 1957 Dec
Folder 19.13 A Winter’s Tale, 1957
Folder 58.4 A Winter’s Tale, 1957
Folder 73.7 Everyman, 1957
Folder 58.5 Disdain, circa 1957
Folder 73.11 To Damascus, 1958 Mar
Folder 19.16 To Damascus, 1958
Folder 19.15 Franz Kafka's Amerika, 1958 May
Folder 73.12 The Lesson, 1958 Dec
Folder 73.12 The Bald Soprano, 1958 Dec
Folder 19.17 The Masque of Comus, 1959 Mar
Folder 73.13 The Masque of Comus, 1959 Mar
Folders 58.6-58.7 Unidentified productions, circa 1955-1958
Folders 21.1-21.3 Unidentified production with Spanish setting, circa 1950s
Folder 73.14 Ring Around the Moon, 1959 May
Folder 73.15 Mary Stuart, Don Carlos, Maid of Orleans, 1959 Nov
Folder 73.16 Arms and the Man, 1959 Dec
Folder 74.1 Standing Room Only, 1960 Mar
Folder 74.2 The Madwoman of Chaillot, 1960 May
Folder 74.4 The Madwoman of Chaillot, 1960 May
Folder 19.18 The Madwoman of Chaillot, 1960 May
Folder 19.19 The Cherry Orchard, 1960
Folder 74.3 The Cherry Orchard, 1960 Dec
Folder 74.4 The Cherry Orchard, 1960 Dec
Folder 19.20 A Doll's House, 1961
Folder 74.4 A Doll's House, 1961 Mar
Folder 74.5 A Doll's House, 1961 Mar
Folder 74.6 The Matchmaker, 1961 Dec
Folder 19.21 The Matchmaker, 1961
Folder 19.22 The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, 1962 Mar
Folder 19.23 Crimes and Crimes, 1962
Folder 74.7 Hansel and Gretel, 1963 Mar
Folder 74.8 Skin of Our Teeth, 1963 May
Folder 74.9 Smiles of a Summer Night, 1963 Oct
Folder 19.24 The Trojan Women, 1963 Dec
Folder 74.10 The Trojan Women, 1963 Dec
Folder 74.11 The Triumph of Honor, 1964 Feb
Folder 74.12 Pericles, Prince of Tyre, 1964 Mar
Folder 75.1 A Shakespeare Celebration, 1964 Apr
Folder 75.2 Spreading the News, 1964 Apr
Folder 75.3 Suddenly Last Summer, 1964 Apr
Folder 75.4 Ugly Duckling, 1964 Apr
Folder 75.5 Aria De Capo, 1964 Apr
Folder 75.6 Land of Hearts Desire, 1964 Apr
Folder 75.7 Boy With A Cart, 1964 Apr
Folder 75.8 The Sandbox, 1964 Oct
Folder 19.25 Don Juan in Hell, 1964 Oct
Folder 75.9 The Lacquer Box, 1964 Nov
Folder 75.10 Uncle Vanya, 1964 Dec
Folder 19.26 Second Shepard's Play, 1964
Folder 76.1 The Amorous Brother, 1965 Feb
Folder 76.2 The Italian Straw Hat, 1965 Mar
Folder 76.3 The Hour Glass, Overtones, Hello from Bertha, 1965 Mar
Folder 76.4 The Purification, Excerpts from Camino Real, 1965 May
Folder 76.5 Electra, 1965 Oct
Folder 76.6 Toad of Toad Hall, 1965 Nov
Folder 76.7 A Month in the Country, 1965 Dec
Folder 19.27 What a Wonder is Woman, 1965
Folder 19.28 Camino Real, 1965
Folder 19.29 Maid of the Mill, 1966 Feb
Folder 76.8 Maid of the Mill, 1966 Feb
Folder 76.9 A Question of Confidence, 1966 Mar
Folder 76.10 Before Breakfast, The Stronger, Chamber Music, 1966 Apr
Folder 76.11 The Masque of Queens, 1966 Apr
Folder 76.12 The Beaux Stratagem, 1966 May
Folder 76.13 The Would-be Gentleman, 1966 Oct
Folder 76.14 Cinderella, 1966 Nov
Folder 76.15 Fashion, 1966 Dec
Folder 77.1 Antigone, 1967 Mar
Folder 77.2 Movers and Shakers, 1967 May
Folder 77.3 The Browning Version, 1967 Oct
Folder 77.3 The Island, 1967 Oct
Folder 77.4 Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1967 Oct
Folder 77.5 The Pelican, 1967 Nov
Folder 77.6 The Rook This Property is Condemned, The Long Christmas Dinner, 1967 Dec
Folder 77.7 Angelina, The Passionate Pasha, 1968 Feb
Folder 77.8 When We Dead Awaken, 1968 Mar
Folder 77.9 The Women, 1968 Apr
Folder 77.10 The Field God, 1968 May
Folder 78.1 The Odd Lady Shows Her Medals, The Bald Soprano, Passion, Poison and Petrification, 1968 Oct
Folder 78.2 To Travel Blind, 1968 Nov
Folder 78.3 Alcestis, 1968 Dec
Folder 78.4 Honey Sam, Crawling Around, 1969 Dec
Folder 78.5 The Gioconda Smile, 1969 Mar
Folder 78.6 The Bear, The Orchestra, 1969 Apr
Folder 78.7 La Ronde, 1969 May
Folder 78.8 The Good Woman of Setzuan, 1969 Nov
Folder 78.9 Miss Julie, 1969 Dec
Folder 78.10 The Miser, 1970 Feb
Folder 78.11 A Spring Celebration, 1970 Apr
Folder 78.12 Lysistrata, 1970 Oct
Folder 78.13 The Card Game, 1970 Dec
Folder 78.14 The London Merchant, 1971 Mar
Folder 78.15 Camino Real, 1971 May
Folder 78.16 Lady Precious Stream, 1971 Oct
Folder 78.17 The Servant of Two Masters, 1971 Dec
Folder 79.1 You Can’t Take It With You, 1972 Mar
Folder 79.2 Three One Act Plays, Leap Year, Spain, Entrepreneurs of Avenue B, 1972 Apr
Folder 79.3 Street Scene, 1972 Nov
Folder 79.4 The House of Bernanda Alba, 1972 Dec
Folder 79.5 The Country Wife, 1973 Mar
Folder 79.6 Dames at Sea (A Musical), 1973 May
Folder 79.7 Dynamo, 1973 Oct
Folder 79.8 Ah, Wilderness, 1973 Dec
Folder 79.9 Alls Well That Ends Well, 1974 May
Folder 79.10 Six Characters in Search of An Author, 1975 Nov
Folder 79.11 Learned Ladies, 1978 Nov
Folder 79.12 Orpheus Descending, 1979 Oct
Folder 79.13 The Portrait, 1979 Nov
Folder 19.30 The People, Yes, 1972
Folder 20.1 Miscellaneous, circa 1920s
Folder 20.2 Miscellaneous, circa 1930s
Folder 20.3 Miscellaneous, circa 1930s
Folder 5.3 Miscellaneous — Unidentified, circa 1930-1945
Folder 20.4 Miscellaneous, circa 1940-1959
Folder 20.5 Miscellaneous - props and make-up, circa 1940-1959
Folder 20.6 Miscellaneous, circa 1950s
Folder 24.7 Miscellaneous – Unidentified, circa 1950s
Folder 20.7 Miscellaneous, circa 1960s
Box 25 Miscellaneous - Unidentified slides, 1970-1971
Folder 20.8 Candidates for Summer Theatre Program, 1935-1959
Folder 20.9 Assorted Portraits of Actors, including Eugenie Leontovich and Edgar Barrier, circa 1930s
Vassar Experimental Theatre floor plans, undated [framed]

Series VI. Drama Department Slides

Box 61 2 slide boxes (orginally labeled, "Coursework") including images from the following productions:,
The Tempest, 1944 Mar
Him, 1944 Dec
Provok'd Wife, 1949 Mar
Gardener's Dog, 1951 Feb
Orphee, 1951 May
Much Ado About Nothing, 1955 Mar
The Alchemist, 1956 Mar
Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1956 May
The Critic, 1953 Mar
Noah, 1957 Mar
Him, 1957 May
To Damascus, 1958 Mar
The Lesson and the Bald Soprano, 1958 Dec
The Masque of Camus, 1959 Mar
Ring Round the Moon, 1959 May
Arms and the Man, 1959 Dec
Madwoman of Chaillot, 1960 May
Box 83 35 mm slides, production photos (approximately 66 boxes), 1964-1991

Series VII. Drama Department Audio and Film Reels

Box 25 4 audio reels from The Voice of Vassar, 1961
Box 25 2 audio reels from Movers and Shakers, 1966
Box 25 Super 8 film for an unidentified production, probably Camino Real or One Third of a Nation, 1970-1971
Box 83 Vintage slide projector, undated
Box 83 35mm film, instructional footage (3 rolls), undated

Series VIII. Drama Department Production Material

Box 59 Production files, in chronological order, 1915-1947
Box 60 Production files, in chronological order, 1947-1962
Box 62 Production files, in chronological order, 1962-1972
Box 63 Production files, in chronological order, 1972-1979
Box 26 Production files, in chronological order, circa 1910-1931
Box 27 Production files, in chronological order, 1931-1934
Box 28 Production files, in chronological order, 1934-1937
Box 29 Production files, in chronological order, 1937-1940
Box 44 Production files - Vassar's Folly, 1938, 1940
Box 30 Production files, in chronological order, 1940-1941
Box 31 Production files, in chronological order, 1941-1944
Box 32 Production files, in chronological order, 1944-1948
Box 33 Production files, in chronological order, 1948-1952
Box 34 Production files, in chronological order, 1952-1954
Box 35 Production files, in chronological order, 1954-1955
Box 36 Production files, in chronological order, 1956-1957
Box 37 Production files, in chronological order, 1957-1958
Box 38 Production files, in chronological order, 1958-1960
Box 39 Production files, in chronological order, 1960-1962
Box 44 Production files - Hansel and Gretel, 1963
Box 40 Production files, in chronological order, 1962-1963
Box 41 Production files, in chronological order, 1963-1964
Box 42 Production files, in chronological order, 1965-1966
Box 43 Production files, in chronological order, 1967-1970
Box 49 Production files, in chronological order, 1971-1973
Box 50 Production files, in chronological order, 1973-1974
Box 51 Production files, in chronological order, 1975-1979
Box 52 Production files, in chronological order, 1980-1982
Box 53 Production files, in chronological order, 1982-1985
Box 54 Production files, in chronological order, 1986-1989
Box 55 Production files, in chronological order, 1990-1992, undated
Box 56 Production files, in chronological order, 1996-1999
Box 56 Production files, undated, in alphabetical order, undated, undated
Box 57 Production files and some miscellaneous material created by Martin Fallon while he was worked as a technician and then an instructor in stage management for the Experimental Theatre, circa 1936-1944
Box 64 Stage Management Files, in chronological order, 2000-2002
Box 65 Stage Management Files, in chronological order, 2002-2004
Box 66 Stage Management Files, in chronological order, 2004-2007
Box 67 Stage Management Files, in chronological order, 2006-2008
Folder 24.8 Miscellaneous Posters and Other Advertising Material, circa 1935-1991
Folder 24.9 Poster for The Good Woman of Setzuan, undated
Folder 24.9 Music for Frankie and Johnny, words from "Him" by e.e. cummings, undated
Box 45 Music for Antony and Cleopatra, 1934 Dec
Box 45 Music for Santos Vega, 1942
Box 45 Music for Peer Gynt, 1946
Box 45 Music for Finnegan's Wake, 1951
Box 45 Music for Greed Play, undated
Box 45 Music for unidentified play, undated
Box 45 Music for miscellaneous plays, undated

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Details
Abstract

Material documenting the history of the Vassar College Drama Department and its many components and programs (including the Experimental Theatre). Includes programs, news clippings, production material, photographs, negatives, slides, and film.

Member of
Finding Aid Collection
Finding Aid Date
Dates: circa 1910-2008
Document Types
Audiovisual materials
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Drawings (visual works)
Negatives
Open reel audiotapes
Open reel videotapes
Photographs
Slides
Scripts
Sheet music
Names
Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969
Subject (Topical)
College theater
Theater--Study and teaching
Performing arts--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
Vassar College Academic Departments and Programs
Organization
Experimental Theatre of Vassar College
Collection Title
Vassar College Drama Department Records