Henry O. Lampe papers, 1936/1989

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Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
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POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
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Preferred citation:

Henry O. Lampe papers, C0092, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
10 Linear Feet 23 boxes, 1 map case
Creator:
Lampe, Henry O.
Abstract:
This collection contains materials pertaining to Henry O. Lampe's diverse career as a government employee, transportation planner, and civic activist, as well as his personal interests and lifelong love of theatre.
Language:
English German
Preferred citation:

Henry O. Lampe papers, C0092, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Content Warning: Imagery and content related to the Nazi Party during World War II.

This collection contains materials pertaining to Henry O. Lampe's diverse career as a government employee, transportation planner, and civic activist, as well as his personal interests and lifelong love of theatre. The majority of the materials include programs and playbills from Lampe's attendance at many theatrical performances, playscripts and publications on theater, as well as records and reports on gerontology, legislation on aging from the Arlington Commission on Aging and the White House Conference on Aging, publications on international affairs, and records on transportation planning in Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. Also included are materials on Germany and the Nazi Party in World War II.

Oklahoma! (two copies), May 1965; Guys and Dolls, May 1964; Finian's Rainbow, circa 1960s; The Gondoliers, circa 1960s; South Pacific, May-June 1963

In German

Saint Joan, October-November 1965 (two copies); The Caucasian Chalk Circle, October-November 1961; The Madwoman of Chaillot, December 1961-January 1962; The Threepenny Opera, May-June 1963; Under Milk Wood, November-December 1962; Ring Round the Moon, April 1960; A Month in the Country, February 1959; The Front Page, October 1958; Witness For the Prosecution, April 1957; Dream Girl, February 1957; The Girl on the Via Flaminia, January 1957; A View From the Bridge, November 1956; All Summer Long, January 1953; Tonight at 8:30, November 1952; The Hasty Heart, August-September 1952; Dark of the Moon, May 1952; Three Men On a Horse, March 1952; School For Scandal, January 1952; Burning Bright, December 4, 1951; Ladder to the Moon, November 1951; She Stoops to Conquer, October-November 1951; Julius Caesar, October 1951; The Importance of Being Earnest, July 1951; The Scarecrow, July 1951; Twelfth Night, June 1951; Mr. Arcularis, May 1951; The Glass Menagerie, April 1951; The Inspector General, March 1951 (two copies); The School for Wives, February 1951; The Adding Machine, February 1951; Children of Darkness, January 1951; The Playboy of the Western World, January 1951; Alice in Wonderland, December 1950; Pygmalion, December 5, 1950; The Taming of the Shrew, November 1950; The Delectable Judge; October 1950; The Firebrand, October 1950; Of Mice and Men, September 1950.

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, October 1960; Damn Yankees, April 1960; The Seven-Year Itch, October 1959; Gramercy Ghost, February 1958; A Streetcar Named Desire, September 1957; Summer and Smoke, October 1956; The Tender Trap, June 1956.

Cabaret, November 1968; The Happy Time, May 1968

Carmen Jones, July-August 1956; Carousel, August 1953; Of Thee I Sing, June 1953; Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, circa 1950s; The Most Happy Fella, circa 1950s; Harry Belafonte, August 1959; José Greco and his Company of Spanish Dancers, circa 1950s; The Golden Apple, circa 1950s; Danny Kaye and his All-Star International Show, circa 1950s; The Ballet Theatre, circa 1950s; Phoenix '55, circa 1950s.

The Recruiting Officer, January-February 1967 (two copies); Othello, March 1960; The Taming of the Shrew, October-November 1959; The Satin Slipper, March 1959; Cyrano de Bergerac, February 1957; Hamlet, January-February 1956.

Victor Borge, September 1956; Don Cossak Chorus and Dancers, March 4, 1956; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, February 27, 1955; Fledermaus, October 20, 1951.

Shakespeare Summer Festivals The Taming of the Shrew, July 7, 1962; Twenty-Ninth Annual One-Act Play Tournament at Roosevelt Auditorium, March 5, 1957; Thirtieth Annual One-Act Play Tournament at Roosevelt Auditorium, March 4, 1958; Thirty-First Annual One-Act Play Tournament at Roosevelt Auditorium, March 3, 1959; Thirty-Second Annual One-Act Play Tournament at Roosevelt Auditorium, March 8, 1960; Thirty-Third Annual One-Act Play Tournament at Roosevelt Auditorium, Marc 7, 1961; Shakespeare Summer Festival's Twelfth Night, July 1, 1961.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail [The Abduction from the Seraglio], January 17, 1948; Der Rosenkavalier, March 12, 1948; La Traviata, June 11, 1948.

The White Devil, circa 1940s; Measure For Measure, circa 1940s.

See How They Run, circa 1950s; Three Men on a Horse, circa 1950s.

Night Must Fall, circa 1950s; Bell, Book, and Candle, December 17-19, 1958.

Once Upon a Mattress, May 1964 (two copies); The Most Happy Fella, October 1964 (two copies); The Waltz of the Toreadors, November 1964 (two copies); Separate Tables, November 1963; The Beaux Stratagem, 1964; Light Up the Sky, December 1963; Amphitryon 38, January-February 1964; Shot In the Dark, March 1964 (two copies); Lovers Club, April 1964.

The Taming of the Shrew, circa 1950s; Payment Deferred, February 1956; Sabrina Fair, April-May 1956; The Tender Trap, November-December 1956; The Two Mrs. Carrolls, May 1957; Room Service, May 1958; The Heiress, November 1958; Papa is All, February 1959; Old Acquaintance, May 1959; The Glass Menagerie, December 1959; The Sleeping Prince, February 1960; The Boy Friend, May 1960; The Girls in 509, November-December 1960; The Happiest Millionaire, March 1961; Kiss Me, Kate, May 1961; Send Me No Flowers, November 1961; Bus Stop, December 1957.

Under the Yum Yum Tree, February-March, 1967 (two copies); Anything Goes, May-June 1966 (two copies); The Dark At the Top of the Stairs, October 1965; Royal Gambit, April-May, 1965; Critics' Choice, circa 1960s; The Unexpected Guest, circa 1960s (two copies); The Shy Girl, circa 1960s; Separate Tables, November 1963; The Magic Weave, circa 1960s; Salad Days, circa 1960s; Harvey, circa 1960s; Two Blind Mice, circa 1960s; The Country Girl, circa 1960s; Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, circa 1960s; Song of 14 People, circa 1960s; The Shy Girl, circa 1960s.

The Contrast, September 1954; Love For Love, circa 1950s (two copies); Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, November-December 1955; Fourteen People, circa 1950s; As You Like It, circa 1950s; Pools Paradise, circa 1950s (two copies); The Bat, circa 1950s (two copies).

Volpone, August 1968; School for Scandal, August 1969; The Country Wife, August 1966; The Beggar's Opera, August 1965 (two copies); Annual Report, 1966.

Sunset Parade program.

A Majority of One, March 1961; The Music Man, July 1961; Elizabeth The Queen and Mary Stuart, October 1961; The Country Wife, November 1957; Miss Isobel, December 1957; A Sign of Affection, March 1965; The Owl and the Pussycat, March 1966 (two copies); The Subject Was Roses, March 1966 (two copies); Luv, January 1966 (two copies).

Richard II from The Old Vic Company, January 1957; Beatrice Lillie in Ziegfeld Follies, February 1957; The Matchmaker, May 1957; Separate Tables, November 1957; Time Remembered, October 1957; Call Me Madam, May 1952; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, June 1952; Porgy and Bess, August 1952; The Vamp, October 1955; Can-Can, July 1955; The Skin of Our Teeth, July 1955; Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, November 1956; Iolanthe from the D'Oyley Carte Opera Company, January 1956; Plain and Fancy, April 1956; Damn Yankees, March 1956; The King and I, August 1955; Content Warning: yellowface imagery: The Teahouse of the August Moon, June 1956; Li'l Abner, September 1956; Top Banana, November 1952; Auntie Mama, March 1958

Guys and Dolls, circa 1950s (two copies); Oliver!, July 1965; The War of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, February 1965; Ivanov, April 1966; Bascom Barlow, February 1966.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, April 1965 (two copies); Hot Spot, February 18, 1963 (two copies); Mary Mary, March 25, 1963; Half a Sixpence, March 1967; On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, June 1967 (two copies); The Wayward Stork, January 1966 (two copies).

Constitution Hall performance, December 1954; Musicians' Pension Benefit Concert at Constitution Hall, April 8, 1965; Carter Barron Amphitheatre with Leontyne Price and William Warfield, circa 1952; Carter Barron Amphitheatre with Anna Russell, 1954; Carter Barron Amphitheatre with Alec Templeton, 1954; Performance with Oscar Levant, circa 1950s.

Fledermaus from the Metropolitan Opera, December 1951 (two copies); The Constant Wife, April 1952; Tovarich, May 1952; First Lady, May 1952; The Autumn Garden, February 1952; The Male Animal, April 1952; The Moon is Blue, November 1951; Kiss Me Kate, October 1951; Darkness At Noon, October 1951; Born Yesterday, November 1950; Come Back, Little Sheba, January 1951; Lend An Ear, November 1950; The Relapse, October 1950; The Curious Savage, October 9, 1950; Brigadoon, circa 1950s; Private Lives, circa 1950s.

Ondine, June 1957; On Your Toes, September 1952; One Touch of Venus, July 1952; The Happy Time, June 1952; Eva Gabor, June 1952; Pal Joey, September 1951; The Curtain Rises, August 1951; Border Be Damned, July 1951; Even Arden, June 1951; Harvey, July 1950; Light Up The Sky, July 1950; The Philadelphia Story, September 1949; The Man Who Came to Dinner, September 1949; For Love Or Money, August 1949 (two copies); Lovers and Friends, August 1949; Present Laughter, circa 1950s; The Telephone and The Medium, September 1949; Up To Now, July 1949; Little Mary Sunshine, circa 1950s; Say, Darling, circa 1950s.

The Pirates of Penzance, November 1956; H.M.S. Pinafore, November 1955.

Caligula, circa 1940s; Die Zeit Des Glücks (The Time of Happiness), circa 1940s; Schmutzige Hände (Dirty Hands), circa 1940s

Drei Mann auf einem Pferd (Three Men On a Horse), circa 1940s (two copies); Androklus und der Löwe (Androclus and the Lion), circa 1940s;

Wir armen Erdenbürger (We Poor People of Erdenburg), circa 1940s; Was ihr wollt (What You Want), circa 1940s; Minna von Barnhelm, circa 1940s; De Teufels General 9The Devil's General), circa 1940s

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1963; Bye Bye Birdie, 1962; Who Was That Lady I Saw You With, 1962; Fiorello, 1962; A Little Night Music, circa 1960s.

The Montgomery County Chapter of S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc. First Annual Barbershop Jubilee program, March 24-25, 1961; Alexandria Chapter of the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc. Ninth Annual Spring Tonic program, April 18, 1959

Der Dämon and Der Totentanz, circa 1940s; Bohème, February 1949; Der Troubadour (Il Trovatore), February 1949; Harlekinade, circa 1940s; Neue Tänze - Margo Ufer, Erwin Bredow, February 1948; Die Verkaufte Braut (The Sold Bride), March 1948; Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le Nozze de Figaro), April 1948; Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci, circa 1940s; The Legend of Joseph, circa 1940s; Josephlegende, May 1948; Cavalleria Rusticana and Der Bajazzo (I Pagliacci), April 1948; Jeanne D'Arc Auf Dem Scheiterhaufen (Joan of Arc at the Stake), January 1948; Abraxas, November 1949

Right You Are, circa 1950s; The Silver Whistle, February 9-13, 1951; The Little Hut, circa 1960s; The Lesson, circa 1960s.

Lampe played Napoleon Bonaparte in this production.

Lampe played Monte in this production.

Lampe played Serjeant Kite in this production.

The Washington Star, January 1, 1967; German Operetta Festival program, circa 1950s; Invitations from Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kerne to attend an opera program at their residence, 1958-1959; The Phillips Collection Song Recital program featuring John Thomas and Herbert Kaplan (two copies), January 27, 1964; Senior Recital program flyer for Ruth Morse Allen; May 12, 1963; The Washington Star Weekender featuring article on Gadsby's Tavern, August 14, 1965; California travel schedule notes, circa 1960s; Playbill insert announcing music, production unknown, circa 1960s; The Mikado at Westwood Country Club, February 23, 1963; "Inflation" informational pamphlet, January 1967; Metropolitan Theatre Seating Guide magazine, 1975; "Modern Makeup by Stein - Half-Century of Progress in Theatrical Make-Up" pamphlet, 1936; Handwritten script notes for unknown production, circa 1950s; Theatre Arts Magazine clippings, 1950s; Handwritten jokes and play notes, circa 1940s; Song Sheet advertising pamphlet, circa 1940s

Written while Lampe attended American University.

Arena Stage production.

Poster housed in Map Case 3.4.

Photographs, subject include: presidential candidates and presidents (some signed); Virginia politicians with Lampe; Lampe solo and his wife Virginia Lampe at political events. Includes one historic photo of a view from the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., circa 1940s.

Biographical / historical:

Henry "Hank" Oscar Lampe was born in Bremen, Germany on April 8, 1927 of American parents, Henry D. and Dorothea Lampe (pronounced Lamp-ee). Lampe's mother was the "first female civilian to enter Berlin after the end of World War II to assist with diplomatic efforts" (McCaffrey). Lampe grew up in Germany and witnessed the rise of the Nazi Party and World War II. In 1941 the family moved to Arlington, Virginia and Lampe attended American University in Washington, D.C. After serving in the Navy, in 1946 Lampe returned to Germany as an employee of the U.S. Government. After returning to the U.S., Lampe married his first wife Virginia in 1953, who was also active in Virginia politics.

Employed as a government worker as well as a stockbroker, Lampe had a long record of civic activities beginning in 1964. A Republican, he was member of the Northern Virginia Regional Planning Commission and the General Assembly of Virginia, Vice Chair of the Virginia Metropolitan Areas Transportation Study Commission, a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging, a member of the Arlington Commission on Aging, Chair and President of the Northern Virginia Mental Health Association, and served on the Board of Trustees at Arlington Hospital and the George Mason University Board of Visitors. Both Henry and Virginia Lampe were active in Linwood Holton's 1965 run for Virginia governor.

Lampe was a lifelong thespian and lover of theatre. As evidenced through his collection, he continually sought out amateur acting opportunities (often alongside Virginia) and attended a wide variety of Northern Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Broadway venues throughout his life. While living in Berlin in the 1940s, he was a part of the American Little Theater Association of Berlin.

Lampe passed away in October 2012.

Acquisition information:

Collection donated by Henry O. Lampe in 1979-1982.

An additional donation of materials created by Lampe was donated to the SCRC by Arlington Public Library in 2000.

Processing information:

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009.

Reprocessed by Amanda Menjivar from June-August 2023. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in August 2023. Madeline Puppos contributed to the box inventory.

Arrangement:

Most of this collection is arranged according to subject. Additional materials were processed in accession order.

Physical location:
R 31, C 1, S 1 - S 4 Map Case 3.4 OS R 2, C 1, S 4