Charles Burgess Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Charles Burgess Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
2.50 Linear Feet and 1 Hollinger document case, 1 half Hollinger document case, 2 oversize boxes boxes
Creator:
Burgess, Charles O. (1929-2019)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Charles Burgess Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes programs, correspondence, audiovisual and other material related to Charles Burgess' involvement with the theater scene in Norfolk, Virginia. The bulk of the correspondence involves the Little Theatre and Norfolk Theatre. The collection also contains photographs and audiovisual material of various productions by the Masquers Group, a student theater organization at Old Dominion University. Theater programs related to productions on Broadway in the 1920s are also present in the collection. Oral history interviews with Dr. Burgess can be found on the Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections website.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Charles O. Burgess came to the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary in 1955 as an Instructor in the English Department. In addition to becoming Full Professor in 1966, he also served as Director of Freshman English, Graduate Program Director, and was appointed the University's first Dean of Graduate Studies in 1970. By 1972, he became Vice President and Provost for Academic Affairs. In 1980, Dr. Burgess returned to the English Department to teach, and by 1985 he was again in an administrative role as Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. He retired from that position in 1995, but taught part-time in the English Department during his retirement. Burgess passed away May 29, 2019.

Note written by Steven Bookman, University Archivist

Acquisition information:

Gift of Charles Burgess

Gift. Accession #2011-12

Processing information:

The finding aid was created by Steven Bookman, University Archivist, in 2015.

Accruals:

Additions to the collection were received on 5/23/2011 and 10/27/2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard