Howard Scammon Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Howard Scammon Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
15.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Scammon, Howard, 1911-1999, Dept. of Theatre, Speech, and Dance, and Jamestown Corporation
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Howard Scammon Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, playbooks and other material collected by William and Mary Theatre professor Howard Scammon. The bulk of the material is correspondence between Scammon and his former students, but the papers also include documentation related to the William and Mary Theatre, The Common Glory, the Jamestown Festival of 1957, other Williamsburg theatre groups and famous William and Mary alumni such as Glenn Close and Linda Lavin. Some personal papers are also included.

Biographical / historical:

Howard Scammon was a student (1929-1934) and faculty member at the College of William and Mary in the Department of Theatre. He died in 1999. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
1992.38: 500 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 8/5/1992; 1993.44, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 6/23/1993; 1993.73: 300 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 12/13/1993; 1994.03: 75 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 1/20/1994; 1994.12: 100 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 2/18/1994; 1994.22: 50 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 4/1/1994; 1994.27: 150 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 4/6/1994; 1995.14: 500 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 3/20/1995; Acc. 2002.053 acquired 10/07/2002; Acc. 2002.063 acquired 09/30/2002. One cubic feet of records received sometime prior to 2006; the exact date of accession is unknown. 2010.154: 3 boxes, gift of Mark Thrash, administrator of Howard Scammon's estate, on 3/5/2010.
Custodial history:

Acc. 2002.053 and Acc. 2002.063 were previously part of Howard Scammon Papers (UA 6.053); these two collections were combined on 3/09/2010.

Arrangement:

The papers have been arranged into 7 series: Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Former Students, Series 3: Theatre, Series 4: Printed Material, Series 5: News Releases, Series 6: Photographs, Slides and Negatives and Series 7: Howard Scammon-Personal Papers.

Material from all accessions were combined into these series.

All personal correspondence from each accession has been combined and arranged in alphabetical order. The letters are mostly from former students of Howard Scammon.

As of August 2014, Boxes 1 - 8, Series 1, Correspondence has been completely processed with envelopes behind the letters. Boxes 9 - 12 are arranged alphabetically, but not in strict A-Z order, with envelopes in front of the letters.