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Adams T. Rice papers 2 Linear Feet 3 boxes

Rice, Adams T., 1892-
The Adams T. Rice papers consists of newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and programs relating to theatre in Detroit, Michigan, the Federal Theatre Project, and Rice's lecture "The Magic of Science." Material was collected by Rice and dates from the 1920s to 1960, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1920s to the 1930s.
  1. George Mason University

Arthur E. Scott photograph collection 32 Linear Feet 43 boxes; 27 scrapbooks

Scott, Arthur E., 1917-1976
This collection contains photographs taken by Arthur E. Scott, a photojournalist and photo-historian for the U.S. Senate. It contains over 5,000 prints and negatives of United States politicians (mainly Senators), political events such as campaigns and inaugurations, and landmarks throughout the Washington, D.C. area, from the mid-1930s to the 1970s. There are also 27 scrapbooks compiled by Arthur E. Scott, primarily consisting of newspaper clippings of Scott's photographs. The collection also contains glass negatives from the 1910s and 1920s that were taken by other photographers.
  1. George Mason University

Arthur Peterson papers 12 Linear Feet 33 boxes

Peterson, Arthur, 1912-1996
Collection contains materials relating to Peterson's long acting career. Types of materials include scripts to his television, film, and stage roles, correspondence, and props used by Peterson.
  1. George Mason University

Dorothea Thomas Lynch papers 2 Linear Feet 3 boxes

Lynch, Dorothea Thomas
The Dorothea Thomas Lynch papers contains correspondence, issues of the Federal Theatre bulletin, issues of the Federal Theatre in the South, production notes, scripts, and set designs for the production The Girl of the Golden West, class outlines for the History of drama, newsclippings about the Florida Federal Theatre Project, and scrapbooks containing programs, photographs, and newsclippings about Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida Federal Theatre Project productions.
  1. George Mason University

Dr. Lizzie May Ulmer Dramatic Co. account book 0.25 Linear Feet

Dr. Lizzie May Ulmer Dramatic Co
This collection consists of an account book listing the finances of the Dr. Lizzie May Ulmer Dramatic Company as it traveled around the United States in fall 1885.
  1. George Mason University

Federal Theatre Project photograph collection 47 Linear Feet 112 boxes

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
This collection consists of graphic materials relating to Federal Theatre Project productions from 1936 to 1939 across the United States, with the majority from New York City and Roslyn, New York, San Diego and San Francisco, California, and Chicago, Illinois. The collection is mostly comprised of black and white photographs ranging in size from 4x5 to 11x14 and duplicate prints, as well as a few negatives.
  1. George Mason University

Garrick Players photograph collection .01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Garrick Players
28 photographs and 2 negatives that document the Garrick Players, a theatre group that performed in the 1960s at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown in Washington, D.C. They moved to the Wayside Theatre in Middletown, Virginia in 1968. The photographs include images of Sylvia Soares and Chris Sarandon, two of the actors, and Gerald Slavet, the director.
  1. George Mason University

Jean M. Lander collection 0.5 Linear Feet 1 box

Lander, J. M. (Jean Margaret), 1829-1903
This collection contains eleven hand-written letters from Jean M. Lander and others dated between the years of 1837-1896.
  1. George Mason University

Robert Prosky Papers 9 Linear Feet 16 boxes

Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008
Consists of materials that span actor Robert Prosky's career in theatre, film, and television. Materials include playbills, photographs, scripts, reviews, fan letters, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials.
  1. George Mason University

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