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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Friends and relations of Gilbert and Sullivan (FROGS) collection

.33 Linear Feet

The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and approximately 50 humorous photos from five plays(Iolanthe, H.M.S. Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, Mikado, and Patience) put on by FROGS. It also includes programs as well as script and casting information used by the individuals putting on the plays.

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Friends and relations of Gilbert and Sullivan (FROGS) collection .33 Linear Feet

Friends and relations of Gilbert and Sullivan (FROGS)

The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and approximately 50 humorous photos from five plays(Iolanthe, H.M.S. Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, Mikado, and Patience) put on by FROGS. It also includes programs as well as script and casting information used by the individuals putting on the plays.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hard Times Blues Collection

0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
The Hard Times Blues Collection contains materials about the play Hard Times Blues by Lucy Sweeney and its production by the Dumas Theatre Troupe in 2003. Items include background research, correspondence, and a 2019 revised copy of the play as well as programs, flyers, photographs, and a newspaper article about the 2003 production. The play is about Blacksburg local and Virginia Tech employee Floyd "Hardtimes" Meade (1882-1941), who was influential as a mascot performer and turkey trainer for football games. His turkeys served as an early predecessor to the HokieBird mascot representing Virginia Tech today.
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Hard Times Blues Collection 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

The Hard Times Blues Collection contains materials about the play Hard Times Blues by Lucy Sweeney and its production by the Dumas Theatre Troupe in 2003. Items include background research, correspondence, and a 2019 revised copy of the play as well as programs, flyers, photographs, and a newspaper article about the 2003 production. The play is about Blacksburg local and Virginia Tech employee Floyd "Hardtimes" Meade (1882-1941), who was influential as a mascot performer and turkey trainer for football games. His turkeys served as an early predecessor to the HokieBird mascot representing Virginia Tech today.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Barnes Performing Arts Collection

11.9 Cubic Feet 9 boxes, 1 oversize folder
The collection includes performing arts programs from around the world as well as scrapbooks and clippings about the theatre and movie industries. The programs cover a variety of genres including theatre, classical and popular music, opera, ballet, motion picture, and other genres such as horse ballet, ice skating, and circus. The programs come from numerous countries including the United Kingdom, Israel, Russia, Japan, and Poland with the majority being from the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. The programs cover the late 1800s through the late 1900s with the majority of items from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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John Barnes Performing Arts Collection 11.9 Cubic Feet 9 boxes, 1 oversize folder

Barnes, John H. (John Hancock), 1905-1979
The collection includes performing arts programs from around the world as well as scrapbooks and clippings about the theatre and movie industries. The programs cover a variety of genres including theatre, classical and popular music, opera, ballet, motion picture, and other genres such as horse ballet, ice skating, and circus. The programs come from numerous countries including the United Kingdom, Israel, Russia, Japan, and Poland with the majority being from the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. The programs cover the late 1800s through the late 1900s with the majority of items from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) Collection,

8.6 Cubic Feet 7 boxes; 1 oversize folder
The collection includes papers, photographs, and audio materials from the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), a LA-based theatre and arts group. Materials date from the founding of the organization in 1985 until about 2000.
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Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) Collection, 8.6 Cubic Feet 7 boxes; 1 oversize folder

Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) (Theatre Company)
The collection includes papers, photographs, and audio materials from the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), a LA-based theatre and arts group. Materials date from the founding of the organization in 1985 until about 2000.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Maryat Lee, Playwright, Papers

63.54 Linear Feet 63 ft. 6.5 in. (42 records cartons, 15 in. each); (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2.5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (7 medium flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (5 large item boxes, 5 in. each); (1 small item box, 3 in.); (1 large clamshell box, 5 in.); (9 paintings, 1.5 in. each); (1 framed item, 0.5 in.); (1 plaster bust, 7 in.)
Maryat Lee (1923-1989) was an American playwright and theater director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theater. She pioneered street theater in Harlem and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community-based theater project. Materials include reports, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, posters, manuscripts, notes, scripts, screenplays, published plays, genealogical research, journals, drawings, and paintings. Also present is a piece of stained glass created by Lee, a dress worn by Lee, and an EcoTheater T-Shirt.
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Maryat Lee, Playwright, Papers 63.54 Linear Feet 63 ft. 6.5 in. (42 records cartons, 15 in. each); (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2.5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (7 medium flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (5 large item boxes, 5 in. each); (1 small item box, 3 in.); (1 large clamshell box, 5 in.); (9 paintings, 1.5 in. each); (1 framed item, 0.5 in.); (1 plaster bust, 7 in.)

Lee, Maryat, 1923-1989
Maryat Lee (1923-1989) was an American playwright and theater director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theater. She pioneered street theater in Harlem and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community-based theater project. Materials include reports, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, posters, manuscripts, notes, scripts, screenplays, published plays, genealogical research, journals, drawings, and paintings. Also present is a piece of stained glass created by Lee, a dress worn by Lee, and an EcoTheater T-Shirt.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Melinda E. Pittman Theatrical Collection

4.4 Cubic Feet 6 boxes, 1 oversize folder
The collection includes scripts, songs, lyrics, production designs, directing and production notebooks, press, interviews, audio and video recordings, and other materials related to Melinda Pittman's theatrical career.
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Melinda E. Pittman Theatrical Collection 4.4 Cubic Feet 6 boxes, 1 oversize folder

Pittman, Melinda E.
The collection includes scripts, songs, lyrics, production designs, directing and production notebooks, press, interviews, audio and video recordings, and other materials related to Melinda Pittman's theatrical career.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

The Road Company Records,

38 Cubic Feet 27 boxes; 1 folder
The Road Company records consist of administrative files, touring information, scripts, video and audiocassettes of productions, and public relations material.
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The Road Company Records, 38 Cubic Feet 27 boxes; 1 folder

The Road Company (1972-1998)
The Road Company records consist of administrative files, touring information, scripts, video and audiocassettes of productions, and public relations material.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Thomas Adriance Papers

4.2 Cubic Feet 3 boxes
The collection consists almost exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other threater literature of theater, dance, and music performances attended by Adriance.
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Thomas Adriance Papers 4.2 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Adriance, Thomas
The collection consists almost exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other threater literature of theater, dance, and music performances attended by Adriance.
College of William and Mary

Virginia Cities Collection

10.00 Linear Feet

Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Virginia Cities Collection 10.00 Linear Feet

Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

College of William and Mary

Williamsburg Players Records

8.00 Linear Feet

Collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, receipts, meeting minutes, photographs, newspaper articles, slides, as well as other material of the Williamsburg Players.

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Williamsburg Players Records 8.00 Linear Feet

Collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, receipts, meeting minutes, photographs, newspaper articles, slides, as well as other material of the Williamsburg Players.

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