Althea-Hunt-PapersHunt, Althea PapersGuide to the Althea Hunt Papers UA 6.028Special Collections Staff.Special Collections Research Center

2007-06-04

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-07-20 07:01:25 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard Special Collections Research Center Althea Hunt Papers Hunt, Althea, 1890-1971 UA 6.028 /repositories/2/resources/8443 4.80 Linear Feet 1926-1961 and undated English Scope and Contents

Papers of Althea Hunt, faculty member at the College of William and Mary in the English and Fine Arts departments and director of the William and Mary Theatre from 1926-61, including news clippings, articles by and about her, programs from productions, photographs, correspondence (mostly by her students), galley proofs, computer lists, and preliminary materials relating to the publication of the William and Mary Theatre: A Chronicle, edited by her. The papers contain a year-by-year summary of William and Mary Theatre activities, and information concerning theater at Ft. Eustis and Williamsburg High School, the Institute of Theater, and The Common Glory.

Biographical Information: Althea Hunt (1890-1971) was the director of the College of William and Mary Theater from 1926-1957. She was a professor in the English and in the Fine Arts departments and was named Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus upon her retirement from the College in 1961. She received her B.A. degree from Alleghany College and her M.A. degree from Radcliffe College. Althea Hunt was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: Conditions Governing Access:

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Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1981.091 acquired 09/1958, 4/12/1965, 5/5/1965, 9/29/1964, 09/1969, 01/1982, and 04/1989.

Preferred Citation:

Althea Hunt Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Related Materials:

William and Mary Theatre Records (UA 67)

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