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Historic, Descriptive and Subject Files Relating to or About the William Seymour Theatre Collection, Covering the Years of Operation as a Separate Library Unit

Notifications

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

The collection includes correspondence about the founding of the collection, the gala dinner opening night (see Box 2), efforts to enlarge the collection in the 1940 to 1960s, and descriptive writings about the collection by the various curators.

Files arranged chronologically and topically.

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Gerould re: Seymour Collection, 1925-1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Presentation Sunday 29 November, 1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

General, 1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1937-1945, 1937-1945. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Archives of Dramatic Arts, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1946-1950, 1946-1950. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Summer Theatre" Materials Solicited, 1950-1966. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Marguerite McAneny "The Theatre Collection" May 6 Princeton Alumni Weekly, 1960. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mary Ann Jensen "The William Seymour Theatre Collection" Published in Special Collections, 1980. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles on the Collection from PULC and Two Unrelated Items, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mary Ann Jensen "From Strolling Players to Steven Spielberg", 1985. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1987-1989, 1987-1989. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Clippings on Historic Theatres, 1983. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, 1975-2000. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

The Circus, 1945-1963. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

East Lynne Company (Warren Kliewer), 1983. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Fletcher Papers, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Theatrical Prints, 1987. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Freedley Awards, 1980-1981. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1987-1998. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

David Baker, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mary Ann Jensen, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Theater Library Association, 1987-1997. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Presentation Dinner Letters, 1936. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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