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Yale School of Drama

 Organization

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

George Pierce Baker Pageant Collection

 Collection
Call Number: DRA 16
Abstract:

The collection consists of programs, scripts, and memorabilia relating to folk, theatrical, and historical pageants collected by George Pierce Baker in the early part of the twentieth century. The collection includes a copy of the pageant George Pierce Baker authored for the American Society of Engineers.

Dates: 1899-1939

George Pierce Baker papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 385
Abstract:

The George Pierce Baker Papers contain scripts from a scenario workshop that he taught at Yale and student papers from other courses.

Dates: 1910-1949

George Pierce Baker papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 51
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia documenting George Pierce Baker's professional activities as head of the Department of Drama at Yale University. Correspondents include playwrights, critics, actors, and producers, who had been Baker's students. The papers detail Baker's activities as a lecturer, consultant to the film series Chronicles of America, chairman of the executive committee of the American Shakespeare Foundation, and...
Dates: 1878-1958

Frank Poole Bevan Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 537
Abstract:

The Frank Poole Bevan Papers consist of theater costume designs, set designs, photographs, and other material documenting the work of Frank Poole Bevan. The papers provide evidence of Bevan's career as a designer and faculty member in the Yale School of Drama. The papers illuminate Bevan's creative life and are useful for studying the history of American costume design in the mid twentieth century.

Dates: 1914-1971

Business office, Yale School of Drama, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 729
Abstract:

The records consist of invoices, financial statements, contracts, publicity materials, tax forms, and subscription files documenting the business office of the Yale School of Drama.

Dates: 1956-1987

Edward Cyrus Cole papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 908
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, articles, speeches, book reviews, and material on the Yale School of Drama, including Cole's course notes, production notes, reports, financial papers and slides of productions. The subject files are of particular interest for the material from the early days of television, ca. 1948. Cole's work as a theater consultant is shown in the blue prints and other material prepared for theaters in Dresden, Malmo, Philadelphia and Stanford.

Dates: 1935-1978

Development Office, Yale School of Drama, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 730
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, financial summaries, donor lists, reports, agreements, job announcements, faculty biographies, grants and scholarships, and committee notes documenting the activities and operations of the Development Office of the Yale School of Drama. Included are records concerning a Yale salute to Cole Porter at Carnegie Hall, ca. 1984.

Dates: 1925-2000

Drama 50 Script Collection

 Collection
Call Number: DRA 29
Abstract:

This collection contains scripts and other materials produced as part of the Drama 50 course at the Yale School of Drama.

Dates: 1995-2001

Dwight/Edgewood Project collection

 Collection
Call Number: DRA 15
Abstract:

The Dwight / Edgewood Project is a non-profit organization that brings children together with Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre artists to create theater. This collection documents the activities of the project from 1995-2008 through photographs, scripts, programs, and administrative papers.

Dates: 1995-2008

John Gassner papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 560
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, teaching files, and miscellaneous clippings relating to John Gassner's activities as a professor of playwriting at Yale University.

Dates: 1950-1964

Earle Gister, associate dean of academic affairs and chair of the Department of Acting, Yale School of Drama, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 847
Abstract:

The records consist of subject files, correspondence, commencement files, and acting scene presentations documenting the activities and initiatives of Earle Gister as associate dean of academic affairs and chair of the Department of Acting in the Yale School of Drama.

Dates: circa 1978-1998

Jacques Guicharnaud papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 883
Abstract: The Jacques Guicharnaud Papers consist of correspondence with literary and teaching colleagues, publishers, family, and friends; autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, literary criticism, and other writings; a small amount of drafts and offprints of literary criticism by colleagues; syllabi, lecture notes, and administrative papers relating to teaching at Yale University and Harvard University; printed material including theater programs and clippings relating to theater in...
Dates: 1943-circa 2005

Pamela Jordan Yale School of Drama Scrapbook Collection

 Collection
Call Number: DRA 14
Abstract:

Collection of scrapbooks documenting the activities of the Yale School of Drama, Yale Repertory Theatre, and Yale Cabaret, 1966-2008.

Dates: 1966-2008

Marketing Office, Yale School of Drama, records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 933
Abstract:

The records consist of marketing and publicity files, including press releases, clippings, photographs, posters, programs and newsletters documenting productions of the Yale School of Drama and the Yale Repertory Theatre.

Dates: 1973-2008

Frank Alonzo McMullan papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1470
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, lecture notes, production files and prompt books, typescripts and manuscripts, photographs, costume and set drawings, and printed material documenting Frank McMullan's career in educational and professional theatre.

Dates: 1939-1976

Edwin R. Meiss papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1716
Abstract:

The papers consist of scripts and programs for five plays written by Edwin R. Meiss, a 1933 graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

Dates: 1933-1977, bulk 1933-1940

Benjamin Mordecai papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 790
Abstract: The majority of the collection consists of production programs, photographs, window cards, posters, and other publicity material relating to theatrical productions produced by Benjamin Mordecai at Yale Repertory Theatre and on Broadway. Award certificates, plaques and trophies he received as producer of Angels in America, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, and other productions are included in the papers. In addition, there are legal and financial documents, correspondence, and other material...
Dates: 1975-2005

Robert J. Hare Powel papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 494
Abstract: The papers contain writings and other materials documenting the early career of playwright Robert J. Hare Powel. Writings include scenarios, outlines, and drafts for scripts of stage plays, most of which appear to date from the late-1920s to mid-1930s. Other materials include correspondence, photographs, and a scrapbook documenting Powel's work and theater generally. Correspondence consists of letters to Powel and comments regarding productions of his plays. Photographs consist of stage...
Dates: 1869-1959

Lloyd Richards papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 176
Abstract: The Lloyd Richards Papers document the life and work of the director, educator, and actor Lloyd Richards. The papers consist of production files, professional papers, photographs, correspondence, programs, audiovisual and printed material spanning the years 1944 to 2004.The papers primarily document the professional life of Lloyd Richards through his production files, professional papers, and Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center administrative files. Production files contain...
Dates: 1944-2004

Television scripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 383
Abstract:

The collection consists of typescript copies of scripts for television programs produced by the Columbia Broadcasting System and United States Steel Hour from 1957 to 1960. Included are scripts written by Rod Serling, Tad Mosel, Leonard Spigelgass, Aaron Spelling, and George Bellak, among others. The scripts seem to have been compiled for a class on television writing which was taught by David Davidson in the Yale School of Drama beginning in the mid-1960s.

Dates: 1957-1960