Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935
Person
Biography
George Pierce Baker (1866-1935), American educator in the field of drama and first head of the Yale School of Drama.
Found in 7 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
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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George Pierce Baker papers
Samuel Herbert Fisher papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 213
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence and background material which document Samuel Fisher's service to Yale University and his research on the eighteenth century Litchfield, Connecticut printer Thomas Collier. The papers detail Fisher's involvement as a member of the Yale graduate committee on university development and his plan for reorganization of the university (1919). The papers also highlight Fisher's role in Yale's search for a new president (1920-1921) and his influence in the...
Dates:
1916-1954
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Samuel Herbert Fisher papers
Letter : [Boulder?] Farm, Silver Lake, Carroll Co., N. H., to "Mrs. Atwood", [19]18 August 15
Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137170537], Folder: GROUP 807, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS commenting on a play he read while travelling by train to Boston.
Dates:
[19]18 August 15
Letter : Lower Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Jules Eckert Goodman, 1923 October 23
Part of Collection — Box 94: [Barcode: 39002141010216], Folder: 21
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Dates:
1923 October 23
Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1231
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates:
1829-1915