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Theater

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on drama as acted on the stage. Works on facilities used to stage drama are entered under |a Theaters.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin B. Janney collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPEC-034
Scope and Contents This collection includes production documents for many of the plays Janney produced between the 1950s and the 2000s, his personal scrapbooks, theatrical programs, photographs, audio-visual materials pertaining to his numerous productions, and a personal collection which includes an original and published script collection, and an autographed and related documents collection containing documents both from contemporary actors and actresses, as well as from famous actors from the 18th and 19th...
Dates: circa 1500-2000; predominate 1940-1990

Department of Theatre and Dance, Dance Program records, 1941-2014

 Collection
Identifier: RG-21-04-03
Scope and Contents

This collection includes files, Video Home Recording (VHS) tapes, Digital Video Discs (DVD), Magnetic recording tape, publications, scrapbooks, photographs and photographic slides from the Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1941 to 2014 regarding the dance history through programs, scrapbooks, subject files and dance recordings on performance stages.

Dates: 1941-2014

Department of Theatre and Dance records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-21-04-01
Scope and Contents This collection includes brochures, press releases, and programs, and photographs from the Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance primarily documenting departmental theatre productions. The collection also includes material documenting the careers of alumni and faculty, and includes selected student theses and papers. Programs from performances date from the 1930s to the 2000s.The Subject Files contain the correspondence and history from Children's Theatre, Studio...
Dates: 1936-2015

Dr. Edward Strother theater history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-290
Scope and Contents This collection includes newspaper clippings and publications pertaining to Theater in Muncie, Indiana from 1800-1963. It clippings on the Wysor Grand Opera House, The High Street Theatre, Circuses, Walling Hall, Indiana theater, and information about Muncie’s early history. PSC 339 includes photos and negatives of actors, theaters, and Muncie, Indiana. The photographs and negatives of actors were primarily made from photographing books, including A Pictorial History of...
Dates: 1800 - 1963

Emens Auditorium Artist and Concert Series brochures

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RG-08-08-03
Scope and Contents

This collection includes brochures from Ball State University Office of Business Affairs in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1968 to 2006 regarding Emens Auditorium Artist and Concert Series.

Dates: 1964-2009

Emens Auditorium printed ephemera

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-08-08-07
Scope and Contents

This collection includes booklets, brochures, posters and programs from Univeristy Office of Business Affairs in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1963 to 2009 regarding Emens Auditorium productions.

Dates: 1959-2016

Irene Belcher theater collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-096
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials dealing mostly with her work with various local theatre groups: Children’s Playhouse, Civic Theatre, and Easter Pageant. Items include correspondence, news clippings, scripts and programs, as well as biographical information about Irene and Aaron Belcher. The collection includes three scrapbooks with newspaper clippings about the Muncie Civic Theater and Children’s Playhouse Theater, as well as letters to Irene Belcher and several photographs. An autograph...
Dates: 1916-1998

Larry and Sonja Rees Muncie Civic Theatre collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-327
Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings and general publicity collected by Larry and Sonja Rees regarding plays performed by the the new Muncie Civic Theatre in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1960 to 2009 regarding the Young Actors Workshop.

Dates: circa 1950-2009

Muncie Civic Theatre records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-070
Scope and Contents

This collection includes programs, oral history transcripts and records, scrapbooks and other material created and collected by the Muncie Civic Theatre ranging from 1931-2011 regarding the programming and history of the civic theatre in Muncie, Indiana.

Dates: 1931-2011