State College of Washington Theatre Records, 1925-1965

Overview of the Collection

Creator
State College of Washington. University Theatre
Title
State College of Washington Theatre Records
Dates
1925-1965 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 Linear feet of shelf space, (2 Boxes)
Collection Number
Archives 42 (collection)
Summary
Contains invoices and ticket-sales records for stage productions, as well as programs, posters, correspondence, and other papers of the Washington State University (previously State College of Washington) Theatre program.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Department of Speech of Washington State University (previously State College of Washington), established in 1923, has produced numerous plays since 1925 as a function of that department. Maynard Lee Daggy headed the Speech Department from its inception in 1923 until 1946 and directed many of the earlier productions. Departmental theatrical finances, publicity, and publications were the responsibility of the University Theatre office located in Bryan Hall. In the early 1970s a new site for University Theatre productions and the Department of Speech was constructed and subsequently named Daggy Hall. Circa 1988-1989, theatre was moved from Speech and joined with the Department of Music to create the School of Music and Theatre Arts. In 2008, Theatre Arts and Dance were separated from Music, and in May of 2011 the Department of Theatre and Dance closed as a result of budget cuts.

In addition to regular theatre productions, special production units including Children's Theatre, Stage II Productions, Final Stage, The Black Ensemble, Pullman's New Summer Palace, and Stage One have existed. With the exception of Summer Palace, most of these appear to have been sporadic, and were occasionally short lived.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Contains invoices and ticket-sales records for stage productions, as well as programs, posters, correspondence, and other papers of the Washington State University (previously State College of Washington) Theatre program. The records date from 1925 to 1965, but the bulk of the records date from 1935 to 1965. Each folder is labeled with the production name and production dates. A folder for undated material has been placed at the end of the collection.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

State College of Washington Theatre Records, 1925-1965 (Archives 42)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The records are arranged chronologically by date of production, maintaining their original order.

Acquisition Information

The records of the University Theater were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University, by the theater office on August 8, 1978 in accordance with the approved records schedule (UA 78-30).

Processing Note

This collection was processed by Patricia M. Gourd in September 1979.

Related Materials

Washington State University Theatre Records, 1965-1978 (Archives 105)

Washington State University Theatre Records, 1966-1981 (Archives 209)

Washington State University Theatre Records, 1979-1986 (Archives 251)

Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records, 1980-2011 (Archives 308)

Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records, 1924-2011 (Archives 387)

Washington State University Publications: Theatre Posters, 1957-2011 (WSU 112)

Washington State University Theatre Slides, 1950-2001 (PC 146)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1 Disraeli
2 items
1925
1 2 Rollo's Wild Oats
2 items
1926
1 3 Hell Bent for Heaven
1 item
1927
1 4 The Fool
1 item
1 5 One Of The Family
1 item
1 6 Ann
1 item
1 7 The Youngest
4 items
1 8 Alice-Sit-By-The-Fire
5 items
1928
1 9 Craig's Wife
3 items
1 10 The Enemy
2 items
1 11 The Swan
3 items
1 12 The Mollusc
1 item
1929
1 13 Behold The Bridegroom
4 items
1 14 The Queen's Husband
3 items
1 15 Ten Nights In A Barroom
3 items
1930
1 16 Holiday
1 item
1 17 Blood Money
3 items
1 18 Skidding
1 item
1 19 The Nut Farm
6 items
1 20 Loyalties
3 items
1 21 School For Scandal
7 items
1931
1 22 Iz Zat So?
3 items
1 23 Service For Two
4 items
1 24 Set A Thief
1 item
1 25 The Barker
3 items
1 26 Rebound
1 item
1 27 The Tightwad
2 items
1932
1 28 A Doll's House
1 item
1932
1 29 Meet The Prince
2 items
1 30 Her Husband's Wife
1 item
1 31 Michael And Mary
2 items
1 32 Berkley Square
1 item
1 33 Heart Trouble
1 item
1933
1 34 The Ghost Train
3 items
1 35 Tons Of Money
2 items
1 36 Uncle Tom's Cabin
1 item
1 37 Death Takes A Holiday
4 items
1 38 Mrs. Moonlight
1 item
1934
1 39 Where's Your Wife?
2 items
1 40 Daisy Mayme
8 items
1 41 Skin Game
4 items
1 42 Big Hearted Herbert
2 items
1935
1 43 Boston Blues
6 items
1 44 The Wooden Slipper
9 items
1 45 The Cradle Song
7 items
1 46 The Perfect Alibi
6 items
1 47 Hay Fever
1 item
1936
1 48 Stepping Sisters
2 items
1 49 Thar's Gold In Them Thar Hills
2 items
1 50 Double Door
1 item
1 51 Harvest
2 items
1937
1 52 Passing Brompton Road
2 items
1 53 Moor Born
1 item
1 54 The Trial Of Mary Dugan
2 items
1938
1 55 Accent On Youth
1 item
1 56 Children Of The Moon
1 item
1 57 Night Must Fall
1 item
1 58 George and Margaret
1 item
1 59 Animal Kingdom
5 items
1939
1 60 Winterset
2 items
1 61 Dover Road
1 item
1 62 Our Town
6 items
1 63 The Royal Family
2 items
1940
1 64 Bachelor Born
3 items
1 65 Spring Dance
1 item
1 66 Shadow And Substance
1 item
1 67 Susan And God
1 item
1 68 Street Scene
2 items
1 69 What A Life
1 item
1941
1 70 You Can't Take It With You
2 items
1 71 The Barretts
3 items
1 72 The Petrified Forest
1 item
1 73 Time For Romance
2 items
1942
1 74 A Murder Has Been Arranged
2 items
1 75 George Washington Slept Here
1 item
1 76 There's Always Juliet
2 items
1 77 The Night Of January 16th
1 item
1943
1 78 The Heart of a City
2 items
1 79 Petticoat Fever
2 items
1 80 Brief Music
3 items
1 81 Cry Havoc
1 item
1944
1 82 Claudia
4 items
1 83 Arsenic And Old Lace
2 items
1 84 Glee Plays The Game
1 item
1945
1 85 Nine Girls
8 items
1 86 The Great Big Doorstep
1 item
1 87 Without Women
2 items
1 88 Blithe Spirit
6 items
1946
1 89 Juno And The Paycock
8 items
1 90 Ladies Of The Jury
3 items
1 91 Love Rides The Rails
8 items
1 92 Holiday
10 items
1 93 Abe Lincoln In Illinois
6 items
1947
1 94 Best Years
5 items
1 95 Much Ado About Nothing
10 items
1 96 Accent On Youth
13 items
1 97 Laura
6 items
1 98 Papa Is All
12 items
1 99 Antigone
10 items
1 100 Candida
7 items
1 101 Penny Wise
5 items
1948
1 102 Home Of The Brave
1 item
1 103 Double Door
9 items
1 104 The Women
6 items
1 105 Joan Of Lorraine
11 items
1 106 Penny Wise
1 item
1 107 The Adding Machine
6 items
1 108 The Male Animal
12 items
1 109 Helena's Boys
10 items
1 110 Many Moons
2 items
1 111 All My Sons
21 items
1949
1 112 Verily I Do
8 items
1 113 Hamlet
7 items
1 114 Bobino
5 items
1 115 John Loves Mary
6 items
1 116 The Merchant Of Venice
6 items
1 117 The Winslow Boy
2 items
1 118 Goodbye Again
4 items
1 119 Insect Comedy
5 items
1 120 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7 items
1 121 Thunder Rock
4 items
1950
1 122 The Hasty Heart
7 items
1 123 Abie's Irish Rose
6 items
1 124 Accidentally Yours
8 items
1 125 Androcles And The Lion
5 items
1950
1 126 Dear Ruth
6 items
1 127 Gammer Gurton's Needle
4 items
1 128 Our Town
5 items
1 129 The Emperor's New Clothes
1 item
1 130 The Glass Menagerie
11 items
1 131 Angel Street
5 items
1951
1 132 Goodbye My Fancy
7 items
1 133 Zelda
1 item
1 134 Richard III
10 items
1 135 The Warrior's Husband
3 items
1 136 Charley's Aunt
3 items
1 137 The Curious Savage
3 items
1 138 You Can't Take It With You
2 items
1 139 Two Blind Mice
4 items
1952
1 140 The Innocents
6 items
1 141 The Guardsman
4 items
1 142 The Father
2 items
1 143 Years Ago
10 items
1 144 Wizard of Oz
2 items
1 145 The Skin of Our Teeth
30 items
1 146 Bell, Book, and Candle
6 items
1953
1 147 Shadow And Substance
12 items
1 148 Girl Crazy
17 items
1 149 Seven Sisters
1 item
1 150 The Beautiful People
2 items
1 151 John Brown's Body
9 items
1 152 Green Valley
8 items
1 153 The Second Man
7 items
1 154 Command Decision
12 items
1954
1 155 The Heiress
8 items
1 156 Mr. Dooley Jr.
2 items
1 157 Madwoman of Chaillot
11 items
1 158 Taming Of The Shrew
9 items
1 159 Die Fledermaus
7 items
1 160 Head In The Clouds
1 item
1 161 Blind Alley
13 items
1 162 The Four Poster
6 items
1 163 The Inconstant Moon
6 items
1955
1 164 The Lady's Not For Burning
4 items
1 165 Dark Of The Moon
50 items
1 166 Moby Dick
10 items
1 167 The 13 Clocks
15 items
1 168 Time Out For Ginger
6 items
1956
1 169 Harvey
9 items
1 170 Sabrina Fair
8 items
1 171 The Little Foxes
4 items
1 172 Twelve Angry Women
9 items
1 173 Of Thee I Sing
15 items
1 174 She Stoops To Conquer
5 items
1957
2 175 Right You Are (If You Think You Are)
10 items
2 176 Arms And The Man
4 items
2 177 Plain And Fancy
13 items
2 178 The Rivalry
19 items
2 179 The Rainmaker
14 items
2 180 Caine Mutiny Court Martial
11 items
2 181 Playboy Of The Western World
9 items
1958
2 182 The Circle
18 items
2 183 Hedda Gabler
14 items
1958
2 184 The Happy Time
28 items
2 185 Visit To A Small Planet
22 items
2 186 Summer And Smoke
18 items
2 187 I Like It Here
20 items
1959
2 188 An Evening Of One-Acts
3 items
2 189 Detective Story
17 items
2 190 Susannah
29 items
2 191 Bus Stop
26 items
2 192 Kings And Clowns
7 items
2 193 Blithe Spirit
19 items
2 194 Anastasia
25 items
1960
2 195 The Indian Captive
16 items
2 196 The Lark
42 items
2 197 The Matchmaker
31 items
2 198 Michael Miller
4 items
2 199 The Rivals
3 items
2 200 Medea
29 items
2 201 The Cave Dwellers
24 items
1961
2 202 The Importance of Being Earnest
21 items
1961
2 203 The Miser
52 items
2 204 Seven Keys To Baldpate
27 items
2 205 The Princess and Swineherd
12 items
2 206 Carmen
30 items
2 207 Three Evenings of One-Acts
1 item
2 208 Greensleeves Magic
8 items
2 209 Royal Gambit
14 items
2 210 Romanoff and Juliet
35 items
2 211 The Emperor's New Clothes
6 items
2 212 Come Back Little Sheba
28 items
1962
2 213 J.B.
33 items
2 214 The Damask Cheek
22 items
2 215 Back To Back
42 items
2 216 Touring Theater
2 items
2 217 Raisin In The Sun
24 items
2 218 The Year
1 item
1961-1962
2 219 Through A Glass Darkly
3 items
2 220 Pygmalion
11 items
2 221 See How They Run
13 items
2 222 The Visit
35 items
1963
2 223 Penny Wise
13 items
2 224 Ghosts
20 items
2 225 Many Moons
6 items
2 226 Miracle Worker
21 items
2 227 The Boy Friend
21 items
1963
2 228 Elizabeth The Queen
14 items
2 229 Crime On Goat Island
66 items
2 230 Streetcar Named Desire
14 items
1964
2 231 Amphitryon 38
23 items
2 232 Death Takes A Holiday
4 items
2 233 Everyman; The Measures Taken
4 items
1964
2 234 Thurber Carnival
7 items
2 235 Twelfth Night
13 items
2 236 Man In The Dog Suit
30 items
2 237 Greensleeves Magic
8 items
1965
2 238 Tea And Sympathy
7 items
2 239 Oh Dad, Poor Dad
9 items
2 240 West Side Story
14 items
2 241 Hedda Gabler
8 items
2 242 no date: Spoon River Anthology
1 item

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College and school drama, American -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
  • Theater -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence

Corporate Names

  • State College of Washington. University Theatre -- Records and correspondence
  • Washington State University. University Theatre -- Records and correspondence

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Washington State University. University Theatre (creator)