David Feldshuh papers, 1972-2016.
Collection Number: 14-24-3458
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
David Feldshuh papers, 1972-2016.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-24-3458
Abstract:
Professional papers and reviews, newspaper clippings, correpondence, and programs
for various plays, including Miss Evers' Boys, a play based on the notorious Tuskegee
Syphilis Study in the African American male.
Creator:
Feldshuh, David, 1944-
Quanitities:
13.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of Theatre Arts and Director of the Cornell Center for Theatre Arts.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
David Feldshuh papers, #14-24-3458. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Professional papers and reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and programs
for various plays, including Miss Evers' Boys, a play based on the notorious Tuskegee
Syphilis Study on the African American male; also drafts of his speech at the Inauguration
of David Skorton as president of Cornell University, 2006.
Access to Boxes 4-6 (Inauguration speech drafts and Miss Evers' Boys files) restricted
to permission of the donor.
Additional material and digital versions can be found online here: http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/50075
Names:
Cornell University. Department of Theatre Arts
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Subjects:
Theater -- Study and teaching.
Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
African American men -- Diseases -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Institutes and Foundations
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Sundance Institute: Miscellaneous
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Sundance Institute: Newsletters and Articles
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Dodge Foundation: Dodge Award
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Dodge Foundation: Information and Congratulations
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Dodge Foundation: Contract Agreement and Check Award
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Dodge Foundation: Publicity
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Series II. Newspaper Articles and Reviews
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Reference 1
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Reference 2
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Reference 3
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Tuskegee Archives Material
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
The Times of London: Article
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August 8, 1992 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
The Atlanta Journal: Article
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September 6, 1992 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Mark Taper Forum
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Miscellaneous Articles
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Alabama Shakespheare Festival
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Alley Theatre
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Alliance/Time
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
American Conservatory Theatre
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Birmingham 1991
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Center Stage
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
City Theatre Company
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Washington Post
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Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Cornell
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Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Cornell (2)
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Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Ithaca Journal
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Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Dartmouth Medical Magazine
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June 1992 | ||
Series III. Programs and Study Guides
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Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
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Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Alley Theatre Programs
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Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Alliance Programs
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Box 1 | Folder 30 |
American Conservatory Theatre
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Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
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Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Buffalo Studio Arena Theatre
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
City Theatre Company
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Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Center Stage Programs
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Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Dallas Theatre Center
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Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Detroit Repertory Theatre
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Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Fulton Opera House
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Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Goodman Theatre Programs
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Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Illusion Programs
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Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Illusion Programs 1991
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Box 1 | Folder 41 |
L.A. Programs
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Box 7 |
Miscellaneous Programs and Playbills
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Up to 2009 | |||
Series IV. Theaters and Productions
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Copies of Research for New Theaters
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Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Copies of Research for New Theaters
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Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Copies of Research for New Theaters I
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Copies of Research for New Theaters II
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Goodman Theatre
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Detroit Repertory Theatre
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Dallas Theatre Center
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Illusion
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
MEB New York Production
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Alliance
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
American Conservatory Theater
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Indianapolis
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Mixed Packets
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
L.A.
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
St. Louis Repertory Theatre
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Philidelphia Theatre Company
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Pittsburgh, City Theatre
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Fulton Opera House
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Center Stage
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Ensemble Theatre, Cleveland
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Indiana Repertory Theatre
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Charlotte Rep.
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Buffalo Studio Arena Theatre
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
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Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
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Box 2 | Folder 23 |
MEB Cornell Production
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Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Cinn. Playhouse
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Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Kansas City Midwest Bioethics
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Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Madison Repertory Theatre
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Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Phoenix
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Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Tacoma Actor's Guild
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Series V. Scripts, Reviews, & Press Packets
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Box 2 | Folder 29 |
TCG Script
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Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Miss Evers' Boys Script/American Mag. Galleys
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Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Masters: Miss Evers' Boys Reviews
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Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Los Angeles Reviews
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Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Minneapolis Reviews
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Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Baltimore Reviews
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Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Atlanta Reviews
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Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Misc. Reviews
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Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Miss Evers' Boys Reviews
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Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Miss Evers' Boys: Press Packets
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Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Miss Evers' Boys: Morality At Play
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Box 8 | Folder 1-2 |
An Italian Straw Hat
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Expression | ||
Box 8 | Folder 3 |
A Christmas Carol
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1972 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 4-6 |
Fables Here and There
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1976 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 7-8 |
The Marriage of Bette and Boo
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1986 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 9-10 |
Mysteries of Eleusis
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1986-05 | ||
Box 8 | Folder 11-14 |
Cinders
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1987-08 | ||
Box 9 | Folder 1-2 |
Cyrano
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1990-05 | ||
Box 9 | Folder 3-4 |
King Lear background and Research
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1992 | ||
Box 9 | Folder 5 |
King Lear photographs
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1993 | ||
Box 9 | Folder 6-9 |
King Lear
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1993-04 | ||
Box 9 | Folder 10 |
The House of Blue Leaves
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1994-09 | ||
Box 9 | Folder 11 |
Fetu and her Friends
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1994-10 | ||
Box 9 | Folder 12-14 |
Measure for Measure
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1995-11 | ||
Box 10 | Folder 1-3 |
Measure for Measure
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1995 | ||
Box 10 | Folder 4-6 |
Perestroika
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1996 | ||
Box 10 | Folder 7-8 |
Army Screenplay
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1996-1997 | ||
Box 10 | Folder 9 |
You Never Can Tell
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1997 | ||
Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Death of a Salesman Analysis
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1997-09 | ||
Box 10 | Folder 11-12 |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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1999-09 | ||
Scope and Contents
Contains letter from director Sam Gold.
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Box 11 | Folder 1-2 |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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2001 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 3-4 |
Amadeus
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2001 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 5-6 |
Matchmaker
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2002 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 7-8 |
Arturo Ui
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2002 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 9-12 |
Antigone
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2003 | ||
Box 11 | Folder 13 |
The Cradle Will Rock
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2005 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 1-2 |
The Cradle Will Rock
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2005 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 3-5 |
The Merchant of Venice
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2005 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 6 |
All my Sons
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2006 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 7 |
Metamorphses
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2006 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 8 |
Dracula
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2008 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 9 |
Mass
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2009 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 10 |
Mass: Original score
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2009 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 11 |
Mass: summaries, script, dance
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2009 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 12 |
Mass: editing, agendas, talk throughs
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2009 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 13 |
Mass: children staging, street chorus, reviews and articles
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2009 | ||
Box 12 | Folder 14 |
Nice People
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2009 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Mass: rehearsal schedules, directors notes
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2009 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 2 |
Mass: celebrant, religion, short talk throughs
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2009 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Mass: projections, staging, character agenda/character and song
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2009 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 4 |
Mass: budget, liturgical choir, design (k Goetz), program notes
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2009 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 5 |
Mass: images, contacts, publicity, props/costumes
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2009 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 6 |
Mass: viewpoints/POV, music/soloists, research, production meetings
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2009 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 7-9 |
On the Verge
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2015 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 10-12 |
Eurydice
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2016 | ||
Series VI. Department Files
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Production Personnel
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1995-2000 | ||
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Undergraduate Actors: Personnel List from General Auditions
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September 9-10, 1985 | ||
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Undergraduate Roles by Minorities
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Production Assignments
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1993-1994 | ||
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
RPTA Auditions 1
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1991-2000 | ||
Scope and Contents
All RPTA Audition files include comp photos and evaluation sheets, resumes and contact
information
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
RPTA Auditions 2
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1991-2000 | ||
Box 3 | Folder 7 |
RPTA Auditions 3
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1991-2000 | ||
Box 3 | Folder 8 |
RPTA
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1991-1995 | ||
Box 3 | Folder 9 |
RPTA
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1996- | ||
Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Awards: Drama Bookshop Awards
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1986-1988 | ||
Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Mellon Foundation
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1988 | ||
Box 3 | Folder 12 |
A.R.T. New York, Programs and Services
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1986-1987 | ||
Scope and Contents
Cornell University Membership Card
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Bean Fellowship
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
(FD 1) Hollywood Connection
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Box 3 | Folder 15 |
(FD 2) Staffing Needs
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
(FD 3) Endowable Opp.
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
(FD 4) PAC Fundraising
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Box 3 | Folder 18 |
National Theatre of Great Britain: Press Announcements
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Box 3 | Folder 19 |
National Theatre of Great Britain: Course Suggestions
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Box 3 | Folder 20 |
National Theatre of Great Britain: Budget
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Box 3 | Folder 21 |
National Theatre of Great Britain: Correspondence
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Box 3 | Folder 22 |
National Theatre of Great Britain: National/CU Summer Theatre Program
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Box 3 | Folder 23 |
National Theatre of Great Britain: Faculty
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Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Harold Bank Fund
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Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Black History Month: Cast Me Down Productions, Inc.
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Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Eissner Committee
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Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Exploration Series
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Scope and Contents
Program, John Guare's "The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year and a Day For Surprises",
component of the Exploration Series
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Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Outreach 1
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Scope and Contents
RPTA Presentations, "Stop Date Rape", abbreviated scripts, press releases, human relations
training, etc.
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Box 3 | Folder 29 |
Outreach 2: RPTA Presentations
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Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Outreach 3
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Box 3 | Folder 31 |
PR Outreach Plays
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1985-1986 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 13-14 |
Cornell Sesquicentennial planning
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2011-2015 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 15 |
Season planning
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2001 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 16-17 |
Season planning
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2006 | ||
Box 13 | Folder 18 |
Season planning
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2002-2009 | ||
Series VII. Theatre Cornell
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Box 3 | Folder 32-40 |
Playwritting
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Box 3 | Folder 41-48 |
Speeches
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Box 3 | Folder 49-52 |
A Cole Porter Cabaret
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Box 3 | Folder 53-56 |
Theater Classroom Project
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Box 3 | Folder 57-58 |
Press
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Box 3 | Folder 59 |
Articles
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Box 3 | Folder 60 |
April 10 Event
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Box 3 | Folder 61 |
Index
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Series VIII. Miss Evers' Boys Files
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Volume 1 and Volume 2
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1986 | ||
Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Scripts
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Scope and Contents
American Conservatory, Alley Theatre, Madison Rep. Theatre, Geraldine R. Dodge Thatre
Program, and typed script
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Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Script revisions (2 finished scripts)
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Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Ideas and Structures, Acts I-III
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Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
MEB Research and Notes
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Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
MEB Research
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Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Final: May 7, 1994
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May 1994 | ||
Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Rougns
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Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Swan Dance
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July 1989 | ||
Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Medical Research
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Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Bad Blood
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Restricted
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Dance
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Scene Notes
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Brodus
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 3 |
PCT and 2 of 3 Prep
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Testimony
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Act III Rough
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Act II Rough
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 7 |
MEB Script and Notes
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Reasearch
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 9 |
CME Master Copy and other copy
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Miscellaneous Notes and Scripts
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Script Notes, Journal, Slides, Film
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Draft 10 - Annotated
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Script with Notes
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Script with Notes
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Drafts 1, 2, 15
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Rough Draft 1
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Restricted
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Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Script
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1988 | ||
Restricted
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Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Miss Evers' Boys drafts
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10/1991 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Miss Evers' Boys notes
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3/17/1992 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Miss Evers' Boys drafts
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8, 10/1992 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Miss Evers' Boys
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10/15/1992 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Miss Evers' Boys drafts
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1, 5/1994 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Miss Evers' Boys final #2
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10/15/1992 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Miss Evers' Boys HBO screenplay
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1994-1995 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Miss Evers' Boys HBO screenplay
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1996 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Miss Evers' Boys Goodman Theatre
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1991 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Inauguration speech outlines
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2006 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Inauguration speech notes
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2006 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 12-30 |
Inauguration speech drafts #1-#19
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2006 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 31 |
Inauguration speech final draft
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2006 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 32 |
Inauguration materials
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2006 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 33 |
Inauguration: notes and e-mails
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2006 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 34 |
Inauguration: press and photos
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2006 | ||
Box 6 | Folder 35 |
Inauguration: logistics
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2006 | ||
Mapcase Folder 1 |
Miss Evers' Boys poster
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Undated | |||
Box 14 | Folder 1-2 |
Season planning
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2002-2009 | ||
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
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Box 14 | Folder 3-6 |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
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1991 | ||
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
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Box 14 | Folder 7-9 |
Trials of Brother Jero
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1985 | ||
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
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Box 14 | Folder 10-15 |
Mouther Courage
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1986 | ||
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
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Box 14 | Folder 16-20 |
A Midsummer's Dream
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Undated | ||
Conditions Governing Use
Use restrictions apply.
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