Theatre Department Historical Materials, 1928-33, 1947-83

Description: Historical Materials contain correspondence, minutes, financial reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, and publications relating to the Speech and Theatre Departments, University Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and concerning faculty, personnel, scripts and production notes for University Theatre plays (1951, 1960-63, 1979), photographs of department staff, students, and alumni, minutes of the Illini Theatre Guild (1928-33), Mask and Bauble ritual and membership lists (1954-57), National Collegiate Players ritual and bylaws, Pierrots pledge book, finances, and music and lyrics for Pierrots' production of Nada (1928), and biographical information on Clara Behringer, Harold Hillebrand, Joseph Scott, Webster Smalley, and Wesley Swanson, lists of University Theatre productions (1950-71) and financial reports (1962-64, 1972), and resource materials on early modern European and English drama and theatres.