Norfolk Theatre Center Scrapbooks, 1968-1977
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Brief Description: Nine June 1968 to April 1977 scrapbooks covering each season of plays and other productions at the Norfolk Theatre Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include clippings, theater programs and playbills, advertisements, calendars, booklets, budgets, meeting minutes, photographs, correspondence, and other materials collected by Hugh Bergeron during his time as an actor and active Board member. The 1976-1977 season materials reflect the name change from Norfolk Theatre Center to Stage Downunder at Scope.
Held at:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Slover Library
235 East Plume Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 7574317429
Email: localhistory [at] norfolk.gov
Record Series Number: 001/01/MSS 0000-094
Created by: Bergeron, Hugh (1926-2010)
Volume: 5.0 Boxes
Acquired: 11/24/2014.
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order. Loose materials have been separated into folders and are arranged in alphabetical order by record type.
Biographical Note for Bergeron, Hugh (1926-2010) : Hubert Bunn Bergeron, Jr. was born on June 30, 1926 in Spring Hope, North Carolina. Bergeron served in the United States Army during World War II. He married Betty Palmer. Bergeron taught for 42 years at Norfolk Public Schools, including Norview High School, Lake Taylor High School, and Booker T. Washington High School. He also taught at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece. Bergeron was co-founder of the Norfolk Theatre Center and past president of the Little Theatre of Norfolk. He died on September 10, 2010 in Waldorf, Maryland and was buried at Oak Dale Cemetery in Spring Hope, North Carolina.
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.
Subject Index
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Repertory theater
Theater
Virginia--Social life and customs
Genres/Forms of Material
Admission tickets
Application forms
Booklets
Brochures
Budgets
Bulletins
Bylaws (administrative records)
Calendars
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts
Correspondence
Fliers (printed matter)
Lists (document genres)
Membership lists
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters
Photographs
Playbills
Posters
Printed ephemera
Publications (document genre)
Reports
Scrapbooks
Theater programs
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Rights/Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Notes: Unknown
PreferredCitation: Norfolk Theatre Center Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-094, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.