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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Norfolk Theatre Center Scrapbooks, 1968-1977
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-094
Primary Creator: Bergeron, Hugh (1926-2010)
Extent: 5.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order. Loose materials have been separated into folders and are arranged in alphabetical order by record type.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Subjects: Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century, Repertory theater, Theater, Virginia--Social life and customs
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: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
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.
Biographical Note
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.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
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 Source:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Norfolk Theatre Center Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-094, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed November 13, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Scrapbooks 1-3, 1968-1971],
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Box 2: Scrapbooks 4-6, 1971-1974],
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Box 3: Scrapbooks 7-9, 1974-1977],
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Box 4: Loose Materials (Box 1 of 2), 1968-1977],
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Box 5: Loose Materials (Box 2 of 2), 1968-1977],
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All]
- Box 1: Scrapbooks 1-3, 1968-1971
- Item 1: Scrapbook 1, 1968 June - 1969 June
- Green scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays Waiting for Godot, The World of Carl Sandburg, The Sleeping Spazzzz, Astro Spazzzz, Chop-Chop Chopper, A Happening, A Thurber Carnival, Hedda Gabler, She Stoops to Conquer, and The Glass Menagerie. Also includes advertisements for The National Theatre of the Deaf.
- Item 2: Scrapbook 2, 1969 June - 1970 May
- Green scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays Waiting for Godot, The Glass Menagerie, The Homecoming, Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, The Killing of Sister George, The Second Shepherd's Play, Happenings, All My Sons, The Hasty Heart, Zoo Story, and Endgame. Also includes information on plays performed as part of Festival V.
- Item 3: Scrapbook 3, 1970 June - 1971 May
- Red scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays A Man For All Seasons, Collision Course, What Became of Momma, Pinocchio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Oh, What a Lovely War!, Dylan, Waiting for Godot, The Boys In the Band, The Good Woman of Setzuan, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and Endgame. Also includes information on plays performed as part of Festival X.
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Scrapbooks 1-3, 1968-1971],
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Box 2: Scrapbooks 4-6, 1971-1974],
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Box 3: Scrapbooks 7-9, 1974-1977],
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Box 4: Loose Materials (Box 1 of 2), 1968-1977],
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Box 5: Loose Materials (Box 2 of 2), 1968-1977],
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All]
