Norfolk Theatre Center Scrapbooks, 1968-1977 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Sarah Osorio

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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

Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Repertory theater
Theater
Virginia--Social life and customs

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],
[Box 2: Scrapbooks 4-6, 1971-1974],
[Box 3: Scrapbooks 7-9, 1974-1977],
[Box 4: Loose Materials (Box 1 of 2), 1968-1977],
[Box 5: Loose Materials (Box 2 of 2), 1968-1977],
[All]

Box 2: Scrapbooks 4-6, 1971-1974

Item 1: Scrapbook 4, 1971 June - 1972 June: White scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays Waiting for Godot, Midsummer's Madness, Home Free!, Aria Da Capo, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, God and the Basket Cases, Happy Days, The Birthday Party, Under Milk Wood, For A Kiss From A Lie, The World of Carl Sandburg, Seen, But Not Heard, Hadrian VII, Endgame, For Sale?, Becket, and Oh, Dad, Poor Dad. Also includes information on plays performed as part of Festival X.
Item 2: Scrapbook 5, 1972 June - 1973 May: Brown scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays Seen But Not Heard, The School for Scandal, The Importance of Being Earnest, West Side Story, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Adam and Even, The Lark, The Effects of the Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Waiting for Godot, A School for Scandal, Uncle Vanya, and A Streetcar Named Desire.
Item 3: Scrapbook 6, 1973 June - 1974 June: Green scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays Adam and Even, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Doll's House, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Charley's Aunt, Look Back in Anger, School for Wives, Home, and Dublin Quartette.