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

By Sarah Osorio

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

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Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

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.

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.

Box 3: Scrapbooks 7-9, 1974-1977

Item 1: Scrapbook 7, 1974 June - 1975 April

White scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays What the Butler Saw, The Glass Menagerie, The Elixir of Love, Brecht on Brecht, Don Juan in Hell, Candida, Butley, Arsenic and Old Lace, A Taste of Honey, Replica, and Two from Column A, One from Column B.

Item 2: Scrapbook 8, 1975 July - 1976 May

Red scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays Look Homeward, Angel, The Hub, The World of Sholom Aleichem, Sweet Bird of Youth, Long Day's Journey Into Night, That Championship Season, Caligula, and The Mousetrap.

Item 3: Scrapbook 9, 1976 June - 1977 April

Green scrapbook. Includes clippings and program materials for the plays Kennedy's Children, Kalmora, Billy Budd, The Blacks, The Man in the Glass Booth, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild, and A Moon for the Misbegotten.

Box 4: Loose Materials (Box 1 of 2), 1968-1977

Folder 1: Application for Grant, 1972

Application to The Virginia Commission of the Arts and Humanities to fund 70 professional performances of the Educatre Library series in school systems of Southeast Virginia.

Folder 2: Audition Calls, 1974-1975

Two audition call announcements for the Chrysler Museum Actors' Theatre and Norfolk Theatre Center.

Folder 3: Budgets, 1971-1977

Includes treasurer's reports, trial balance, operating budgets, receipts and disbursements, proposed budgets, financial reports, and projected expenditures.

Folder 4: Bylaws, Norfolk Theatre Center, Inc., 1971 February 21

Two copies.

Folder 5: Calendars of Norfolk Theatre Center Plays, 1969-1976

Folder 6: Correspondence (Folder 1 of 8), 1969

Folder 7: Correspondence (Folder 2 of 8), 1970

Folder 8: Correspondence (Folder 3 of 8), 1972

Folder 9: Correspondence (Folder 4 of 8), 1972-1973

Includes letters to board members, lists of theater staff, meeting minutes, and financial information.

Folder 10: Correspondence (Folder 5 of 8), 1973

Folder 11: Correspondence (Folder 6 of 8), 1974-1975

Includes letters to board members and meeting minutes.

Folder 12: Correspondence (Folder 7 of 8), 1975-1976

Includes letters to board members and a list of Norfolk Theatre Center members.

Folder 13: Correspondence (Folder 8 of 8), 1976-1977

Includes letters to board members.

Folder 14: Lists, Board of Directors, Company Members, Staff, and Members of Norfolk Theatre Center, 1971-1975

Includes contact information for various individuals associated with the Norfolk Theatre Center.

Folder 15: Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1970-1976

Folder 16: Membership Applications to Norfolk Theatre Center, circa 1970-1977

Includes blank forms for membership with advertising for theatrical performances.

Folder 17: Photographs (Folder 1 of 4), 1968-1969

Twelve photographs featuring Hugh Bergeron and Thea Blair in the play The World of Carl Sandburg. The reverse side of all photographs include the stamp of Howard L. Clark. Includes envelope.

Folder 18: Photographs (Folder 2 of 4), 1969-1970

Two photographs. Photographs of Hugh Bergeron and Ray Jackson.

Folder 19: Photographs (Folder 3 of 4), 1972 October

One photograph of character Dr. Chasuble in the play The Importance of Being Earnest.

Folder 20: Photographs (Folder 4 of 4), 1974-1975

Four photographs of individual actors and actresses. One photograph identifies Lee Lively.

Folder 21: Playbills and Theater Programs (Folder 1 of 8), 1969-1970

Folder 22: Playbills and Theater Programs (Folder 2 of 8), 1970-1971

Folder 23: Playbills and Theater Programs (Folder 3 of 8), 1971-1972

Box 5: Loose Materials (Box 2 of 2), 1968-1977

Folder 1: Playbills and Theater Programs (Folder 4 of 8), 1972-1973

Folder 2: Playbills and Theater Programs (Folder 5 of 8), 1973-1974

Folder 3: Playbills and Theater Programs (Folder 6 of 8), 1974-1975

Folder 4: Playbills and Theater Programs (Folder 7 of 8), 1975-1976

Folder 5: Playbills and Theater Programs (Folder 8 of 8), 1976-1977

Folder 6: Posters, 1976-1977

Includes posters for Kennedy's Children, Kalmora, and Billy Budd.

Folder 7: Programs, The Norfolk Chamber Consort, 1969-1971

Folder 8: Published Materials (Folder 1 of 3), Academy Classes, 1969, 1971

Folder 9: Published Materials (Folder 2 of 3), Educatre, circa 1970-1975

Folder 10: Published Materials (Folder 3 of 3), Festival X, 1969-1971

Includes item for Festival V.

Folder 11: Repertory Contract, Hugh Bergeron, 1969 July 23

Folder 12: Report, Norfolk Theatre Center: An Introduction and Space Analysis, circa 1975

Prepared by Washington Associates, Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 13: Miscellaneous Newsletters, 1968-1976

Fifteenth Dimension: Volume 1, Number 8 (November 1968) and Volume 4, Number 7 (November 1971); Titan Times: Volume 1, Number 23 (1970); The Clarion: January 1973 and January 1974; and Your Week In Norfolk Public Schools: Volume 3, Number 11 (1975) and Volume 4, Number 2 (1976).

Folder 14: Miscellaneous Norfolk Theatre Center Materials, circa 1970-1975

Includes an advertisement to host birthday parties at the Norfolk Theatre Center, a poem, and a May 25, 1975 flier for the Norfolk Theatre Center First Annual Alumni Picnik.

Folder 15: Miscellaneous Published Materials, 1968-1977

Includes booklets, brochures, a poster, and other materials relating to theater, dance, and opera.