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Performing Arts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Company Theatre records

 Collection
Identifier: 7106
Abstract The Company Theatre records document the activities and history of the Company Theatre, an experimental, groundbreaking theater company founded in Los Angeles in 1967. Several USC students and graduates were among the Company Theatre's founding members, including Steven Kent and Gar Campbell. The Company Theatre remained active until around 1972, at which time its descendent, the ProVisional Theatre, commenced its decade-long run involving many of the same artists. The collection includes...
Dates: 1967 - 1982

Robert B. Richardson collection on Southern California Theater

 Collection
Identifier: 0242
Abstract

This collection consists of the research files on Los Angeles and Southern California theaters compiled by Robert Richardson. The focus of the files, which contain clippings, statistics, and ephemera, is the physical venues themselves (the theaters).

Dates: 1896 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1990

University of Southern California Graduate Council minutes and Appoliad Committee records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5003
Abstract

Collection includes binders of USC’s Graduate Council meeting minutes from 1916-1947 and scrapbooks of the creative arts Appoliad Committee’s activities from 1927-1945.

Dates: 1916 - 1947

USC School of Dramatic Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: 5287
Abstract The University of Southern California's School of Dramatic Arts began as the Department of Drama within the School of Speech in 1945. It was part of several other departments before it became an independent school in 1990. The records in the collection document many of the activities of the School in the second half of the 20th century and the early part of the 21st century. Included are programs and photographs from theatrical productions, photographs and documents from events including...
Dates: 1941-2007, undated