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Theater -- California, Southern -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

John Edward Blankenchip papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0356
Abstract

Papers of John Edward Blankenchip, professor emeritus of the USC School of Theatre. Blankenchip joined USC in 1955, just a decade after the drama department was founded by playwright and director William C. DeMille, and continued to teach classes in directing and experimental theatre at the school until a month before he died at the age of 89.

Dates: circa 1900-2007, undated

Larry C. Kephart Christopher Street West collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-111
Abstract Christopher Street West slogan selection records, button designs, and drafts of the anthem for the 1982 Los Angeles pride parade and festival. Larry C. Kephart served as a board member and treasurer of Christopher Street West during the 1980s.Photographs of the Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE); photograph fair entries; collections of original erotic artwork, ranging from prints, drawings, and greeting cards; and related ephemera like certificates of...
Dates: 1982-2008

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

Diane Thoreau theatre playbills scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275053947645]
Identifier: 6055
Abstract

Large scrapbook created by Diane Thoreau containing playbills and programs for theatrical performances in Los Angeles and New York, 1940-1949. Ms. Thoreau was a high school teacher in Ventura County who donated this scrapbook to the USC School of Theatre in 2002.

Dates: 1940 - 1949

Juliet Spohn Twomey collection of theatre playbills

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6054
Abstract

Theatre playbills from New York, Los Angeles, and Pasadena. Includes many Federal Theatre Project playbills.

Dates: 1929 - 1945