University Theatre Photographs, 1916-1968

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Oregon State University. Dept. of Speech Communication.
Title
University Theatre Photographs
Dates
1916-1968 (inclusive)
1924-1961 (bulk)
Quantity
2.3 cubic feet, including 1925 photographs, (7 boxes, including 1 oversize box)
Collection Number
P 112
Summary
The University Theatre Photographs consist of images of theater productions at Oregon State University, set design and construction, make-up sessions, and costumes.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Dramatic productions began at Oregon Agricultural College in the 1890s; the Mask and Dagger Club was formed in 1912 "to encourage and promote dramatic work". A theater program was formally established in 1920 as part of a new Public Speaking and Dramatics Department (now the Speech Communication Department). Dramatic productions were presented at the Majestic Theater in downtown Corvallis and a small theater in Benton Hall until 1950 when a campus structure was remodeled into the Mitchell Playhouse. The University Theatre moved to Withycombe Hall in 1991 after Mitchell Playhouse was declared unsafe.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The University Theatre Photographs consist primarily of images of dramatic productions at Oregon State from the 1920s through 1950s. The collection also includes images of set and scene construction, make-up sessions, and costume design as well as portrait photographs of individual cast members. Photographs of theater productions at the Majestic Theater as well as the Mitchell Playhouse on campus are part of the collection. Several images of the Oregon Agricultural College debate team are also included. Many of the photographs were taken by Hise Studio and Howell's Studio of Corvallis.

The collection includes a variety of formats: photographic prints, acetate (safety) and nitrate negatives, digital prints, and color transparencies. A majority of the collection (~1300 items) consists of photographic or digital prints, many with accompanying camera negatives. The negatives number about 600 total; about 150 are nitrate negatives. Most of the negatives are 8x10 inches; some are 4x5 or 5x7 and there are a few 35 mm negative frames. There are accompanying photographic prints or digital prints for most of the negatives in the collection. Digital prints are low-resolution prints from scans of nitrate negatives for which there are no photographic prints. Photographic prints for which the original nitrate negative is part of the collection, but has a different number, have been labelled as such. The collection also includes 6 color positive transparencies (5x7 and 8x10 inches).

The images in Series I have been assigned individual item numbers. Item numbers P112:001 - P112:487 were assigned by the Archives. Item numbers 982-25-159 thru 982-25-512 and 893-4-601 thru 893-4-661 were assigned by the Horner Museum; these numbers were retained when the materials were transferred to the Archives.

Several images in the collection are available online in the Best of the Archives digital collection.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

University Theatre Photographs (P 112), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The photographs are arranged in 3 series: I. Numbered Images, 1916-1968; II. Photographs from Play Files, 1951-1957; and III. Awards, 1966

Acquisition Information

Materials in the collection were received in several transfers from the 1960s through 2009. A substantial component of the collection was transferred from the former Horner Museum collections in 1996.

Future Additions

Additions to the collection are expected.

Related Materials

The University Theatre Records (RG 180) document stage productions at Oregon State University beginning in the 1920s and consist predominantly of play files and theater posters for productions depicted in this collection. Materials pertaining to drama activities prior to 1920 are available in the Feronian Literary Society and Mask and Dagger Club Records (RG 042). The C.B. Mitchell University Theater Scrapbooks document theater productions at Oregon State College through the early 1950s and include many photographs. Other theater photographs are part of Harriet's Collection.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I:  Numbered Images, 1916-1968Return to Top

929 prints, 317 negatives, 148 nitrate negatives, 29 digital prints and 2 color transparencies

Series I consists primarily of photographs of theater productions, most of which are identified by title and dates of the production. Many of the photographs were taken by Howell's Studio or Hise Studio in Corvallis. The series also includes portrait photographs of student actors as well as images of stagecraft, such as lighting, set and scene construction, make-up sessions, and costuming. Prints are available for most of the negatives and the series includes multiple prints of some images. For some images, the negatives and their accompanying prints have been assigned different numbers; cross references are provided for these. The negatives are primarily 8x10 inches; some 4x5 and 5x7 negatives are also included. Digital prints are low-resolution prints from scans of nitrate negatives for which there are no photographic prints. Several images of the Oregon Agricultural College debate team are also included.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
P112:001 - P112:003: Holiday
prints and negatives
May 10-11, 1946
1
P112:004 - P112:011: Androcles and the Lion
prints and negatives
Including costumes and make-up
March 23-24, 1950
1
P112:012 - P112:031: Green Pastures
prints and negatives
including make-up and scene construction
December 7-9, 1950
1
P112:032 - P112:033: The Far Off Hills
May 25-27, 1950
1, 6
P112:034 - P112:039: Hay Fever
prints and nitrate negatives
Theater-in-round.
May 25-27, 1950
1
P112:040 - P112:041: Arsenic and Old Lace
December 3-4, 1942
1
P112:042: Arsenic and Old Lace
November 1-3, 1951
1
P112:043 - P112:044: Dark Victory
prints and negatives
March 6-7, 1942
1
P112:045 - P112:046: Glamour Preferred
prints and negatives
May 8-9, 1942
1
P112:047 - P112:048: The Bat
February 16-18, 1950
1
P112:049 - P112:052: Thunder Rock
prints and negatives
December 1-3, 1949
1
P112:053 - P112:054: Craig's Wife
prints and negatives
May 7-8, 1943
1
P112:055 - P112:059: George Washington Slept Here
prints and negatives
December 5-6, 1941
1
P112:060 - P112:062: Storm in a Teacup
prints and negatives
1
P112:063 - P112:069: So This is Hollywood
prints and negatives
July 28, 1941
1
P112:070 - P112:072: Letter to Lucerne
prints and negatives
December 7-8,1944
1
P112:073 - P112:075: Dulcy
prints and negatives
May 20-21, 1949
1
P112:076 - P112:080: Years Ago
prints and negatives
May 5-7, 1949
1
P112:080 - P112:087: In a House Like This
prints and negatives
May 9-10, 1941
1
P112:088 - P112:090: Liliom
prints and negatives
March 7-8,1941
1
P112:091 - P112:108: Macbeth
prints and negatives
including costumes and make-up
March 3-4, 1949
1
P112:109 - P112:110: What a Life
prints and negatives
December 12-13, 1940
1
P112:111 - P112:115: Susan and God
prints and negatives
December 6-7, 1940
1
P112:116: Room Service
prints and negatives
February 18-19, 1949
1
P112:117 - P112:119: Going Places
negatives
July 29, 1940
1
P112:120 - P112:121: Stage Door
prints and negatives
May 23-24, 1940
1
P112:122 - P112:123: Papa is All
prints and negatives
December 2-3, 1948
1
P112:124 - P112:127: Lady Precious Stream
prints and negatives
May 10-11, 1940
1
P112:128 - P112:129: A Murder Has Been Arranged
prints and negatives
November 12-13, 1948
1
P112:130 - P112:131: The Cat and the Canary
prints and negatives
July 20, 1948
1
P112:132 - P112:135: Spring Dance
prints and negatives
March 1-2,1940
1
P112:136 - P112:138: Squaring the Circle
prints and negatives
May 21-22, 1948
1
P112:139 - P112:143: Mystery at Greenfingers
prints and negatives
December 1-2, 1939
2
P112:144 - P112:151: State of Union
prints and negatives
May 6-8, 1948
2
P112:152 - P112:165: Cross My Heart
negatives
July 24, 1939
2
P112:166 - P112:171: Tovarich
prints and negatives
May 1-3, 1939
2
P112:172 - P112:176: The Scarecrow
prints and negatives
March 4-5, 1948
2
P112:177 - P112:181: George and Margaret
prints and negatives
March 3-4, 1939
2
P112:182 - P112:187: Joan of Lorraine
prints and negatives
February 13-14, 1948
2
P112:188 - P112:196: High Tor
prints and negatives
includes stage sets and props
December 2-3, 1938
2
P112:197 - P112:201: School for Scandal
prints and negatives
May 6-7, 1938
2
P112:202 - P112:203: The Ivory Door
May 8-9, 1936
2
P112:204 - P112:205: Young April
December 9-11, 1943
2
P112:206 - P112:208: Personal Appearance
March 17-18, 1944
2
P112:209 - P112:212: The Torchbearers
prints and negatives
March 1-2, 1945
2
P112:213 - P112:216: Mrs. Partridge Presents
prints and negatives
May 11-12, 1945
2
P112:217 - P112:218: Fly Away Home
prints and negatives
March 4-5, 1943
2
P112:219 - P112:223: Snafu
prints and negatives
December 6-7, 1945
2, 6
P112:224 - P112:234: Merchant of Venice
prints, nitrate negatives, and digital prints (from nitrate negatives)
March 6-7, 1931
2
P112:235 - P112:240: Outward Bound
prints and negatives
March 7-8, 1946
2
P112:241 - P112:242: The Streets of New York
December 13-14, 1935
2
P112:243 - P112:244: Apple of His Eye
prints and negatives
November 15-16, 1947
2
P112:245 - P112:247: First Lady
prints and negatives
December 10-11, 1937
2
P112:248 - P112:247: First Lady
prints and negatives
December 10-11, 1937
2
P112:248 - P112:252: Blithe Spirit
negatives
Including make-up
November 15-16, 1946
2
P112:253 - P112:256: Three Cornered Moon
negatives
March 6-7, 1936
2
P112:257 - P112:262: Dear Ruth
prints and negatives
including make-up
December 5-6, 1946
2
P112:263 - P112:266: East Lynne
prints and negatives
including make-up
February 7-8, 1947
2
P112:268: Stage miniatures
for negative see 982-25-441
2
P112:269 - P112:273: R.U.R.
prints and negatives
March 5-6, 1937
2
P112:274 - P112:280: Little Foxes
prints and negatives
including make-up
March 6-7, 1947
2
P112:281 - P112:284: Ladies of the Jury
prints and negatives
May 7-8, 1937
2
P112:285 - P112:286: The Haunted House
prints and negatives
May 23-24, 1947
2
P112:287 - P112:289: The Ship
February 11-12, 1938
2
P112:290 - P112:292: Act Your Age
prints and negatives
July 25, 1938
2
P112:293 - P112:301: Claudia
prints, negatives, and 5x7 color transparencies
December 4-5, 1947
3
P112:302 - P112:325: I Remember Mama
prints and negatives
Includes set construction, costume design, and group cast photos.
May 8-10, 1947
3
P112:326: Oregon Agricultural College Debating Team "Oregon to Maine"
postcard print
Robert Kerr, Blair Stewart and Edgar DeSpain, see also P112:487
1925
3
P112:327: Unidentified portrait
3
P112:328: Norma Cass
1947
3
P112:329: Burton Ryman
1947
3
P112:330: Marjorie Guerber
1947
3
P112:331: Richard Howell
1947
3
P112:332: Lillian Bergstrom
3
P112:333: Vivian Ollila
1947
3
P112:334: John Talbot
1947
3
P112:335: Shirley Olson
1947
3
P112:336: Wayne Robbins
1947
3
P112:337: Maurine Holmes
1947
3
P112:338: Earl Prebezac
1948
3
P112:339: Elizabeth Barnes (center) with group
3
P112:340: Jean Heatherington
3
P112:341- P112:342: Walter Hampden
7
P112:343: Scene from Walter Hampden's production of Caponsacchi with Mr. Hampden as Caponsacchi
3
P112:344 - P112:347: Allison's House
1931
3
P112:348: Pierro by the Light of the Moon
1922
3
P112:349: Suppressed Desire
1922
3
P112:350 - P112:353: A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 1921
3
P112:354: The Neighbors
1921
3
P112:355: Adam and Eve
December 1923
3
P112:356: Holly Tree Inn
1922
3 1923
3
P112:358 - P112:359: Life of David Garrick
December 1924
3
P112:360: The Flower of Yeddo
January 1921
3
P112:361: Sham
March 1924
3
P112:362 - P112:365: Ten Nights in a Barroom
Includes set construction.
November 1930
3
P112:366: Loyalties
June 1929
3
P112:367: Pomander Walk
1922
3
P112:368: The Man That Married a Dumb Wife
December 1916
3
P112:369: Arsenic and Old Lace
1952
3
P112:370: Cradle Song
1952
3
P112:371: Born Yesterday
1952
3
P112:372 - P112:374: Holiday
1957
3
P112:375 - P112:377: Autumn Garden
1953
3
P112:378 - P112:380: Merchant of Venice, Shylock
3
P112:381 - P112:388: The Seige
3
P112:389: Winslow
1952
3
P112:390: Snafu
circa 1950s
3
P112:391 - P112:392: School for Scandal
3
P112:393: Squaring the Circle
3
P112:394 - P112:395: Green Pastures
1952
3
P112:396: The Queen's Husband
3
P112:397: The Japanese Girl
3
P112:398: Trimplet
1927
3
P112:399: Heaven Can Wait
3
P112:400 - P112:402: The Rivals
1928
P112:403 - P112:412: Stagecraft
circa 1920s-1940s
Box
3
P112:403: Lighting
3
P112:404: Models stage
1924
3
P112:405: Set construction
1931
3
P112:406: Scene shop
3
P112:407 - P112:408: Death Takes a Holiday
Make-up.
1933
3
P112:409 - P112:410: Make-up
3
P112:411: Mitchell Playhouse stage
3
P112:412: Rehearsal
1924
Box
3
P112:413 - P112:414: National Collegiate Players depart for their annual 40-mile trip to the logging camp of the Corvallis Lumber Company
See 1925 Beaver p. 293.
1924
P112:415 - P112:445: Various productions
1931-1938
Box
3
P112:418 - P112:422: The Crows Nest (stagecraft)
1931
3
P112:424: High Tor
1938
3
P112:428 - P112:429: Mollusc
1933
3
P112:439 - P112:440: Death Takes a Holiday
1933
3
P112:442 - P112:445: Death Takes a Holiday
1933
Box
3
P112:446: The Three Musketeers
3
P112:447 - P112:450: Claudia
1947
3
P112:451: Elaine Mikelson
circa 1940
3
P112:452 - P112:454: Jean Heatherington
circa 1940
3
P112:455 - P112:456: Eleanor Kent
circa 1940
3
P112:457: Robert Alexander
circa 1940
3
P112:458 - P112:459: Jean Floyd
circa 1940
3
P112:460 - P112:461: Bob Morse
circa 1940
3
P112:462: Lew Hates
circa 1940
3
P112:463 - P112:464: Nancy Day
circa 1940
3
P112:465 - P112:466: Earl Meeker
circa 1940
3
P112:467: Alnora Piece
circa 1940
3
P112:468: Marion McCauley
circa 1940
3
P112:469: Donna Beckman
circa 1940
3
P112:470: Heloise Lee
circa 1940
3
P112:471: Dave Bourassa
circa 1940
3
P112:472: Patsy Robertson
circa 1940
3
P112:473: Maxine Shaw
circa 1940
3
P112:474: Eugene McMillian
circa 1940
3
P112:475: Bob Kellogg
circa 1940
3
P112:476: Charles Sperr
circa 1940
3
P112:477: Carolyn Hobson
circa 1940
3
P112:478: Marilyn Wunder
circa 1940
3
P112:479: Robin Batcheller
circa 1940
3
P112:480: Billy Jo Waters
circa 1940
3
P112:481: Jack Talbot
circa 1940
3
P112:482: Tom Hart
circa 1940
3
P112:483: Tom Hardy
circa 1940
3
P112:484: Mary Boales
circa 1940
6
P112:485: Workshop theater
7 nitrate negatives
Includes promotional poster for Skidding, plans for set/scene design, and costume construction [for print see 982-25-378].
circa 1930
P112:486 - P112:487: Oregon Agricultural College Debating Team
Robert Kerr, Blair Stewart and Edgar M. DeSpain
1925
Box
7
P112:486: The Pacific Speaks to the Atlantic
7
P112:487: Oregon to Maine
Box
4, 6
982-25-159 - 982-25-167: Alison's House
nitrate negatives and digital prints
For photographic prints of some of these nitrate negatives, see P112:344 - P112:347.
1931
4, 6
982-25-168 - 982-25-170: Apartments to Let
print and nitrate negatives
1931
982-25-171 - 982-25-193: Individual portraits of drama students
circa 1940s
Box
4
982-25-178: Ted Sidor
4
982-25-179: Dave Baurassa
4
982-25-180: Donna Beckman
4
982-25-182: Lew Hayes
4
982-25-184: Bob Kellogg
4
982-25-185: Alnora Pierce
4
982-25-186: Heloise Lee
4
982-25-187: Joe E.
4
982-25-191: Earl Meeker
Box
6
982-25-194 - 982-25-197: The Crows Nest (stagecraft)
nitrate negatives
For prints of these nitrate negatives see P112:418 - P112:422
1931
4, 6
982-25-198 - 982-25-232 : Death Takes a Holiday
nitrate negatives and prints
For prints of some of these nitrate negatives see P112:407 - P112:408, and P112:439 - P112:440 and P112:442 - P112:445
1933
4, 6
982-25-233 - 982-25-240 : Devil in the Cheese
nitrate negative and prints
1929
4, 6
982-25-241 - 982-25-251 : Dover Road
nitrate negatives and prints
1929
4, 6
982-25-252 - 982-25-254 : Hell Bent for Heaven
nitrate negatives, photographic print, and digital print
1930
4
982-25-255 - 982-25-259: Intimate Strangers
4, 6
982-25-260 - 982-25-265: Laburnum Grove
nitrate negatives and prints
1936
4
982-25-266 - 982-25-271: Loyalties
1928
4, 6
982-25-272 - 982-25-274: The Man who Died at 12 O'clock
nitrate negatives and print
1930
4
982-25-275 - 982-25-276: Mollusc
starring Kenneth Munford and Robin Batcheller
1933
4
982-25-277 - 982-25-282: Mr. Pine Passes By
4, 6
982-25-283 - 982-25-291: No More Frontier
nitrate negatives and prints
1935
4
982-25-292 - 982-25-294: The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1925
4, 6
982-25-295 - 982-25-301: The Queen's Husband
1929
4, 6
982-25-302 - 982-25-308: The Rose 'o Plymouth Town
nitrate negatives and prints
1933
4, 6
982-25-309 - 982-25-317: The Siege
nitrate negatives and prints
For other prints of these nitrate negatives, see P112:382 - P112:383 and P112:387 - P112:388
1930
4, 6
982-25-318 - 982-25-330: Skidding
nitrate negatives and prints
1930
4, 6
982-25-331 - 982-25-340: Ten Nights in a Barroom
nitrate negatives and prints
For other prints of these nitrate negatives, see P112:362 - P112:365
1930
4, 6
982-25-341 - 982-25-351: There's Always Juliet
nitrate negatives and prints
1932
4, 6
982-25-352 - 982-25-368: Three Musketeers
nitrate negatives, photographic prints, and digital print
1932
4
982-25-369 - 982-25-371: Three Wise Fool
4, 6
982-25-372 - 982-25-377: The Youngest
nitrate negatives and prints
1931
4, 6
982-25-378 - 982-25-383: Stagecraft (general
nitrate negatives, photographic prints, and digital prints
For print of one negative see P112:405
1930-1931 and undated
4
982-25-384 - 982-25-387: The Tavern
1934
4, 6
982-25-388 - 982-25-405: Various Productions (not identified)
circa 1926-1939
4
982-25-406: Radio broadcast of drama production (?)
circa 1930
4
982-25-407 - 982-25-410: R.U.R.
1935
4
982-25-411 - 982-25-413: Lady Precious Stream
1940
4
982-25-414 - 982-25-417: Hell Bent for Heaven
1934
4
982-25-418 - 982-25-420: George Washington Slept Here
1941
4
982-25-421 - 982-25-424: In a House Like This
1941
4
982-25-425 - 982-25-426: The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife
Summer Session 1930
4
982-25-427 - 982-25-430: The Ship
1938
4
982-25-431 - 982-25-433: The Goose Hangs High
1926
4
982-25-434 - 982-25-438: First Lady
1937
4, 6
982-25-439 - 982-25-440: The Giants' Stair
nitrate negatives and digital prints
1931 or 1934 ?
4, 6
982-25-441 - 982-25-442: Stage miniatures
nitrate negatives and prints
4
982-25-443 - 982-25-448: Stagecraft including make-up, promotion and costume construction
negatives
4
982-25-449 - 982-25-450: Young April
negatives
1943
4, 6
982-25-451 - 982-25-453: The Royal Family
nitrate negatives and digital prints
1931
4, 6
982-25-454 - 982-25-456: Summer Session plays
nitrate negatives and digital prints
1932
6
982-25-459: Bargain Sale
nitrate negative
4, 6
982-25-460 - 982-25-463: Unidentified productions
nitrate negatives and digital prints
1932
4, 6
982-25-464 - 982-25-465: The Purple Door Knob
nitrate negatives and digital prints
Summer Session 1934
4, 6
982-25-466 - 982-25-467: A Weakness for Nurses
nitrate negatives and digital prints
Summer Session 1934
4
982-25-468 - 982-25-469: Unidentified production
negatives
7
982-25-470: Panic
1961
7
982-25-471: The Great Diamond Robbery
1961
7
982-25-472: The Seed and the Thorn
1960
7
982-25-473: The Girls in 509
1960
7
982-25-474: Mister Roberts
1960
7
982-25-475: Antigone
1960
7
982-25-476: The Third Best Sport
1960
7
982-25-477: Annie Get Your Gun
1959
7
982-25-478: Visit to a Small Planet
1959
7
982-25-479: Rain
1959
7
982-25-480: The Late Christopher Bean
1958
7
982-25-481: The Fourposter
1958
7
982-25-482: The Crucible
1958
7
982-25-483: The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
7
982-25-484: Anastasia
1957
7
982-25-485: Life with Father
1957
7
982-25-486: Oklahoma
1956
7
982-25-487: She Stoops to Conquer
1961
7
982-25-488: Picnic
1961
7
982-25-489: The Knight of the Burning Pestle
1961
7
982-25-490: The Great Sebastians
7
982-25-491: The Great Diamond Robbery
1961
7
982-25-492: The Girls in 509
1960
7
982-25-493: The Importance of Being Earnest
1960
7
982-25-494: Mister Roberts
1960
7
982-25-495: Antigone
1960
7
982-25-496: Life with Mother
1959
7
982-25-497: Visit to a Small Planet
1959
7
982-25-498: The Fourposter
1958
7
982-25-499: Dial "M" for Murder
1957
7
982-25-500: The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
7
982-25-501: Desperate Hours
1957
7
982-25-502: Night Must Fall
1955
7
982-25-503: Bell, Book, and Candle
1955
7
982-25-504: Ever Since Eve
1955
7
982-25-505: My Three Angels
1955
7
982-25-506: She Stoops to Conquer
1961
7
982-25-507: Diary of Anne Frank
7
982-25-508: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
1968
7
982-25-509: She Stoops to Conquer
1961
7
982-25-510: The Knight of the Burning Pestle
1961
7
982-25-511 - 982-25-512: Unidentified productions
4
893-4-457 - 893-4-475: Drama students under Elizabeth Barnes
circa 1920
893-4-601 - 893-4-658: Plays directed by Elizabeth Barnes
circa 1920s
Box
4
893-4-602: Hearts to Mend
4
893-4-603: The Wonder Hat
1926
4
893-4-604 - 893-4-605: Dolls
4
893-4-607: Tracks Pound Look?
1927
4
893-4-612 - 893-4-615: The Locked Chest
4
893-4-616 - 893-4-617: The Main in the Bolwer Hate
4 1925
4
893-4-619: A Pot o' Broth
1925
4
893-4-620: The Beau of Bath
4
893-4-621: Will o' the Wisp
1926
4
893-4-622: Martha's Mourning
4
893-4-623: The Trysting Place
4
893-4-624 - 893-4-626: The Lost Silk Hat
1925
4
893-4-627: Trifles
4
893-4-629: Joint Owners in Spain
1927
4
893-4-630 - 893-4-633: Sir David Wears a Crown
1924
4
893-4-640 - 893-4-642: The Trimplet
1927
4
893-4-643 - 893-4-644: Delight in Gold?
1926
4
893-4-645: Six Who Pass
4
893-4-646 - 893-4-648: For Distinguished Service
1924
4
893-4-649: Six Who Pass
4
893-4-650 - 893-4-652: As You Like It
4
893-4-653: Captain Applejack
4
893-4-654 - 893-4-658: The Singing Soul?
1926
Box
4
893-4-660: Workshop on scenery construction
4
893-4-661: National Collegiate Players loading scenery before departure for annual trip to Corvallis Lumber Company logging camp
See 1925 Beaver, p. 293.
1924

Series II:  Photographs from Play Files, 1951-1957Return to Top

347 prints, 147 negatives, and 4 color transparencies

Series II consists of photographs of University Theatre productions taken by Hise Studio photographers as well as department staff and students. The images depict performances and dress rehearsals as well as students operating backstage equipment and make-up sessions. These materials were separated from play files that are now part of the University Theatre Records (RG 180). They are not individually numbered. Formats include b/w prints, 4x5 and 8x10 negatives, and 8x10 color transparencies.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
4
The Milky Way
3 prints
February 15-17, 1951
4
There Shall Be No Night
4 prints
March 1-3,1951
4
Heaven Can Wait
3 prints
May 24-26,1951
4
Berkeley Square
5 prints
May 3-5, 1951
4
Arsenic and Old Lace
10 prints and 2 negatives
November 1-3, 1951
4
The Winslow Boy
5 prints
November 28-29 and December 1, 1951
4
Born Yesterday
5 prints
February 7-9, 1952
4
Autumn Garden
14 prints and 6 negatives
May 1-3, 1952
4
June Moon
17 prints and 8 negatives
May 22-24, 1952
4
Harvey
7 prints and 3 negatives
November 6-8, 1952
4
Double Door
6 prints and 7 negatives
December 4-6, 1952
5
The Male Animal
3 prints and 4 negatives
February 12-14, 1953
5
Our Town
6 prints and 2 negatives
Several images available online.
March 5-7, 1953
5
Two Blind Mice
3 prints and 8 negatives
April 30 and May 1-2, 1953
5
Playboy of the Western World
6 prints and 6 negatives
May 21-23, 1953
5
Tommy
Summer session.
1953
5
Good-Bye My Fancy
6 prints and 4 negatives
November 5-7, 1953
5
Elizabeth the Queen
17 prints and 12 negatives
December 3-5, 1953
5
Blithe Spirit
6 prints
February 11-13, 1954
5
Taming of the Shrew
3 prints
All the images available online.
March 4-6, 1954
5
The Man Who Came to Dinner
13 prints and 4 negatives
April 29-30 and May 1, 1954
5
Ten Little Indians
6 prints and 5 negatives
May 20-22, 1954
5
Affairs of State
4 prints and 6 negatives
November 4-6, 1954
5
Heart Break House
9 prints and 6 negatives
December 2-4, 1954
5
The Country Girl
7 prints and 9 negatives
February 10-12, 1955
5
Sabrina Fair
9 prints, 6 negatives, and 2 color transparencies
March 3-5, 1955
5
My Three Angels
6 prints and 7 negatives
May 5-6, 1955
5
The Torchbearers
10 prints, 5 negatives, and 2 color transparencies
May 26-28, 1955
5
Ever Since Eve
5 prints and 4 negatives
1955
5
Bell, Book, and Candle
13 prints and 6 negatives
November 3-5, 1955
5
Night Must Fall
9 prints and 4 negatives
December 1-3, 1955
5
The Late George Apley
5 prints and 10 negatives
February 9-11, 1956
5
The Glass Menagerie
4 prints and 5 negatives
March 1-3, 1956
5
The Solid Gold Cadillac
5 prints
May 3-5, 1956
5
The Curious Savage
9 prints and 8 negatives
May 24-26, 1956
5
Time Out for Ginger
August 1956
5
Present Laughter
4 prints
November 1-3, 1956
5
Oklahoma
38 prints
Images of the cast and surry and the lead actors available online.
November 28-30, 1956
5
Life with Father
19 prints
February 7-9, 1957
5
The Desperate Hours
16 prints
February 28, and March 1-2, 1957
5
The Guest Cottage
6 prints
May 23-25, 1957
5
The Parlor Story
3 prints
July 31 and August 1, 1957
5
Teahouse of the August Moon
2 prints
November 7-9, 1957
5
Anastasia
3 prints
May 2-4, 1957
5
Dial "M" for Murder
4 prints
December 5-7, 1957

Series III:  Awards, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box 4

2 prints

Series III consists of photographic prints depicting theater professor D. Palmer Young presenting the Drama Scholarship Award to a student at the 1966 Masque and Dagger Banquet. The scholarship later became known as the D. Palmer Young Memorial Scholarship. Tracy Blackstone (a student) is shown in the background. The photographs were taken by Gertrude Cortright.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • College and school drama, American--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Drama--Study and teaching--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • Mask and Dagger Club (Oregon Agricultural College)
  • Oregon State College--Students.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Color transparencies.
  • Digital prints.
  • Film negatives.
  • Nitrate negatives.
  • Photographic prints.

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Hise Studio. (creator)
    • Howell's Studio. (creator)
    • Oregon State Agricultural College. Dept. of Public Speaking and Dramatics. (creator)
    • Oregon State College. Dept. of Speech. (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Dept. of Speech. (creator)
    • Oregon State University. Dept. of Theatre. (creator)