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Seattle Junior Theatre Photograph and Film Collection, approximately 1950s-1980s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle Junior Theatre
- Title
- Seattle Junior Theatre Photograph and Film Collection
- Dates
- approximately 1950s-1980s (inclusive)19501989
- Quantity
- 2.92 cubic feet (8 boxes of photographs, 1 box of film reels, 1 vertical file, and 1 film reel
- Collection Number
- PH2017-020
- Summary
- Photographs, artwork, films, and historical materials for a children's theater in Seattle
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users, however no user access copy is currently available for 16mm film. Users may obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee by contacting Special Collections.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Long-running children's theatre company in Seattle, Washington. In 1939, the Seattle Junior League, which had been touring an annual play to the public schools for years, joined with two Seattle women to form Seattle Junior Programs, Inc. It continued to operate under various names between 1939-1984. By the end of the 1970s the name had been changed to Seattle Junior Theatre. In 1984, it merged with the Young ACT Company, a division of A Contemporary Theatre (ACT).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs, artwork, films, and historical materials from the Seattle Junior Theatre. Photographs of and artwork for productions include Abe Lincoln: River Boy; Alice in Wonderland; Are There Alligators in the Sewers of the City of New York?; The Book of Job; A Christmas Carol; The Doctor in Spite of Himself; The Emperor's New Clothes; A Frog King's Daughter is Nothing to Sneeze At; Globolinks; Hansel and Gretel; In One Basket; Jack and the Beanstalk; Jamey and the Whistling Grandmother; Legend of the Potlach and Other Pieces; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Lion Who Wouldn't; Little Red Shoes; Marco Polo; A Midsummer Night's Dream; My Friend the Fox; Peter Pan; The Pied Piper of Hamelin; Pippi Longstocking; The Puppet Prince; Puss 'n Boots; Rasmus and the Vagabond; Robin Hood; Sam Stiller, Private Eye; The Secret Garden; The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew; Tinder Box; The Tingalary Bird; The Wizard of Oz; Young Ben; and Young King Arthur. Also includes 6 reels of 16mm color, silent film of Seattle Junior Theatre productions, behind the scenes, and other topics, and a typed account of the first ten years of the program.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown for materials in boxes 1-8; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use. Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for materials in box 9 and vertical file.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 1 | Production photographs | approximately 1950s-1980s | |
| box:oversize | |||
| 2 | Production artwork | approximately 1980s | |
| 2-8 | Oversize production photographs | approximately 1980s | |
| Reel | |||
| Film reel | Production film | 1969-1970 | |
| Box | item | ||
| 9 | 1 | Print 16mm 400 ft Silent/Color
school buses/field trips, SJP programming, children in audience,
meetings, backstage work
|
1969 |
| 9 | 2 | Reversal 16mm 800 ft Silent/Color
Young Mark Twain preparations, backstage makeup, SJP performances,
libraries, ticket taking, field trip/school buses, meeting
|
1969 |
| 9 | 3 | Reversal 16mm 250 ft Silent/Color
SPJ theatre programs
|
1969 |
| 9 | 4 | Reversal 16mm 100 ft Silent/Color
Space Needle, mountain
|
1970 |
| 9 | 5 | "SJP outtakes Globalinks" 16mm 300 ft Silent/Color
|
undated |
| VF | |||
| Vertical File | Photographs and Clippings 2 contact sheets, 7 black and white photographs, newspaper
clipping: Bellevue American, 10/3/1968, "Time for Seattle Junior Programs"
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approximately 1968 | |
| Vertical File | "Seattle Junior Programs, Inc: History First Ten
Years" Typed account of the history of SJP from 1939-1949, a typed
history of the Children's Theatre, printed HistoryLink history of Seattle
Children's Theatre, letter from Reader's Digest to Mrs. Olsen about an article,
processing card from Forde Motion Picture Labs, and a Region Three Children's
Theatre Conference Newsletter (1967)
|
approximately 1960s | |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
