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Washington State University Publications: Theatre Posters, 1957-2012
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Washington State University Publications: Theatre Posters
- Dates
- 1957-2012 (inclusive)19572012
- Quantity
- 3 Linear feet of shelf space, (4 Oversized folders in 3 drawers)
- Collection Number
- WSU 112 (collection)
- Summary
- Posters advertising theatrical performances at Washington State University, also as Washington State College, dating from 1957 to 2012.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Department of Speech of Washington State University, established in 1923, has produced numerous plays since 1925 as a function of that department. Maynard Lee Daggy headed the Speech Department from its inception in 1923 until 1946 and directed many of the earlier productions. Departmental theatrical finances, publicity, and publications were the responsibility of the University Theatre office located in Bryan Hall. In the early 1970s a new site for University Theatre productions and the Department of Speech was constructed and subsequently named Daggy Hall. Circa 1988-1989, theatre was moved from Speech and joined with the Department of Music to create the School of Music and Theatre Arts. In 2008, Theatre Arts and Dance were separated from Music, and in May of 2011 the Department of Theatre and Dance closed as a result of budget cuts.
In addition to regular theatre productions, special production units including Children's Theatre, Stage II Productions, Final Stage, The Black Ensemble, Pullman's New Summer Palace, and Stage One have existed. With the exception of Summer Palace, most of these appear to have been sporadic, and were occasionally short lived.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collections contains theatrical posters advertising theater events at Washington State University. Most of the performances are by the WSU theatre program, or by affiliated departments (speech, music). The collection is far from complete. Most of the posters were created by students.
The first set of materials are laminated posters, retained separately from others because they often have remnants of tape or other adhesives which had been used to attach them to walls, and which would damage the unlaminated materials. Series two is unlaminated posters of performances. The third series is a set of unlaminated posters originating in specific annual events. It has two main subseries, Summer Palace and Stage One.
Most of the posters were used for display before coming to the Archives, and may have pinholes, tape remnants, lamination, or other forms of defacement.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]
Washington State University Publications: Theater Posters (WSU 112)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The materials are broken into three series, with the third series further divided into 2 subseries. All series and subseries are arranged chronologically by performance dates.
Acquisition Information
The “WSU Publications” collections are an accumulation of materials transferred to Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections on a nearly daily basis. Some items are transferred directly by the University’s printing department. Many other materials have been forwarded by the Library’s serials cataloging unit. Other items come directly from university departments, and a significant number of publications have been donated by individuals. Most materials in it have no accession records.
Processing Note
The "WSU Publications" collection is an effort to amass significant or representative publications of the University. The effort began in 1955. Until 1977, the publications were managed as part of the university archives. In that year, office records were separated from the publications in order to follow the spirit of the Washington State public records laws. The separation was all but complete; nonetheless, small quantities of non-published materials, records, remain among the WSU Publications. In 1970-1975, Library employees prepared a library card catalog for the WSU Publications collection. That catalog was transcribed and adapted by Tyler Evans and Jeff Zundel in 2005-2006. This particular series was processed in January of 2012 by University Archivist Mark O'English.
Related Materials
State College of Washington Theatre Records, 1925-1965 (Archives 42)
Washington State University Theatre Records, 1965-1978 (Archives 105)
Washington State University Theatre Records, 1966-1981 (Archives 209)
Washington State University Theatre Records, 1979-1986 (Archives 251)
Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records, 1980-2011 (Archives 308)
Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records, 1924-2011 (Archives 387)
Washington State University Theatre Slides, 1950-2001 (PC 146)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Laminated posters, 1957-Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1 |
She Stoops to
Conquer, 1957 |
| 1 |
Penny Wise,
1963 |
| 1 |
Amphitryon
38, 1964 |
| 1 |
West Side
Story, 1965 |
| 1 |
Afoot and
Lighthearted, 1966 |
| 1 |
Guys and
Dolls, 1966 |
| 1 |
The Contrast,
1968 |
| 1 |
Silent Night, Lonely
Night, 1968 |
| 1 |
Little Mary
Sunshine, 1969 |
| 1 |
Black Comedy,
1969 |
| 1 |
Three by
Kopit, 1970 |
| 1 |
Summertree,
1970 |
| 1 |
Androcles and the
Lion, 1971 |
| 1 |
The Importance of
Being Earnest / One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,
1971 |
| 1 | Season Calendar, 1971-1972 |
| 1 |
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead, 1971 |
| 1 |
Plaza Suite,
1972 |
| 1 |
You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown, 1972 |
| 1 |
Peter Pan,
1974 |
| 1 |
Exyt the
King, 1974 |
| 1 |
The Little
Foxes, 1975 |
| 1 |
The Boys in the
Band, 1975 |
| 1 |
Ceremonies in Dark
Old Men, 1975 |
| 1 |
A Delicate
Balance, 1975 |
| 1 |
I Never Sang for My
Father, 1975 |
| 1 |
Purlie
Victorious, 1975 |
| 1 |
A Thurber
Carnival, 1976 |
| 1 |
The House of
Bernarda Alba, 1976 |
| 1 |
The Ballard of Baby
Doe, 1976 |
| 1 |
Fiddler on the
Roof, 1976 |
| 1 |
The House of Blue
Leaves, 1976 |
| 1 |
The Iceman
Cometh, 1976 |
| 1 |
Trudi and the
Minstrel, 1977 |
| 1 |
Born
Yesterday, 1977 |
| 1 |
The Frog
Prince, 1977 |
| 1 |
A Doll's
House, 1977 |
| 1 |
And Miss Reardan
Drinks a LittleThe Private Ear / The Public Eye,
1977 |
| 1 |
Light Up the
Sky, 1977 |
| 1 |
The Architect and
the Emperor of Assyria, 1978 |
| 1 |
Macbeth,
1978 |
| 1 |
Vanities,
1978 |
| 1 |
A Shot in the
Dark, 1978 |
| 1 |
Equus,
1978 |
| 1 |
Arms and the
Man, 1978 |
| 1 |
Tobacco Road,
1978 |
| 1 |
Once Upon a
Mattress, 1979 |
| 1 |
Kennedy's
Children, 1979 |
| 1 |
Veronica's
Room, 1979 |
| 1 |
Kiss and
Tell, 1979 |
| 1 |
Line /
Adaptation, 1979 |
| 1 |
Noah,
1979 |
| 1 |
The Shadow
Box, 1979 |
| 1 |
The Crucible,
1979 |
| 1 |
David and
Lisa, 1979 |
| 1 |
The Serpent,
1980 |
| 1 |
Madmen and
Specialists, 1980 |
| 1 |
The Sea
Horse, 1980 |
| 1 |
The Effects of Gama
Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds, 1980 |
| 1 |
Miles
Gloriosus, 1980 |
| 1 |
Happy Birthday Wanda
June, 1980 |
| 1 |
Death of a
Salesman, 1980 |
| 2 |
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead, 1981 |
| 2 |
Pippin,
1981 |
| 2 |
Heaven Can
Wait, 1981 |
| 2 |
Lion in
Winter, 1981 |
| 2 |
Two by Two,
1982 |
| 2 |
Mary Stuart,
1982 |
| 2 |
Oliver,
1982 |
| 2 |
A Coupla White
Chicks Sitting Around Talking, 1982 |
| 2 |
Diary of
Discovery, 1983 |
| 2 |
She Stoops to
Conquer, 1983 |
| 2 |
The Glass
Menagerie, 1984 |
| 2 |
Summer Palace
Calendar, 1984 |
| 2 |
Frankenstein,
1984 |
| 2 |
West Side
Story, 1984 |
| 2 |
Crimes of the
Heart, 1985 |
| 2 |
Fool for
Love, 1985 |
| 2 |
The Chisholm Trail
Went Through Here, 1985 |
| 2 |
Ubu the King,
undated (mid 1980s) |
| 2 |
Garden of
Delights, 1990 |
| 2 |
Pinocchio,
1990 |
| 2 |
The Great Cross
Country Race, 1991 |
| 2 |
Endgame,
1991 |
| 2 |
Someplace
Else, 1991 |
| 2 |
Eros and
Psyche, 1991 |
| 2 |
The Third
Wave, 1993 |
| 2 |
Laughter, Hope, and
a Sock in the Eye, 1993 |
| 2 |
Take My Life,
Please, 1993 |
| 2 |
The Miracle
Worker, 1993 |
| 2 |
The Visit,
1993 |
| 2 |
Peter and the
Wolf, 1994 |
| 2 |
The Holy Harlot of
Alexandria, 1994 |
| 2 |
Wet
Sandcastle, 1994 |
| 2 |
The Mystery of Edwin
Drood, 1994 |
| 2 |
Small Craft
Warnings, 1994 |
| 2 |
A Christmas
Carol, 1994 |
| 2 |
Proud
Moments, 1997 |
| 2 |
Getting Out,
1998 |
| 2 |
Othello,
1998 |
| 2 |
Seeing the
Obvious, 1999 |
| 2 | Nuthouse, 1999 |
| 2 | 10 Minute Play Festival, 1999 |
| 2 |
A True
Promise, 2000 |
| 2 |
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead, 2000 |
| 2 | Stage One, 2000 |
| 2 |
Broadway
Bound, 2000 |
| 2 | One Act Play Festival, 2000 |
| 2 |
Deconstructing
Eve, 2001 |
| 2 |
The Colored
Museum, 2001 |
| 2 |
The Secret
Garden, 2001 |
| 2 |
Scapin,
2001 |
| 2 |
Company,
2001 |
| 2 | 10 Minute and One-Act Play Festival,
2001 |
| 2 | Ten Minute Play Festival, 2001 |
| 2 | Stage One, 2001 |
| 2 | Wadleigh Fest 10-Minute Plays, early
2000s |
Series 2: Unlaminated posters, 1921-2012Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 3 |
Nothing But the
Truth, 1921 |
| 3 |
Tillie,
1922 |
| 3 |
Susannah,
1950 |
| 3 |
Mary Tiffany in her
"Original Dance Sketches," 1950 |
| 3 |
The Subject was
Roses, 1965 |
| 3 |
Lady Audley's
Secret, 1968 |
| 3 |
Oedipus Rex,
1968 |
| 3 |
Pete Condoli in a
Pop Concert, 1968 |
| 3 |
110 in the
Shade, 1969 |
| 3 |
Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf, 1970 |
| 3 |
Come Summer,
1970 |
| 3 |
Tartuffe,
1970 |
| 3 |
Istvan Nadas'
Beethoven sonatas, 1970 |
| 3 |
Murray Louis Dance
Company, 1971 |
| 3 |
The Good Woman of
Setzuan, 1970 |
| 3 |
Reynard the
Fox, 1971 |
| 3 |
Paul Sill's Story
Theatre, 1975 |
| 3 |
We Have Always Lived
in the Castle / The Boy Friend, 1975 |
| 3 |
Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof, 1976 |
| 3 |
Scapino,
1977 |
| 3 |
A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1977 |
| 3 |
Macbeth,
1978 |
| 3 |
Man of La Mancha /
Two by the Bard, 1978 |
| 3 |
The Sandbox,
1979 |
| 3 |
The Story of the Man
who Turned into a Dog, 1979 |
| 3 |
The
Homecoming, 1983 |
| 3 |
The
Fantasticks, 1984 |
| 3 |
Three Play for
Mother, 1984 |
| 3 |
The Importance of
Being Earnest, 1985 |
| 3 |
The Real
Thing, 1986 |
| 3 |
The Sound of
Music, 1986 |
| 3 |
Rashomon,
1986 |
| 3 |
Redneck Girl,
1986 |
| 3 |
Footlight
Frenzy, 1987 |
| 3 |
Romeo and
Juliet, 1987 |
| 3 |
I Never Saw Another
Butterfly, 1987 |
| 3 |
To Gillian on her
37th Birthday, 1987 |
| 3 |
The Best in the
Northwest, 1988 |
| 3 |
Strange Snow,
1988 |
| 3 |
The Three
Sisters, 1988 |
| 3 |
The Unseen
Hand, 1988 |
| 3 |
Dark of the
Moon, 1988 |
| 3 |
Terra Nova,
1989 |
| 3 |
Why Hanna's Skirt
Won't Stay Down, 1989 |
| 3 |
Shivaree,
1989 |
| 3 |
Paint Your
Wagon, 1989 |
| 3 |
Come Back to the 5
and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 1989 |
| 3 |
Dreamers,
1989 |
| 3 |
Performing Arts
Centennial Gala, 1990 |
| 3 |
Morning's at
Seven, 1990 |
| 3 |
Mixed Nuts,
1990 |
| 3 |
Medea,
1991 |
| 3 |
End of the
World, 1991 |
| 3 |
Can the Boys Next
Door Make Sense of the "Normal" World?, 1991 |
| 3 |
On the Verge,
1991 |
| 3 |
Tartuffe,
1991 |
| 3 |
The Mikado,
1992 |
| 3 |
Showcase on the Arts
Gala, 1993 |
| 3 |
A Streetcar Named
Desire, 1993 |
| 3 |
God’s
Country, 1993 |
| 3 |
Shooting
Stars, 1993 |
| 3 |
Bye Bye
Birdie, 1994 |
| 3 |
Missing
Faces, 1994 |
| 3 |
The Comedy of
Errors, 1995 |
| 3 |
Fool for
Love, 1995 |
| 3 |
The Tempest,
1995 |
| 3 |
Guys and
Dolls, 1996 |
| 3 |
Moonnot
August, 1996 |
| 3 |
Picnic,
1996 |
| 3 |
WYSIWYG,
1996 |
| 3 |
The Grapes of
Wrath, 1997 |
| 3 | Season Calendar, 1997-1998 |
| 3 |
A Doll's
House, 1997 |
| 3 |
Of Mice and
Men, 1997 |
| 3 |
The Night of the
Iguana, 1998 |
| 3 |
Grapes!,
1998 |
| 3 | Season Calendar, 1998-1999 |
| 3 |
Everyman,
1998 |
| 3 |
Sweeney Todd,
1999 |
| 3 |
RUR 2000,
1999 |
| 3 |
For Colored Girls
Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,
2000 |
| 3 |
The Good
Doctor, 2000 |
| 3 |
Charlotte's
Web, 2000 |
| 3 |
Tintypes,
2000 |
| 3 |
Godspell,
2000 |
| 3 |
Macbeth,
2001 |
| 3 |
Dancing at
Lughnasa, 2002 |
| 3 |
A Flea in her
Ear, 2002 |
| 3 |
Johnnie B.
Goode, 2003 |
| 3 |
Five Women Wearing
the Same Dress, 2003 |
| 3 |
Equus,
2003 |
| 3 |
Six Degrees of
Separation, 2004 |
| 3 |
The Taming of the
Shrew, 2004 |
| 3 |
Dance For My
Father, 2004 |
| 3 |
Death and the King's
Horseman, 2005 |
| 3 |
Tales of the Lost
Formicans, 2005 |
| 3 |
Crimes of the
Heart, 2005 |
| 3 |
Romeo and
Juliet, 2005 |
| 3 |
Dragonwings,
2006 |
| 3 |
The Elephant
Man, 2006 |
| 3 |
Viva La
Danse, 2006 |
| 3 |
A Lie of the
Mind, 2006 |
| 3 |
Metamorphoses, 2006 |
| 3 |
The Golden
Age, 2007 |
| 3 |
The Miss Firecracker
Contest, 2007 |
| 3 |
DancEmotion,
2007 |
| 3 |
Enduring
Spirit, 2007 |
| 3 |
Titus
Andronicus, 2007 |
| 3 |
The
Exonerated, 2008 |
| 3 |
Passion,
2008 |
| 3 |
Sylvia,
2008 |
| 3 |
Let the Good Times
Roll, 2008 |
| 3 |
Transitions,
2008 |
| 3 |
Raised in
Captivity, 2009 |
| 3 |
The Heidi
Chronicles, 2009 |
| 3 |
Dance in
Concert, 2009 |
| 3 |
Dracula,
2009 |
| 3 |
Just Move!,
2009 |
| 3 |
The Glass
Menagerie, 2010 |
| 3 |
Dance for
Haiti, 2010 |
| 3 |
End Days,
2010 |
| 3 |
Barefoot in the
Park, 2010 |
| 3 |
United We
Dance, 2010 |
| 3 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde, 2010 |
| 3 |
Play it Again,
Sam, 2011 |
| 3 |
The Shape of
Things, 2011 |
| 3 |
The Laramie
Project, 2011 |
| 3 |
A Midsummer Night's
Dream, 2012 |
| 3 | 10 Minute Play Festival, early
2000s |
Series 3: Unlaminated posters, performance series, 1969-2000sReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 4 | Crimson Company (3 posters),
undated |
Subseries 3.1: Summer Palace,
1969-1999 |
|
| Folder | |
| 4 | 1969 |
| 4 | 1970 (3 different posters)
|
| 4 | 1971 |
| 4 | 1974 |
| 4 | 1975 |
| 4 | 1981 |
| 4 | 1986 |
| 4 | 1988 |
| 4 | 1990 |
| 4 | 1991 |
| 4 | 1992 |
| 4 | 1993 |
| 4 | 1994 |
| 4 | 1995 |
| 4 | 1997 |
| 4 | 1999 |
Subseries 3.2: Stage One (note: 2001 &
2001 posters are in the laminated materials) |
|
| Folder | |
| 4 | 1999 |
| 4 | 2002 |
| 4 | 2003 |
| 4 | 2004 |
| 4 | 2005 |
| 4 | 2006 |
| 4 | 2007 |
| 4 | 2008 |
| 4 | 2009 |
| 4 | 2010 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College and school drama, American -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
- Theater -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
- Theatrical Posters, American
Corporate Names
- Washington State University. University Theatre -- Records and correspondence
- Washington State University. University Theatre Summer Palace Productions -- Records and correspondence
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- Washington State University. University Theatre Summer Palace Productions (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English.
2018
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