Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Archives 387
Washington State University. School of Music and Theatre Arts
Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records
1924-2011
5.5 Linear feet of shelf space
13 Boxes
Programs and photographs from theatrical productions
produced by Washington State University from the 1920s to 2010s. Also included are
departmental papers, programs from regional theatre groups, and student
theses.
Collection materials are in English
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.
The majority of the collection is programs, photographs, and other documents
relating to theatrical productions produced by the State College of Washington
(later Washington State University) theater programs, dating from the very first
productions (1924) to the very last (2011). This collection is more or less
supplemental to the previously existing collections (see Related Materials), but
includes the only known photographs and programs of many of WSC’s earliest
productions, and of many of the later supporting performance groups. A number of
non-final theses and student papers are included, many of which detail aspects of
WSU’s theater performances.
Series 1: Papers, Programs, and Photographs is divided into three subseries:
Subseries 1.1 is WSU theatre programs, photographs, and documents; Subseries 1.2
consists of departmental papers and photographs, and programs from other performance
programs, including the WSU Theatre-affiliated Summer Palace; Subseries 1.3 is
student papers, primarily Masters Theses which lack documentation certifying them as
accepted. Some may indeed be final copies, but they may also be drafts or unaccepted
theses. The students in this subseries are only those for whom the Libraries did not
already hold an official copy.
Series 2: Card-mounted photographs, 1949-1968 and compact discs, 2003-2011and
consists of two format-based subseries: Subseries 2.1 is card-mounted photographs
from WSU Office of University Publications and Printing; Subseries 2.2 is CDs of
performance photographs.
Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1943-1972 consists of oversized scrapbooks.
Researchers should be aware that due to the format-based series structure of this
collection, materials from a given production could potentially be found in all
three series.
The collection is arranged in a number of series and subseries, the first level of
which is based on format and item size.
Series 1 is broken into subject based subseries: Subseries 1.1 is ordered
chronologically; Subseries 1.2 is organized alphabetically by subject; Subseries 1.3
is arranged alphabetically by student name.
Series 2 consists of two format-based subseries: Subseries 2.1 is maintained in their
original numerical, and mostly chronological, order; Subseries 2.2 is also
maintained in chronological order.
The digital materials in this collection were copied over into the MASC’s non-public
digital storage during processing for preservation purposes.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records, 1924-2011 (Archives 387)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers of the WSU Theatre and Dance program were transferred to the Washington
State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collection on June
29, 2018, by Gail Siegel of WSU Performing Arts, and retained as UA2018-09. The
materials had been stored in an informal departmental library for decades prior.
The materials were processed by University Archivist Mark O’English in August to
September, 2018. During processing, photographs and programs immediately
identifiable as being from productions represented in materials already held in MASC
(listed in “Related Materials” below) were placed in the appropriate folders in
those collections. Materials which duplicated holdings in those other collections
were discarded.
The Theatre program’s working library of books was transferred to the WSU Libraries
at the same time; those are now in the public stacks and are not part of MASC’s
holdings.
Some materials were moved to Washington State University Publications 48:
Visual and Performing and Literary Arts Committee (VPLAC) / Performing Arts
One professor’s collection of 1950-1952 Northwestern University programs was
transferred to that school’s archives.
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 Publications: Theatre Posters, 1957-2011 (WSU 112)
Washington State University Theatre Slides, 1950-2001 (PC 146)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search the catalog using these headings.
Washington State University. School of Music and Theatre Arts -- Records and correspondence
Washington State University. University Theatre -- Records and correspondence
State College of Washington. University Theatre -- Records and correspondence
Washington State University. Department of Theatre and Dance -- Records and correspondence
State College of Washington. University Theatre
Washington State University. University Theatre
Washington State University. Department of Theatre and Dance
College and school drama, American -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
Theater -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
Performing Arts
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
Series 1: Papers, Photographs, and Programs,
1924-2002.
Subseries 1.1: WSU Theatre & other
campus performances, 1924-1991.
1
1
Miss Lulu Bett. Program, Photograph.
April 1924.
1
2
The Country Cousin. Photograph. Dec.
1924.
1
3
Programs: Stuart Walker's Portmanteau
Theatre; Everyman; A Full House; Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh; The Intimate
Strangers; Kempy (Moroni Olsen Players). 1924.
1
4
You and I (Moroni Olsen Players).
Program. Jan. 1925.
1
5
The Successful Calamity. Photographs.
May 1925.
1
6
The First Year. Program, photographs.
Summer 1925.
1
7
The Rivals. Program, papers,
photographs. Dec. 1925.
1
8
Programs: Icebound; One Acts: White
Elephants, The Valiant. 1925.
1
9
The Goose Hangs High. Photographs.
April 1926.
1
10
Three Wise Fools. Photograph. Oct.
1926.
1
11
Love in a Mist. Program, photograph.
March 1928.
1
12
Programs: Expressing Willie; The
Champion. 1928.
1
13
Loose Ankles. Photograph. Feb.
1929.
1
14
Programs: The Haunted House; The
Patsy. 1929.
1
15
Coed and the Brute. Photograph.
1930.
1
16
A Full House. Photographs. March
1933.
1
17
Programs: Journey's End; Hold
Everything; A Character Intrudes; The Dance of Life; The Love
Expert. 1934.
1
18
Big Hearted Herbert. Program and
photographs. Feb. 1935.
1
19
The Spider and the Fly. Program. June
1935.
1
20
Gammer Gurton's Needle. Photographs.
July 1937.
1
21
Gratitude. Photograph. July
1937.
1
22
Little Prison. Photograph. July
1937.
1
23
Sows Ear. Photograph. July
1937.
1
24
Ten Room Cottage. Photograph. July
1937.
1
25
The Winner. Photograph. July
1937.
1
26
The Elopement. Photograph. Aug.
1937.
1
27
A Little Learning. Photograph. Aug.
1937.
1
28
On a Sunday. Photograph. July
1939.
1
29
The Hairy Ape. Photographs. March
1941.
1
30
Ladies in Retirement. Program,
photograph. July 1942.
1
31
Star Bound. Photographs. May
1944.
1
32
Letters to Lucerne. Program. July
1944.
1
33
The Old Ladies. Photograph, program.
July 1945.
1
34
Lecture Program Series on High-School
Dramatics. July 1945.
1
35
Programs: Home of the Brave; A Reading
Hour; Man and the Masses; Grace Newell Faculty Recital; One Acts:
The Neighbors, The Wedding, For the Love of Allah, Hello Out There.
1948.
1
36
Programs: The International Inn; The
Rivals (UW Touring Theatre); One Acts: The Same Old Thing, The Late
Christopher Bean, The Pot Boiler.
1
37
Season playlists, programs: For the
Love of Lou; Say No More. 1950.
1
38
Blackouts of '51. Program. May
1951.
1
39
Programs: The Telephone; The Medium;
Sailing of the Nancy Belle; Down in the Valley; The Beautiful
People; The Skin of Our Teeth; Figures of Fire. 1953.
1
40
Programs: International Festival Week;
Philip Hanson Reading Recital; Taming of the Shrew (Readers
Theater). 1954.
1
41
Season playlist, program: Electra.
1956.
1
42
Programs: One Acts: Could-Burst, The
Powers That Be, Hot Lemonade, The Lord's Will, The Purple Door Knob,
Hangs Over Thy Head, A Phoenix Too Frequent. 1957.
1
43
Programs: Man and Superman; One Acts:
Minnie Field, Five Days, The Potboiler. 1958.
1
44
Programs: The Fifth Column;
Punchinello. 1959.
1
45
Season playlist, program: Carousel.
1960.
1
46
Season playlist, programs: Pride and
Prejudice (Readers Theater); Festival of Dance and Gymnastics; Dame
Judith Anderson in Scenes from Macbeth, Tower Beyond Tragedy, Medea.
1961.
1
47
Season playlist, unidentified
photographs, programs: The Curious Savage; Pygmalion (Readers
Theater); Arsenic and Old Lace; The Princess and the Swineherd.
1962.
1
48
Readers Theater clipping, program:
Under Milk Wood. 1963.
1
49
Programs: A Resounding Tinkle; The
Weather-Man's Secret; The Rehearsal; The Women; Antigone.
1964.
1
50
Programs: Look Back in Anger; A
Resounding Tinkle; Springtime for Henry; The American Dream; The
Lesson; One Acts: Are Men Superior?, The Monkey's Paw, The Egotist,
Hello Out There, Why Girls Stay Home, Masks of Angels; Of Mice and
Men (National Collegiate Players). 1965.
1
51
Programs: My Partner; Ten Nights in a
Bar-Room; East Lynne; Ten Little Indians; The Miser (Olympic College
Players); Joey; Daniel Boone; The Taming of the Shrew; The Dot and
the Line & Winnie-the-Pooh (Readers Theater); One Acts: Before
Breakfast, Fingerbowls and Araminta, Objections Overruled, The
American Dream; Double Talk & Archy and Mehitable (Readers
Theater); The Dramatic Silence; One Acts: Hot Lemonade, Mimsy were
the Borogroves; One Acts: A Bedtime Story, The Bald Soprano,
Crawling Arnold, The Last of my Solid Gold Watches, Sham;
Lysistrata; Waiting for Godot; Outward Bound; Summer Palace season
program / fan. 1966.
1
52
Summer Palace scrapbook of
photographs, clippings, programs, and ephemera.
1966-1967.
1
53
Season playlist, programs: One acts:
Weatherwise, The Zoo Story, Marriage Proposal; Marat/Sade; Any
Wednesday; Night Must Fall; One acts: Holding a Husband, This
Property is Condemned, Before we Were; An Experiment in Drama: The
Sparrow, The Twilight of the Aardvark, An Oration Against Ice Boxes;
Lovers and Madmen; One acts: The 9:00 Mail, To Soften Rocks, The
Pointed Stick; The Count of Monte Cristo; The Octoroon; Davy
Crockett; The Playboy of the Western World. 1967.
1
54
Three Penny Opera. Photographs. Jan.
1968.
1
55
Miss Julie. Photographs. April
1968.
1
56
Summer Palace scrapbook of
photographs, clippings, programs, and ephemera. 1968.
1
57
Season playlist, Dramacard, clippings,
and programs: The In-Between Key; Silverheels; Miss Julie; Many
Moons; Lady Audley's Secret; Richard III; In White America; Hansel
and Gretel; Llluuv; The Introduction; Portrait of a Madonna; The
Ugly Duckling; Christmas Package. 1968.
1
58
Scrapbook of photographs, clippings
and, programs. 1968-1969.
1
59
Programs: Family Christmas Package;
One acts: Hughie, The Hungerers, The Sandbox; One acts: The Zoo
Story, The Unexpurgated Memories of Bernard Mergendeiler, Crawling
Arnold. 1969.
1
60
One acts: Conquest of Everett, Chamber
Music, The Questioning of Nick. Photographs, program. Jan.
1970.
1
61
Season playlists, programs: Creative
Dramatics Variety Show; Reynard the Fox; Brother, You're Next;
student directing projects. 1970.
2
1
Summer Palace scrapbook of facility
and backstage photographs. 1971 ca.
2
2
Season playlists, programs: The
Enchanted Night; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum;
Franny and Zooey; student acting/directing projects.
1971.
2
3
Season playlist, programs, misc.
photographs: Christmas Takes a Bough (Readers Theater); Christopher
Sly; The White House (Readers Theater). 1972.
2
4
Programs, announcements: Breakfast of
Champions (Readers Theater); What It Is (Black Readers Theater);
Charley's Aunt, inc. review clipping; student acting/directing
projects. 1973.
2
5
Programs, announcements: Longbeard the
Wizard, The Dragon the Lived Under Manhattan (Readers Theater); Joie
de Vivre - Sometimes (Readers Theater); Murder in the Cathedral
(Readers Theater); Northwest Drama Conference; student
acting/directing projects. 1974.
2
6
Season playlist, programs: Virtue's
Reward, Spoon River Anthology (Readers Theater); Agamemnon (Readers
Theater); Carl Sandburg Sings America (Readers Theater); God's
Trombones; Story Theatre; Edgar Allan Poe His Stories and Poems;
student acting/directing projects. 1975.
2
7
Programs: The Taming of the Shrew
(Young Vic Company); Feiffer's People, White House (Readers
Theater); The Ballad of Baby Doe; The Comedies of Neil Simon
(Readers Theater); Dear Liar (Readers Theater); student
acting/directing projects. 1976.
2
8
Programs: Radio Relived (Readers
Theater); White Memoir (Eclectic Union Theatre); 6 Rms Riv Vu
(Readers Theater); Seascape (Readers Theater); The Tingalary Bird;
Born Yesterday; Out of the Flying Pan; Not I. 1977.
2
9
Man of La Mancha. Photographs. June
1978.
2
10
Summer Palace photographs.
1978.
2
11
Season playlist, programs: Trinity
(Readers Theater); Medea a Noh Cycle (Readers Theater); Radio
Relived (Readers Theater); Paper Flowers; Christmas program; Reel
Theatre. 1978.
2
12
Programs: Pacific Northwest Poets;
Robert Patrick; Developing the Self (Readers Theater); War of the
Worlds (Readers Theater); Three Plays for Mother (Readers Theatre).
1980.
2
13
Summer Palace photographs.
1980.
2
14
Clipping: James and the Giant Peach.
1990.
2
15
Theatre awards ballot, poster: The
Shadow of a Doubt. 1991.
Subseries 1.2: Departmental papers and
photographs, and programs from other performing organizations,
1924-2001.
2
16
American College Theatre Festival XVI,
Pullman, WA. Feb. 1984.
2
17
Attendance data,
1946-1953.
2
18
Bryan Hall Theater - Supervision and
operation, 1955-1988.
2
19
The Commedians. Papers, photographs.
1969-1973.
2
20
Daggy Hall planning, 1967
ca.
2
21
Daggy Hall - Design Development
Drawings, 1968 ca.
2
22
Photographs: portraits. Likely of
Speech/Theatre majors. 1960s-1970s.
2
23
Photographs: students, class, and
backstage. Undated.
3
1-2
Photographs: WSU productions.
Unidentified and undated.
3
3
Playlists. 1928-1967.
3
4
Production budgets. 1984.
3
5
Programs: Community Concert
Association. 1948-1951.
3
6
Programs: High School Summer Camp,
1935-1971.
3
7
Programs: Pullman Community Theatre.
1954-1979.
3
8
Programs: Pullman High School and
other Whitman County K-12s. 1924-1971.
3
9-10
Programs: Regional performances.
1931-1991.
4
1
Programs: Touring opera, orchestra,
music companies. 1963-1978.
4
2
Programs: University of Idaho.
1949-1990.
4
3
Programs: WSU Department of Music.
1924-1977.
4
4
Programs: WSU Pullman Artist Series /
Lecture Artist Series. 1954-1979.
4
5-6
Summer Palace. Photographs.
Unidentified and undated.
4
7
WSU Theatre Program Handbook,
Undergrad. Ed. 2000-2001.
Subseries 1.3: Student Papers,
1960-2002.
4
8
Anderson, Lauren Kay. Aristophanes'
Lysistrata. A Victorian adaptation based on the American Civil War.
1998.
4
9
Ashworth, Lillian. Medea, and it's
place in history: a criticism. 1960.
5
1
Baker, Max. Developing a script.
1992.
5
2
Bowers, Dale. Diamond Studs: the Life
of Jesse James. A musical comedy by Jim Wann and Bland Simpson.
1980.
5
3
Davis, Don C. Mixed Nuts and beyond: A
consideration of student directed one-act evenings at W.S.U.
1991.
5
4
Davis, Don C. The Terrorists: A
portable design. 1991.
5
5
Destefano, Scott C. Project notebook:
Heaven Can Wait. 1982.
5
6
Drew, Susan. Historical perspective on
the American minstrel era. 1992.
5
7
Ebert, Frederick T. Five nineteenth
century illusions updated for modern stage effects.
1985.
5
8
Feathers, Marianne Straughan.
Costuming Stop the World I Want to Get Off. 1974.
5
9
Fenton, Karen. A survey of speech and
drama in accredited Idaho high schools 1966-1967. 1968
ca.
5
10
Fogelberg-Billette, Cheryl. Senior
adult theatre. 1990.
5
11
Gallo, Colleen. Reflections of the
human spirit: the analysis and production of Joanna M. Glass'
Canadian Gothic. 1991.
5
12
Harrison, Susan B. The Miracle Worker:
A director's journey. 1993.
5
13
Johnston, William J. The composition
and history of Silverheels. 1968.
6
1
Lane, L.D. The use of a four-phase
rehearsal method. Based upon Dr. Rollo May's description of the
creative process. 1987.
6
2
Maxfield. T. Christopher. Theatre as
an educational tool: seminars, workshop and production utilizing
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. 1994.
6
3
McClaskey, William. The singer-actor:
a performer with two brains. 1985 ca.
6
4
Michener, Dee Wills. A Moon for the
Misbegotten: criticism and production. 1970.
6
5
Nice, Brent Robert. Reflections of a
civilization: American culture in Samuel Beckett's Endgame.
1991.
6
6
Quinley, Virginia. Project report:
theatre workshop for high school teachers. 1982.
6
7
Richmond, Janet. Moonnot August: A new
play produced in a premier performance. 1996.
6
8
Rohrbacher, Richard Willard. The
In-Between Key, a play in three acts. 1968.
6
9
Ronning, Cassandra Jane. Costuming The
Playboy of the Western World: the theory and practice.
1968.
6
10
Rosefeldt, Margaret Waltzer. Costuming
Peter Pan: the theory and practice. 1974.
6
11
Sampson, David. Digital conversion and
presentation of the 77 years of the Washington State University
School of Theatre Arts performance archive (includes CDs).
2002.
7
1
Schwarz, Lyle Allen. Augustin Daly's
Horizon: criticism and production. 1970.
7
2
Swan, John D. Peter Shaffer's The
Private Ear and The Public Eye: production and evaluation.
1978.
7
3
Thelen, Lawrence. The Third Wave: from
short story to music play; the process of adapting literature for
the stage. 1993.
7
4
Trapp, Richard James. Bar Exercise: a
play in three acts. 1972.
Series 2: Card-mounted photographs, 1949-1968
and compact discs, 2003-2011.
Subseries 2.1: WSU Office of Publications
and Printing card-mounted photographs, 1949-1968.
8
No. 02584b (1949) - no. 50094 (1964);
no. 00079 (1964) - no. 03554 (1965).
9
No. 05927 (1967) - no. 09724 (1968);
no. 00042 (1968) - no. 00287 (1968).
Subseries 2.2: CDs of production
photographs, 2003-2011.
9
1
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.
2003.
9
2
Equus. 2003.
9
3
Six Degrees of Separation.
2004.
9
4
The Taming of the Shrew.
2004.
9
5
Crimes of the Heart. 2004.
9
6
Stage One. 2004.
9
7
Death and the King's Horsemen.
2005.
9
8
Last of the Formicans.
2005.
9
9
Romeo and Juliet. 2005.
9
10
Stage One. 2005.
9
11
Dragonwings. 2006.
9
12
The Elephant Man. 2006.
9
13
A Lie of the Mind. 2006.
9
14
Stage One. 2006.
9
15
The Golden Age. 2007.
9
16
The Miss Firecracker Content.
2007.
9
17
Titus Andronicus. 2007.
9
18
Stage One: Layover; Reunion; Pouring
Rain; Duel. 2007.
9
19
Passion. 2008.
9
20
Sylvia. 2008.
9
21
The Exonerated. 2008.
9
22
The Exonerated (video).
2008.
9
23-24
Hedda Gabler. 2008.
9
25
Hedda Gabler (video).
2008.
9
26
Stage One. 2008.
9
27
Raised in Captivity. 2009.
9
28
The Heidi Chronicles.
2009.
9
29-30
Dracula. 2009.
9
31
The Glass Menagerie. 2010.
9
32-33
End Days. 2010.
9
34
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
2010.
9
35
Stage One. 2010.
9
36
Play it Again, Sam. 2011.
9
37
The Shape of Things. 2011.
Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1943-1972.
10
1
Photographs, programs, and clippings
(brown-cover album). 1943-1949.
10
2
Clippings, photographs, ands programs
(spiral bound album). Jan.-June, 1947.
10
3
Clippings, correspondence, programs,
photographs (green cover album). Broken into five sections: Commedians,
1970-1971; Commedians, 1971-1972; Music tours, 1970-1971; Brass
symposium, 1971; Women's conference, 1972.
11
1
Photographs, programs, and clippings.
1950-1959.
12
1
Photographs, programs, and clippings.
1960-1968. Includes some writings and photographs of Raymond Jones at
back, 1943-1969.
13
1
Clippings, programs, and photographs.
1962-1967.