Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
WSU 112
Washington State University Publications: Theatre Posters
1957-2012
3 Linear feet of shelf space
4 Oversized folders in 3 drawers
Posters advertising theatrical performances at
Washington State University, also as Washington State College, dating from 1957 to
2012.
Collection materials are inEnglish.
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 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.
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.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
Washington State University Publications: Theater Posters (WSU 112)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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.
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.
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)
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. University Theatre -- Records and correspondence
Washington State University. University Theatre Summer Palace Productions -- Records and correspondence
Washington State University. University Theatre Summer Palace Productions
College and school drama, American -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
Theater -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
Theatrical Posters, American
Performing Arts
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
Series 1: Laminated posters, 1957-
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,
1921-2012
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, 1969-2000s
4
Crimson Company (3 posters),
undated
Subseries 3.1: Summer Palace,
1969-1999
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)
4
1999
4
2002
4
2003
4
2004
4
2005
4
2006
4
2007
4
2008
4
2009
4
2010