Donald Oenslager papers 1925-1974

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Donald Oenslager papers 1925-1974

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1416

The papers include clippings, albums, photographs, glass slides, and set designs documenting the career of Donald Oenslager as educator and set designer.

52.5 linear feet (34 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351348

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975

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Donald Mitchell Oenslager was born on March 7, 1902, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Following graduation from Harvard University in 1923, he was an instructor in scenic design at Middlebury College, Vermont. In 1925, his former Harvard instructor, George Pierce Baker, appointed him to the faculty of the Department of Drama of the Yale School of Fine Arts. Oenslager taught design at Yale until his retirement in 1970. While at Yale, he designed sets for over 250 plays, operas, ballets, and musicals ...