Yale School of Drama records 1923-2001

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Yale School of Drama records 1923-2001

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0728

The records consist of correspondence, student records, administrative files of the deans, financial and business records, curricula, programs, and slides documenting the activities and operations of the Yale School of Drama.

139.75 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6352377

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale School of Drama

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In 1924, Yale established the first department of drama in the country with a generous contribution from Edward S. Harkness (B.A. 1897). As part of the School of Fine Arts, the Department of Drama offered a Master of Fine Arts in Drama, first conferred in 1931. The department was headed by George Pierce Baker, formerly of the well-known English "47 Workshop" at Harvard. By vote of the Yale Corporation in 1955, the Department of Drama separated from the School of Fine Arts and became the Yale Sch...