University Theatre Records 1925-2009

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University Theatre Records 1925-2009

The University Theatre Records documentdramatic stage productions at Oregon State University beginning in the1920s and consist predominantly of play files and theaterposters.

6 cubic feet, 6 boxes, including 2 oversize boxes, and 3 map folders; 1 microfilm reel

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SNAC Resource ID: 6372387

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Mask and Dagger Club (Oregon Agricultural College)

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Oregon State Agricultural College. Dept. of Public Speaking and Dramatics.

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Oregon State University. Dept. of Theatre.

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Oregon State University. Dept. of Speech.

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The Department of Public Speaking and Dramatics was established in 1920, as the first Speech Department in Oregon, and grew quickly during the 1920s. When higher education in Oregon was re-organized in the early 1930s, responsibility for speech degrees was transferred to the University of Oregon and several faculty moved to establish the program. However, the service department at Oregon State continued to offer courses in debating, extempore speaking, oratory, voice and diction, an...

Oregon State University. Dept. of Speech Communication.

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Dramatic productions began at Oregon Agricultural College in the 1890s; the Mask and Dagger Club was formed in 1912 "to encourage and promote dramatic work". A theater program was formally established in 1920 as part of a new Public Speaking and Dramatics Department (now the Speech Communication Department). Dramatic productions were presented at the Majestic Theater in downtown Corvallis and a small theater in Benton Hall until 1950 when a campus structure was remodeled into the Mitchell Playho...

Oregon State College. Dept. of Speech.

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