Records, 1894-1986.

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Records, 1894-1986.

Records of the associations executive officer, the general manager, include administrative records containing correspondence, souvenir programs, annual reports, and membership campaign materials; operational records concern buildings and grounds, theatre equipment, tickets and passes, attendance records, incidental operations, concessions and craft shop, education programs, and Sunday religious services; production records for the Lost Colony include correspondence, production staff meeting materials, company correspondence, company applications for employment, company payrolls, Actors' Equity Association materials, cast and production staff rosters, touring company materials, materials relating to costumes, make-up, scenery, and props, stage manager's reports, scripts, recording negotiations, and sound recordings; promotion/publicity records including correspondence, press releases, advertising, promotional material, filmclips and tapes, scrapbooks, recordings of radio spots, and souvenirs; financial records include budgets, financial statements, audits, and miscellaneous material; and plans and photographs. Also includes extensic records, a small group of executive and miscellaneous materials that have been artificially introduced into the general manager's files and treated as an artificial series containing programs and minutes of the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association; materials of the Roanoke Colony Commission; informal copies of the constitution and by-laws of the association; correspondence and files of J. Melville Broughton and Jonathan Daniels, former chairmen of the association, and Isaac P. Davis, secretary; association minutes; Dare County homecoming material (1934); and historical notes and tape recording prepared by Glenn Vernon for his thesis concerning the association and its production of the drama The Lost Colony.

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Broughton, J. Melville (Joseph Melville), 1888-1949

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Joseph Melville Broughton Jr. (1888–1949) was the 60th Governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945. He later briefly served as a United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his death in office approximately two months later. Broughton graduated from Wake Forest College, in 1910 and taught school in Bunn, North Carolina, (1910-1912). He earned a law degree from Harvard University, in 1913, was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced to practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a memb...

Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-1981

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Journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Jonathan Daniels : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481338 From the description of Reminiscences of Jonathan Worth Daniels : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451557 Author, journalist, and government official Jonathan Daniels was a college classmate of Thomas Wolfe at the University of North Carolina. ...

Actors' Equity Association

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The Paul Robeson Award is presented annually by Actors' Equity Association to honor an individual for both artistic achievement and exemplary humanitarian service. From the description of Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording], 1978-1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123489015 Actors' Equity Association (AEA) is the union of professional legitimate stage actors and stage managers. AEA negotiates contracts and agreements that often affect...

Davis, Isaac P.

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Roanoke Island Historical Association

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Chartered in 1932 for the purpose of depicting by exhibitions, pageants, reproductions, and public broadcasts the efforts Sir Walter Raleigh made between 1584 and 1587 to establish a colony in the new world at Roanoke Island. From the description of Records, 1894-1986. (North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist). WorldCat record id: 122291961 ...

Vernon, Glen, 1923-1999

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Roanoke Colony Commission

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Roanoke Colony Memorial Association

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Green, Paul, 1894-1981

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Paul Eliot Green(1894-1981) was a Southern playwright, poet, and novelist. Born in Lillington, North Carolina, Green lived in the state all of his life and tried to capture in his writings the culture and heritage of the American South, concentrating on the experiences of tenant farmers, mill workers, Native Americans and African Americans. Green studied at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill under folk dramatist Frederick Koch of the Carolina Playmakers. After an interruption of his ...