University Theatre records, 1925-2009.

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University Theatre records, 1925-2009.

The University Theatre Records document drama productions at Oregon State University beginning in the 1920s. The bulk of the collection consists of play files for individual plays and posters publicizing performances and annual theater seasons. About 40 of the posters are original painted artwork. The records also include programs, scripts, publications, and materials documenting the summer theater program in the early 1970s.

1 microfilm reel.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7758424

Oregon State University Libraries

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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...

Mask and Dagger Club (Oregon Agricultural College)

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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 University. Dept. of Theatre.

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

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Oregon State College. Dept. of Speech.

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