Wilbur Dorsett letters, 1930-1939.

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Wilbur Dorsett letters, 1930-1939.

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Letters from Wilbur Dorsett to his high school teacher Lucile Martin (known later as Lucile Donnelly) throughout the 1930s. In the letters, Dorsett offered opinions on contemporary popular books, motion pictures, and plays. He also wrote about his experiences with the Carolina Playmakers and the technical aspect of his work and gave detailed information about his life as an undergraduate and graduate student. Dorsett published poems, short stories, and other writings in several student publications, some of which he sent to Martin. He also enclosed programs to theatrical productions with which he was involved, including several Playmakers performances and the 1939 production of The Lost Colony in Manteo, N.C., and discussed other post-college work, including his stage production job at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (later the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). The letters offer little information about Martin.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Dorsett, Wilbur.

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Wilbur Dorsett attended high school in Spencer, N.C., then studied at the University of North Carolina (B.A. English 1934; M.A. 1936). While at UNC, he worked with the Carolina Playmakers, mostly on the technical staff. He went on to teach dramatic arts and work as a technical supervisor at other schools. From the description of Wilbur Dorsett letters, 1930-1939. WorldCat record id: 59554566 ...

Woman's College of the University of North Carolina

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Carolina Playmakers

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...