Papers concerning the University of Virginia centennial pageant [manuscript] 1921-1922.

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Papers concerning the University of Virginia centennial pageant [manuscript] 1921-1922.

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The collection includes letters to William Mentzel Forrest concerning the pageant performed for the centennial of the University of Virginia. Correspondents include Edwin Anderson Alderman, Emilie Watts McVea and Louise Burleigh Powell. Some letters are about the Pageant of Virginia by Thomas Wood Stevens, performed in Richmond, Va., in 1922. A newsclipping from the Christian Science Monitor, May 19, 1922, contains a review by Louise Burleigh of The pageant of Virginia. A newsclipping from the Washington Times, June 9, 1921, reviews a concert at the McIntire Amphitheatre by a "concert orchestra of symphonic proportions, specially organized and conducted by Herman C. Rakeman." In addition, there are 8 photographs of the McIntire Amphitheatre (one at night), rehearsals of the pageant at the Amphitheatre and the performance of the pageant at the Rotunda. The collection also includes a manuscript sheet of the words and music to a song entitled The joy of the rose.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Powell, Louise Burleigh, 1890-1961

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Rakeman, Herman C.

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McVea, Emilie Watts, 1867-1928,

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Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931

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Educator and orator. From the description of Letter to a former student [manuscript], 1920 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976354 From the description of Edwin Anderson Alderman papers [manuscript], 1881-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925708 University of Virginia president. From the description of Sketch of Edwin Anderson Alderman [manuscript], ca. 1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64781...

Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942

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Thomas Wood Stevens was an artist, teacher, author, and theater director. He served has head of the Illustration Department at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1903-1911; he was cofounder of Blue Sky Press, 1899-1907; he served as head of the Drama Department at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1913-1925; then at the Kenneth Sawyer Goodman Memorial Theatre, 1925- 1930; he was the director of various university and community theaters, and of the Globe Theatre Shakespearean productions perfo...

University of Virginia. Amphitheater

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Forrest, William Mentzel, 1868-

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