Nina Vance Alley Theatre papers, 1923-1980.

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Nina Vance Alley Theatre papers, 1923-1980.

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The Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers documents Nina Vance's career developing and directing the Alley Theatre as well as personal items from her life. The collection is divided into three series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, and Alley Theatre Papers. The collection includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, programs, sound recordings, clippings, speeches, scrapbooks, date books and miscellaneous items such as receipts and ephemera.

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University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7995431

University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library

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Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.)

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Vance, Nina, 1914-1980

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Born in 1914, Nina Vance attended Texas Christian University, Columbia University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before coming to Houston as a high school teacher. In 1947, she began a campaign for a resident local theater. The Alley is now one of the nation's leading regional repertory theatres and one of the three oldest resident theatres in the United States. Nina Vance's years at the Alley were professionally and personally rewarding. In 1958, Great Britai...