Earle Gister, associate dean of academic affairs and chair of the Department of Acting, Yale School of Drama, records, ca. 1978-1998 (inclusive).

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Earle Gister, associate dean of academic affairs and chair of the Department of Acting, Yale School of Drama, records, ca. 1978-1998 (inclusive).

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The records consist of subject files, correspondence, commencement files, and acting scene presentations documenting the activities and initiatives of Earle Gister as associate dean of academic affairs and chair of the Department of Acting in the Yale School of Drama.

10.25 linear feet (8 boxes).

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Gister, Earle R., 1934-

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Yale School of Drama. Dept. of Acting.

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Yale School of Drama

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In 1924, Yale established the first department of drama in the country with a generous contribution from Edward S. Harkness (B.A. 1897). As part of the School of Fine Arts, the Department of Drama offered a Master of Fine Arts in Drama, first conferred in 1931. The department was headed by George Pierce Baker, formerly of the well-known English "47 Workshop" at Harvard. By vote of the Yale Corporation in 1955, the Department of Drama separated from the School of Fine Arts and became the Yale Sch...