Summary Information
Theodore A. Viehman Papers
1910-1961
- Viehman, Theodore A., 1889-1970
U.S. Mss 196AN
5.6 cubic feet (13 archives boxes and 1 flat box)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Theodore A. Viehman, a director, actor, and drama teacher active in American community theater. Included are Annotated scripts, correspondence, clippings, production notes, programs, and set and costume designs from many productions directed by Viehman. The bulk of the collection pertains to productions staged at the Tulsa Little Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma, which Viehman ran from 1942 to 1961; the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Viehman studied and taught, 1915-1926; the Guild Players of Pittsburgh at Carnegie, founded by Viehman in the 1920s; and the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 1942-1943. Other materials illustrate Viehman's work as actor, director, and writer of community pageants during the 1910s and 1920s; work by his mentor, Thomas Wood Stevens, on several community pageants; and Viehman's interests in theater organizations and English folk dancing.
English
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Biography/History
Theodore Albert Viehman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 17, 1889, to Henry William and Anna Gertrude (Werner) Viehman. He attended Pittsburgh grade and high schools prior to working for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Pittsburgh as an observer (1906-1910). Viehman was in business in Pittsburgh from 1910 to 1914, and served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in World War I. He attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology's newly-founded Drama Department (School of Applied Design), receiving a B.A. in 1918 and an M.A. in 1922; he subsequently served as an instructor in the department until 1929. While at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon University), Viehman and his classmates founded the Guild Players of Pittsburgh, where he also acted and directed until 1924. He taught English folk dance (which he studied under Sir Cecil Sharpe, founder of the English Folk Dance Society) at the University of California at Berkeley's Summer School in 1919, 1920, and 1923, and served as a drama teacher and director for the summer theater programs of many colleges, including the University of Toronto (Hart House Theatre, 1926), University of Michigan (1942), State University of Iowa (1949), and University of British Columbia (1946-1948, 1951). Viehman also directed two Cap and Gown musicals at the University of Pittsburgh (1935 and 1936).
Viehman directed professional actors both on Broadway and at Eugene O'Neill's Provincetown Playhouse (1927-1928), and in various summer stock companies, including the Maverick Theater in Woodstock, New York (1930). He also directed for the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA in Chicago and in Cleveland (1936); and he directed English folk dances on the Village Green at the Chicago World's Fair in 1934 and assistant-directed several Shakespeare productions there as well. Viehman's major directorial contributions, however, were in community theater; he directed in such diverse places as El Paso, Texas (circa 1920); Pasadena, California (1928); Youngstown, Ohio (1939-1942); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (The Pittsburgh Playhouse, 1942-1943); and Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa Little Theater. which he ran from 1942 to 1961).
In addition to directing plays for professional and community theaters, Viehman worked actively on many community pageants, an interest which he developed under the guidance of Thomas Wood Stevens, his teacher at Carnegie Tech. Viehman acted in Stevens' Red Cross War pageant “The Drawing of the Sword” in 1917 and 1918, as well as serving as assistant director of the production, which received much national attention, playing in Carnegie Music Hall in New York in 1918. Also under Stevens, Viehman was the stage director of “Pageant and Masque of Freedom” at the Pittsburgh Centennial in 1916 and of the Masque of Niagara (Falls) in 1934. Viehman directed pageants in Winona, Minnesota and Eau Claire, Wisconsin (summers, 1921); the color day pageant of Wooster College (Ohio), 1917; the Ohio in Education Pageant in Cleveland, 1931; the pageant for the University of Alabama centennial, 1931; and the Yorktown Centennial, 1932. In addition, he both wrote and directed the Pageant of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1916.
Viehman, in his forty years of directing, staged both well known and obscure plays. On Broadway, he directed the premiere of Every Thursday, by Doty Hubard, with whom he worked extensively on the script (1934). In Cleveland, with the Federal Theatre Project, he directed the American premiere of Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here (1936), while at the Tulsa Little Theatre, he directed the premiere of the Ford Foundation prize play The Golden Age of Pericles Pappas, by John Vlahos (1959) and the first non-professional production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible (1954). At the Youngstown Playhouse, Viehman directed his own play, Second Sight, in 1940. Other notable plays he directed include The Philadelphia Story (Cain Park, Cleveland, 1945), The Curtain Rises, and in Tulsa, Blithe Spirit (circa 1946), Goodbye, My Fancy (1951), Born Yesterday (1955), and Death of a Salesman (circa 1960).
Theodore Viehman married Gerda Wynyard on July 21, 1941. During his lifetime, Viehman was an active member of the American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), the National Theater Conference (NTC), and the Southwest Theatre Conference. He was also a longtime member of the Players Club. Viehman died in 1970.
For further biographical information, consult The Biographical Encyclopedia and Who's Who of the American Theatre (1966).
Scope and Content Note
The collection primarily documents Viehman's work as a director, and his career with the Tulsa Little Theater. His papers are perhaps most valuable to a study of the history of American community theater, with which Viehman was especially active. His work as a director is mainly illustrated through his annotations on scripts and the accompanying production notes. There is somewhat less evidence of Viehman's early acting career, his work as a drama teacher, and his folk dancing. Although many plays and productions are represented, most of the files are sparse. The collection is arranged in four series: Theaters, Productions, and Plays; Pageants; Activities and Clubs; and Other Materials.
The THEATERS, PRODUCTIONS, AND PLAYS series contains materials pertaining to Viehman's directing career, arranged alphabetically by theater and thereunder by production title. Plays for which a place of production is not indicated are filed alphabetically by title at the end of the series. Included in the series are Annotated scripts, production notes, programs, fragmentary correspondence, set and costume designs, and publicity. Within each of the theater listings, the plays produced are arranged by title in alphabetical order; other materials relating to each theater, such as general correspondence or promotional material, are located just after the production files. Viehman's acting experience is illustrated in both the Carnegie Institute of Technology files and the Guild Players of Pittsburgh files. Production information is most extensive and informative for the 1943 musical revue Count Your Blessings (in the Pittsburgh Playhouse file), and for many plays produced at the Tulsa Little Theater. Following the individual theater listings is an alphabetical arrangement of Annotated scripts and production notes from plays for which the theater is unknown, including a Christmas play, The Frolic of the Toys, written by Viehman and his brother, William. Also included here are production materials relating to unidentified plays and unAnnotated scripts.
The PAGEANTS series documents Viehman's involvement with community pageantry on all levels of production from acting to directing. While most of the files on individual pageants are fragmentary, there is a fairly complete file on the 1934 “Masque of Niagara,” including photographs and music, directed by Viehman under the general supervision of his mentor, Thomas Wood Stevens. There is also a fair amount of material concerning Stevens' “The Drawing of the Sword”; the clippings and circulars are of particular interest. Other materials in this series include advertisements, circulars, clippings, programs, scripts, and set designs (including a dozen scene panels for an unidentified pageant, located at the end of the series).
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES relates to Viehman's involvement in various theater organizations. These include several regional, national, and international groups, represented by bulletins, circulars, correspondence, programs, reports, and speeches. Included in the Southwest Theatre Conference folder is a 1953 speech by Wilma Malkin on play selection and casting procedures at the Tulsa Little Theatre. In addition, there is a particularly complete folder on a joint session of the American Educational Theatre Association and the National Theatre Conference that Viehman chaired in 1953. Included in the session records is nearly all of the correspondence related to the meeting, some of Viehman's organizational notes, and the program of the 1953 Speech Conference, of which Viehman's meeting was a part.
OTHER MATERIALS is comprised of a variety of general papers, including articles on theater written by Viehman, with a response by Maurice Gresin to one of these articles. Also in this series are general clippings and correspondence, letters of introduction from two of Viehman's several trips to Europe, and several programs and playbills for productions which Viehman attended (all with his notes). In addition, there is a folder of miscellaneous material collected by Viehman from general interest, and a small file of papers concerning his brother, William Viehman. While personal material is virtually missing from the collection, Viehman's articles on theater are of interest, as is an essay or lecture on style in acting, which may have been written by Viehman. Some sense of his tastes and style may be found in some of Viehman's annotations on playbills and articles in the miscellany folder.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Theodore Viehman, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1961. Accession Number: MCHC61-22, 61-25, 61-42
Processed by Miriam Leuchter and Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, July 1983.
Contents List
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Series: Theaters, Productions, and Plays
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Broadway Theatre, Nyack, New York
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Street Fiddler, by Erik Barnouw, directed by Theodore Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1932 August
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Cain Park Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio
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The Philadelphia Story, by Philip Barry, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Production Notes, Annotated script, 1945
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Calvary Church School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania(?)
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The Land of Heart's Desire, by William Butler Yeats, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1920 March
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Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Booze, by William F. Viehman, Jr.; Theodore Viehman acted
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Box
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Program, 1918 March
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The Death Watch, no author listed; T. Viehman acted
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Box
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Annotated script, undated
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Dr. Knock, by Jules Romains, translated by Harley Granville-Barker, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Annotated script, Advertisement, 1926 January
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Fall Festival, 1916
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Box
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Production Notes, Annotated script (no author listed)
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A Florentine Tragedy, by Oscar Wilde; Viehman acted
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Box
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Annotated script, circa 1918
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The Masque of Charlemagne, by Theodore A. Viehman and Howard F. Smith; Viehman also acted
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Box
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Clippings, 1920 November
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, Viehman as actor and stage manager
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Box
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Clippings, undated
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The Pleasure Garden, by Beatrice Mayor, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, circa 1926
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Poetaster, by Ben Johnson; Viehman acted
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Box
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Clippings, program, 1916 October
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Robin o' the Wode, arranged and directed by Viehman; Viehman also acted
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Box
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Program, circa 1918
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The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Viehman acted
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Box
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Program, 1918 January
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The Sun, by John Galsworthy; Viehman directed and acted
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Box
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Program, 1926 May
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Box
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Clippings from Plays in Which Viehman May Have Acted, circa 1918
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Box
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General Clippings, 1915
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Box
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Miscellany, 1915-1928, 1950
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Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago
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Folk Dances on Village Green, Old England
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Box
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Clipping, Pass, 1934
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Chinese Students Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Shao-Jeh-Yee, by Owen S. White
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Box
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Annotated script, Pamphlet, 1919 April
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Detroit Little Theatre
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Revesby Sword Play, No Author Listed, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Annotated script, Clippings, 1917 January
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El Paso Municipal Theatre, El Paso, Texas
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Nettie, by George Ade; The Land of Heart's Desire by Yeats; The Neighbors, by Zona Gale, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, Two Annotated scripts of The Neighbors, circa 1920
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Federal Theatre Project, WPA
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Great Northern Theatre, Theatre Number One, Federal Unit, Chicago, play directed by Viehman
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Box
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Production Notes, Business Card, 1936
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It Can't Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis and John C. Moffitt, directed by Viehman, Managing Producer, Cleveland Federal Theatre
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Box
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Program, Annotated script, 1936
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The Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich, Connecticut
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The Graceful Generation, by Knowles Entrikin, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1931 Summer
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Guild Players of Pittsburgh
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Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire, by J. M. Barrie, co-directed by Viehman (also acted)
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Box
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Program, 1920 May
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Box
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Program, Clippings, 1920 October/November
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Anatol Dialogues (two episodes), by Arthur Schnitzler
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Box
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Program, 1921 February
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Box
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Behind the Black Cloth, by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman; The Trysting Place, by Booth Tarkington, directed by Viehman (also acted in The Trysting Place)
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A Comedy of Errors, by Shakespeare, directed by Viehman (also acted)
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Box
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Program, Clipping, 1921 March
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Dear Brutus, by James M. Barrie, directed by Viehman (also acted)
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Box
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Programs, 1922 December
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The Dover Road, by A.A. Milne; Viehman directed and acted
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Box
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Program, Winter, 1923-1924
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The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde; A Merry Death, by Nicholas Evreinov, co-directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1920 March
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The Man of Destiny, by George Bernard Shaw; The Marriage Proposal, by Anton Chekhov, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, Annotated script, 1923 Autumn
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The Mollusc, by Hubert Henry Davies; Viehman acted
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Box
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Programs, Clipping, 1920 December-1921 January
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Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh, by Harry James Smith, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, undated
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The Pigeon, by John Galsworthy; Viehman directed and acted
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Box
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Program, Advertisements, 1920 October-November
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Romersholm, by Henrik Ibsen
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Box
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Program, Clippings, 1921 January-February
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A Successful Calamity, by Clare Kummer; directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1923 January-February
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Three One-Act Plays; Viehman directed and acted
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Box
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Program, 1923 Spring
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Three Plays by American Playwrights, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1924 Spring
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Trifles, by Susan Glaspell; A Night at an Inn, by Lord Dunsany, directed by Viehman, acted in A Night at an Inn
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Box
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Programs, Advertisements, Set Design, Two Scripts, 1920 November, 1921 March
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The Truth About Blayds, by A.A. Milne; Viehman acted and directed
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Box
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Programs, 1922 November
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The Torch Bearers, by George Kelly, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, Autumn, 1923
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You Never Can Tell, by George Bernard Shaw; Viehman acted and directed
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Box
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Program, 1920 January
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Box
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Clippings, 1920-1921
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Correspondence, 1920
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Box
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Publicity - Flyers, Circulars, and Announcements, 1919-1924
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Guild Theater, New York, New York
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Folk Festival of the Homelands; Viehman was dancer
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Box
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Programs, 1932 January-February
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Hart House Theatre, Toronto
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Box
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Clipping, (Viehman, Director), 1926 August
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The Lenox Hill Players, 38th Street Playhouse, New York, New York
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The Fires of St. John, by Hermann Sudermann, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1928 January-February
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The Maverick Theatre, Woodstock, New York
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The Comic Artist, by Susan Glaspell, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Correspondence, Program, 1930 August
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Box
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Actor's Script (Role of “Luella”), 1930 August
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Box
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Actor's Script (Role of “Eleanor”), 1930 August
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Box
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Actor's Script (Role of “Stephen”), 1930 August
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Box
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Actor's Script (Role of “Karl”), 1930 August
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Box
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Actor' Script (Annotated; Role of “Nina”), 1930 August
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Dead or Alive, by Alan Williams, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, Cast List, Annotated script, 1930 July
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The Family Blues, by Alan Williams and Hatcher Hughes, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1930 July
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Fortnight, by Rose Franken, driected by Viehman
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Box
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Program, Annotated script, 1930 August
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They All Do, by Dorothy Mortiner and Sophia Cleugh, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Program, 1930 August
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Box
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Correspondence, 1930 Summer
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Box
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Guild Program/Bulletin, 1930 Summer
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National Negro Theatre
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Turpentine, by J.A. Smith and P. Morell, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Employment Contract, Annotated script, 1945 October
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Pittsburgh Athletic Association Dramatic Club
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Charley's Aunt; Vieham acted
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Box
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Clipping, 1915 February
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Pittsburgh Playhouse
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Count Your Blessings, a musical revue, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Clipping, 1943 May
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Box
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Costume Designs and Notes, 1943 May
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Box
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Production Notes, 1943 May
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Program Notes, Annotated Program, 1943 May
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Box
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Script (in Manuscript), Song Drafts, 1943 May
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George Washington Slept Here, by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Viehman
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Annotated script, 1942 November
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Goodbye Again, by George Haight and Allan Scott, directed by Viehman
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Flyer, 1943 February
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Letters to Lucerne, by Fritz Rotter and Allen Vincent, directed by Viehman
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Annotated script, Audition Card, 1943 January
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Circular, 1942-1943
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The Provincetown Playhouse, New York, New York
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him, by e.e. cummings; assistant director, Viehman
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Pamphlet, Reviews, 1928 April
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Circulars, 1927-1929
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Ridgeway Players, White Plains, New York
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The Drums, Professor! by James Gow and Edmund North, directed by Viehman
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Casting Notes, Production Notes, Program, Annotated script, 1935 July
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Royale Theater, New York, New York
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Every Thursday, by Doty Hubard, directed by Viehman
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Early Draft Script (“Every Wednesday”), edited in part by Viehman, 1934
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Script, with Editorial Changes Suggested by Viehman, 1934
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Box
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Correspondence, 1934
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Sewickley Cot Club, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
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The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, by Anatole France, directed by Viehman
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Clipping, circa 1926
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State University of Iowa (Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa)
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Angel Street, by Patrick Hamilton, directed by Viehman
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Annotated script, Clippings, 1949 Summer
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Berkeley Square, by John L. Balderston, directed by Viehman
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Set Design, Production Notes, Annotated script, 1949 Summer
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Liliom, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Clipping, 1949 Summer
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Parlor Story, by William McCleery, directed by Viehman
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Annotated script, Clipping, 1949 July
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Stratford, Ontario
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Hamlet, by Shakespeare
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Property Plot, undated
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Tulsa Little Theater, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois, directed by Viehman
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Production Notes, undated
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All My Sons, by Arthur Miller, directed by Viehman
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Box
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Cast List, Script, undated
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Anastasia, directed by Viehman
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Production Notes, Annotated script, undated
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Another Language, by Rose Franken, directed by Viehman
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Annotated script, undated
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Bell, Book, and Candle, by John van Druten, directed by Viehman
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Two Annotated scripts, undated
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Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward, directed by Viehman
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Production Notes, 1946
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Born Yesterday, by Carson Kanin, directed by Viehman
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Annotated script, undated
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Bus Stop, by William Inge, directed by Viehman
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Set Design, Two Annotated scripts, UnAnnotated script, undated
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--But Not Goodbye, by George Seaton, directed by Viehman
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Annotated script, undated
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Cloud Seven, by Max Wilk, directed by Viehman
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Production Notes, Annotated script, undated
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The Cradle Song, by Gregorio and Maria Martinez Sierra, directed by Viehman
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Annotated script, Program, 1956 February-March
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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, directed by Viehman
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Annotated script, Clipping, 1954? March
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The Curious Savage, by John Patrick, directed by Viehman
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Clippings, Production Notes, Annotated scripts, 1951 October
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Dear Brutus, by J.M. Barrie, directed by Viehman
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Annotated script, undated
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Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, directed by Viehman
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Program, 1961
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The Desperate Hours, by Joseph Hayes, directed by Viehman
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Production Notes, Annotated script, undated
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For Love or Money, by F. Hugh Herbert, directed
by Viehman
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Production Notes, Annotated script, undated
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Fresh Fields, by Ivor Novello, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Set Designs, Annotated script, 1945 October
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The Girls in 509, by Howard Teichman, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Set Design, Production Notes, Annotated script, 1959 September
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The Golden Age of PericlesPappas, by John Vlahos, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Clipping, Annotated script, 1959
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Annotated script, 1959
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Good-bye, My Fancy, by Fay Kanin, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Flyer, Clipping, Program, 1951 February-March
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Gramercy Ghost, by John Cecil Holm, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Annotated script, undated
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The Grass Harp, by Truman Capote, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Annotated script, undated
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The Happiest Days of Your Life, by John Dighton, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Set Designs, Annotated script, 1953 September
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The Happy Time, by Samuel Taylor, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
9
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Annotated script, undated
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Harvey, by Mary Chase, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Annotated script, undated
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The Hasty Heart, by John Patrick, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Annotated script, 1949
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The Heiress, by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Annotated script, undated
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The Hidden River, by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Production Notes, Annotated script, undated
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High Ground, by Charlotte Hastings, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Annotated script, undated
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Jane, by S.N. Behrman, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Set Design, Annotated script, undated
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January Thaw, by William Roos, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Two Annotated scripts, undated
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Janus, by Carolyn Green, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Production Notes, Annotated scripts, undated
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Joan of Lorraine, by Maxwell Anderson, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Cast List, Production Notes, Script, undated
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John Loves Mary, by Norman Krasna, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Annotated script, undated
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The Late Christopher Bean, by Sidney Howard, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Production Notes, Annotated script, undated
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The Late George Apley, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Set Design, 1947 October
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Late Love, by Rosemary Casey, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Annotated script, undated
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Light Up the Sky, by Moss Hart, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Annotated script, undated
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Listen, Professor!, by Alexander Afinogenov, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Two Annotated scripts, undated
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The Little Foxes, by Lillian Hellman, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Annotated script, undated
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Love Me Long, by Doris Frankel, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Set Design, Production Notes, Annotated scripts, 1952
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The Magnificent Yankee, directed by Viehman
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Clipping, 1955 March
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The Matchmaker, by Thornton Wilder, directed by Viehman
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Cast List, Annotated script, undated
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The Mousetrap, by Agatha Cristie, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Annotated script, 1957 January
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My 3 Angels, by Sam and Bella Spewack, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Annotated script, undated
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Papa Is All, by Patterson Greene, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Two Annotated scripts, undated
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She Stoops to Conquer, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Production Expenses, 1953 January
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The Silver Cord, by Sidney Howard, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Annotated script, undated
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The Solid Gold Cadillac, by Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Two Annotated scripts, undated
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Third Best Sport, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Production Notes, 1960 September-October
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Tomorrow the World, by James Gow and Arnaud d'Usseau, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Annotated script, undated
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The Traitor, by Herman Wouk, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Set Design, Two Annotated scripts, undated
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Uncle Harry, by Thomas Job, directed by Viehman
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Box
7
Folder
10
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Annotated script, undated
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Visit to a Small Planet, by Gore Vidal, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Annotated script, undated
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You Can't Take It With You, by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Annotated script, undated
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Production Notes, Unidentified Plays, undated
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Set Designs, Unidentified Plays, undated
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Box
8
Folder
5
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General Clippings, 1951-1955, undated
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Box
8
Folder
6
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General Correspondence, 1950-1951, 1956
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University of British Columbia, Summer School of the Theatre
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You Never Can Tell, by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Flyers, Program, Clippings, 1951
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Box
8
Folder
8
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Announcements, 1947, 1951
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University of California-Berkeley, Greek Theatre
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English Folk Dance Festival, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
9
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Clippings, Flyer, Program, 1919 Summer
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“Nottingham Revels,” directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
10
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Program, 1923 August 1
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The Guest, by Sidney Coe Howard, English Country Dances directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
11
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Program and Clippings, 1920 July 29
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Box
8
Folder
12
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Other Material, 1920
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University of Michigan
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George Washington Slept Here, by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
13
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Script, 1942 Summer
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The Learned Ladies, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
14
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Annotated script, 1942 Summer
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Mrs. Moonlight, by Benin W. Levy, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
15
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Production Notes, Annotated script, 1942 Summer
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University of Pittsburgh, Cap and Gown Club Productions
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In the Soup, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
16
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Correspondence, Financial Statement, 1935 May
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Out for the Count, by Nicholas Spanos and Robert Saffron, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
17
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Program, 1936 April
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The “Y” Civic Playhouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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You Never Can Tell, by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
18
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Program, 1926 December
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Youngstown Players, Youngstown, Ohio
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The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Viehman
|
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Box
8
Folder
19
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Program, 1941 March
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Second Sight, by Theodore Viehman, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
20
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Program, 1940 April
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Three Cornered Moon, by Gertrude Tonkonogy, directed by Viehman
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Box
8
Folder
21
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Annotated script, 1940 May
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Box
8
Folder
22
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Article from Carnegie Alumnus, 1939 March
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Box
8
Folder
23
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Flyer by Helen W. Meyer, with Comments, circa 1940
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Bab, by Edward Childs Carpenter
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Box
8
Folder
24
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Annotated script, undated
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The Curtain Rises, by Oskar Rempel
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Box
8
Folder
25
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Production Notes, Annotated script, undated
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The Feud, by Edward Garnett
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Annotated script, undated
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The Frolic of the Toys, A Christmas Cantata, by Theodore and William Viehman
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Script, undated
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The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Annotated script, undated
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The Good Woman of Setzuan, by Bertolt Brecht
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Production Notes, undated
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The Happy Prince, from the story by Oscar Wilde
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Annotated script, undated
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Hide in the Dark, by Frances Noyes Hart
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Production Notes, Annotated script, circa 1930
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Jason, by Samson Raphaelson
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Annotated script, undated
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Joan of Arc, no author listed
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Annotated script, undated
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Laura, no author listed
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Set Design, undated
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The Little Stone House, by George Calderon
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Box
9
Folder
10
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Annotated script, Actor's Notes, undated
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Love's Constancy, no author listed
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Annotated script, undated
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Picnic, by William Inge
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Box
9
Folder
12
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Annotated script, undated
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Poor Maddalena, no author listed
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Box
9
Folder
13
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Annotated script, undated
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The Princess Who Wouldn't Say Die, by Bertram Bloch
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Box
9
Folder
14
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Annotated script, Props, Notes, undated
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She Got in the Papers (The Immoral Marriage), by Denton Wilson
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Box
9
Folder
15
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Annotated script, Production Notes, undated
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Skylark, by Samson Raphaelson
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Box
9
Folder
16
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Annotated script, undated
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Something Borrowed, by James Kirby Hawkes
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Box
9
Folder
17
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Set Designs, Annotated script, undated
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Spreading the News, no author listed
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Box
9
Folder
18
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Annotated script, undated
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Steps, by Eddie Reed(?)
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Box
9
Folder
19
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Annotated script, undated
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The Stolen Prince, by Don Totheroh
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Box
9
Folder
20
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Annotated script, undated
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The Teahouse of the August Moon, by John Patrick, directed by Viehman
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Annotated script, undated
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3 and 1, by Denys Amiel, adapted by Lewis Galantiere and John Houseman
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Box
10
Folder
2
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Annotated script, undated
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Thunder Rock, by Robert Ardrey
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Box
10
Folder
3
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Annotated script, undated
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The Vegetable, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Annotated script, undated
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When Ladies Meet, by Rachel Crothers
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Box
10
Folder
5
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Annotated script, undated
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Where Love Is, by Iden Payne
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Box
10
Folder
6
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Annotated script, undated
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The White Steed, by Paul Vincent Carroll
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Annotated script, undated
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Yes, My Darling Daughter, by Mark Reed, directed by Viehman
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Annotated script, undated
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Box
10
Folder
9-10
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Unidentified Plays - Scripts, undated
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Box
10
Folder
11
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Miscellaneous Costume Designs, undated
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Box
10
Folder
12
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Miscellaneous Notes, undated
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Box
10
Folder
13
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Production Notes, undated
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Box
10
Folder
14
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Miscellaneous Set Designs, undated
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Series: Pageants
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Chippewa Valley (Wisconsin) Historical Pageant, directed by Viehman
|
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Box
10
Folder
15
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Clippings, 1921 August
|
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“Pageant of Christ Church,” Meadville, Pennsylvania
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Box
10
Folder
16
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Annotated script, 1925 June 3
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“The Drawing of the Sword,” by Thomas Wood Stevens, Viehman as assistant director and actor
|
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Box
10
Folder
17
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Clippings, Programs, Circulars, 1917
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“The Pageant of Duquesne,” by Thomas Wood Stevens, Viehman as assistant director
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Box
10
Folder
18
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Clippings, 1916
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“Pageant and Masque of Freedom,” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by George M. P. Baird, Viehman as stage director
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Box
10
Folder
19
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Clippings, Circular, Book of Words, 1916 October
|
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“The Masque of Niagara,” by Thomas Wood Stevens and Henry Gaul, Viehman as director of casts and personnel
|
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|
Box
10
Folder
20
|
Clippings, Contracts, Set Designs, Photographs, and Music, 1934 June
|
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“Ohio in Education Pageant”
|
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Box
10
Folder
21
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Set Design, undated
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“The Pageant of Tuscaloosa,” by Theodore Viehman and Howard F. Smith, directed by Viehman
|
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Box
10
Folder
22
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Clippings, Circular, Program, 1916 May
|
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State University of Alabama Centennial Pageant, directed by Viehman
|
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Box
10
Folder
23
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Clippings, 1931 May
|
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Winona, Minnesota Community Pageant, directed by Viehman
|
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Box
10
Folder
24
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Clippings, Music, Production Notes, Business Card, 1921 June
|
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Color Day Pageant at Wooster College, directed by Viehman
|
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Box
10
Folder
25
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Clippings, 1917
|
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Yorktown (Virginia) Sesquicentennial Pageant
|
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Original Sheet Music, 1931 October
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Ground plan of Celebration Site, 1930 July 23
|
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Box
11
Folder
2-5
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Set Design, Unnamed Pageant, Scene Panels A-L, undated
|
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Series: Activities and Clubs
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Box
12
Folder
1
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American Educational Theatre Association - Project Reports, 1951, 1953
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Box
12
Folder
2
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American Education Theatre Association/National Theatre Conference Sectional Meeting, Chairman, Theodore Viehman - Correspondence, Notes, Program, 1953
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Box
12
Folder
3
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American National Theatre and Academy - Correspondence and Newsletter, 1950, 1955
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Box
12
Folder
4
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English Folk Dance Society - Brochures, Bills, Correspondence, Program, 1915-1918
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Box
12
Folder
5
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The International Conference on Theatre History - Speeches, 1955 July
|
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Box
12
Folder
6
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The International Theatre Institute - Reports, 1950, 1953, 1956
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Box
12
Folder
7
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National Theater Conference - Bulletin, 1945
|
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Box
12
Folder
7 (continued)
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Circular, 1947
|
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Box
12
Folder
8
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The Players Club - Program, 1936
|
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Bulletin, 1953
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Southwest Theatre Conference - Bulletins, Articles, Flyers, Programs, Speeches, 1950-1955, 1957-1958
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Series: Other Materials
|
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Articles on Theater by Theodore Viehman, 1944, 1946, 1954
|
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Box
12
Folder
11
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Miscellaneous Clippings, 1933
|
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Box
12
Folder
12
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General Correspondence, 1951
|
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Box
12
Folder
13
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Essay/Lecture - “Style in Acting,” No author listed (perhaps Viehman), undated
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Box
12
Folder
14
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European Trip, 1927 - Letters of Introduction and Notes from Henzie and E. Martin Browne; Itinerary
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Box
12
Folder
15
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European Trip, 1950 - Letters of Introduction and Notes from Robert Breen; Correspondence
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Box
12
Folder
16
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Miscellany - Articles, Sermon, Short Stories (none written by Viehman), Photograph, Correspondence, 1922-1923, 1951-1953, 1957, undated
|
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Unfinished Painting, no signature, undated
|
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Box
12
Folder
17
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Programs and Playbills, All Annotated, 1943-1959
|
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Box
12
Folder
18
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Papers of William H. Viehman - Program, Poetry, 1910, 1919
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Advertisements
|
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Box
12
Folder
19
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Theaters and Plays, 1910-1959
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Theater Schools and Courses, 1945-1959
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Theater Supplies and Books, undated
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Travel and Postcards, undated
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