Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore Papers, 1957-1968

Container Title
M2006-030
Part 9 (M2006-030): Additions, 1971-2003
Physical Description: 4.6 cubic feet (12 archives boxes) and 100 photographs 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1971-2003, consisting of agendas, reports, minutes of general and executive committee meetings (November 17, 2001-June 28, 2003), and AACT Directors for 2001-2003; and files of Shirley Harbin, a former Secretary General of the International Amateur Theatre Association, later Theatre USA, and co-editor of its history of American community theatres, Millennium Theatres, including administrative correspondence and research files on American community theatre history. Also includes photographs from the theatre files.
Box   1
  Folder   1
Letters from Frank Peot, listing the contents of the addition 2003 July 9
Series: Executive Committee, 2003-2004
Box   1
  Folder   2
Executive Committee meeting, Madison, Wisconsin 2003 November 22
Box   1
  Folder   3
Board of Directors' meeting, Adam's Mark, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2004 February 7
Box   1
  Folder   4
Summer meetings, New York City, New York 2004 June 22-26
Box   1
  Folder   5-6
Spotlight, the American Association of Community Theatre bimonthly newsletter August 2002 to August 2004
Note: 13 issues.
Box   1
  Folder   7
International Youth Theatre Handbook: A Guide to Good Practice in Youth Drama
Box   1
  Folder   8
AACT Membership and Resource Directory, 2003/2004
Series: Shirley Harbin Files, 1971-1992
Box   1
  Folder   9-10
General correspondence, 2003/2004
Note: Mostly in relation to Harbin's work in the AACT and the Michigan Theatre Association, including agendas, minutes, and reports, for AACT meetings Harbin attended.
Box   2
  Folder   1-2
General correspondence (continued)
Box   2
  Folder   3-5
Responses to ACTA Theatre Survey: completed questionnaires for a survey of member theatres, 1971
Box   3
  Folder   1
Miscellaneous correspondence, reports, playbills, flyers 1975-1976
Box   3
  Folder   2
Community Theatre Research correspondence, reports, playbills, flyers 1976-1977
Box   3
  Folder   3
Wayne State University Community Theatre Workshops bulletins and brochures, 1976-1977
Box   3
  Folder   4
Miscellaneous reports, ACTA reports and reports of local theatre groups and organizations 1979-1980
Box   3
  Folder   5-7
Awards, correspondence relating to various awards the ACTA made to member theatres, etc. 1979-1980
Box   3
  Folder   8
Regions correspondence, 1980
Box   3
  Folder   9
Presidents' Council correspondence, agendas, minutes, reports 1980-1981
Box   3
  Folder   10
ACTA Council meetings agendas, 1980 August 1980
Box   4
  Folder   1
ACTA Board meeting agendas, reports and minutes 1981 March
Box   4
  Folder   2
ACTA Board meeting agendas, reports and minutes 1981 August 1981
Box   4
  Folder   3
ACTA Board meeting late reports, 1981 August
Box   4
  Folder   4
National Conference of Youth Theatre Directors agendas, reports, minutes 1983
Box   4
  Folder   5
It's a Fact : handbook of the Festival of American Community Theatres, 1983-1985
Box   4
  Folder   6
Handbook of AACT/FEST, a project of the American Association of Community Theatres 1986 January 31
Box   4
  Folder   7
Handbook of AACT/FEST, a project of the American Association of Community Theatres 1987 June 14
Box   4
  Folder   8
Handbook of AACT/FEST, a project of the American Association of Community Theatre 1992 February 2
Series: Theatre Survey Files
Scope and Content Note: Accumulated responses to surveys and similar inquiries from the AACT, and especially Shirley Harbin, from 1983 to 2002; theatre brochures; theatre histories; lists of productions; selected playbills; clippings; and other documentation (photographs separated to the WCFTR General Stills Archive). The files seem to have been compiled and maintained as part of the AACT's program recognizing community theatres with at least a fifty-year history.
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  Folder   9
Albuquerque Little Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Box   4
  Folder   10
Alton Little Theatre Inc., Alton, Illinois
Box   4
  Folder   11
Altoona Community Theatre, Altoona, Pennsylvania
Box   4
  Folder   12
Amarillo Little Theatre, Amarillo, Texas
Box   4
  Folder   13
Antrim Players Inc., Suffern, New York
Box   4
  Folder   14
Arlington Friends of the Drama Inc., Arlington, Massachusetts
Box   4
  Folder   15
Asheville Community Theatre, Asheville, North Carolina
Box   4
  Folder   16
Attic Theatre, Appleton, Wisconsin
Box   5
  Folder   1
Augusta Players/Gaslight Theater, Hallowell, Maine
Box   5
  Folder   2
Aurora Players, Orchard Park, New York
Box   5
  Folder   3
Barn Theatre, Montville, New Jersey
Box   5
  Folder   4
Barnstormers Theatre, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania
Box   5
  Folder   5
Bartesville Theatre Guild, Bartesville, Oklahoma
Box   5
  Folder   6
Bay City Players, Bay City, Michigan
Box   5
  Folder   7
Bellingham Theatre Guild, Bellingham, Washington
Box   5
  Folder   8
Belmont Dramatic Club, Somerville, Massachusetts
Box   5
  Folder   9
Bergen County Players Inc., Oradell, New Jersey
Box   5
  Folder   10
Birmingham Village Players (BVP), Birmingham, Michigan
Box   5
  Folder   11
Bonfils Theatre, Denver, Colorado
Box   5
  Folder   12
The Brandywiners, Montchanin, Delaware
Box   5
  Folder   13
Brecksville Little Theatre, Brecksville, Ohio
Box   5
  Folder   14
Brevard Little Theatre, Brevard, North Carolina
Box   5
  Folder   15
Central Florida Civic Theatre, Orlando, Florida
Box   5
  Folder   16
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Box   5
  Folder   17
Chapel Street Players, Newark, Delaware
Box   5
  Folder   18
Cheyenne Little Theatre Players, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Box   5
  Folder   19
City Park Players (Central Louisiana Community Theatre), Alexandria, Louisiana
Box   5
  Folder   20
Civic Theatre of Allentown, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Box   5
  Folder   21
Clemson Little Theatre, Clemson, South Carolina
Box   5
  Folder   22
Cohasset Dramatic Club, Cohasset, Massachusetts
Colonial Players of Annapolis Inc., Annapolis, Maryland: see Box 12
Box   5
  Folder   23
Community Players of Hobbs. Inc., Hobbs, Minnesota
Box   5
  Folder   24
Community Theatre of Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana
Box   5
  Folder   25
Community Theatre Inc., Bremerton, Washington
Box   5
  Folder   26
Concord Players, Concord, Massachusetts
Coshcoton Footlight Players, Coshcoton, Ohio: see Box 12
Box   5
  Folder   27
Cumberland Players, Vineland, New Jersey
Box   5
  Folder   28
Curtain Players, Westerville, Ohio
Box   6
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Dayton Theatre Guild Inc., Dayton, Ohio
Box   6
  Folder   2
Diamond Head Theatre/Honolulu Community Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii
Box   6
  Folder   3
Dorset Playhouse, Dorset, Vermont
Box   6
  Folder   4
Dover Little Theatre, Dover, New Jersey
Box   6
  Folder   5
Duluth Playhouse, Duluth, Minnesota
Box   6
Elkhart Civic Theatre Inc., Bristol, Indiana [empty folder]
Box   6
  Folder   6
Erie Playhouse, Erie, Pennsylvania
Box   6
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Evansville Civic Theatre Inc., Evansville, Indiana
Box   6
  Folder   8
Evergreen Players, Evergreen, Colorado
Box   6
  Folder   9
Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre, Moorhead, Minnesota
Box   6
  Folder   10
Flint Community Players Inc., Flint, Michigan
Box   6
  Folder   11
Footlight Club/Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Box   6
  Folder   12
Footlight Players Inc., Charleston, South Carolina
Box   6
  Folder   13
Fort Smith Little Theatre, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Box   6
  Folder   14
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana
Box   6
  Folder   15
Glen Falls Community Theatre, Glen Falls, New York
Box   6
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Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Box   6
  Folder   17
Greater Grand Forks Community Theatre (Fire Hall Theatre), Grand Forks, North Dakota
Box   6
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Haddonfield Plays and Players Inc., Voorhees, New Jersey
Box   6
  Folder   19
The Harlequins Inc., Sandusky, Ohio
Box   6
  Folder   20
Harold K. Smith Playhouse/Theatre Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
Box   6
  Folder   21
Hickory Community Theatre, Hickory, North Carolina
Box   6
  Folder   22
Hillbarn Theatre Inc., Foster City, California
Box   7
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Hilo Community Players, Hilo, Hawaii
Box   7
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Honolulu Community Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii
Box   7
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Indianapolis Civic Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana
Box   7
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Jesters of Windsor, Windsor, Connecticut
Box   7
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Joe Jefferson Players, Mobile, Alabama
Box   7
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Johnson City Community Theatre, Johnson City, Tennessee
Box   7
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Joplin Little Theatre, Joplin, Missouri
Box   7
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Kalamazoo Civic Players, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Box   7
  Folder   9
Kanawha Players/Official State Theatre of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia
Box   7
  Folder   10
Karamu House, Cleveland, Ohio
Box   7
  Folder   11
Kingsport Theatre Guild, Kingsport, Tennessee
Box   7
  Folder   12
Kirkwood Theatre Guild, Kirkwood, Missouri
Box   7
  Folder   13
La Porte Little Theatre Club, La Porte, Indiana
Box   7
  Folder   14
Lafayette Little Theatre and Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, Indiana
Box   7
  Folder   15
Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Hills, California
Box   7
  Folder   16
Lansing Civic Players Guild, Lansing, Michigan
Box   7
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Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, New Orleans, Louisiana
Box   7
  Folder   18
Little Theatre Group of Butler (Butler Little Theatre), Butler, Pennsylvania
Box   7
  Folder   19
Little Theatre of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Box   7
  Folder   20
Little Theatre of Clearwater, Clearwater, Florida
Box   7
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Little Theatre of Fall River Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts
Box   7
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Little Theatre of Monroe Inc., Monroe, Louisiana
Box   7
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Little Theatre of Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
Box   7
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Little Theatre of Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington
Box   7
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Little Theatre of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Box   7
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Little Traverse Civic Theatre, Petoskey, Michigan
Box   7
  Folder   27
Long Beach Playhouse (Long Beach Community Players), Long Beach, California
Box   7
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Los Alamos Little Theatre, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Box   7
  Folder   29
Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, Virginia
Box   7
  Folder   30
Macon Little Theatre, Macon, Georgia
Box   7
  Folder   31
Mark Twain Masquers, Wethersfield, Connecticut
Box   8
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Meridian Little Theatre Playhouse, Meridian, Mississippi
Box   8
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Midland Community Theatre Inc., Midland, Texas
Box   8
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Milwaukee Players, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Box   8
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Mobile Theatre Guild Inc., Mobile, Alabama
Box   8
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Mud Creek Players Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Box   8
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Muncie Civic Theatre Association Inc., Muncie, Indiana
Box   8
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Oak Ridge Community Playhouse, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Box   8
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Ocala Civic Theatre, Ocala, Florida
Box   8
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Ohio Valley Summer Theatre, Athens, Ohio
Box   8
  Folder   10
Omaha Community Playhouse, Omaha, Nebraska
Box   8
  Folder   11
Opera Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware
Box   8
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Palo Alto Children's Theatre, Palo Alto, California
Box   8
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Palos Verdes Players Inc., Rolling Hills Estates, California
Box   8
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Pawtucket Community Players, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Box   8
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Pensacola Little Theatre Inc., Pensacola, Florida
Box   8
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Peoria Players Theatre, Peoria, Illinois
Box   8
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Phoenix Little Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona
Box   8
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Play Troupe of Port Washington, Port Washington, NY
Box   8
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Players Club and Theatre Arts Club, Detroit, Michigan
Box   8
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Players Club of Swarthmore, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Box   8
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Players Guild of Canton, Canton, Ohio
Box   8
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Players Guild of Leonia, Leonia, New Jersey
Box   8
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Players of Utica (Players Theatre), Utica, New York
Box   9
  Folder   1
Players Theatre of Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
Box   9
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Players Workshop, Burlington, Iowa
Box   9
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Portland Civic Theatre, Portland, Oregon
Box   9
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Portland Players, South Portland, Maine
Box   9
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Potomac Playmakers, Hagerstown Maryland
Box   9
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Quincy Community Theatre (Quincy Community Little Theatre), Quincy, Illinois
Box   9
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Racine Theatre Guild Inc., Racine, Wisconsin
Box   9
  Folder   8
Raleigh Little Theatre, Raleigh, North Carolina
Box   9
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Reading Community Players, Reading, Pennsylvania
Box   9
  Folder   10
Reno Little Theatre, Reno, Nevada
Box   9
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Repertory Theatre of New Britain, New Britain Connecticut
Box   9
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Richland Light Opera, Richland, Washington
Box   9
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Ridgedale Players, Southfield, Michigan
Box   9
  Folder   14
Riverside Community Players, Riverside, California
Box   9
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Rochester Community Players, Rochester, New York
Box   9
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Ross Valley Players, Ross, California
Box   9
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St. Dunstan's Guild of Cranbrook, Birmingham, Michigan
Box   9
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St. Johnsbury Players, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Box   9
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Saint Petersburg Little Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Florida
Box   9
  Folder   20
San Antonio Little Theatre, San Antonio, Texas
Box   9
  Folder   21
Schenectady Civic Players, Schenectady, New York
Box   9
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Sheboygan Theatre Company, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Box   9
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Shoestring Theatre, Deland, Florida
Box   9
  Folder   24
Shreveport Little Theatre, Shreveport, Louisiana
Box   9
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Sioux City Community Theatre, Sioux City, Iowa
Box   9
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Spartanburg Little Theatre, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Box   9
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Springfield Little Theatre, Springfield, Missouri
Box   9
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Stagecrafters, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Box   9
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Stockton Civic Theatre, Stockton, California
Box   10
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Stratton Players, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Box   10
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Strollers, Maplewood, New Jersey
Box   10
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Tacoma Little Theatre, Tacoma, Washington
Box   10
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Theatre Americana, Altadena, California
Box   10
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Theatre Cedar Rapid, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Box   10
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Theatre Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Box   10
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Theatre Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Box   10
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Theatre in the Round Players, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Box   10
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Theatre Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Box   10
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Theatre Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Box   10
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Theatre of Western Springs, Western Springs, Illinois
Box   10
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Twin City Players, Saint Joseph, Michigan
Box   10
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Vagabond Players, Baltimore, Maryland
Box   10
  Folder   14
Venice Little Theatre, Venice, Florida
Box   10
  Folder   15
Very Little Theatre, Eugene, Oregon
Box   10
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Village Light Opera Group Inc., Village Station, New York
Box   10
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Village Playbox Inc., Haddon Heights, New Jersey
Box   10
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Walpole Footlighters, Walpole, Massachusetts
Box   11
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Waterloo Community Playhouse, Waterloo, Iowa
Box   11
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Weathervane Community Playhouse, Akron, Ohio
Box   11
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Wellesley Players, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
Box   11
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Westfield Community Players, Westfield, New Jersey
Box   11
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Westfield Theatre Group, Westfield, Massachusetts
Box   11
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Whittier Community Theatre, Whittier, California
Box   11
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Wilmington Drama League, Wilmington, Delaware
Box   11
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Workshop Players Inc., Amherst, Ohio
Box   11
  Folder   9
York Little Theatre, York, Pennsylvania
Box   11
  Folder   10
Youngstown Playhouse, Youngstown, Ohio
Box   11
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Zachary Scott Theatre, Center (Austin Community Theatre), Austin, Texas
Box   12
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Colonial Players of Annapolis Inc., Annapolis Maryland
Box   12
  Folder   2
Coshcoton Footlight Players, Coshcoton, Ohio
Box   12
  Folder   3
Photographs from theatre files

Scope and Content Note
  • Aurora Players, Orchard Park, New York
  • Barnstormers Theatre, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania
  • Bellingham Theatre Guild, Bellingham, Washington
  • The Brandywiners, Montchanin, Delaware
  • Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
  • City Park Players (Central Louisiana Community Theatre), Alexandria, Louisiana
  • Curtain Players, Westerville, Ohio
  • Dayton Theatre Guild Inc., Dayton, Ohio
  • Diamond Head Theatre/Honolulu Community Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Evansville Civic Theatre Inc., Evansville, Indiana
  • Fort Smith Little Theatre, Fort Smith, Arkansas
  • Greater Grand Forks Community Theatre (Fire Hall Theatre), Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • The Harlequins Inc., Sandusky, Ohio
  • Long Beach Playhouse (Long Beach Community Players), Long Beach, California
  • Mobile Theatre Guild Inc., Mobile, Alabama
  • Peoria Players Theatre, Peoria, Illinois
  • Sheboygan Theatre Company, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  • Theatre in the Round Players, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Very Little Theatre, Eugene, Oregon
  • Westfield Theatre Group, Westfield, Massachusetts
  • Workshop Players Inc., Amherst, Ohio
  • York Little Theatre, York, Pennsylvania