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San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Includes correspondence regarding the library and its collections, 1956-1969; donor lists, receipts, and documentation, 1941-1968, including a souvenir program and typed summary of Honcho 24 Ko and several scrapbook pages containing ephemera; an application for a grant, 1968; inventories, reports, and statistics, 1950, 1962-1963, and undated; requisitions for books, manuscripts, playbooks, and supplies, 1960-1963; reference materials including bibliographies on costume, dance, folklore, and theater arts, plus a list of subject headings for various fields, 1945 and undated, and a general directory of artists, writers, and directors, 1930. Also includes curricular materials on cinema technique and the film industry, 1940 and undated, given to the Library by Fairfax Walkup.
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Contains a photograph album and pages of a scrapbook with photographs depicting students and student life; materials were compiled by Fairfax Walkup and dated 1928-1939, undated. Also contains a few loose photographs from Walkup's photograph album, possibly connected to a course she taught about costumes and costuming, plus one of an unidentified woman; two publicity photographs of a dance class, from 1956; one photograph of students in a dorm; and one photograph of students in an acting class, both undated.
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Contains proposals for an alumni association (1953-1955); constitution and bylaws (circa 1956-1983); lists of board members (1968-1969 and 1982-1984); and board meeting minutes (1957-1969).
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Contains first and follow-up letters to prospective students. Major topics include School Inquiries, 1935-1939; Advertisements, 1935-1936, and more, plus advertisements that appeared in magazines including Redbook, Theatre Arts, National Geographic, Modern Mechanics, and various stage publications.
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Scrapbook containing printed photographs depicting 19th century actors and actresses, plus an undated memo to the Playhouse librarian identifying the item's donor. Also includes scrapbook pages, possibly from a scrapbook owned by Annette Gabrielson.
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Contains index of Play of the Month Club subscribers, in alphabetical order.
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