Scammon, Howard, Papers Guide to the Howard Scammon Papers 01/Mss. Acc. 1992.38 and additions

Guide to the Howard Scammon Papers 01/Mss. Acc. 1992.38 and additions


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
01/Mss. Acc. 1992.38 and additions
Title
Howard Scammon Papers 1917-1994 1940-1970
Quantity
15.00 Linear Feet
Creator
Scammon, Howard, 1911-1999
Creator
Dept. of Theatre, Speech, and Dance
Creator
Jamestown Corporation
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Custodial History:

Acc. 2002.053 and Acc. 2002.063 were previously part of Howard Scammon Papers (UA 6.053); these two collections were combined on 3/09/2010.

Preferred Citation:

Howard Scammon Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

1992.38:  500 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 8/5/1992; 1993.44, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 6/23/1993; 1993.73:  300 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 12/13/1993; 1994.03:  75 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 1/20/1994; 1994.12:  100 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 2/18/1994; 1994.22:  50 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 4/1/1994; 1994.27:  150 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 4/6/1994; 1995.14:  500 items, gift of Howard Scammon, was received on 3/20/1995; Acc. 2002.053 acquired 10/07/2002; Acc. 2002.063 acquired 09/30/2002. One cubic feet of records received sometime prior to 2006; the exact date of accession is unknown. 2010.154:  3 boxes, gift of Mark Thrash, administrator of Howard Scammon's estate, on 3/5/2010.


Biographical Information:

Howard Scammon was a student (1929-1934) and faculty member at the College of William and Mary in the Department of Theatre. He died in 1999. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, playbooks and other material collected by William and Mary Theatre professor Howard Scammon. The bulk of the material is correspondence between Scammon and his former students, but the papers also include documentation related to the William and Mary Theatre, The Common Glory, the Jamestown Festival of 1957, other Williamsburg theatre groups and famous William and Mary alumni such as Glenn Close and Linda Lavin.  Some personal papers are also included.

Arrangement of Materials:

The papers have been arranged into 7 series:  Series 1:  Correspondence; Series 2:  Former Students, Series 3: Theatre, Series 4:  Printed Material, Series 5:  News Releases, Series 6:  Photographs, Slides and Negatives and Series 7:  Howard Scammon-Personal Papers.

Material from all accessions were combined into these series.

All personal correspondence from each accession has been combined and arranged in alphabetical order.  The letters are mostly from former students of Howard Scammon.

As of August 2014, Boxes 1 - 8, Series 1, Correspondence has been completely processed with envelopes behind the letters.   Boxes 9 - 12 are arranged alphabetically, but not in strict A-Z order, with envelopes in front of the letters.

Related Material

William and Mary Theatre Records(UA 67); Department of Theatre, Speech, and Dance Records (UA 59); University Archives Audiovisual Collections (UA 58); Linda Lavin Papers (88 L39); Louis E. Catron Papers (Mss. Acc. 2001.50); Althea Hunt Papers (UA 6.028); Howard Scammon Drama Prize Winners Collection (UA 52).

Items transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03) include:

Framed "Get Well" Needle Work (Mss. 1992.38.01), "Our Town" Key (Mss.2010.154.01), President's Council Silver Plate (Mss. 2010.154.02), Christmas 1974 Silver Plate (Mss. 2010.154.03), Jefferson Goblet Award (Mss. 2010.154.04), "Thanks Howard" Silver Cup (Mss. 2010.154.05), Silver Trophy With Old English Poem (Mss. 2010.154.06), William and Mary Theatre Silver Pitcher (Mss. 2010.154.07), Fort Eustis Entertainment Contest Silver Bowl (Mss. 2010.154.08), Recognition Platter (Mss. 2010.154.09), "Spread Out '66" Silver Platter (Mss. 2010.154.10)

Separated Material

Acc. 2002.053 and Acc. 2002.063 were previously part of Howard Scammon Papers (UA 6.053); these two collections were combined on 3/09/2010.

Mss. Acc. 2014.003 Frances Breeze Music Collection was separated from the Howard Scammon papers on 01/14/2014.  Frances Breeze's gift was via Howard Scammon in 1983. The following items were removed from Mss. Acc. 2014.003 and were added to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection under Mss Acc. 2014.003 on 1/28/2014:

Recording tape:  Track 1 and 3, "Fairy Stones" and Track 2 and 4, blank.

Scotch 3m Music Mastering tape:  "Chapman Tape I"

3M Music Mastering Tape:  "Chapman II"

The following books have been removed from Mss. Acc. 2014.003 and are cataloged as Rare Books:

The Royal Edition of the Contral to Album with Italian and English Words, edited by J. Pittman, Boosey & Co., London and New York, edition is prior to 1899; The Victor Book of the Opera, Victor Talking Machine Co., Campden, NJ, 1912, owned by Harold Chapman; Operatic Anthology and Celebrated Arias..., edited by Max Specker, G. Schirmer, 1904, Frances Breeze performed some of this music and The Sound of Music/Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II, Libretto, Williamson Music, Inc., NY, 1960.

Items transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03) include:

"Our Town" Key (Mss.2010.154.01), President's Council Silver Plate (Mss. 2010.154.02), Christmas 1974 Silver Plate (Mss. 2010.154.03), Jefferson Goblet Award (Mss. 2010.154.04), "Thanks Howard" Silver Cup (Mss. 2010.154.05), Silver Trophy With Old English Poem (Mss. 2010.154.06), William and Mary Theatre Silver Pitcher (Mss. 2010.154.07), Fort Eustis Entertainment Contest Silver Bowl (Mss. 2010.154.08), Recognition Platter (Mss. 2010.154.09), "Spread Out '66" Silver Platter (Mss. 2010.154.10)


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Birthday cards
  • Buildings and Grounds--Lake Matoaka Ampitheatre
  • Christmas cards
  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Close, Glenn, 1947-
  • College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
  • College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff
  • College of William and Mary. Dept. of Theatre, Speech, and Dance
  • College of William and Mary. William and Mary Theatre
  • College theater--United States
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Correspondence
  • Greeting cards
  • Jamestown 350th Anniversary
  • Jamestown Festival (1957)
  • Lavin, Linda, 1937-
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Long, William Ivey
  • Negatives
  • Newport News Women's Club (Va.)
  • Notebooks
  • Phi Beta Kappa. Virginia Alpha (College of William and Mary)
  • Photographs
  • Plays (document genre)
  • Scrapbooks
  • Scripts (documents)
  • Slides (photographs)
  • Student Plays
  • Theater
  • Virginia Shakespeare Festival
  • Visitors to Campus--Queen Elizabeth II (1957)
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Drama
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs
  • Williamsburg Players (Williamsburg, Va.)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Close, Glenn, 1947-
  • Lavin, Linda, 1937-
  • Long, William Ivey
  • Scammon, Howard, 1911-1999

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Drama
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs

Container List

id67499
Correspondence
1947-1994
Scope and Contents

Personal correspondence. Some letters include photographs of the writer and of Howard Scammon. A - L has been processed, with business/organization and William and Mary related correspondence pulled and put into corresponding sub-series. M - Z is in alphabetical order, but includes folders of correspondence yet to be interfiled.. Also, business/organization and William and Mary related correspondence has not been pulled. Family correspondence includes the Bancroft Family, Ada Louise Carr and the Scammon Family, and possibly others.

  • id64002
    Personal Correspondence
    circa 1947-1997
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence from former students, friends and colleagues of Howard Scammon. Howard Scammon purposefully kept a correspondence file of all the post cards and letters sent to him. This group of correspondence was pulled from all the accessions and filed in alphabetical order by surname/first name. If the surname is unknown, the letter was filed by the first name. Some letters are filed under the first name AND the surname since not all of the letters included the surname. Other letters are filed under both the maiden and married surname or under a spouse's first name or surname. Series 7, Box 24, folder 4 contains a bound volume of 1976 retirement congratulatory letters.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 id64003
      A - Brooks
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id238068
        A - Al
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id238069
        An
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id238070
        Ao - Ar
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id238071
        Arata
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id238072
        As - Az
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id238073
        Baker, Dylan
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id238074
        Bancroft Family (Howard Scammon's Niece)
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id238075
        Barton
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id238076
        Bam - Bar
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id238077
        Batchelor
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id238078
        Bas - Bel
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id238079
        Bell, Emily
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id238080
        Ben - Bh
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id238081
        Bennington
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id238082
        Bi
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id238083
        Bing
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id238084
        Bj - Bl
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 18 id238085
        Bm - Br
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 19 id238086
        Bray, James
      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 20 id238087
        Breeze, Frances
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id64004
      Brooks - Cheek
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id238048
        Brooks, John
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id238049
        Brooks, John
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id238050
        Brose, Marianna
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id238051
        Brown
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id238052
        Browne, Terry
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id238053
        Bs - Buf
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id238054
        Burke
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id238055
        Bugg - Burr
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id238056
        Burs - Z
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id238057
        C - Carm
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id238058
        Cappon, Lester
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id238059
        Carn - Ce
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id238060
        Carneal, Goldie
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id238061
        Carpenter, Joe
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id238062
        Carr, Ada Louise (twin sister of Howard Scammon's Father)
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id238063
        Casey, Carlton
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id238064
        Cataldo, Edna
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 18 id238065
        Catney, Jen
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 19 id238066
        Cf - Char
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Folder: 20 id238067
        Cheek, Leslie
        Scope and Contents

        Includes publications on Glenn Close.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id64005
      Cheek - Dav
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id238088
        Cheek, Leslie
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id238089
        Chas - Cly
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id238090
        Clontz, Charles
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id238091
        Co - Col
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id238092
        Cobb
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id238093
        Coffman
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id238094
        Coke
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id238095
        Colvin
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id238096
        Colm - Coz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id238097
        Crank
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id238098
        Crebbs
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id238099
        Cp - Cz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id238100
        D - Dav
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id238101
        Dann, Elonzo
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id238102
        Dann, Elonzo
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id238103
        Dann, Elonzo
      • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id238104
        Dann, Elonzo
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id238105
      Close, Glenn
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id64007
      David - Go
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id238106
        Dave and Davids (first names only)
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id238107
        Davis, Barney
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id238118
        Daw - De
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id238108
        Dean, Jacque
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id238109
        Df - Diz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id238110
        Dixon - Do
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id238111
        Dp - Dz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id238112
        E
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id238113
        F - Forb
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id238114
        Farley
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id238115
        Forrest
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id238116
        Friberg, Barbara
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id238117
        Foc - Fz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id238119
        Friedman, David
        Scope and Contents

        See also: David Masters, another name he used.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id238120
        G - Gl
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id238121
        Gaines
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id238122
        Galea
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 18 id238123
        Gatewood, Robert
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Folder: 19 id238124
        Gm - Go
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id64008
      Gr - Holmes
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id238125
        Gr - Gz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id238126
        Granville, Patty
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id238127
        Graves, Zoe and Tom
        Scope and Contents

        A combination of personal and William and Mary related correspondence.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id238128
        Graves, Zoe and Tom
        Scope and Contents

        A combination of personal and William and Mary related correspondence.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id238129
        Graves, Zoe and Tom
        Scope and Contents

        A combination of personal and William and Mary related correspondence.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id238130
        Green, Paul
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id238131
        Greene, J. A.
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id238132
        H - Hall
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id238133
        Halow, Kurt
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id238134
        Halstead
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id238135
        Ham - Har
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id238136
        Has - Hea
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id238137
        Heb - Hez
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id238138
        Hf - Hn
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id238139
        Ho - Hog
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id238140
        Hodsdon
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id238141
        Hoh - Holmes
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id64009
      Holter - Kester
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id238142
        Holter - Houser
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id238143
        Hopkins, Sewell
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id238144
        Howell - Hoxie
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id238145
        Hu - Huie
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id238146
        Hul - Hz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id238147
        Hunt, Althea
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id238148
        Hux, Chris
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id238149
        Hux, Chris
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id238150
        I
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id238151
        J - a
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id238152
        Je - Ji
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id238153
        Jo
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id238154
        John (first name only)
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id238155
        Ju - Jz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id238156
        Jurow, Mae and Irvin
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id238157
        Jurow, Mae and Irvin
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id238158
        K - Ka
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 18 id238159
        Kanter
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 19 id238160
        Kb - Kil
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 20 id238161
        Kester
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Folder: 21 id238162
        Kester
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id64010
      Kil - L
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id238230
        Kil - Kz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id238231
        Kimbrough, Janet
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id238232
        Kirkpatrick
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id238233
        Kramer
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id238234
        L - Le
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id238235
        Lange, Veronica
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id238236
        Lantos, Jessica and Tom
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id238237
        Lark, Kay and Andy
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id238238
        Laura and Laurie (no last names)
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id238239
        Lavin, Linda and Family
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id238240
        Lf - Ln
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id238241
        Leeper, Christopher
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id238242
        Leighton
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id238243
        LeRoy, Richard
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id238244
        Little, David
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id238245
        Little, David
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id238246
        Lo - Lz
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 18 id238247
        Loak, Doug and Rebecca
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 19 id238249
        Loft, Peggy
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 20 id238248
        Lokey, Betty
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 21 id238250
        Long
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 22 id238251
        Loper, Stephen
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 23 id238252
        Lopez, Mercy
      • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 24 id238253
        Lopez, Stephen and Jill
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id64011
      M
      Scope and Contents

      Includes folders of correspondence that need to be interfiled. For David Masters correspondence, see also David Friedman, another name he used.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id64012
      M - Ritchie
      Scope and Contents

      Includes folders of correspondence that need to be interfiled.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id64013
      Ritchie - Shneider
      Scope and Contents

      Includes folders of correspondence that need to be interfiled.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 id64014
      Scammon - Tre
      Scope and Contents

      Includes folders of correspondence that need to be interfiled, correspondence from Scammon relatives and 3 letters from Gregg Swem of Kentucky.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id64015
      T - Z, "Return to Senter," Unknown, A-Z to be interfiled, Empty Envelopes
      Scope and Contents

      Includes folders of correspondence that need to be interfiled. 19 folders in this subseries.

  • id233461
    Organizations/Business - Personal and Mass Mailings
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence from organizations in which Howard Scammon had an interest or was a member, such as local and other theatre groups and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  Letters thanking Howard for his participation in an event, donation, or help.  Requests for references, tours of William and Mary and his help/participation in an event.  Mass mailings.  Acknowlegement of orders, such as books.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id238659
      Box 13
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Mixed Materials Folder: 20 id238660
        Folder 20
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Mixed Materials Folder: 21 id238662
        Folder 21
  • id234021
    William and Mary: Correspondence, Memos, Invitations, Christmas Cards
    Scope and Contents

    Includes Christmas cards from various departments, thank you letters for his work and donations, letters congratulating him for honors given to him by the College or others, invitations to College events and general mass mailings from different College departments.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id238653
      Box 14
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id238654
        Folder 1
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id238655
        Folder 2
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id238656
        Folder 3
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id238657
        Folder 4
  • id238665
    Correspondence Written by Howard Scammon
    Scope and Contents

    Photocopies of notes Howard Scammon sent to friends and colleagues.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id238667
      Box 14
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id238668
        Folder 5
id233452
Former Students and others - Ephemera, Photographs
Scope and Contents

Newspaper and magazine articles, programs and photographs. Some photographs include Howard Scammon.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id233548
    Box 15
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id233549
      Glenn Close
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id233550
      Justin Deas
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id233551
      David Friedman
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id233552
      Patty Granville
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id233553
      Kurt Halow
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id233554
      Linda Lavin
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id233555
      William Ivey Long, Blake Tyler Newton
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Two copies of script "A Bride in Hand" written by and signed by Blake Tyler Newton, III.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id233556
      Glynne Wickham
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id237671
      Fred Cushing
      Scope and Contents

      Photograph of Fred Cushing in a military uniform. Received with correspondence files, but not clear who sent it. Also, envelope to Commanding Officer, Co. K, 15th Regt. Inf. , State Armory, Gloucester, MA from The Adjutant General's Office, Boston Massachusetts, dated March 11, 1920. These 2 items may not be related.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id238302
      Howard Scammon with Helen Hayes, Photographs
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id238604
      [Barnes], James
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of the [Barnes] Family and Howard in Scotland included in August 26, 1986 letter.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id238605
      Lange, Veronica
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs removed from Veronica Lange's February 23, 1999 letter of Howard Scammon at the Musical Theatre in a Gilbert and Sullivan class.

id233453
Theatre
  • id233454
    William and Mary Theatre
    Scope and Contents

    Programs, scripts, ephemera associated with productions by the William and Mary Theatre.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id233850
      Box 15
      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id32067
        William and Mary Theatre--Production Notes--Pages 1-150
        1926-1959
      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id32068
        William and Mary Theatre--Production Notes--Pages 151-200
        1959 October-1971 April
      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id32069
        William and Mary Theatre--Production Notes--Pages 200-215
        1971 October -1975
      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id233853
        Boy with a Cart
        1950
        Scope and Contents

        Newspaper Clippings.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id233854
        The Boyfriend
        1957
        Scope and Contents

        Newspaper clipping.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 18 id32056
        The Candidates
        1949 January
        Scope and Contents

        Scripts and Notes.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 19 id233855
        The Candidates
        1949
        Scope and Contents

        Newspaper articles, hardback book version of script and musical scores.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 20 id32071
        Diary of Anne Frank
        1960
        Scope and Contents

        Newspaper clipping.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 21 id233856
        The Disappearing Sphere
        1967
        Scope and Contents

        Notes, script revisions and program.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 22 id233857
        Groceries and Notions - Script and Songbook
        1950
      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 23 id233858
        Groceries and Notions
        1950
        Scope and Contents

        Scripts, correspondence and programs.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 24 id233851
        An Inspector Calls
        1949
        Scope and Contents

        Play Book and flyer.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 25 id233859
        The Late Christopher Bean
        1960
        Scope and Contents

        Newspaper clippings.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 26 id233860
        Lola
        1963
        Scope and Contents

        Script.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 27 id233852
        The Man Who Came to Dinner
        1949
        Scope and Contents

        Flyer and copy of script.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 28 id233861
        The Miser
        1952
        Scope and Contents

        Newspaper clippings.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 29 id233862
        Romeo and Juliet
        1957
      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 30 id233863
        List of Productions
        1926-1975
        Scope and Contents

        Computer printout of plays performed from 1926 - 1975. Some listings include the names of the actors.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 31 id233864
        Blake Tyler Newton - Bride in Hand
        undated
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents Two copies of script "A Bride in Hand" written by and signed by Blake Tyler Newton, III.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 32 id233866
        "William and Mary Theatre - 50 Years"
        circa 1979
        Scope and Contents

        Notes, drafts and people to contact for the book, "William and Mary Theatre - 50 Years."

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 33 id233867
        William and Mary Theatre and Phi Beta Kappa Hall
        1950-1957
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents August 24, 1950 report "A Complete and Detailed Plan for the Management of the William and Mary Theater" by Thomas F. Brummer. Memos and reports about policy, scheduling and building needs in the building of the Theatre in Phi Beta Kappa Hall.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 34 id233874
        Endowed Chair for Althea Hunt and Howard Scammon and Theatre Reunion
        1988
        Scope and Contents

        Correspondence and contact list for the reunion.

  • id233455
    Colonial Williamsburg: 18th Century Plays
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id233684
      Box 15
      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 31 id233875
        Antiques Forum - 3 Act Comedies
        1950-51
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents Programs of the 1950 and 1951 Antiques Forum where Howard Scammon produced "The Cheats of Scapin" and "Dr. Last in His Chariot."

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 32 id233876
        Photographs
        Scope and Contents

        Unidentified photographs from 18th Century Plays.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 33 id233877
        Cheats of Scapin
        1949-50
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents Correspondence, scripts, flyers and program for "Cheats of Scapin" performed for the 1950 Colonial Williamsburg's Antiques Forum.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 34 id233878
        Dr. Last in His Chariot
        1950-51
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents News clippings, photographs, correspondence, flyers and programs for "Dr. Last in His Chariot" performed at the 1951 Colonial Williamsburg's Antiques Forum.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 35 id233879
        The Antatomist or The Sham Doctor
        1951-1957
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents News clippings, photographs, correspondence, flyers and programs for "Dr. Last in His Chariot" performed at various venues in 1951 and 1957 and possibly other years.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 36 id233880
        The Country Girl
        1952
        Scope and Contents

        Photographs, newspaper clippings, telegram and flyers for "The Country Girl."

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 37 id233881
        The Clandestine Marriage
        1953
        Scope and Contents

        Photographs and newspaper clippings for "The Clandestine Marriage."

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 38 id233882
        Miss in Her Teens and The Mock Doctor
        1956
        Scope and Contents

        Correspondence, flyers and newspaper clippings.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Folder: 39 id233883
        She Stoops to Conquer
        1961
        Scope and Contents

        Flyers and newspaper clippings.

  • id233456
    Common Glory
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id233651
      Box 16
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id233652
        Jamestown Corporation - Administrative
        1953-1957
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id233653
        Photographs
        undated
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id233654
        Photographs
        1952
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id233655
        Photographs
        1967
        Scope and Contents

        Pages from a scrapbook.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id233656
        Photographs
        1967
        Scope and Contents

        Pages from a scrapbook.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id233657
        Programs
        1947-1952
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id233658
        Publicity
        1952, 1956 and undated
        Scope and Contents

        Pamphlets, postcards, 1952 Commonwealth Magazine of Virginia and May 1956 Alumni Gazette.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id233659
        Publicity - Newspaper Clippings
        1947-1976
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id233660
        Publicity - Posters
        1950
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents 3 posters advertising "The Common Glory" for the 4th Annual Season, 1950.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id233661
        Scripts
        undated
        Scope and Contents

        Two typed scripts (1 page and 2 pages) entitled "Jamestown Visions."

  • id233457
    The Founders
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id233662
      Box 17
      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id233663
        The Jamestown Play - Synopsis by Paul Green
        undated
        Scope and Contents

        62 page typed carbon copy script entitled "The Jamestown Play, A Synopsis by Paul Green."  Some pages contain handwritten notes.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id233664
        Correspondence and Administrative Material
        1954-1956
        Scope and Contents

        1954 minutes of the Jamestown Drama Advisory Committee, outline of Paul Green's Synopsis, memo about the "Cove Amphitheatre, 1954 correspondence with Howard Scammon and the Jamestown Corporation and Paul Green and correspondence to and from actors about parts and tryouts.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 3 id233665
        Publicity - Newspaper Clippings
        1957-1964
      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id233666
        Publicity - Pamphlets
        1957
        Scope and Contents

        1957 pamphlet for "The Founders."

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id233667
        Scripts - Rough Working Draft
        undated
        Scope and Contents

        65 page typed carbon entitled "Jamestown Story, Act 1, (Rough working draft).

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id233668
        Scripts
        undated
        Scope and Contents

        2 copies of typed 85 page script with a few notes.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id233669
        Scripts
        undated
        Scope and Contents

        3 different versions of script, some partial,  with handwritten notes.  List of actors and a 2 page handwritten script notes.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id233670
        Scripts
        undated
        Scope and Contents

        171 page copy of typed script with a few handwritten notes. Spreadsheet of actors with their names and availablity.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id233671
        Scripts
        1963
        Scope and Contents

        Copy of a typed 171 page script entitled "The Founders (The Jamestown Story) (A Symphonic Drama of American History) by Paul Green (Revised Version-November, 1963."

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id233672
        Scripts
        1963
        Scope and Contents

        Scattered pages from the November 1963 Revised Version of the script. Some pages have handwritten notes.

  • id233458
    Williamsburg Players and Williamsburg Shakespeare Players
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id233673
      Box 18
      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id233674
        Printed Material
        1963-1992
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents Williamsburg Players, "Our Town:" press Release by Charles Eugene Bush, mailing pamphlet for the 1991-92 season, press material and slides of Howard Scammon. Flyer for "William and Mary Summer Players" presentation "A Dance Concert" and "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife." Williamsburg Shakespeare Players: programs, newspaper articles, news releases, correspondence and cast lists. Productions include Julius Caesar (1963), Twelth Night (1963), MacBeath (1964), The Merry Wives of Windsor (1964), Tragedy of King Lear (1966), Much Ado about Nothing (1967), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970), Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet.

  • id233459
    American Festival Theatre
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id233675
      Box 18
      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id233676
        Contact Sheet
        undated
        Scope and Contents

        Contact sheet with names and telephone numbers of stage managers, actors and more.

  • id233460
    Jamestown Festival
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id233677
      Box 18
      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id233678
        Virginia 350th Anniversary College Committee
        1955-1956
        Scope and Contents

        Memos, reports and correspondence concerning the College of William and Mary's participation in the 350th celebration at Jamestown. Some material concerns the "Drama Committee." Typed carbon copies of report entitled, "Recommendation on Participation of the College in the Celebration of the 350th Anniversary at Jamestown."

      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id233679
        College of William and Mary Printed Material
        1957
        Scope and Contents

        Pamphlets, tickets, programs, Alumni Gazette and newspaper articles for events held at Phi Beta Kappa Hall, The Cove Amphitheatre and other venues.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id233680
        Hark Upon the Gale
        1957
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents Program for the October 1957 production of "Hark Upon the Gale" by Christian H. Moe at Phi Beta Kappa Hall.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id233681
        Newspaper Clippings
        1957
      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id233682
        Personal - Howard Scammon
        1957
        Scope and Contents

        Invitations to Howard Scammon for 350th Anniversary events.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id233683
        Programs, Guides, Invitations
        1957
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents Jamestown Festival Official Program, Virginia Travel Council's Guidbook to the festival, brochure by Miller and Rhoads, Virginia Guidebook, The Virginia Gazette October 15, 1957 supplement, calendar of events brochure, Jamestown Festival brochure and "The Jamestown 350th Anniversary Booklets" order sheet brochure.

id233462
Printed Material
Scope and Contents

Programs, news clippings and news releases concerning various theatre productions at William and Mary from 1947 to 1994. Various editions of playbooks for different plays; not necessarily plays directed by Howard Scammon. Printed materials are also filed with other series.

  • id233848
    Printed Ephemera, Newspaper Clippings, Playbills and Programs
    Scope and Contents

    Most of the material is about the William and Mary Theatre and Choir plus Community Theatre.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id233685
      Box 18
      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id233686
        Ephemera
        1990 and undated
        Scope and Contents

        Stamps with picture of Winsor Castle and Caernarfon Castle, small poster with Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty, or give me death!' speech, copy of report entitled "Thomas Jefferson's Association with Williamsburg by Mary Goodwin, a 1990 Fink-Hummel-Kalendar, article about 1991 gay wedding and a 1952 issue of Family Circle with an article on Colonial Williamsburg. 8 blank postcards of Healy Hall, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Jamestown pottery postcard and blank birthday greeting card.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id233687
        Newspaper Clippings - Community Presentations
        1949 and undated
        Scope and Contents

        Clippings about theatrical presentations in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id233688
        Newspaper Clippings - William and Mary Theatre
        1950-1970
        Scope and Contents

        Newspaper clippings that were removed from a scrapbook. Includes some correspondence and brochures.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id233689
        Newspaper Clippings - William and Mary Theatre and Williamsburg Area Groups
        1949-1999
        Scope and Contents

        Loose newspaper clippings about theatre productions by the William and Mary Theatre and other Willilamsburg Theater groups, including an article on Paul Green.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 id233691
      Box 19
      • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id233690
        Newspaper Clippings - General
        1990, 1992 and undated
        Scope and Contents

        5 clippings about events outside of the Williamsburg area.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id233741
        Newspaper and Magazine Clippings
        1955-1983
      • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id233693
        Playbills and Programs - William and Mary
        1951 and 1995
        Scope and Contents

        Programs for the 1951 graduation ceremony and an 1995 invitation to a Charter Day event.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id233694
        Playbills and Programs - William and Mary Theatre and Choir
        1930-1977
        Scope and Contents

        Programs and flyers for events on campus that included performances by the William and Mary Theatre and/or the William and Mary Choir.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id233692
        Playbills and Programs-Other
        1951-1999
        Scope and Contents

        Productions not associated with the College of William and Mary.  Includes a letter concerning an event for AIDS.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id233847
        William and Mary Printed Material
        1958 and 1961
        Scope and Contents

        March 1958 Alumni Gazette and the 1961 "50th Anniversary Issue of the Flat Hat." Form letter and tickets to the Dedication of Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall on May 18, 1957.

  • id233849
    Play Books
    Scope and Contents

    Playbooks used by William and Mary Theatre Directors Althea Hunt and Howard Scammon for various productions. The series is arranged alphabetically by the title of the play.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id233718
      Box 20
      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id32102
        Playbooks
        1925-1951
        Scope and Contents

        6 items. Alice in Wonderland The Anatomist The Amazons Aren't We All? Asmodée Autumn Crocus

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id32103
        Playbooks
        1925-1948
        Scope and Contents

        5 items. Charm The Circle Cock Robin Dangerous Corner Daphne Laureola

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id32104
        Playbooks
        1922-1954
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents 7 items. Dark of the Moon Dear Me Dial "M" for Murder The Enemy End of Summer The Eve of St. Mark First Lady

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id32105
        Playbooks
        1936-1949
        Scope and Contents

        5 items. Hickory Dickory I, A Stranger Invitation to a Murder Joan of Lorraine Kind Lady

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id32106
        Playbooks
        1927-1968
        Scope and Contents

        6 items. Ladies Only Lady Precious Stream The Late Christopher Bean The Little Foxes Love-In-A-Mist Lovers

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id32107
        Playbooks
        1917-1943
        Scope and Contents

        6 items. Macbeth The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife (2 copies) Mary of Scotland The Merchant of Venice Minick

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id32111
        Playbooks
        1925-1950
        Scope and Contents

        7 items. Mrs. Partridge Presents Noah Now and Forever Old Lady Robbins Our Children Our Town Penny Wise

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id32112
        Playbooks
        1923-1950
        Scope and Contents

        6 items. Pink String and Sealing Wax Pride and Prejudice The Queen's Comedy R.U.R. The Royal Family The Sea Gull

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id32113
        Playbooks
        1929-1950
        Scope and Contents

        6 items. Sherdian, Richard Brinsley (book of plays) Michael Miller Tourists Accommodated The Switchback Suspect The Swan

      • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id32114
        Playbooks
        1925-1959
        Scope and Contents

        6 items. When We Are Married Wings for to Fly The Winslow Boy The Youngest You and I Your Uncle Dudley

id233736
News Releases
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 id233737
    Box 19
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id233742
      Index, April - June 1983
      1983
      Scope and Contents

      Log of news releases with names of writers, topic, date and audience.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id233763
      "News of the College of William and Mary in Virginia"
      1983 April 1 -23
      Scope and Contents

      News Releases by the College of William and Mary about theatre and music productions. Includes releases on Williamsburg Shakespeare Festival and Robert Rozenzweig. Includes a few Williamsburg Index reports.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id233765
      "News of the College of William and Mary in Virginia
      1983 April 26 - May 27
      Scope and Contents

      News Releases by the College of William and Mary about theatre and music productions. Includes a few Williamsburg Index reports.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id233767
      "News of the College of William and Mary in Virginia"
      1983 May 27 - June
      Scope and Contents

      News Releases by the College of William and Mary about theatre and music productions. Includes a few Williamsburg Index reports. Includes releases on Social Studies Summer Institute and Alfredo S. James.

id233463
Photographs, Slides and Negatives
  • Mixed Materials Box: 21 id233769
    Box 21
    • Mixed Materials Box: 21 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id233771
      Theatre - Unidentified (Photographs)
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 8" x 10" photographs of unidentified stage productions.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 21 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id233772
      Theatre - Unidentified (Photographs)
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 8" x 10" photographs of unidentified stage productions.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 21 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id233773
      Theatre - Unidentified (Photographs)
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 8" x 10" photographs of unidentified stage productions.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 21 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id233774
      Theatre - Unidentified (Photographs)
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 8" x 10" photographs of unidentified stage productions.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 21 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id233793
      Theatre - Unidentified (Photographs)
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 5" x 7" photographs of unidentified stage productions.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 21 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id233797
      Theatre - Unidentified (Photographs)
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 4 " 5" photographs of unidentified stage productions.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 21 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id233776
      Theatre - Some Identification (Photographs)
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 4" x 5" photographs in acid free sleeves.  Some people and productions are identified.  The photograph sleeves are numbered.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 22 id233779
    Box 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id233777
      Unidentified (Slides and Negatives)
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      51 unidentified slides of stage productions.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id233799
      Glenn Close - Commencement (Photographs)
      1989 May 13-14
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of Glenn Close and the Commencement Ceremony in 1989.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id233803
      Howard Scammon's Personal Photographs
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of Howard Scammon and/or his friends.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id233805
      Howard Scammon's Personal Photographs
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of Howard Scammon and/or his friends.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id233807
      Howard Scammon's Personal Photographs
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Photographs of Howard Scammon and/or his friends.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id233810
      Backstage (Photographs)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id233812
      Common Glory (Slides)
      1972
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id233813
      Costume Design (Frankel) (Negatives)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id233814
      Godspell
      1983 October
      Scope and Contents

      Removed from a scrapbook. Photographs and newspaper clippings.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id233815
      Head for the Hills (Photographs and Negatives)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id233816
      King Lear (Negatives)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id233818
      MacBeth (Photographs)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id233819
      Taming of the Shrew (Negatives)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id233822
      Thunder Rock (Negatives)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id233823
      Twelth Night (Photographs)
      1963
  • Mixed Materials Box: 23 id233827
    Box 23
    • Mixed Materials Box: 23 id233832
      Slides in Metal Container
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Metal slide storage box with approximately 65 glass slides encased in metal of theatrical productions.

id233464
Howard Scammon-Personal Papers
Scope and Contents

Personal papers of Howard Scammon.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 24 id233865
    Box 24
    • Mixed Materials Box: 24 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id233934
      Personal
      1988 and undated
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Handwritten note entitled "Vital Statistics" with name, date and place of birth, height and weight and quotations/sayings that "might humanize the statistics." Index card notes about "people who influenced by life," "notes from," "Beginnings and development of William and Mary Theatre," letter from Phi Kappa Tau, obituary of Sarah L. Scammon (Howard's sister) and more.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 24 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id233936
      Certificate and Honors
      1980
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Certificate "Life Bravissimo Award" for Howard Scammon from the citizens of Tidewater, Virginia by Life Federal Savings and Loan Association.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 24 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id233946
      Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
      1950-1963
      Scope and Contents

      Howard Scammon was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity.  Includes correspondence, by-laws, handbooks and flyers.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 24 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id233947
      Retirement Scrapbook
      1976
      Scope and Contents

      Leather bound book of congratulatory letters and notes from students, friends and colleagues.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 24 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id234036
      Financial Papers
      1956, 1965 and 1994
      Scope and Contents

      1956 receipt from Depaul Hospital, 1965 list of small payments and 1994 cash receipt.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 24 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id238436
      Legal and Medical Correspondence