Special Collections Research Center
spcoll@wm.eduFinding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
The 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.
Preferred Citation:
Joseph Cohron Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 1983.029 was received on 6/21/1983.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of clippings and photographs relating to the William and Mary Theatre and drawings and possibly directions for a play by designer Prentice Hill, a faculty member at William and Mary from 1941-1943.
Related Material
Howard Scammon Papers (Mss. Acc. 1992.38, 1993.44, 1993.73); William and Mary Theatre Records (UA 67); Department of Theatre, Speech, and Dance Records (UA 59); Althea Hunt Papers (UA 6.028); Virginia E. Hinkins Scrapbook (UA 5.081).
Separated Material
These papers came with an assortment of William and Mary publications, mostly theater programs, which were transferred to the William and Mary Theatre Records.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- College of William and Mary. William and Mary Theatre
- College theater--United States
- Design drawings
- Hill, Prentice
- Photographs
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Newspaper Clippings
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Photograph, "As You Like It"
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Photograph, "Various Plays"
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Photographs, "Sun Up"
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Photographs, "The Merchant of Venice"1931
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Program for John Ferguson1932
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Set Designs, "The Male Animal"1942
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Set Designs and Property List, "George and Martha"
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
The Theater in Virginia by Althea Hunt1949
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Newspaper Clippings
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Newspaper Clippings
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Obituary for Grace Warren Landrum
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Postcard