Overview
Six theater programs of productions by the Theatre Union Inc. of New York (N.Y.).
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1936
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Good.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.08 linear feet (1 volume)Six programs, four of which were published within Playbill. Five of the programs are for productions at the Civic Repertory Theatre; one is from the Vanderbilt Theatre.
Biographical / Historical
The Theatre Union was a New York (N.Y.) non-profit, membership-based professional theatrical organization intending to "build a theatre of the ninety per cent", meaning the majority of people who could not afford admission and for whom the theatre was irrelevant to their concerns.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2020MT-42. Purchased with funds from the Francis W. Hatch Book Fund, 2019 September.
Processing Information
Accessioned by Melanie Wisner, 2020 January.
Subject
- Civic Repertory Theatre, Inc. (Organization)
- Theatre Union Inc. (Organization)
- Vanderbilt Theatre (Organization)
- Title
- Theatre Union Inc. programs, 1934-1936 (MS Thr 2026): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2020 January 9
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03300
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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