Collection title: Herschel L. Bricker
Theater Collection
Collection number: MS 70
Dates of collection: ca. 1900-1973
Size of collection: 96 boxes
Biography
Herschel Bricker was a professor of speech and drama and director of the Maine Masque Theater at the University of Maine, 1928-1970.
Scope and Content Note
Personal and professional correspondence of Dr. Herschel L. Bricker, and pamphlets, programs, photos, clippings, magazines, plays, reviews, playbills, etc. about the Maine Masque Theater and theater in Maine.
Contents of Boxes
Box 249
F1 Acting: notes and papers. Probably compiled by a student. Also includes a
glossary of stage terms.
F2 Actor's Equity Association. Contract, blank.
F3 American Educational Theatre Association: A.E.T.A. News. Newsletter from
May, 1942, to April 2, 1944. Issues are scattered, no year complete.
F4 American Educational Theatre Association: Memo to The Membership, July
1967-Jan. 1968.
F 5 American Educational Theatre Association: minutes of executive committee and
board of directors' meetings, 1958.
F6 American Educational Theatre Association: National University Theatre
Festival, 1964.
F7 American Educational Theatre Association: papers, 1944. Contains
correspondence to - from Herschel Bricker, president of A.E.T.A. and advisory
council members.
F8-9 American Educational Theatre Association: papers, 1950-1965; contains
reports, minutes, some correspondence.
F10 American National Theatre and Academy: minutes of executive meetings, 1961-1962. Minutes sent to Herschel Bricker as member of Board of Directors.
F11-12 American National Theatre and Academy: papers. Includes reports to
membership, newsletters, some correspondence.
F13 American repertory theatre: news of the theatre In American life, v. I, nos.
I-9. August 1946 -
F14 American society of composers, authors and publishers: second fellowship
competition. Papers. Maine Masque students regional winners.
F15-16 Arthur A. Hauck Memorial Auditorium: papers. Includes architect's
blueprints and minutes of committee meetings.
F17 Author' s League of America: papers.
F18 Barrymore, John. Letter to Windsor Pratt Daggett.
F19 Book and theatrical supply catalogs of the 1960's.
F20 Bottume, Carl. Two radio plays. Contains: Earth to heaven; Down to the sea, 2 episodes.
F21 Barrymore, Lionel. Telegram to Maine Masque concerning apple tradition.
Box 250
F1-97 Actors - 19th century: portraits. 96 photos. Alphabetical listing in
folder 1. Some photos copyrighted by B. J. Falk, 1888. Included are: Ellen
Terry, Edwin Booth, Julia Marlowe, E. H. Southern, Rose Coughlin, Lillian
Russell, Lillie Langtry.
Box 251 Herschel L. Bricker correspondence
F1 Abrams, Marnel: correspondence, 1949-1964. Letters to and from Herschel
Bricker.
F2 Actor' s Equity Association,1966:Papers.
F3 Andrews, Norman: correspondence, 1957. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F4 Articles, book reviews, lectures. Includes copy of Natya: Theatre Arts Journal, v. VII, no. I, in which Theatre in United States by Herschel Bricker appears.
F5 Avery, Byron G.: correspondence, 1958-1969. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F6 Bahar, Shyam Lal Dhar: correspondence, 1962-63. Letters to and from Shyam Bahar and Herschel Bricker concerning the death of Pres. John F. Kennedy.
F7 Ballou, John: correspondence, 1949-1952.
F8 Bergman, Alan: correspondence, 1950-1951. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F9 Briggs, Clayton: correspondence, 1950-1961. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F10 Brook, Peter: letter, 1945.
F11 Brooking, Jack: correspondence, 1960-1962. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F12 Buck, James Richard: correspondence, 1951-1955. Letter to and from Herschel Bricker.
F13
Bullock, H. Ridgeley: correspondence,
1952-1965.
Letters to and from Herschel
Bricker.
F14
Clark, Barrett H.: letter, 1938.
F15 Clark, Leroy: papers.
F16 Come out from Behind that Bird cage by Herschel Bricker: newspaper clippings from premiere.
F17 Congressional correspondence: 1956-1967.
F18 Connelly, Marc: correspondence, 1955-1967. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F19-20 Herschel Bricker correspondence: 1955-1969. Personal letters to and from former students.
F21 Herschel Bricker correspondence: 1956- 1969. Letters of recommendation for former students.
F22 Herschel Bricker correspondence: 1960-1965. Letters to and from publishers referring to Herschel Bricker's own work.
F23-24 Herschel Bricker correspondence: personal, 1955-1967.
F25 DeCourcy, Dayson D.: correspondence, 1949-1965. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F26 Dumais, Alfred: correspondence, 1949-1959. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F27 Examinations given in play production course.
F28 French, Maynard: correspondence, 1956-1963. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F29 Gardner, Wofford G.: correspondence, 1954-1964. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F30 Guptill, Carleton: correspondence, 1957. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F31 Hansen, Edwin: correspondence, 1956-1957. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F32 Harriman, Alonzo I.: correspondence, 1960. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F33 Hobgood, Burnet M.: correspondence, 1950-1960. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F34 Indian correspondents: 1962-1964. Personal correspondence to and from Herschel Bricker.
F35 Jellison, Gene: correspondence, 1956-1957. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F36 Jones, Willis Knapp: correspondence, 1961. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F37 Klmura, Kimi: correspondence, 1957-1963. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F38 Lentz, Merle: correspondence, 1951-1958. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F39 Lindsay, Howard: correspondence, 1960-1961. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F40 Mahoney, Peggy: correspondence, 1960. Concerns the translation of a Spanish play.
F41 Maine times, v.2, n.4, Oct. 24, 1969. Contains lengthy tribute to Herschel Bricker at time of retirement.
F42
Maps collected during World War II. 7 items:
I. Strategy map of Europe - 1940;
2. Bruxelles - Liege - 1942;
3. Holland North - 1942;
4. Holland Centre - 1941;
5. Commercial Map of the U. S. - 1940;
6. France - 1944;
7. Map of the World.
Box 252
F1 Montanaro, Anthony G.: correspondence, 1951- 1970. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F2 Morris, Mary: correspondence, 1948-1955.
F3 Newdick, Richard: correspondence, 1956-1961. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F4 Nichols, Mrs. Charles: correspondence, 1957-1958. Correspondence concerning requests for aid and advice in theatre productions, Castine, Me.
F5 Outline of activities as Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, 1936-37. Also includes project grant application to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
F6 Outline of professional activities. Brief listing of activities; includes names and addresses of Maine Masque Alumni.
F7 Personal Army records, 1945-1946.
F8 Personal file: includes early photograph and news clippings.
F9 Purvis, Richard J.: correspondence, 1957-1959. Concerns LeCoin des Artistes, Casablanca, Morocco.
F10 Quinby, George [Pat]: correspondence, 1959-1964. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F11 Rankin, Earle: correspondence, 1956-1960. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F12 Rucinski, Kenneth: correspondence, 1952-1965.
F13-23 Scrapbooks of theatrical clippings, 1930's and 1940's. Contains newspaper clippings, feature articles and illustrations.
Box 253
F1-8 Scrapbooks continued.
F9 Sheean, Diana: correspondence, 1960. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F10 Shore, Herbert L.: correspondence, 1960-1962. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F11 Shrivenham American University. Theatre at Shrivenham by Herschel L. Bricker, 1946.
F12 Shrivenham American University, 1945: correspondence. Includes correspondence to and from Ivor Brown, Sir Barry Jackson, Allardyce Nicholl.
F13 Shrivenham American University, 1945: papers. Includes reports, student lists, one-act play.
F14 Sullivan, Bradford: correspondence, 1959-1969. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
F15 Theatre as a profession: two lectures.
F16 Theatre consultant: correspondence.
F17-18 This is your town by Herschel Bricker. The pageant script written for the Orono Sesquicentenial Celebration, 1956.
F19 This is your town: newspaper clippings and programs.
F20
Trees die standing: correspondence,
1960-1961.
Correspondence to and from Herschel
Bricker concerning the translation of
the play, done jointly by himself and
Stuart Gross.
F21 Wartime memorabilia: papers, programs, notes. Collected while abroad with U. S Army. Includes Army Day program and personal letter describing post-war Vienna.
F22 Winston, Harold: correspondence, 1960-1963. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
Box 254
F1 British theatre publications. Includes: The tyne side phoenix, journal of the people's theatre arts group, 1947; Stratford-upon-Avon scene, August, 1946 and Sept.1946; New theatre, June, 1947.
F2 Bulletin of the Dramatists' Alliance: competitions and assembly, 1943.
F3 Bullock-Webster, L. A series of informal talks on community drama in British Columbia. Also includes transcripts of two addresses by Bullock-Webster.
F4 Burris-Meyer, Harold. Research in sound in the theatre: report No. 6.
F5 Bushman, Francis X. Letter to Windsor Pratt Daggett. Also contains signature of Beverly Bayne.
F6 Camden Hills Theatre, Inc. Board of directors: minutes of meetings.
F7 Camden Hills Theatre, Inc. Papers. Contains reports, statements, some correspondence concerning Camden Hills Theatre.
F8 Camden Hills Theatre, Inc. Papers: scrapbook, 1954; photographs; newspaper clippings.
F9 The Carolina play-book, commemorative issue: coming of age of the Carolina Playmakers. Frederick H. Koch, editor. Carolina Playmakers, Chapel Hill, N. C., June, 1940. "Toward an American folk drama."
F10 The Carolina play-book, commemorative issue I: twenty-fifth
anniversary the Carolina Playmakers.
Frederick H. Koch, editor. Carolina
Playmakers, Chapel Hill,
N. C., March-June,
1943.
"To the memory of Thomas Wolfe."
F11 The Carolina play-book, commemorative issue II: twenty fifth
anniversary the Carolina Playmakers.
Frederick H. Koch, editor. Carolina
Playmakers, Chapel Hill,
N. C.,
September, 1943.
"Toward an American Folk Drama."
F12 Casona, Alejandro. Trees die standing by Alejandro Casona. Translated and adapted by Herschel L. Bricker and Stewart M. Gross.
F13 Children's Theatre. Burger, Isabel B. Glad to meet you by Isabel B. Burger. A children's theatre play produced at the University of Maine, 1956.
F14 Children's Theatre. Burger, Isabel B. Initial experiment in creative dramatics techniques and children's theatre production, a report on the 1956 summer session, University of Maine, by Isabel B. Burger. Includes a biographical sketch of Mrs. Burger.
F15 Children's Theatre. Children's Theatre, University of Maine: papers. Includes programs and correspondence.
F16-17 Children's Theatre. The Penobscot Valley Theatre: papers. Contains programs, scripts, some correspondence and applications from participating children.
F18-19 Colbath, James Arnold. Correspondence with Herschel Bricker, 1948-1969.
F20 College Curriculum Project. Listing of colleges offering academic work in theatre in Maine, 1956.
F21 Connelly, Marc. The totalitarian theatre by Marc Connelly. The Department of State bulletin, v. xxvii, no. 693. Oct. 6, 1952.
Box 255
Fld.1 and ledger box:
Camden Hills Theatre, Inc.
Programs and brochures.
Box
255 &
256
Camden Hills Theatre, Inc.
Professional and student
applications: business and personal
correspondence.
222 folders.
Folders arranged alphabetically
by name.
Box 257
F1 Daggett, Windsor Pratt, 1877-1958. Correspondence to Windsor Daggett. Letters concerning Daggett's work as speech critic for Billboard Magazine. Included are letters from leading actors of the time.
F2 Daggett, Windsor Pratt. Correspondence with Herschel Bricker, 1955-1958.
F3 Daggett, Windsor Pratt. Papers: news clippings, programs, material related to Daggett Studio.
F4 Davis, Owen, 1874-1956. Owen Davis by George Middleton. New York. Dramatists Guild. A pamphlet tribute to Owen Davis.
F5 Day, James. Wood Road, a closet drama in one act.
F6 Down East Music Theatre: programs, 1965. Summer season at Orono.
F7 Dramatists Guild: papers. Includes some correspondence.
F8 The educational theatre in adult education. Washington, D. C., Division of Adult Education Service, 1951.
F9-12 Films: movie stills. Photographs from Hollywood films. Many unidentified.
F13 Films: reference material. Contains: Film news bulletins; Museum of Modern Art Film Library bulletin and a motion picture study program.
F14 Ford Foundation, Program for playwrights: papers. Contains some correspondence to/from Herschel Bricker.
F15 Getchell, Charles Munro. Correspondence with Herschel Bricker, 1955-1956.
F16
Getchell, Charles Monro: scrapbook
memorabilia.
Includes scrapbook of Getchell's
university career and tribute given by
South Eastern Theatre conference following
his death.
Fl6a Golden, Richard. Old Jed Prouty; or New England justice; or Down East chronicle; a rural comedy - drama in 3 acts--4 scenes. Re-arranged by Frank Rogers from original four act play...by Richard Golden and William Gill.
F17 Gorostiza, Carlos. The bridge at rio compana by Carlos Gorostlza. Translated by Louis L. Curcio.
F18 Haileybury College: papers, 1956. Correspondence concerning the Haileybury Theatre's appearance at the University of Maine.
F19 High school theatre work shop: Department of speech, UMO. Papers.
F20 Hixon, Orval. Main street studio: an exhibition of photographs of famous vaudeville entertainers. University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1971. Exhibition organized and catalog designed by James Enyeart.
F21 Hopper, DeWolf. Letters to Windsor Pratt Daggett.
F22 Hughes, Glenn: Penthouse theatre, University of Washington. Contains newspaper and magazine articles, program.
F23 International Theatre Month. Griffin, Alice: correspondence, 1955-1960. Letters to and from Herschel Bricker.
Fld.24-25 International Theatre Month. Griffin, Alice: papers. Correspondence to and from Alice Griffin, also programs and pictures, 1957.
F26 Daggett, Windsor Pratt. Prompting notebook for Maine Masque production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night... 1911.
F27 Daggett, Windsor Pratt. The University of Maine Dramatic Club, 1907-1916.
Box 258
F1-3 International Theatre Celebration. Correspondence: 1958-1964. International theatre celebration: formerly international theatre month.
F4 International Theatre Month. Address lists.
F5 International Theatre Month. Curtain call brochures, 1952-1956; Posters.
F6-11 International Theatre Month. Correspondence: 1955-1957.
F12 International Theatre Month. Gilder, Rosamond. International theatre month.
F13
International Theatre Month. Honor to Eire, 1957.
Photographs, programs, information
concerning plays produced by Isabel
Burger and children's theatre associations,
Baltimore.
F14
International Theatre Month.
International liaison:
correspondence.
Correspondence to and from Herschel
Bricker and William Brasmer.
F15 International Theatre Month. Lists of organizations participating in International Theatre Month.
F16 International Theatre Month. Official proclamations. Includes copies of statements and proclamations issued by governors and mayors and correspondence.
Fld.17-18 International Theatre Month. Papers.
Box 259
F1 International Theatre Month. Play bibliographies. Contains bibliographies of Asian and South American plays.
F2 International Theatre Month. Correspondence from state representatives and official letterheads.
F3 International Theatre Month. Reports: 1955-1960; and related papers.
F4 International Theatre Month: Voice of America interview with Herschel Bricker, April 2, 1958.
F5 Jackson, Sir Barry. Letter to Herschel Bricker, 1947, concerning Stratford Theatre and production by Peter Brook.
F6 Lakewood Theatre. Scattered programs from 1932 to 1965.
F7 The Lamentable tragedy of Julius Caesar: faculty show, May 18, 1944.
F8 Lindsay, Howard. How to start a theatre. New York, Dramatists Play Service, 1959.
F9 McGuire, Bill: photo, 1950.
F10 Maine Masque Theatre. Actresses: First Maine Masque actress, Miss Barbara Dunn, 1917. Includes programs and news clippings.
F11 Maine Masque Theatre. Apple Awards: criteria for selection and winners in various years.
F12 Maine Masque Theatre. The Birds: production records.
F13 Maine Masque Theatre. Constitution of the Maine Masque Theatre.
F14 Maine Masque Theatre. Constitution of the Maine Masquers.
F15-29 Maine Masque Theatre. Correspondence, 1962-1969: Business. Folder number 15 Includes all pre-1956 correspondence; following folders by year, chronologically.
F30 Maine Masque Theatre. East Corinth first nighters: Correspondence: 1956-1957. High school attendance at Maine Masque plays.
F31 Maine Masque Theatre. Federal and state tax returns.
F32 Maine Masque Theatre. 50th Anniversary, Maine Masque, 1956: correspondence, 1955-56.
F33 Maine Masque Theatre 50th Anniversary, Maine Masque, 1956: letters from former Maine Masque members.
F34-35 Maine Masque Theatre. 50th Anniversary, Maine Masque, 1956: papers.
F36-37 Maine Masque Theatre. Financial records.
Box 260
F1 Maine Masque Theatre. General information on theatre material and books complied by Frederick A. Libby, Maine Masque, 1941.
F2 Maine Masque Theatre. Hamlet: production records, 1951. Newspaper clippings; autographed program.
F3 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: banner and poster.
F4 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: Financial records.
F5 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: Final reports. Reports by Herschel Bricker; summary by Wofford Gardner; two student papers.
F6 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: papers. Contains: certificate of award, United States Information Service; greetings from artists and technicians of East Pakistan.
F7 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: papers. Includes company manifest, photographs, briefing notes.
F7a Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: papers. Includes company lists, correspondence prior to tour.
F8 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: papers. Includes letters to company and Bricker while in India; some programs.
F9 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: papers. Itineraries and daily schedules.
F10 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: papers. News releases and photographs.
F11 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: papers. Miscellaneous papers and some rehearsal photographs.
F12 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: papers. Miscellaneous correspondence, programs, posters.
F13 Maine Masque Theatre. India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour, 1962: press clippings and reviews.
F13a
Maine Masque Theatre.
India-Pakistan Maine Masque Tour,
1962: Tourist information.
Includes: Americans abroad, a
brochure published by the American
Council for Nationalities Service.
F14 Maine Masque Theatre. Jim Dandy by William Saroyan: a review of acting class production, 1941.
F15 Maine Masque Theatre. King Richard III: production records.
F16 Maine Masque Theatre. Macbeth: production records.
F17 Maine Masque Theatre. Maine Masque membership: 1906-1941.
F18 Maine Masque Theatre. Maine Masque newsletters, 1943-44.
F19 Maine Masque Theatre. Maine Masque officers: 1908-1952.
F20 Maine Masque Theatre. Maine Masque theatre productions: a master list.
F21
Maine Masque Theatre.
The Masque alumni....where
are they now? Maine Alumnus, University
of Maine, February, 1960.
Article in alumni magazine at time
of 50th anniversary of the Maine Masque.
F22 Maine Masque Theatre. Minutes of Masque meetings and executive committee meetings: scattered, 1924-1952.
F23 Maine Masque Theatre. National Collegiate Players: papers. Contains correspondence; copy of constitution and by-laws.
F24 Maine Masque Theatre. Old Jed Prouty: papers related to production. Includes sketch of the history of Jed Prouty Tavern.
F25 Maine Masque Theatre. One act plays and skits. Three one act plays written during World War II. Authors unidentified.
F26 Maine Masque Theatre. Organizational chart and stage managers' instructions, compiled by Norman Mennes.
Box 261
F1-8 Maine Masque Theatre. Papers. Contains: brochures, announcements, schedules, some correspondence, some photographs, etc.
F9 Maine Masque Theatre. Peer Gynt: prompt book and production records.
F10 Maine Masque Theatre. Policy concerning use of Hauck auditorium: papers.
F11 Maine Masque Theatre. Requests for changes in lighting control.
F12 Maine Masque Theatre. Scholarship study: 1937-1942.
F13 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook material. Newspaper clippings from early forties through the sixties.
F14 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook material, 1939-40.
F15 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook material, 1959-60.
F16 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook material, 1962-64.
F17 Maine Masque Theatre. State tours: papers. Annual tour sponsored by the Patrons of the Fine Arts.
F18
Maine Masque Theatre.
Student-faculty advisory committee
on student dramatics: papers.
Includes minutes of meetings,
1942-43, and a report on theatre at
the University of Maine.
F19 Maine Masque Theatre. USO-Defense Department Maine Masque Tour in Europe, 1959: papers. Includes correspondence, instructions, reports, some photographs of tour of Petticoat Fever.
F20 Maine Masque Theatre. USO-Defense Department Maine Masque tour in Europe, 1959: student applications. Tour of Petticoat Fever.
F21 Maine Masque Theatre. USO-Maine Masque Christmas Show, Loring Air Base, 1960: papers.
Box 262
F1 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Again its yesterday, 1947-48.
F2 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Ah, Wilderness.
F3 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: All My Sons, 1958-59.
F4 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Anastasia, 1956-57.
F4a Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: As You Like It, 1907.
F5 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Captain Applejack, 1927.
F6 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: The Diary of Anne Frank, 1963-64.
F7 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Escape, 1929-30.
F8 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs. Hamlet, 1940-41.
F9 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Helen of Troy, 1938-39.
F10 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: In the Next Room, 1927-28.
F11 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: individual company photos, summer, 1966.
F12 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: individual company photos, Tartuffe, 1965.
F13 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Journey's End, 1930-1931.
F14 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Journey's End, 1966-67.
F15 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Long Day's Journey Into Night, 1967-68.
F16 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Macbeth, 1965-66.
F17 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: The Magnificent Yankee.
F18 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1941-42.
F19 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Many Moons.
F20 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: The Millionairess, 1968-69.
F21 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Much Ado About Nothing, 1909.
F22 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: My Three Angels.
F23 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Old Jed Prouty, 1965-66.
F24 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photos: Outward Bound, 1928-29.
F25 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Petticoat Fever, 1959.
F26 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Romeo and Juliet, 1941-42.
F27 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Red Roses For Me.
F28 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Rose Tattoo, 1964-65.
F29 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: She Stoops to Conquer, 1930-31.
F30 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: She Stoops to Conquer, 1966-67.
F31 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Sunrise at Campobello, 1960-61.
F32 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: The Swan, 1929-30.
F33 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, 1963-64.
F34 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photos: Trees Die Standing, 1960-61.
F35 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photos: Twelfth Night, 1931-32.
F36 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Under Milkwood.
F37-39 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Unidentified. F37: pre 1940 photos; F38: Number not used; F39: post 1940 photos.
F40 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: The Visit, 1968-69.
F41 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Of Cabbages and Kings, 1940-41.
F42 Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: You Never Can Tell, 1964-65.
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F1 Maine Masque Theatre. Programs: Maine Masque productions, 1907-1916. Includes program of first Maine Masque production, As You Like It.
F2- Maine Masque Theatre. Programs: Maine Masque productions, 1922-; programs arranged chronologically by season; some missing.
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F1-10 Maine Masque Theatre. Programs: Maine Masque summer theatre, 1964-; programs arranged chronologically in seasons when summer theatre existed.
F11 Maine Masque Theatre. Programs: opera theatre, 1972-
F12 Maine playhouses and theatre colonies.
F13 Maine State Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Papers. Includes photograph of the first Governor's Council on the arts in the State of Maine, 1965.
F14 Miller, James Hull. Graphic abstracts for theatre planning prepared by James Hull Miller. Centenary College, Shreveport, La., 1957.
F15 National Theatre Conference. Army General Hospital entertainment program, 1944-45: papers. Correspondence to and from Herschel Bricker as chairman of the project sponsored by NIC.
F16 National Theatre Conference. Army General. Hospital entertainment program, 1944-45: papers. Includes: reports, budgets, lists of hospitals.
F17 National Theatre Conference. Army General Hospital entertainment program, 1944-45: papers. Survey of college - university theatres.
F18 National Theatre Conference. Joint Army and Navy committee on welfare and recreation. Reports, papers, programs.
F19-20 National Theatre Conference. Papers: 1940-1947. Reports, correspondence, scripts concerning activities during World War II.
F21 National Theatre Conference. Papers: 1956-1967. Includes reports of some N.T.C. annual meetings.
F22 National Theatre Conference. Prospectus of the Armed Forces Institute Project, 1943-44.
F23 National Theatre Conference. Report of the National Theatre Conference, 1958 meeting. Includes lectures on acting by Lee Strasberg and Peggy Wood.
F24
National Theatre Conference.
Report of the National Theatre
Conference, 1959 meeting.
Includes lectures on directing by
George Abbott, John Reich, Stephen
Joseph.
F25 National Theatre Conference. Report of the National Theatre Conference, 1960-61 meeting. Includes lectures by: Henry Hewes; Lawrence Langer; Harold Clurman; Uta Hagan; Morris Carnovsky.
F26 National Theatre Conference. Report of the National Theatre Conference, 1962 meeting. Includes comments by Alan Schneider, Judith Malina, Julian Beck.
F27 National Theatre Conference. Report of the National Theatre Conference, 1968 meeting.
F27 National War Memorial Arts Commission, 1953, and related papers.
F28 New England Theatre Conference. Papers. Includes programs, newsletters, correspondence, etc.
F29 Newspaper clippings: theatre news. Includes articles about theatre during World War II.
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F1 Olson, Alma Luise. On trails to peace by Alma Luise Olson. Also contains correspondence to-from Herschel Bricker.
F2 Orrington Historical Pageant. Papers. Includes newspaper articles and programs.
F3 Osborne, Paul. Maiden voyage by Paul Osborne.
F4-6
Papers.
Contains programs, brochures, news
releases, advertisements. Folder 6
contains some brochures from theatre
schools.
I. Title: Pacific review. II. Title:
Pasadena Playhouse bulletin. III.
Pasadena Playhouse news.
F7-8 Pasadena Playhouse: papers, 1937. Includes catalog 1947, brochures, programs, history, chronological list of productions, 1917-1934, and biographical sketch of Gilmore Brown.
F9 Peer Gynt: script adapted and staged by Herschel Bricker.
F10 Play service: speech department, University of Maine, Orono. High school questionnaires.
F11 Play service: speech department. University of Maine, Orono. Organization of service and rules for use.
F12 Play Service: speech department, University of Maine, Orono. Papers.
F13 Portland Players. Papers. The prompter, nos. 6 and 7, published for the membership of the Portland Players.
F14 Powell, Arnold. The strangler: a new choke on an old gag by Arnold Powell.
F15 Programs: community and high school theatre. Includes several from Bangor civic theatre.
F16 Propaganda plays: World War II. One act play scripts published by the American Theatre Wing and the Council for Democracy.
F17 Rockefeller Foundation. The arts: the creative individual and the community: a growing collaboration, text by Richard Schickel, Rockefeller Foundation, 1965.
F18 Rosamond Gilder Awards. Biographic information: South American playwrights.
F19 Rosamond Gilder Award. Gilder, Rosamond: correspondence to - from Herschel Bricker.
F20 Rosamond Gilder Awards. Judges' decisions: South American entries.
F21 Rosamond Gilder Awards. Permissions for translation of contest scripts.
F22 Rosamond Gilder Awards. Selection of African scripts: correspondence and related papers.
Box 266
F1-8 Play bill: the magazine for theatre goers. Scattered issues, 1953-1965.
Box 267
F5 Rosamond Gilder Awards. Mitchell, John D.: correspondence to - from Herschel Bricker.
F6 Sanger, Margaret.Letter to Windsor Pratt Daggett.
F7 Selden, Samuel. What do theatrical agents think of university graduates? Reprinted from: the speech teacher, v. XVI, Sept. 1967, n.3.
F8 Shaw, George Bernard. The art of rehearsal by Bernard Shaw. New York, Samuel French, 1928.
F9 Shostakovitch, Dimitri. The United Nations with words and arrangement by Harold J. Rome. New York City, Am-Rus Music Corp., [1942].
F10 Sothern, Julia Marlowe. Letter to Windsor Pratt Daggett.
F11 Speech department, University of Maine. Theatre course proposal and syllabus for SH-16.
F12 Speech Department, University of Maine. Rationale for a department of theatre: 1967.
F13 Stage pictorial: illustrated parade of Broadway hits. New York. State Pictorial Publ., Inc. [1944]
F14 State One-Act Play Contest. Papers.
F16 Summer Theatre. University of Maine Summer Theatre, 1966, 1967: programs and brochures.
F17 Summer Theatre. University of Maine Summer Theatre: proposals to administration.
F18 Theatre Laboratory. Papers. Includes programs and a statement of purpose and procedure.
F19 Theatre programs: early 1900' s.
F20-21 Theatre: reference material. Contains some play listings; bibliographies; reprints of articles.
F22 Theatre UMF. Papers.
F23-27 United States National Commission for UNESCO: correspondence and papers. 1955-1963. Correspondence to and from Herschel Bricker as chairman of International Theatre Month and Program Officer, UNESCO Relations Staff.
F28
Usigli, Rodolfo.
Another springtime by Rodolfo
Usigli. Translated by Wayne Wolfe. 3 acts.
Production script by Herschel
Bricker; Maine Masque production,
March, 1960.
F30 World University Theatre Festival: papers.
Box 268
F1-29 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: Highlights of 50 years, also historian' s records from 1956 to 1961. Folders contain material removed from scrapbook.
F30-40 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian' s records from 1965 to 1968. Folders contain material removed from scrapbook: programs; photos; news clippings.
Box 269
F1-32 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian' s records from 1909 to 1951. Folders contain material removed from scrapbooks: programs; photos; news clippings.
F1-4 Rosamond Gilder Awards. Correspondence and related papers, 1958-1963.
F15 State Touring Theatre Foundation, Inc. 1968-1969: Papers. Includes programs, correspondence, evaluation report from tour sponsored by the State Touring Theatre Foundation.
F29 Wharton, John F. Crisis in the free world theatre: a statement of the league of New York Theatres, Inc. New York, 1961.
F33-42 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian's records from 1924 to 1941. Folders contain material removed from scrapbooks; programs; photos; news clippings.
Box 270
F1-10 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian's records from 1924 to 1941. Folders contain material removed from scrapbooks; programs; photos; news clippings.
F11-29 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian's records from 1941 to 1947. Folders contain material removed from scrapbooks; programs; photos; news clippings.
Box 271
F1-11 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian's records from 1941 to 1947. Folders contain material removed from scrapbooks; programs; photos; news clippings.
F12-35 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian' s records from 1951 - 1956. Folders contain material removed from scrapbook: programs; photos; news clippings.
Box 272
F1-4 Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian' s record of Maine Masque European tour with Petticoat Fever, 1959.
F5 Whitney, Walter R. Imperfect Stranger, a comedy in Three acts. 1951, 1953.
F6 Shakespeare rare print collection. Seymour Eaton, ed. Phila., R.G. Kennedy, 1900. Connoisseur edition issued for private circulation, No. 687.
F7 Bricker, Herschel Leonard. Papers. Contains miscellaneous material related to Herschel Bricker' s years at Maine University, Farmington. Some correspondence.
F8 Goldoni, Carlo. The servant of two masters. Translated by Miss Josephine M. Profita, 1973. Includes photocopy of Opere Teatrali...by Carlo Goldoni.
F8a Goldoni, Carlo, 1707-1793. The servant of two masters. Translated by Miss Josephine M. Profita, 1973.
F9 Theatre UMF. Programs from theatre productions produced by University of Maine at Farmington under direction of Herschel L. Bricker.
F10
Maine State Drama Festival.
Programs: 1932-1976.
Formerly Interscholastic Dramatic
Contest; Interscholastic Drama Tournament; Interscholastic Drama Festival.
Folios
Daggett, Windsor Pratt, 1877-1958.
Photograph: studio portrait for
5Oth anniversary of Masque.
Included with Maine Masque Theatre:
Production photographs.
Jefferson Theatre. Portland,
Maine.
Scrapbooks of news clippings
early 1900' s.
5 items.
Gift of Mr. Michael J. Garrity.
Maine Masque Theatre.
India-Pakistan Maine Masque
Tour, 1967.: Film of tour.
I6mm. II min., 25 sec. color.
Includes strips of footage cut
from film.
Maine Masque Theatre. King Richard III: glass slides used for scenery projection. 26 slides 2 boxes.
Maine Masque Theatre. Posters used by the Maine Masque.
Maine Masque Theatre. Production photographs: Folio size. Includes first production of Twelfth Night and portrait of Windsor Daggett.
Maine Masque Theatre. Scrapbook: historian's records from 1906-1918.
Boxes 1208-1215
Bricker, Herschel. Theater collection, 1920-82. Correspondence and material on theater activities.
Boxes 1474-1517
Bricker, Herschel.
Theater collection.
Finding Aids for selected manuscript collections in the Special Collections Department at Fogler Library are accessible online in URSUS, in a browsable Guide to Manuscript Collections, and in a keyword searchable database. Please contact Special Collections at spc@umit.maine.edu or (207) 581-1686 for further information.
Revised: 08/06/2009
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