A Guide to the Helen C. Clarke Collection of Richmond Theatre Guild Records, 1935-1950 #42762

Series I. Administrative Files , 1935-1950 .

Boxes 1-3

Extent: 1.05 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

This series includes annual reports and fiscal statements, clippings, correspondence, membership campaign materials, minutes (1939 only), newsletters, and reports. The membership campaign material includes lists of members, advertisement campaign cards, instructions to campaign workers, receipts, and a notebook. Includes one newsletter from the Richmond Theatre Guild for 21 January 1938 and forms from the Play selection committee, with choices of play productions. Also includes information on publicity for the theatre, including letters and advertisement sent to clubs, local businesses, and newspapers promoting upcoming productions. A proclamation by Mayor J. Fulmer Bright, declaring the week of 1939 September 15 to 25th as Richmond Theatre Guild Week is also included.

Correspondence, 1936-1950, mostly includes letters from Bertram Yarborough to Helen Clarke, after he left the Richmond Theatre Guild and became director of the Nantucket Playhouse in Massachusetts and the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre in Michigan. Also includes membership cards and flyers for the Green Room Club, a social organization run by the Richmond Theatre Guild. Also of note is a "History of the Theatre in Virginia," written by Helen Clarke.

Box 1 Folder 1
Annual Reports and Financial Statements, 1935 .
Box 1 Folder 2
Annual Reports and Financial Statements, 1936-1937 .
Box 1 Folder 3
Annual Reports and Financial Statements, 1938-1940 .
Box 1 Folder 4
Cash book and receipts, 1936-1937 .
Box 1 Folder 5
Checkbook (blank), Undated .
Box 1 Folder 5a
Clippings, 1938-1939 .
Box 1 Folder 6
Committees, 1938-1939 .
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1936-1938 .
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1940-1950 and undated .
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence (form letter), 1938 .
Box 1 Folder 10
Early American Romance, 1938 .
Box 1 Folder 11
Election ballots, Undated .
Box 1 Folder 12
Green Room Club membership and information, 1937-1939 .
Box 1 Folder 13
History of the Theatre in Virginia, by Helen Clarke, Undated .
Box 1 Folder 14
History of the Theatre in Virginia, Notes, by Helen Clarke, Undated .
Box 2 Folder 1
Invitations, 1939 .
Box 2 Folder 2
Letterhead (blank), Undated .
Box 2 Folder 3
Membership, Advertisement and information cards, 1935-1940 .
Box 2 Folder 4
Membership, Advertisement and information cards, Undated .
Box 2 Folder 5
Membership, Advertisement, information cards, and instructions, 1935-1940 .
Box 2 Folder 6
Membership, Lists, 1939 .
Box 2 Folder 7
Membership, Notebook, 1935-1938 .
Box 2 Folder 8
Membership, Receipts, 1935 .
Box 2 Folder 9
Minutes, 1939 .
Box 2 Folder 10
Newsletter, Richmond Theatre Guild, 21 January 1938 .
Box 2 Folder 11
Newsletters, The RichChap, February 1939 .
Box 2 Folder 12
Newsletter, Virginia Drama News, 16 October 1939 .
Box 2 Folder 13
Notebook, Undated .
Box 2 Folder 14
Play Selection Committee Undated .
Box 2 Folder 15
Proclamation, Richmond Theatre Guild Week, September 1939 .
Box 2 Folder 16
Publicity, Publications, and Clubs, 1938 .
Box 3 Folder 1
Workers Daily Report (blank), Undated .
Box 3 Folder 2
Workshop playwriting contest,, Undated .
Box 3 Folder 3
Miscellaneous,, Undated .

Series II. Theatre Productions , 1935-1939 .

Boxes 4-7

Extent: 1.3 cu. ft. (4 boxes).

This series includes clippings, photographs, programs, reviews, and tickets documenting the plays produced by the Richmond Theatre Guild, 1935-1939. Also included are several miscellaneous programs from the Musicians Club of Richmond; National Theatre (Washington, D.C.); The Nantucket Playhouse (Nantucket, Mass.); Tenth Annual Theatrical Ball Local No. 87 of Richmond, Va.; The University of Richmond Players; and The Civic Theater (Indianapolis, In.).

The plays are arranged chronologically by date of production, with miscellaneous material at the end.

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1935 December 18-19, Fly Away Home , Programs.
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1936-1937 Series programs.
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1935 June 16-17, The Torch Bearers , Photographs.
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1937-1938 Series programs.
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1937 October 26-28, Her Master's Voice , Photographs.
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1937 October 26-28, Her Master's Voice , Programs.
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1937 November 17, Bury the Dead , Programs.
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1937 December 14-16, The Cat and the Canary , Programs.
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1938-1939 Series programs.
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1938 January 10, Three One-Act Folk Plays: A Rogue in Bed; Judge Lynch; and The Willow Plate , Programs.
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1938 January 27-29, Twelfth Night , Photographs.
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1938 January 27-29, Twelfth Night , Programs.
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1938 February 21, Four on a Heath and The Gods of the Mountain , Programs.
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1938 March 8-10, Dangerous Corner , Programs.
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1938 April 11, Three Original One-Act Plays: Ice in the Anchovies; Let it be a quiet funeral; and Raising the Devil , Programs.
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1938 April 28-30 The Pursuit of Happiness , Programs.
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1938 November 8-10, The Royal Family , Clippings.
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1938 November 8-10, The Royal Family , Photographs.
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1938 November 8-10, The Royal Family , Programs.
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1938 November 18, Prologue to Glory , Clippings.
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1938 November 18, Prologue to Glory , Photographs.
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1938 November 18, Prologue to Glory , Programs.
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1938 November 13-15, Ceiling Zero , Clippings.
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1938 November 13-15, Ceiling Zero , Photographs.
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1938 November 13-15, Ceiling Zero , Photographs.
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1938 November 13-15, Ceiling Zero , Photographs.
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1938 November 13-15, Ceiling Zero , Programs.
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1939-1940 Series programs.
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1939 January 31 - February 1, Death Takes A Holiday , Clippings.
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1939 January 31 - February 1, Death Takes A Holiday , Photographs.
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1939 January 31 - February 1, Death Takes A Holiday , Photographs.
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1939 January 31 - February 1, Death Takes A Holiday , Photographs.
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1939 January 31 - February 1, Death Takes A Holiday , Photographs.
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1939 January 31 - February 1, Death Takes A Holiday , Photographs.
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1939 January 31 - February 1, Death Takes A Holiday , Programs.
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1939 February 17, The Importance of Being Earnest , Clippings.
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1939 February 17, The Importance of Being Earnest , Programs.
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1939 March 24-25, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar , Clippings.
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1939 March 24-25, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar , Photographs.
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1939 March 24-25, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar , Photographs.
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1939 March 24-25, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar , Photographs.
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1939 March 24-25, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar , Programs.
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1939 March 24-25, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar , Tickets.
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1939 March 31, The Importance of Being Earnest , Clippings.
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1939 March 31, The Importance of Being Earnets , Programs.
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1939 April 7, The Importance of Being Earnest , Programs.
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1939 May 4-6, Private Lives , Advertisements.
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1939 May 4-6, Private Lives , Clippings.
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1939 May 4-6, Private Lives , Photographs.
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1939 May 4-6, Private Lives , Programs.
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1939 May 4-6, Private Lives , Programs.
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1939 May 17, Three Original Plays: You're on the Air; His Face Was His Fortune; and Saved by the Bell , Programs.
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1939 November 14-16, Our Town , Programs.
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1938-1939 Miscellaneous programs.
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Box 7 Folder 1
Photographs, Nora Spencer Hammer, circa 1935-1940
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Photographs, Unidentified actors, circa 1935-1940
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Photographs, Unidentified plays, circa 1935-1940
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Photographs, Unidentified plays, circa 1935-1940
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Photographs, Unidentified plays, circa 1935-1940
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Photographs, Unidentified plays, circa 1935-1940
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Photographs, Unidentified plays, circa 1935-1940
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Box 7 Folder 8
Photographs, Oversize, Unidentified actress, circa 1935-1940
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Box 7 Folder 9
Programs, Oversize, The Musicians Club of Richmond Presents The Gypsy Baron and Desert Song, February and November 1939
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Certificate, Oversize, Helen Clarke, 1929 June
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A Guide to the Helen C. Clarke Collection of Richmond Theatre Guild Records, 1935-1950

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 42762

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