ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL# 50 (addition)
DATES: 1933-1983
SIZE: 3 folders, 12 Video Cassettes, 267 slides
ACQUISITION: This addition to the Maxwell Anderson Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Larry Hill, Department of Speech and Theater, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, on August 1, 1989 (Acc.#89-1669).
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
This addition to the Maxwell Anderson Papers consists of brochures, pamphlets, and twelve video tapes which contain footage from the Maxwell Anderson Theatre and Design Conference held at U.N.D, October 14-16, 1983. The videos have been placed in the Department's Video Tape Collection. They contain lectures on designs and lighting, panel discussions, and a review of the collection, "Maxwell Anderson; Designs From The Premiere Productions."
Also included in the addition are 267 slides which illustrate costume and set designs from Anderson's various plays dating from 1924-1958. The slides have been placed in the Slide Collection. An excerpt of the Maxwell Anderson's essay, The Essence of Tragedy and Other Footnotes and Papers is included, and is titled "Recognition Scene."
Four photographs were separated and added to the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection. They include three photographs of Maxwell Anderson at the premiere of one of his plays and one photograph of a costume design from The Golden Six (1958).
Box 1
Folder
Twelve video tapes were separated and placed in the Video Tape Collection.
V 297 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14; Maxwell Anderson Lecture (Keynote Address by Arthur Ballet.)" (34 min.)
V 298 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Sat. Oct. 15, 9:00 a.m.; First Panel Discussion between Rothgeb, Watson, Shivers, Stowell, Bay on Relationship between Designer and Playwright." (60 min.)
V 299 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; Sat. Oct. 15, 10:00 am, Slide Presentation and Commentary on Theatre of 50 years, by Howard Bay." (60 min.)
V 300"Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; nothing on tape.
V 301"Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; Sat. Oct. 15, 1:00- 2:00 p.m. Rothgeb and Stowell - Review of Exhibition; Its Survey of the Period in American Theatre." (60 min.)
V 302 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; Sat. Oct. 15; 2:00- 3:00 p.m.; Alfred Shriver - Biographer and Writer of 'Emperor of the Endless Dark; Maxwell Anderson Remembered.'" (60 min.)
V 303"Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; 4:45-5:45 p.m.; Lee Watson - Lighting Criticism, Portfolio Presentation for Lighting and Slides to Record Portfolio. (some reference to exhibit)" (60 min.)
V 304 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; Sun. Oct. 16; Second Panel Discussion Tape I; 'Theatre Design - Its Past, Its Present, Its Future.' (Montgomery, Watson, Bay, Engel, Stowell, Rothgeb." (60 min.)
V 305 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; Sun. Oct. 16; Second Panel Discussion Tape II; Rothgeb and Stowell Question and Answer Period About the Theatre." (30 min.)
V 306 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; Sun. Oct. 16; Second Panel Discussion Tape III; Good-byes."
V 307 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; Larry Hill Edited Master TAPE I." (59:01:03)
V 308 "Maxwell Anderson & Theatre Design Conference; Oct. 14-16, 1983; Larry Hill Edited Master TAPE II." (25:03:11)
267 slides were separated and added to the Slide Collection. The slides are views of set designs, costume designs, play logos and stage floor plans from 18 of Anderson's plays. The slides are arranged alphabetically by play title, and the slides for each play are divided into groups of costume designs, stage floor plans, play logos, and set designs. The dates range from 1925 to 1958. There are several unidentified slides at the end of the collection.
| NUMBER | TITLE |
| 1-8 | "Anne of The Thousand Days", 1948, set designs. |
| 9-10 | "The Bad Seed", 1955, set designs. |
| 11-14 | "Barefoot in Athens", 1951, set designs. |
| 15-24 | "The Buccaneer", 1925, costume designs. |
| 25-32 | "The Day the Money Stopped", 1957, costume designs. |
| 33-36 | "The Day the Money Stopped", 1957, set designs. |
| 37-48 | "Elizabeth the Queen", 1930, costume designs. |
| 49 | "The Eve of St. Mark", 1942, set design. |
| 50-65 | "The Golden Six", 1958, costume designs. |
| 66-67 | "The Golden Six", 1958, set designs. |
| 68-71 | "High Tor", 1937, set designs. |
| 72 | "Key Largo", 1939, set design. |
| 73-88 | "Knickerbocker Holiday", 1938, costume designs. |
| 89-91 | "Knickerbocker Holiday", 1938, set designs. |
| 92-123 | "Lost in the Stars", 1949, costume designs. |
| 124-129 | "Lost in the Stars", 1949, logos. |
| 130-146 | "Lost in the Stars", 1949, set designs. |
| 147-164 | "Mary of Scotland", 1933, costume designs. |
| 165-172 | "Mary of Scotland", 1933, floor plans. |
| 173-174 | "Raft on the River", 1950, floor plans. |
| 175-178 | "Raft on the River", 1950, logos. |
| 179-188 | "Star-Wagon", 1937, costume designs. |
| 189-193 | "Star-Wagon", 1937, set designs. |
| 194 | "Storm Operation", 1944, set design. |
| 195-203 | "Wingless Victory", 1936, costume designs. |
| 204-209 | "Winterset", 1935, set designs. |
| 210-223 | Unidentified costume designs. |
| 224-225 | Unidentified play logos. |
| 226-267 | Unidentified set designs. |
Four photographs were separated and added to the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection. The photographs were placed in the oversize file cabinet.
OGL#50-72 Costume design: The Golden Six
OGL#50-73 Maxwell Anderson, undated
OGL#50-74 Duplicate
OGL#50-75 Maxwell Anderson, undated
| Original donation | First addition: 1956-1983 |
| Second addition: 1923 | Third addition: 1933-1983 |
| Fourth addition: 1937-1939 | Fifth addition: 1958, undated |
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