Joseph D. Everingham papers relating to M.I.T. Dramashop productions
Overview
Contains annotated scripts, rehearsal schedules, cast and prop lists, scene designs, and promptbooks relating to over 80 plays by various dramatists, as well as posters, photographs, designs and drawings relating to MIT Dramashop under the direction of Joseph D. Everingham and Harvard Summer Theater.
Dates
- Creation: 1956-1981
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
A portion of 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
4.75 linear feet (4 boxes and 29 oversize folders)The large format materials include posters from MIT Dramashop productions directed by Joseph D. Everingham, as well as photographs from unidentified productions. Further materials include scene and costume designs from Harvard Summer Theater Players productions in the summer of 1962, as well as a single certificate that appears to be from a Boston Curators College in 1960. The unprocessed boxed materials consist of annotated scripts, rehearsal schedules, cast and prop lists, scene designs, and promptbooks relating to over 80 plays by various dramatists, which were produced by the M.I.T. Dramashop under the direction of Everingham.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Everingham (Harvard, B.A., 1949, M.A., 1950) was a member of the Brattle Theatre Co. (1948-1952), director of drama and professor of English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and director and publicity manager for the Loeb Summer Theatre (1960- ).
Arrangement
The boxed materials have not been processed, and are thus not described. The large format materials are arranged in alphabetical runs by type: posters, photographs, designs and drawings, followed by the single certificate.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository, pfd (P1.C1.06.08 [Folders 1-17]), ppf (P1.C1.06.09 - P1.C1.06.10 [Folders 18-29])
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2004MT-65. Bequest of Joseph D. Everingham, 1980 August 14. Two files include items that were a gift of David Waggett, 1981 May. That acquisition information is noted in the file description.
Processing Information
The large format materials were processed by Betts Coup, 2018 June. The boxed materials have not been processed.
Alma MMS ID
990006031430203941
- Title
- Joseph D. Everingham papers relating to M.I.T. Dramashop productions, 1956-1981, undated (MS Thr 1822): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2018 June 27
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02969
Repository Details
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