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Guide to the Rosa Hart Papers Ca. 1905-1964 50.13 linear feet Collection Number 1 Prepared by Patricia A. Threatt September 2012 CITATION: The Rosa Hart Papers, Collection No. 1, Box number, Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department, Frazar Memorial Library, McNeese State University. Archives and Special Collections Department Frazar Memorial Library McNeese State University Biographical Sketch Rosa Lucille Hart, 1900-1964, was born in Woodville, Mississippi, A graduate of Sophie Newcomb College and purportedly the first female cheerleader, Hart founded the Lake Charles Little Theatre in 1927 and directed all of the productions for 30 years. Hart was known as an enthusiastic director and coached many local amateurs in acting. As a patron of the arts, Hart corresponded with popular actors and writers, including Charles Laughton, H.L. Mencken, Lyle Saxon, Weeks Hall, William Faulkner, Vincent Price, and many others. In her later years, Hart opened the 3R’s Book Shop, where she continued her teaching and coaching in the dramatic arts. Scope and Content Note The Rosa Hart Papers consist of six series touching many key parts of Hart’s life. The largest series, Series I: Scrapbooks (Subseries A: Little Theatre Seasons), contains documents relating to the Lake Charles Little Theatre’s work and productions, 1927-1928; 1936-1942; 19461960; and 1964. These documents include notes, programs, photographs, clippings, and correspondence about the productions. The other scrapbooks relate to Hart’s other activities outside of the Little Theatre. Series I: Scrapbooks (Subseries B: Postcards) contains postcards removed from an album, ca. 1905 – ca. 1960, with most having no writing on them. Series I: Scrapbooks (Subseries C: Europe Trip) contains a 1951 scrapbook of a trip to Europe and a 1956 travel diary. Series I: Scrapbooks (Subseries D: Contest Notebooks) contains notes, correspondence, and photographs regarding Hart’s contest entries and greeting card idea submissions, ca. 1940-ca. 1960. Series I: Scrapbooks (Subseries E: Newcomb Girls’ College) contains a scrapbook and other memorabilia of Hart’s activities at Newcomb, Ca. 1920. Series 2: Playbills and Programs contains programs and articles from performing arts productions across the United States and Europe, 1939-ca. 1957. Series 3: Scripts contains published and unpublished scripts, most typewritten, ca. 1950. Series 4: Correspondence contains letters to and from Hart and others, ca. 1927-ca. 1955. Series 5: Photographs contains family photographs, Little Theatre participants, and Lake Charles scenes, ca. 1950. Series 6: Miscellaneous contains loose papers, biographical materials, articles, and artifacts, ca. 1940-ca. 1962. 2 Container List Series 1: Scrapbooks. Subseries A: Little Theatre Seasons. Box Folder Description 1 1927-28 Season, Photographs from productions: Moonshine, Overtones, The Cajun, Seventeen, The Trystin’ Place, and Two Crooks and a Lady. Photograph of Lake Charles Little Theatre Orchestra, 1927-28. 1937-38 Season Scrapbook, Season Membership ticket, Listing of Officers and Board of Directors, Committee Chairmen, form letter requesting members, various LT clippings. 1937-38 Season: First Lady Masonic Temple programs, photographs from Stanley's Studio, announcement, newspaper clippings, photograph of orchestra, correspondence, announcement of Drawing Room meeting "Tonight at 8:30." 1937-38 Season: Kind Lady Masonic Temple program, photographs, clippings, announcement, notes, several pages dealing with presentation of First Lady in Beaumont, newspaper clippings, photographs. 1937-38 Season: Ceiling Zero Masonic Temple program, photographs, announcement, clippings, correspondence, Drawing Room Meeting announcement for Susan and God and Victoria and Regina. 1937-38 Season: Stage Door photographs, clippings, announcement, programs. Clippings about the death of Robert Leake. Three large negatives of 1927-28? productions. 2 1 Photograph of Lake Charles Little Theatre Orchestra, 1927-28, with members identified. Photographs from productions: The Valiant, Ricky Runs Amok, El Christo, Pierrott's Penny, The Cajun, Rita, Will O' the Wisp, The Flower Shop, For Distinguished Service, Bagatelle, Overtones, and Moonshine. 2 1936-37 Season: Lightin' performed at the Masonic Temple program, newspaper clippings, photographs of scenes of the play taken by Stanley's Studio in Lake Charles, other clippings. 3 1936-37 Season: A Bill of Divorcement Masonic Temple program, newspaper clippings, photographs by Stanley's Studio. 4 1936-37 Season: The Barker Masonic Temple program, clippings, photographs by Stanley's Studio. 3 Box Folder Description 2 5 1936-37 Season: The Drunkard Majestic Hotel presented by the Junior Welfare League program, newspaper clippings, photographs by Stanley's Studio, and an announcement of a Drawing Room meeting Waiting for Lefty. 6 1936-37 Season: Cock Robin Masonic Temple program, clippings, photographs by Stanley's Studio. 7 1936-37 Season: Three Cornered Moon Masonic Temple program, photographs, newspaper clippings. 8 1936-37 Season: The Ghost Train Masonic Temple program, photographs. 9 1936-37 Season: Trial of Mary Dugan presented by Enterprise Club newspaper clippings, photographs. 10 1936-37 Season: Newspaper clippings about the Little Theatre, announcement of the LT Scavenger-Salvage Party, listing of officers, board of directors and committee chairman, announcements and photograph of workshop one-act plays The Revealing Moment and The Rehearsal, announcements of Drawing Room meetings Mr. Antonio and Winterset. 11 1938-39 Season: Springtime for Henry Summer Intimate Theatre photographs. 12 1938-39 Season: Cradle Snatchers photographs, newspaper clippings, programs. 13 1938-39 Season: Personal Appearance photographs. 14 1938-39 Season: page from a scrapbook listing the season's performances, Outward Bound photographs from play, newspaper clippings. 15 1940-41 Season: Elizabeth the Queen three programs (one autographed), photographs of scenes, also of cast offstage, announcement, newspaper clippings, notes. 16 1940-41 Season: “The Lake Charles Little Theatre presents the Junior Members in Three One-Act Plays" program, photographs from Old Man Taterbug and The Minuet, and Torchbearers, Act II. 17 1940-41 Season: Candle Light program, photographs, clippings Here Today program, clippings Whistling in the Dark program, clippings. 18 1940-41 Season: The Women presented by the Junior Welfare League newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives from scenes of the play, stage directions. 4 Box Folder Description 3 1939-40 Season: Scrapbook of You Can't Take It With You presented by Little Theatre on Bilbo Street programs, newspaper clippings, photographs of rehearsals by Camera Club, dress rehearsal pictures by Stanley's Studio, Levingston production pictures, clippings about symphony performing at LT, and correspondence. 1939-40 Season: Night Must Fall newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, Photograph of LT Orchestra. 1939-40 Season: Little Women clippings, announcement, photographs, misc. newspaper clippings about Florence Williams and Edward Everett Horton. 1939-40 Season: Room Service program, newspaper clippings, photographs The Bat newspaper clippings, photographs, notes. 1941-42 Season: Scrapbook of The Man Who Came to Dinner program (autographed), photographs, newspaper clippings. 1941-42 Season: What A Life two programs (one autographed), notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, clippings about play going to Camp Polk. 1941-42 Season: Reserve Two For Murder program announcement, photographs of scenes from play, photograph of audience, newspaper clippings, correspondence. 1941-42 Season: My Sister Eileen program (autographed), photographs, newspaper clippings. 1941-42 Season: Sweat and Culture clippings. 4 1946-47 Season 1 Stable Talk - 4 page newspaper put out by Little Theatre October 14-17, 1946 vol. 1 #2, (3 copies), contains short history of LT, note from New York Public Library about receipt of copy, clippings about Harnett Kane appearing at the LT, page from scrapbook listing season's performances, misc. clippings about LT. 2-3 Boy Meets Girl newspaper clippings, KPLC News Items, music for LT fanfare, Stable Talk (autographed and used as Boy Meets Girl program), letter from Hart to Dramatistics Play Service, and photographs. 4 I Remember Mama programs, insert to programs about volunteer workers, clippings, KPLC News Items, scene sequences, cast notes, telegrams, correspondence, box office reservation list. 5 Photographs from scenes of the play I Remember Mama, photograph of graduation of make-up class. 6-7 Mary of Scotland newspaper clippings, (also clippings of 20th anniversary of LT), programs, list of cast members, telegrams, glass plate, box office reservations, correspondence, and photographs. 5 Box Folder Description 4 8-9 Biography presented by Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre of New Orleans correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, ticket, telegrams, and photographs. 10 George Freedley - drama critic from New York to lecture at LT, newspaper clippings, telegrams, photographs (see correspondence file also). 11 Little Theatre expedition to New Orleans – theatrical studies with Ethel Brett, photographs. 12-13 Arsenic and Old Lace newspaper clippings, program, cast notes, correspondence, production notes, glass plate, KPLC News Items, Piano Recital at LT - program and clippings, programs from the Barter Theatre of Virginia autographed by Robert Porterfield, and photographs. 14 Little Theatre Picnic - newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives of picnic. 15 Summer Suckers - photographs, newspaper clippings. 5 1947-48 Season 1 Dear Ruth presented by Little Theatre of Shreveport list of props, newspaper clippings, programs, photographs of scenes of play, correspondence. 2 Lions Club Minstrels performed by the Lions Club with the aid of the Little Theatre photographs, notes, programs. 3 The Barretts of Wimpole Street autographed program, newspaper clippings, photographs, KPLC News Items, correspondence, telegrams from Opelousas Little Theatre. 4 Death Takes A Holiday program, photographs, newspaper clippings, also clippings of piano recital held at LT, telegrams from Crowley and Beaumont. 5-6 State of the Union newspaper clippings, autographed program, script of play, correspondence, also newspaper clippings about Ethel Barrymore, Dalton Reymond, and article on Hart, photographs of Wells Fargo, and photographs of the play. 6 Box Folder Description 6 1947-48 Season (continued) The Great Big Doorstep Scrapbook - photographs of scenes, newspaper clippings, telegrams from Life Magazine, other telegrams, photographs of house before and during the move, photographs of stage being set up, Southwest News article, "Stage and Screen" by Margery Wilson, photographs of Mary Ruth Wade who won a contest and went to Hollywood, backstage sketches by Doug Stapleton. 6 1 Correspondence, letter (1952) to Life editors about Michael Rougier (the photographer from Life who came for the production), line changes, notes, light and curtain call notes, notes on entertaining Life photographers, program from LT in Shreveport. 2 Life Magazine articles, June 14, 1948 (4 copies), Southwest News article 3 Photographs from scenes of the play The Great Big Doorstep. 7 1-2 1948-49 Season: Glass Menagerie newspaper clippings, two programs (one autographed), correspondence signed “Hunter” (Leake) and photographs. 3-4 1948-49 Season: Life With Father three programs (one autographed), newspaper clippings, articles from Times-Picayune New Orleans State Magazine, article from Houston Chronicle Magazine, correspondence, cast notes, and photographs of the LT play and the movie version. 5 1948-49 Season: Seven Keys to Baldpate two programs (one autographed), newspaper clippings, photographs from play. 6-7 1948-49 Season: Lovers and Madmen presented by Houston Little Theatre two programs, newspaper clippings, pictures in Southwest News Magazine, telegram, correspondence, notes, and photographs. 8 1948-49 Season: Blithe Spirit newspaper clippings, telegrams, Stable Talk (one autographed which was used as the program for the play), clippings of Stage and Screen by Margery Wilson and other clippings identifying various persons, KPLC News Items, correspondence, photographs of the play. 9 1949-50 Season: Two Blind Mice two programs (one autographed), newspaper clippings, photographs of the play. 10 1949-50 Season: Over 21 newspaper clippings, three programs (one autographed), telegrams, correspondence, photographs of the play. 7 Box Folder Description 8 1 1949-50 Season: The Little Foxes newspaper clippings, telegrams, three programs (one autographed), correspondence, photographs of the play. 2 1949-50 Season: The Pursuit of Happiness three programs (one autographed), newspaper clippings, telegrams, correspondence, photographs of the play. 3 1949-50 Season: The Fatal Weakness presented by Memphis Little Theatre three programs (one autographed), newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs. 4 1950-51 Season: Medea newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence, photographs of rehearsals and of the play. 5-6 1950-51 Season: Light Up the Sky telegrams, correspondence, newspaper clippings, two programs, and photographs. 7-8 1950-51 Season: Peter Pan newspaper clippings telegrams, notes, correspondence, three programs (one autographed), and photographs. 9 1 1950-51 Season: The Silver Whistle newspaper clippings, three programs (two autographed), and photographs. 2-3 1950-51 Season: Goodbye, My Fancy presented by Tulsa Little Theatre correspondence, newspaper clippings, program from Tulsa performance, programs from Lake Charles performance, historical sketch of Tulsa Little Theatre, stage directions, and photographs. 4 1950-51 Season: West From the Panhandle two programs, article. 5 1950-51 Season: "Charles Laughton Visits Lake Charles" notes, correspondence, booklet on Laughton, newspaper clippings, contract, telegram, photographs of Laughton and Rosa Hart. 6 1951-52 Season: 20th Century notes, newspaper clippings, telegrams, correspondence, five programs (two autographed), Kansas City Southern Lines News article on George Boudreaux. 7 1951-52 Season: photographs of the play 20th Century and of Silver Anniversary fund raising, photographs of George Boudreaux. 8-9 1951-52 Season: Voice of the Turtle notes, copies of Stable Talk, copy of magazine Anepuka, copy of Dixie Magazine from Times-Picayune, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the play and of the Little Theatre building. 10 1951-52 Season: Rain presented by University of Houston Theatre newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence, program. 10 1-5 1951-52 Season: Snow Queen newspaper clippings, telegrams, notes, eight programs (two autographed), correspondence, and photographs. 8 Box Folder Description 11 1952-53 Season 1-4 Happy Time two programs, newspaper clippings, notes, script, reprint of article from Shakespeare Quarterly, cover of booklet designed by Boyd Cruise, correspondence, and photographs. 5-6 Come Back, Little Sheba presented by New Orleans Little Theatre in association with Tulane University three programs, newspaper clippings, program from New Orleans production, correspondence, notes, program from "The Milky Way" a Playbox production from Texas, and photographs. 7-9 Darkness At Noon three programs (two autographed), notes, newspaper clippings, pages from Time Magazine January 26, 1953, correspondence, telegrams, booklet from Theatre Production Service, script, and photographs. 12 1952-53 Season (continued) 1-2 Remains To Be Seen newspaper clippings, three programs (one autographed), notes, two letters about a contest concerning the play, copy of Pittsburgh People with article about LT, and photographs. 3-5 Bell, Book and Candle book cover for Magic in Mexico, newspaper clippings, four programs (two autographed), notes, correspondence, notes on Masque of Kings at the Pioneer Club, KPLC News Item, photographs, and set description. 13 1-3 1953-54 Season: Out of the Frying Pan four programs (two autographed), newspaper clippings, tickets, two scripts, notes, and photographs. 4-5 1953-54 Season: The Hasty Heart three programs (two autographed), newspaper clippings, correspondence, railway receipt, and photographs. 6-7 1953-54 Season: Henry IV, Part I presented by McNeese State College's Bayou Players newspaper clippings, three programs (two autographed), correspondence, notes, article from Seventeen Magazine, and photographs. 14 1-2 1953-54 Season: Born Yesterday three programs (two autographed), telegrams, newspaper clippings, negatives of the stage, and photographs. 3-5 1954-55 Season: Mr. Roberts newspaper clippings, notes, cast lists, correspondence, telegrams, copy of contract for Jeffrey Lynn to perform, two scripts, four programs (two autographed), and dogtags. 6-7 1954-55 Season: The Fourposter three programs (two autographed), newspaper clippings, telegrams, correspondence, and photographs. 9 Box Folder Description 14 8-9 1954-55 Season: The Man presented by San Antonio Little Theatre two programs (both autographed), one San Antonio program, notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs. 15 1-4 1954-55 Season: photographs from Mr. Roberts. 16 1-2 1954-55 Season: Le Carnival and Androcles and the Lion negatives, correspondence, notes, three programs (two autographed), and photographs. 3-4 1954-55 Season: My 3 Angels newspaper clippings, five programs (one autographed), notes of past history of LT, KPLC news items, and photographs. 5-8 1954-55 Season: Detective Story four programs (two autographed), newspaper clippings, telegrams, and photographs. 17 1955-56 Season 1-2 Quality Street two programs (autographed), correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs, 3-4 The Remarkable Mr. Penny Packer newspaper clippings, and photographs 5-6 Stalag 17 two programs (autographed), correspondence, contract for Hurd Hatfield, telegrams, notes, newspaper clippings, program from the Utica Community Theatre, and photographs. 7 High Ground newspaper clippings, two programs (autographed), and photographs. 8 Happy Birthday presented by the Baton Rouge Little Theatre notes, newspaper clippings, tickets, four programs, correspondence, telegrams, and photographs. 18 1956-57 Season 1-2 Barefoot in Athens two scripts, two articles on Socrates, newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes, map of Athens, five programs (two autographed), phonograph album of the reading of the play (outside of the folder), and photographs. 3 Solid Gold Cadillac newspaper clippings and photographs. 4 The Fifth Season presented by the Stage, Inc. of Beaumont, Texas newspaper clippings, program from production in Beaumont, two programs from the LT production (autographed), and photographs. 5 The Lark newspaper clippings, notes, three programs (two autographed), correspondence, letter from Lillian Hellman, two large photographs of scenes and cast (outside of the folder). 19 1 1957-58 Season: Death of a Salesman four programs (two autographed), script, notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs. 2 1957-58 Season: Teahouse of the August Moon four programs, sign from play, notes, and newspaper clippings. 10 Box Folder Description 19 3 1958-59 Season: Sabrina Fair two programs (autographed), newspaper clippings, and photographs. 4 1958-59 Season: White Sheep of the Family two programs (autographed), newspaper clippings, photograph of Edward Everett Horton, hotel bill, and correspondence from Horton. 5 1959-60 Season: The Rainmaker newspaper clippings. 6 1959-60 Season: Visit to a Small Planet newspaper clippings. 7 1964 Season: A Divertissment three programs, invitations, correspondence, and photographs. 8 Once Upon a Mattress one program including photographs, notes 9 Camelot two programs including photographs, notes Series 1 Scrapbooks Subseries B Postcard Collection Box Folder Description 1 Postcards Series 1 Scrapbooks Subseries C Europe Trip Box Folder Description 1 Scrapbook of 1951 trip to Europe with Charlotte Tucker (donated by Tucker): Photographs, playbills, postcards, brochures. Travel diary of 1956 trip to Europe with Anne Belle Dees and Isabel Heinke, vaccination certificate, Russian phrase book, passport and passport photographs, itineraries, clippings, maps, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs of tourist attractions. Series 1 Scrapbooks Subseries D Contest Notebooks Box Folder Description 1 Notebooks, notes, correspondence, contest entries, and photographs (Rosa Hart, Dick Pease, Alice Muth, and Charles Gardier), ca. 1940-ca. 1960. Series 1 Scrapbooks Subseries E Newcomb Girls' College Box Folder Description 1 Scrapbook and other memorabilia of Hart’s activities at Newcomb, Ca. 1920. Includes Hart's diploma, postcards, souvenirs from a trip to Mexico, photographs of Hart as a Tulane cheerleader (2), and two Jambalaya yearbooks, 1920 and 1921. 11 Series 2 Playbills and Programs Box Folder Description 1 1 New York City Ballet 2 Gotham Life Dec. 17-23, 1939 3 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 1956 4 Maurice Evans Presents Shakespeare's Hamlet in its Entirety 5 Royal Shakespeare Theatre Measure for Measure 6 The Country Girl Omaha Community Playhouse 7 Clarence Day's Life With Father 8 Paul Robeson as Othello 9 Annie Get Your Gun 10 Summertime Light Opera presents Rudolph Friml's Rose Marie 11 Olsen and Johnson present Hellz a Poppin 12 A Midsummer Night's Dream California Festival Season 1934 13 Colonel W. deBasil's Ballets Russes 14 Mary of Scotland by Maxwell Anderson 15 The Pilgrimage Play Life of Jesus Christ 16 The Ten Chronicle Plays of W. Shakespeare 17 Katherine Cornell - Stage Portraits 18 Gilbert Miller presents Helen Hayes in Victoria Regina 19 American Shakespeare Festival Opening Soon 1955, Julius Caesar, The Tempest 20 Paul Gregory presents Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (2 copies) 21 Turnabout Theatre Souvenir Program 22 Municipal Auditorium Shreveport Herman Shumlin presents Tallulah Bankhead in The Little Foxes 23 Peter Pan 24 Who Am I? Peter Pan 25 The Southern Shakespeare Repertory Theatre - Shakespeare 26 The Shipstads and Johnson - Ice Follies 1945 27 George White's Scandals 28 Michael Todd's Mexican Hayride 29 Oklahoma 2 1 Little Theatre of Shreveport The Silver Whistle 2 Studio M Playhouse presents Sweet Bird of Youth 3 Flat Rock Playhouse - The Vagabond Players 4 Theatre 54 The Purification and The Apollo of Bellac 5 Baton Rouge Civic Theatre Craig's Wife 6 Theatre Royal Haymarket Ross 12 Box Folder Description 2 7 Bulletin, Scottish Community Drama Association, Jan. 1957 8 Gallery Circle's Arena Presentation of Rope 9 The Curtain Call of the Little Theatre of Charlotte 10 Little L Theatre of Shreveport Reclining Figure 11 Provincetown Playhouse - Three Plays of the Sea 12 St. James Theatre Peter Pan 13 Music Box Theatre The Man Who Came to Dinner 14 Forty-Eighth Street Theatre Harvey 15 Empire Theatre Life With Father 16 Shubert Theatre The Philadelphia Story 17 Manhattan Center Cabaret Tac 18 Washington Civic Theatre presents Merrily We Roll Along 19 New Theatre Under Milk Wood 20 Grist Mill Playhouse Season of 1952 21 Community Theatre of Terre Haute presents The Shrike 22 Players Club The Great Big Doorstep 23 Alley Theatre presents Angelica 24 The Metropolitan Host 25 Showplace, The Magazine of Radio City Music Hall 26 Guild Theatre The World We Make 27 Adelphi Theatre See My Lawyer 28 Booth Theatre The Time of Your Life 29 Kungl Dramatiska Teatern Lang Dags Fard Mot Natt (Long Day's Journey Into Night) 30 The Playhouse The Shop at Sly Corner 31 Morosco Theatre Skylark 32 Longacre Theatre Morning's at Seven 33 Ethel Barrymore Theatre Key Largo 34 The Music Box Theatre The Man Who Came To Dinner 35 National Theatre The Little Foxes 36 Imperial Theatre Too Many Girls 37 Chicago Stagebill, Selwyn Theatre My Dear Children 38 Martin Beck Theatre Ladies and Gentlemen 39 Hudson Theatre State of the Union 40 Bijou Theatre Life With Father 41 Empire Theatre O Mistress Mine 42 Barter Theatre's 17th Season June 20 to Sept. 3, 1949 43 Teatro Dell' Opera Terme Di Caracalla Stagione Lirica Estiva MCMLVI - La Gioconda 44 Plymouth Theatre Margin for Error 13 Box Folder Description 2 45 Ethel Barrymore Theatre The Consul 46 Broadhurst Theatre The Barrier 47 Henry Miller Theatre The Cocktail Party 48 Coronet Theatre Hilda Crane 49 Shubert Theatre Kiss Me Kate 50 Empire Theatre The Member of the Wedding 51 Plymouth Theatre The Happy Time 52 Arena Theatre Arms and the Man 53 Nashville Community Playhouse Born Yesterday 54 Community Theatre of Terre Haute Stalag 17 55 Community Theatre of Terre Haute Lo and Behold 56 Alvin Theatre Mister Roberts 57 Morosco Theatre Death of a Salesman 58 Royale Theatre Affairs of the State 59 Majestic Theatre South Pacific 60 Martin Beck Theatre The Curious Savage 61 Forty-Eighth Street Theatre Black Chiffon 62 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre Hope for the Best 63 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre Much Ado About Nothing 64 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre Over Twenty-One 65 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre Out of the Frying Pan 66 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre The Visitor 67 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre When Ladies Meet 68 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre The Witching Hour 69 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre Uncle Harry 70 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre For Keeps 71 Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre A Bell for Adano 72 Fred Miller Theatre Sabrina Fair 73 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre The Merchant of Venice 74 Forty-Fourth Street Theatre Follow the Girls 75 Music Hall Hamlet 76 Alvin Theatre Something for the Boys 77 Longacre Theatre 3 Is A Family 78 Ziegfield Theatre Seven Lively Arts 79 Majestic Theatre Dream With Music 80 Shubert Theatre Catherine Was Great 81 Imperial Theatre Song of Norway 82 Forty-Eighth Street Theatre Pick-Up Girl 83 Biltmore Theatre Kiss and Tell 84 Chicago Stagebill of Blackstone Theatre Good Night Ladies 14 Box Folder Description 2 85 Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Under Milk Wood 86 Bulletin, Scottish Community Drama Association, Sept. 1957 87 Cort Theatre The Diary of Anne Frank 88 Morosco Theatre Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 89 Theatre Royal Haymarket The Doctor's Dilemma 90 Cheltenham Little Theatre The Lady's Not for Burning 91 Civic Playhouse, Cheltenham Peer Gynt 92 The University Theatre of the University of Iowa Father Was President 93 Abbey Plays 1899-1948 Dublin, Ireland 94 Theatre Royal Haymarket The Chalk Garden 95 Turnabout Theatre The Playgoer 96 Pageantry Productions Limited presents A Fair White Tower 97 G.I. Joe presents Prop Wash 98 Martin Beck Theatre A Connecticut Yankee 99 Imperial Theatre Too Many Girls 100 Walnut St. Theatre Champagne For Everybody 101 SSSeamparohae Heserve??? 102 On Stage, The Magazine for the Shubert Theatre in Detroit Two For the Seesaw 103 Dallas Theatre Center Julius Caesar 104 Landry Memorial School Beau Jesters Series 3 Scripts Box Folder Description 1 1-2 Untitled script of a play about New Orleans in the 1890s (labeled “Property of E.J. Carstens”). 3 Lorena Bride - The Report Card 4 Alexander Fedoroff - A Beast is Dead 5 Keith R. Gates - Annals of a Palace, Don El Monto, Il Tempesta Di Norte 6 Henry David Wilson - The Snowy Dove 7 Untitled script of a play about Denver, 1859. 8 Untitled script of a play about a hotel. 9 Zoe Leger - The Deer Park, The Divining Rod 10 B.A. Kazan - Heaven Ltd., Reunion, The Schotkun, Ellis Island, My Uncle Mendle 11 Lt. Walter F. Grandy - I Married a Bachelor 12 Charles L. Yoder - Maelstrom 15 Box Folder Description 2 1 Seth Hathaway - Past Imperfect 2 Laurraine Goreau - Museum Piece 3 Mac's Camera Shop - Double Exposure 4 Louis Gaston Gardemal - When the Bough Breaks, Capital Idea 5 Jelks Jones - Actors Paradise 6 Elsa Neuberger - Louisa 7 Moonshine 8 Kate Jones Pickett - O Tempora! O Mores! or What's Wrong 9 Episode One - Columbus at the Court of Queen Isabella 10 When the Maid's Away, the Wife Can Play 11 Untitled script of a play. 12 Robert Howard - This One Thing 13 Norman Corwin - Untitled 14 Red Velvet Goat 15 Raymond J. Martinez - Mr. Nobody 16 Ernst Tyme - One More Wave 17 William L. Shirer - The Traitor 18 “An Interview with Distinguished Broadway Actors,” The Convict Returns, and Dr. Bryce's Adventure. Series 4 Correspondence Box Folder Description 1 1 1920's letters (6 items) - Letters from Dorothy M. Ellis and from Robert Benchley - Life Magazine. 2 1930's letters (8 items): - Letters from Emeru & Kaufman Insurance; Alexandria Little Theatre; and Pitman Publishing Corp. - Letter from Hart to Samuel French Co. 16 Box Folder Description 1 3 1940's Correspondence (79 items): - Letters from Annie Laurie Williams Inc.; Lucien Doucet, Jr. of the Jennings LT; Charles Martin; International Pictures Corp.; C.L. Shaver of the LSU Speech Dept.; Virginia R. Moon; Irene Manning; Warren C. Odgen of the Times Picayune; E.J. Carstens; Radie Harris; Walter McElroy of Hastings House Pub.; J.F. Trump of The Play Box; Richard Owen of Eagle Lion Films; Stanley W. Heath of Westminster Press; Doris M. Combre; Billie Trahan of the Teen Tavern; LSU Bureau of Dramatic Activities; Crowley LT; Port Arthur LT; Andrew J. Loeffler of the Dramatists Play Service; Carmen de Laureal Gardiner of the N.O. Symphony Society; and Dorman E. Richardson of the Repertoire LT, Toledo Ohio. - Letters from Hart to Samuel French Co.; Eaves; John Wray Young of the Shreveport Little Theatre; We, The People – CBS; Bob Weinman; J.L. Kaufman; Mrs. T.A. Dees, Mrs. Margaret Doan, Mrs. L.L. Harris, Mrs. C.A. Lyons; (Eva?); and Ethel. - Correspondence between Hart and Lennen and Mitchell, Inc. - Correspondence between Hart and Bert Elsas. - Letter from John F. Elzey to Abner Horn. - Letter from Esta L. Phillips to Marjorie Wilson. - Letter from from Dick Suhre to Earl Crum (cc Hart). - Letter from Marion K. Reed to Sugar Branch Office, N.O. - Correspondence between Hart and Rhodes Scholarships Comm.in re: Herbert Hadley. 4 1940's Correspondence (continued) (48 items): - Letters from S.E. Montgomery; the Vinton Literary Club; RKO Pathe Inc.; Betty LeJeune; Katherine Doescher - sec. to Mordelo Vincent; Letitia D. Caffery; Richard A. Anderson - Red Cross Award; Crowley LT - Mrs. Freda Scholl; George Hale - Morristown, TN LT; Herb Voland - playbill attached; Sarah Shufeldt - Thibodaux Literary Club; Dorothy M. Ellis; Philip Kaye - Theatre Goers, S.D.; Stanley Ross - Sunday Star, Del.; Fritz Henle - NY photographer; Mrs. Fran Yeargers - Opelousas Women's Club; Paul ? - Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN; Dottie Van Dyne; and the Winsbergs.-Letters from Hart to Frank of Life Magazine; Mary of Life Magazine; Stanley Anderson; - Letters from Marion Reed to RKO Pictures and to E.V. Richards - Correspondence between Marion Reed and Warner Bros. - Correspondence between Marion Reed and Irving Mack. 17 Box Folder Description 1 5 1950's Correspondence (117 items): - Letters from Fritz Henle - NY photographer; Seth G. Hathaway; Sid Television Bureau of Advertising, NY; Sam Baum; Seymour - The Goldman; W.M. Tugman; Betty Jane Nobe - Jennings LT; Mrs. E.J. Browning; Edwin T. Connell; Mrs. A.R. Downing; Mary Nelson; Mary Lee Phillips; Mordelo Vincent; Blair Wilcox - includes photo and clippings; Gaston L. Porterie; Richard; Michael; Gene Broussard; Talbot Pearson; H.M. Taliaferro; Karl Ashburn; William Schaefer - Warner Bros.; Bob Tallant; Brooks - N.Y. Times; Wilbert Hammel; Elizabeth Schenk - concerning Bennett Cerf; Louisette Roser; Loia Cheaney; John E. Lavery; Faye Emerson; E.V. Richards; Margaret Case Harriman; Douglas Travers; J.M. Musgrave; Mrs. John J. Carroll; Beatrice Burnaby; Christopher J. Blake; Jefferson Caffery; Elizabeth B. Gilbert; Mordelo Vincent; Scott; Elsa Grossman; Mrs. W.C. Gardiner; Ethel Crumb Brett; Paul Gregory; and Bert Elsas. - Letters from Hart to Britain Travel Association; Mr. Atkinson - Times Magazine - concerning 25th anniversary of the LT; Albert McCleery; Leonard Goldenson; Bob O'Donnell; Charles Skouras; LT Enthusiasts; J. Douglas Travers; Opera producer "Railroad" Hour; and Mr. Luce. - Letter from Richard A. Anderson to Margaret Conover - Letter from Talbot Pearson to Clark Weaver - Letter from Loia Cheaney to J. Douglas Travers - Letter from Newell Brock to Mrs. John J. Carroll 18 Box Folder Description 1 6 1950's Correspondence (continued) (66 items): - Letters from Monroe Lippman; P.E. Bewshea - British Overseas Airways; Louisette Roser; Pauline Syler - Ford Times; Buddy Wyatt; Blance Butler Shreveport Desk and Derrick; Hallmark Cards; Ray; P.D. Ginder - Camp Polk; Edwin Loechel; Larry Guillory, Jo Ann Medrano, and Carol Ashburn; Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Pierson; Mrs. B.N. Holt, Jr.; Shirley Gayle; Warren C. Odgen - Dixie Roto Magazine; Gilmor Brown; Michele Reiner and Jane Amondsen; Loraine Anderson; Emmett Rogers; Max Newman; Charles L. Yoder; Stephen Zoll; Betty Carp; Claire; Jack F. Dailey; Elizabeth Burdick; Ruth R. Mayleas; Jacob J. Brogger; A.L. Caney; George Kalenin; Henry R. Luce; Marie Darnels; and Harry Wilcox - AT&T - Letters from Hart to Louisette Roser - Letter from “irate VP” to Fritizi Krause. - Letter to Look Magazine. - Letters from Richard Anderson to Annabel Aberle; George Hines; and William Coleman. - Letter from Daniel S. Mead to Richard B. McCaughan 2 1 1960's Correspondence (78 items): - Letters from Dorothy Olney Armand - Deuktsch Prod.; Harriet Hall; Beverly Bennett - Life Magazine; Ruth Harrison Scurlock (Nobie); Sam "Tony Davis" Depino; Elliott Chaze; John and Victoria Sandor; John; Danny Crockett; Editors of Reader's Digest; Joseph Carroll - Sports Illustrated; Dorothy Richey; Margo C. Boote - Norcross Inc.; Pinky; William Hunter; Barclay Peyton; Lady Leah Hathaway; Jos. J. Vincent; Eric Lasher - This Week Magazine; and Ruth Sullivan. - Letter from Hart to This Week Magazine. - Letter from Barbara McClure to Mordelo Vincent - Post cards from the Vincents and Wilcoxes. - Letters from Mary Louise Stone to Hart and to “Mama and Bessie.” - Letters from Warren C. Odgen - Dixie Roto Magazine. 19 Box Folder Description 2 2 Undated correspondence (115 items): - Letters from Mel Pomerantz; Carol; Peggy Mengis; Mrs. W.N. Cutcliff; Olivia; Layne; Mrs. Ira A. Spear; Alice, Walt, and Diana Dunn; Louise Wabie; Bertha Louisa; Alin; Raymond Titmouse; Don Evans; Alex Fadoff; Sid Mesibov; Don Land; Jeannette Verduzco; St. Patrick's Hospital; Merita; Eleos; Hannah; Freda; Mr. Valdes; M. Dees; R. Duffin; Kenneth K. Rose (letter signed “Rodney” with clippings); Edward J. Crowley; Gene; Renie Riano (includes photographs); Jim Miller (includes photographs); Amy Bullock; and L.S. Sardemal. - Letters from Hart to Margery; Bill; MacPhersons; Milton, Norma and the baby; Publishers - Ford Times; Lil; Loia Cheaney; Claude Rains; Rachel; Nathan; New Yorker; Bert (Mrs. L.J. Elsas); Andrew Loeffier; Editor - Life Magazine; Cast & Crew - all workers; Jack and Emily - Correspondence between Hart and Robert C. Freeman - Simmons Co. - Postcards from Virginia Harwood. - Letter from J.W. to Bishop Manning. - Letter from Emma Wilson to “Ideas.” - Letter from George to “Travelers.” - Letters, cards, clippings, photographs from Emily Kimbrough (16 items). - Letters from George Freedley (includes manuscripts of "The Community Theatre" publicity material, photographs, and other material) (28 items). - Letters from Mrs. Parry F. Schippers (includes manuscripts and poetry) (31 items). - Letters and manuscript from Frederic Nelson Little (16 items). 20 Box Folder Description 3 1 Letters from Harnett Kane (21 items) 2 Correspondence with Gene Cuny (23 items) 3 Letters from: Bette Davis - includes pamphlet, Vincent Price - includes clipping, Art Linkletter, Bennett Cerf, Hunter C. Leake, Moss Hart, Peter Ustinov (12 items) 4 Letters from H.L. Mencken (12 items) 5 Letters from James McConnell includes clippings, manuscripts, copy of the Worm Runner's Digest, copy of Science and Sanity (107 items) 6-7 Correspondence with Weeks Hall including a few snapshots and clippings, some correspondence from others mentioning Hall, some undated, a few from the 1950's, most from the 1930's (201 items). 8 Letters from Boyd Cruise including clippings (39 items). Series 5 Photographs Box Folder Description 1 1-2 photographs from plays, LT workers, individuals 3 I-10 bridge; Ola Mae Dixon; Ken Dixon; Anne Smythe; Amy Bullock; E.V. Richards; Z.G. Deutsch; Bob O'Donnell; Mrs. C.A. Richardson; Paramount Theatre; George Ruckstuhl; Ed Daugherty and L.V. Harris; Jack Minnis; Arthur Fanz; Wells Fargo - Little Theatre (before and after fire); Mary Ellie Leonhart; Harry Bride and Mary Bono; William Ray, Maxine Ray, Wm. Ray, Jr., Pete Novak, Augie Gromponi, Felix Scimineno, Charlotte Tucker, Hart, and other females; Mrs. N.W. Read, Mrs. Carl Bankston, and Essa Mae Little; Bill McClanahan; Gov. Sam Jones; Ellis Arnall; Jean Dalrymple and Maj. Gen. P.D. Ginder; Agnes Moorehead, Hart, and others; Sir Hubert Wilkins; E.C. Hickson; Hart with (Jean Kerr?); Evelyn Roberts; Joyce Cranford; Clyde Stewart; Alan Dees; Ted Durham with Marjorie Wilson and Ed Daugherty, with Hart, and with Charlotte Tucker and Gordon Gano; and Bill Merteno and Famsey McCleod. 4 Family photographs and friends, Hart, Fannie Hart, I.T. Hart, Jacobs family, mostly unidentified, Lake Charles High School photo 5 Negatives 21 Series 6 Miscellaneous Box Folder Description 1 Associated Summer Suckers - pages from scrapbook, newspaper clippings, minutes of meetings, and notes, ca. 1940-ca. 1960. 2 1-4 Committee and membership lists, financial records, clippings, short stories, play production notes, notecards, tickets, membership drive material, etc., ca. 1940ca. 1962. 3 1-3 Committee and membership lists, financial records, clippings, short stories, play production notes, notecards, tickets, membership drive material, etc., ca. 1940ca. 1962. 4 1 Nellie Lutcher - This Is Your Life clippings, correspondence, and telegrams, 1953. 2 American Magazine article about the Little Theatre, notes, and correspondence, 1950. 3 Pageant article about the Little Theatre by Harnett Kane, clippings, and correspondence, 1950. 4 Tulane Conference notes, clippings, and correspondence, 1954. 5 Richard II, Beaumont Group clippings, correspondence, and notes, 1952. 6 John Mason Brown clippings, telegrams, correspondence, and photograph, 1952. 5 1 Rosa Hart biographical materials, newspaper clippings, awards, typescript of article from the McNeese Review "Assert the Stage," also Little Theatre historical material, list of plays performed, history of site locations, article from Players Magazine, also some information on Fannie Hart, Rosa Hart's mother 2 River Road notebook of sketches by E.C. and Anne S. McGehee and illustrated by Herbert Freeman, 1959 (inscribed to “Rosa,” 1961). 3 Little Theatre and Ted Durham - scholarship, clippings Articles: Final Curtain (2 copies); Rosa; Encores on Main Street - misc. items: necklace and ring; loving cup, 1951, McNeese Award for Cultural Leadership; one roll of 16 mm motion picture film, appears to be children in an outside performance of The Tempest with Rosa. 22