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Arts. Arts

 Topic Guide
Identifier: Arts
This classification groups manuscript and small collections on the arts.

Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

"My Little Black Lamb" by Paul Laurence Dunbar (SC-86)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-86
Scope and Contents

Original voice and piano score for song written by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Dates: 1922

"Ride the Wind" Collection (SC-87)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-87
Scope and Contents

Original typed screenplay about the Wright Brothers, written by Doug McIntyre.

Dates: 1991

Victory Theater Playbill (SC-94)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-94
Scope and Contents

Playbill for "The Trial of Mary Dugan," at the Victory Theater, beginning circa January 6, 1920.

Dates: circa 1920

Donald Earl Lake Musical Score (SC-102)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-102
Scope and Contents

Cassette tape and two handwritten scores of the WSU Fight Song, "Stand Up and Cheer for the Raiders of WSU"

Dates: 1991

"Who Knows?" by Paul Laurence Dunbar (SC-103)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-103
Scope and Contents

Sheet music and RCA phonograph recording of "Who Knows".

Dates: 1915

Joyce Carol Oates Letter (SC-115)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-115
Scope and Contents

Correspondence to and from Joyce Carol Oates from WSU concerning potential visit.

Dates: 1977

Frank Wootton Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC-127
Scope and Contents

Small collection of letters written by aviation artist Frank Wootton to Robert T. Horvath (in/around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). Most of the correspondence is written on stationery for Mayflower House, Alfriston, Sussex, UK. Several identify Wootton as the President of the Guild of Aviation Artists.

Dates: 1977-1989

Miami Valley Drive-in Theater Photographs (SC-138)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-138
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 24 photographs of local drive-in theaters that were taken during the early 1980s. Most of the drive-ins pictured have since been demolished. The photos were taken by Ritchie Thomas who donated them.

Dates: circa early 1980s

"Dusky Sleep-Song" Sheet Music (SC-320)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-320
Abstract

The collection consists of sheet music for a single piece of music: “Dusky Sleep-Song,” with words by Paul Laurence Dunbar and music by Grace A. Hammon.

Dates: 1922

Kenley Players Programs (MS-651)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-651
Abstract

The Kenley Players was a summer stock theatre company that cast famous actors and actresses in well-known plays and musicals, then brought the productions to cities throughout the Midwest, including Dayton, Ohio. This collection includes programs from several local Kenley Players productions.

Dates: 1974-1982