Student Life: Musical and Dramatic Organizations, 1837-2004 | Oberlin College Archives

Acquired: 04/16/1974. Accession No.:  234, 1978/43, 1981/23, 1990/033, 1990/90, 1996/40, 1996/74, 1997/29, 1997/158, 2001/48, 2001/94, 2005/11, 2010/53

Restrictions: Unrestricted.

Acquisition Note: The first materials received for this record group comprised records of the Oberlin Dramatic Association from Robert Ware, Assistant Professor of Inter-Arts, in 1974. In 1978 and 1981, the College Library transferred materials that included Musical and Dramatic Organizations records, unspecified.  In 1990 the Alumni Association facilitated a donation from the President of the Gilbert and Sullivan Players.  Between 1990 and 1997, three private individuals donated materials in several accessions.  In 2001 several files were transferred from the Special Collections department of the Library.  In 2005 another private individual donated documentation of the 1943 libretto by the Oberlin College Mummers entitled “Borscht Horizon,” including a cassette tape recording, the original score, and the script.  In 2010 the Library transferred a ca. 1914 scrapbook on the Oberlin Musical Union in very poor condition.  This was disassembled, crumbling pages were copied, and the original and copied contents placed in file folders.  Programs enclosed in the scrapbook not previously represented in the record group were removed and filed with the other Musical Union programs in Series 4.

Related Materials: See RG 46 Posters.  See RG 19/3/3  Gilbert and Sullivan Players.

Finding Aid Revisions: Processed by William E. Bigglestone, April 1974.  Revised April 1998 by Kenneth Grossi, Megan Thompson, and Tara L. Ikenouye; February 2000 by Joshua Adler; March 2001 by Freedom Nguyen; May 2001 by Rebecca Deeb; October 2001 and January 2002 by Melissa Gottwald; November 2003, September 2004, July 2010 by Archives Staff.  Partially rearranged and described by Anne Cuyler Salsich, August 2012.

Collection Material Type: Official Records