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(C:6/38/15)

Box 1 - Ellis
Box 2 - Ellis

Professor Donovan Rhynsburger, as young Abe Lincoln
MU Theater Department's 1935 production of Abraham Lincoln
University Archives, C:6/38/15

Scope and Content Note

(A97-101)
This Record Sub-Group contains photograph negatives (along with a few prints) of productions by the University of Missouri Department of Theatre. These negatives range in size from 2"x2" up to 8"x10" and include images of backdrops, scenery, stage settings, production casts, and action on stage during rehearsals and performances. Also included in the Sub-Group are photographs of productions of the Department's "Starlight Theatre" (on the roof of Hill Hall) and of television productions.
Note to Researcher: Most of these photographs were taken while the UMC Department of Theatre was under the directorship of Donovan Rhynsburger. Prints made from many of these negatives can be found in Record Group 6 C, Sub-Group 32, Series 4. Additionally, digitized reproductions of many of the photographs in Series 2 (listed below) can be viewed as part of the UMC Archives photographic display entitled Dramatic Images.

Series Descriptions:

This Sub-Group is divided into two record series. Arrangement within each series is alphabetical, by play title. Series One contains 163 envelopes, each containing one or more negatives and prints pertaining to a given production.

Series Two contains 31 envelopes, 30 of which contain hard copy printouts pertaining to a given production. The negatives in Series Two were on nitrate film, an unstable medium that is unacceptable for patron use. All have been transferred to a digital format and are available for viewing, in that form and as hard copy printouts.

Inventory

Series One - Negatives on Safety Film

Box 1

Envelope 1 Aesop's Falables, April 1979

Envelope 2 Androchles and the Lion, April 1963

Envelope 3 Anniversary Waltz, April 1959

Envelope 4 Apple Tree, n.d. (35mm)

Envelope 5 Arms and the Man, December 1939

Envelope 6 Arsenic and Old Lace, April 1943

Envelope 7 As You Like It, November 1971

Envelope 8 Barretts of Wimpole Street, December 1948

Envelope 9 The Beatenest Man , July 1956

Envelope 10 Beautiful People, December 1941

Envelope 11 Bachelor Beware, October 1941

Envelope 12 Beggars Opera, n.d.

Envelope 13 Bell, Book and Candle, July 1962

Envelope 14 Bell for Adano, March 1945 (and print)

Envelope 15 Biedermann and the Fire Bugs, n.d.

Envelope 16 Big Hearted Herbert, March 1935

Envelope 17 Birthday Party, 1974

Envelope 18 Blithe Spirit, April 1947, July 1964

Envelope 19 Blue Denim, October 1959

Envelope 20 Box and Cox, 1937

Envelope 21 The Boyfriend, July 1966, SRT (Summer Repertory Theatre)

Envelope 22 Boy Meets Girl, February 1976

Envelope 23 Brecht to Brecht, February 1976

Envelope 24 Bury the Dead, 1936

Envelope 25 Bus Stop, SRT 1983

Envelope 26 Caesar and Cleopatra, April 1972

Envelope 27 Cajun - One Act Play, May 1955

Envelope 28 Charley's Aunt, July 1961

Envelope 29 The Circle , March 1939

Envelope 30 Claudia, December 1942, July 55

Envelope 31 The Clod , November 1954 (with print)

Envelope 32 Comedy of Errors, February 1941 (and print), July 1970

Envelope 33 Cosi Fan Tutti, February 1964

Envelope 34 The Crucible, February 1959

Envelope 35 A Cup of Tea , February 1956

Envelope 36 Curious Savage, July 1964

Envelope 37 Dark of the Moon, March 1949 (and prints), March 1961

Envelope 38 Dear Brutus, April 1938 (and prints)

Envelope 39 Devil's Disciple, March 1931 (only prints)

Envelope 40 Die Fledermaus, March 1962

Envelope 41 Dear Ruth, 1947

Envelope 42 Death of a Salesman, February 1972

Envelope 43 Delicate Balance , n.d.

Envelope 44 The Dialogue of the Carmelites, March 1970

Envelope 45 Diary of Anne Frank, April 1967

Envelope 46 Dinny and the Witches, November-December 1961

Envelope 47 Dr. Dilemma, October 1963

Envelope 48 Dust of the Road, December 1954, December 1955, December 1956

Envelope 49 El Cristo - One Act Play, March-April 1955

Envelope 50 Enchanted Cottage, July 1963

Envelope 51 Endgame , January 1963

Envelope 52 Enemy of the People , October 1952

Envelope 53 Eve of St. Mark, March 1943

Envelope 54 Everybody Loves Opal, 1975

Envelope 55 The Family Man , July 1957

Envelope 56 Fantasticks, November 1963

Envelope 57 The Father, October 1975

Envelope 58 Figaro, n.d.

Envelope 59 First Lady, October 1937

Envelope 60 The Fixin's, April-May 1954

Envelope 61 Four on a Heath, May 1937

Envelope 62 4 One Act Plays, May 1940

Envelope 63 4 One Act Plays, July 1941 (only prints)

Envelope 64 Francesa Da Rimini, March 1939

Envelope 65 George and Margaret, November 1938

Envelope 66 Ghosts, April 1964

Envelope 67 Glass Menagerie, December 1947, March 1965, April 1965

Envelope 68 Goodbye My Fancy, April 1951 (only prints), April 1961

Envelope 69 Gramercy Ghost, December 1952

Envelope 70 Green Grow the Lilacs, March 1947 (prints)

Envelope 71 Guys and Dolls, January 1960

Envelope 72 Gypsy Baron, March 1966

Envelope 73 Hamlet, 1964

Envelope 74 Happy Time, April 1958

Envelope 75 Harvey, March 1975

Envelope 76 Hasty Heart February 1956

Envelope 77 Hay Fever, 1949

Envelope 78 The Heiress, October 1966

Envelope 79 Homecoming, n.d.

Envelope 80 Hope for the Best, July 1955

Envelope 81 I Am a Woman, October 1978

Envelope 82 I Remember Mama, December 1946

Envelope 83 Inherit the Wind, March 1960

Envelope 84 Iphigenia in Tauris, January 1954

Envelope 85 Italian Straw Hat, November 1964

Envelope 86 Joan of Lorraine, November 1947

Envelope 87 John Brown's Body, 1977

Envelope 88 Journeys End in Lovers Meeting, 1963

Envelope 89 Jumpers, n.d.

Envelope 90 Junior Miss, February 1942

Envelope 91 The King and the Cup, March 1973

Envelope 92 The Labyrinth, n.d.

Envelope 93 The Lady's Not For Burning, April 1962

Envelope 94 La Perichole , March 1963

Envelope 95 Laronde, n.d.

Envelope 96 Late Christopher Bean, April 1957

Envelope 97 Life With Father, (no date specified - play was produced April 1945 and November 1948)

Envelope 98 Lo and Behold , July 1954

Envelope 99 Look Homeward Angel, November 1961

Envelope 100 The Mad Woman of Chaillot, October 1965

Envelope 101 Man From La Mancha, October 1970

Envelope 102 Margin for Error, December 1940

Envelope 103 Mary, Mary, July 1966

Envelope 104 Mary Poppins Comes Back, December 1965

Envelope 105 Mary Stuart, April 1966

Envelope 106 The Medium, March 1965

Envelope 107 Milky Way Summer, 1949

Envelope 108 Minnie Fields, April 1956

Envelope 109 Missouri Legend, December 1939 (print), April 1971

Envelope 110 Moby Dick, April 1971

Envelope 111 Mouse Trap, July 1961

Envelope 112 Mrs. McThing, July 1964

Envelope 113 Much Ado About Nothing, March 1975

Envelope 114 A Murder Has Been Arranged, May 1944

Envelope 115 My Sister Eileen, November 1942

Envelope 116 My Sweet Charlie, n.d.

Envelope 117 Night Must Fall, June 1948

Envelope 118 Night of the Iguana , December 1969

Envelope 119 9 Girls, December 1943

Envelope 120 Noah, 1937

Series One - Negatives on Safety Film (cont'd)

Box 2

Envelope 121 Oh What a Lovely War, December 1968

Envelope 122 Out of the Frying Pan, April 1942 (print)

Envelope 123 Over 21, April 1945

Envelope 124 Pappa is All, November 1943, July 1957

Envelope 125 Petrified Forest, March 1938

Envelope 126 Picnic, 1976

Envelope 127 Playboy of the Western World, April 1969

Envelope 128 The Potting Shed , September 1958

Envelope 129 Pride and Prejudice, November 1937 (prints)

Envelope 130 Pursuit of Happiness, March 1948

Envelope 131 Rafferty One By One, December 1970

Envelope 132 The Rain Maker, 1956

Envelope 133 Readers Theatre , February 1970

Envelope 134 Real Inspector Hound, March 1979

Envelope 135 Reynard the Fox, January 1975

Envelope 136 Rhinoceros, October 1971

Envelope 137 Rhynsburger - Photo Montage, plays produced, n.d.

Envelope 138 Rhynsburger - Stagecraft: Set and Lighting Class, n.d.

Envelope 139 Right You Are, October 1964

Envelope 140 Ring Around the Moon, January 1974

Envelope 141 Rip Van Winkle, March 1946

Envelope 142 Rita, March 1965

Envelope 143 The Rivals, January 1940 (only print), and SRT 1975

Envelope 144 River Line, February 58

Envelope 145 Rosencratz and Gilderstream, November 1973

Envelope 146 See How They Run, June-July 1954, July 1965

Envelope 147 Servant of Two Masters , 1967

Envelope 148 She Stoops to Conquer, March 1971

Envelope 149 Showoff, November 1968

Envelope 150 Sir Aladdin and the Arabian Knight, April 1972

Envelope 151 Skin of Our Teeth, October-November 1945

Envelope 152 The Tavern, April 1941

Envelope 153 The Sorcerer, March 1942

Envelope 154 South Pacific , November 1982 (and color slide)

Envelope 155 Sparkin , April 1954 (and prints)

Envelope 156 Stop the World, March 1966

Envelope 157 Streetcar Named Desire , October 1957

Envelope 158 Summer and Smoke, February 1957

Envelope 159 Sunday Costs 5 Pesos, November 1944

Envelope 160 Susannah, n.d.

Envelope 161 Tomorrow the World, November 1944

Envelope 162 Uncle Harry, December 1944

Envelope 163 What a Life , January 1940

Series Two - Digitized Images (from Nitrate Negatives)

Box 2 (cont'd)

Envelope 1 Abraham Lincoln , (12 - 4x5) February 1935, Professor Donovan Rhynsburger as Lincoln

Envelope 2 As Husbands Go, (13 - 4x5) December 1933

Envelope 3 Berkeley Square , (3 - 4x5); (10 - 3x4) November 1932

Envelope 4 Both Your Houses, (10 - 4x5) February-March 1934

Envelope 5 Bury the Dead, (6 - 4x5) n.d.,

Envelope 6 Candida , (3 - 5x7); (10 - 4x5) March 1937

Envelope 7 Cradle Song , (19 - 3x4) 1927

Envelope 8 Criminal Code ,(3 - 5x7); (7 - 4x5); (5 - 3x4) 1930

Envelope 9 Devils Disciple , (1 - 5x7); (8 - 3x4) March 1931

Envelope 10 Evelyn Bird , (2 - 4x5) January 1935

Envelope 11 Ghosts, (6 - 4x5) February 1936

Envelope 12 Goodbye My Fancy, May 1951

Envelope 13 Hay Fever, (11 - 3x4) April 1932

Envelope 14 He Who Gets Slapped, (12 - 3x4) February 1930

Envelope 15 Is Zat So? , (1 - 4x5); (14 - 3x4) November 1929

Envelope 16 Ivory Door, (10 - 3x4) April 1931

Envelope 17 Jonesy, (3 - 4x5); (8 - 3x4) October 1931

Envelope 18 Journey's End , (4 - 5x7); (8 - 4x5) November 1931

Envelope 19 Late Christopher Bean, April 1934 (10 - 4x5)

Envelope 20 Little Ole Boy , (13 - 4x5) October 1933

Envelope 21 Moor Born, (8 - 4x5) December 1935

Envelope 22 Noah , (1 - 5x7); (12 - 4x5) March 1937

Envelope 23 Paragraph for a Lady, (5 - 4x5) n.d.

Envelope 24 Pigs , (13 - 4x5) April 1930

Envelope 25 The Queen's Husband, (4 - 4x5) October 1929

Envelope 26 Right You Are , (7 - 4x5) December 1932

Envelope 27 The Rivals, (8 - 8x10) January 1940

Envelope 28 Squaring the Circle, (8 - 4x5) March 1936

Envelope 29 Ten Nights in a Barroom, (2 - 2x2) 1930

Envelope 30 You Can't Take it with You, (4 8x10 negatives and 2 8x10 prints) n.d.

Envelope 31 Dramatic Images (A photographic exhibit for the WWW.)

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