Guide to the Bernard Rosenblatt Regional Theatre Council for Northern California and Nevada papers, 1938-1979 Bernard Rosenblatt Regional Theatre Council for Northern California and Nevada papers C0160
This collection documents Bernard Rosenblatt's involvement in the Regional Theater Council for Northern California and Nevada,
as well as related organizations. It also includes a collection of playbills from around the United States dating from 1938-1979.
There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Bernard Rosenblatt Regional Theatre Council
for Northern California and Nevada papers must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University
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Bernard Rosenblatt Regional Theatre Council for Northern California and Nevada papers, C0160, Special Collections Research
Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Bernard Rosenblatt in 1995.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in June 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in June 2015. EAD markup
updated and box list added by Amy Blake in September 2018.
The Regional Theater Council (RTC) for Northern California and Nevada was a regional affiliate of the American National Theatre
and Academy (ANTA), an organization created to promote and support the development of American theatre. RTC, founded in the
early 1950s, drew its membership from community and university theatres around the region. RTC seems to have disbanded by
1969 due to lack of interest and fragmentation and absorption by other related organizations, such as the California Educational
Theater Association (CETA), the Northern California District of the American Educational Theater Association (NCD-AETA), and
the American Community Theater Association (ACTA). Bernard Rosenblatt, a professor at San Joaquin Delta College, served as
president of RTC in the mid and late 1960s, and served as Vice President of the NCD-AETA upon its formation in 1968.
The collection documents the activities of Bernard Rosenblatt and the Regional Theater Council for Northern California and
Nevada, as well as related organizations such as the Northern California District of the American Educational Theatre Association
and the American Community Theatre Association. Types of records include correspondence, meeting minutes, organizational constitutions,
histories, and newsletters dating from 1960-1969. Also included is Bernard Rosenblatt's collection of theatre programs from
institutions across the United States (from the Metropolitan Opera to community theatre productions) dating from 1938-1979.
The organizational records are located in boxes 1 and 2, and the theatre programs are located in boxes 2 and 3.