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Processed by: Renee M. Savits
Collection is open to research.
Permission to reproduce any audio-visual material must be obtained from Barksdale Theatre. The scripts in Series III cannot be reproduced without permission of the playwright.
Barksdale Theatre Records, 1945-2006 (bulk 1954-2004). Accession 41088, Business Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Gift of the Barksdale Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, 8 January 2004. Two broadsides were interfiled with the collection, Accession 41248. Gift of Jacquie O'Connor, Richmond, Virginia, 14 June 2004. Several programs were interfiled with the colleciton, Accession 42150. Transferred from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 26 August 2005.
Barksdale Theatre was created by a group of friends who met during summer stock theatre in St. Clair, Michigan. The original founders were Tom Carlin, Stewart Falconer, David and Priscilla Kilgore, Muriel McAuley, and Pat Sharp. In June 1953 they moved to Richmond, Virginia, desiring to start their own theatre. The group purchased the historic Hanover Tavern in Hanover, Virginia, 1 August 1953, and established the nation's first dinner theatre, Barksdale Memorial Theatre. The theatre was named in memory of a deceased college friend, Barbara Barksdale (1930-1950). The theatre produced their first play, Gold in the Hills , at Barksdale Theatre, on 23 September 1954.
By 1960, four of the original members had left Barksdale, and David Kilgore had married Nancy Masters. The three remaining members, David and Nancy Kilgore, and Muriel McAuley lead the theatre for the next 40 years. Throughout those years they produced over 200 plays and renovated Hanover Tavern. In 1973, Barksdale produced the first professional production of a play based on African American experience, Lorraine Hansberry's To Be Young, Gifted, and Black . In 1975, they staged the first professional reenactment of Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech at the historic St. John's Church. In 1977 Barksdale produced the world premiere of Red, Hot, and Cole , an original play written by Muriel McAuley and Randy Strawderman. After hundreds of performances and the raising of several children and animals, in 1990 the founding members sold Hanover Tavern to the Hanover Tavern Foundation. The founders retired in 1993, naming John Glenn as artistic director. Of the founding members, Nancy Kilgore died 16 October 1993, and Muriel McAuley died 4 September 1998.
In 1996 Barksdale built and moved into a new facility at Willow Lawn Shopping Center in Richmond, Virginia. Randy Strawderman served as artistic director from 1997-2001. Currently, 2004, Bruce Miller serves as artistic director of Barksdale Theatre which continues the tradition of producing excellent theatre. For additional history of the theatre please consult, Going On...Barksdale Theatre The First Thirty One Years by Muriel McAuley (Taylor Publishing Co., 1984).
The Barksdale Records are housed in 109 boxes and one oversized drawer. Included are bylaws, contracts, correspondence, deeds, financial materials, ledgers, minutes, musical scores, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, press releases, programs, receipts, reports, resumes, scrapbooks, and scripts. The records document the development of the company from its earliest performances at Hanover Tavern, to its contemporary performances at the Willow Lawn Center.
The records include deeds for Hanover Tavern and Willow Lawn Center, correspondence regarding literary rights of plays, scripts submitted by inspiring playwrights, fundraising campaign materials, articles of incorporation, Board of Trustee minute files, and personnel policy manuals. Although the collection includes records relating to the financial and managerial side of the business, they are sparse and incomplete.
The bulk of the collection are the clippings, photographs, posters, production files, programs, and reviews documenting the over 200 productions performed by the theatre in its 50 year history. Included are hundreds of photographs from the earliest productions to the current season, numerous theater programs, production files including directing books, cast contact lists, rehearsal schedules, and scripts, theater critic newspaper reviews, and posters of the productions. The collection also includes videos of some of the original performances. Two appendixes are available at the end of the finding aid listing all of the productions performed at Barksdale. One appendix is arranged chronologically, one alphabetically, and they record whether photographs or programs are available for the production. These appendixes are not available online.
A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series level description. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.
This collection is arranged into the following series:
Series I. Building Management Files, 1954-1996 Series II. Correspondence, General, 1955-2000 Series III. Correspondence and Scripts, Playwrights, 1979-1998 Series IV. Financial Records, 1953-2001 Series V. Newsclippings and Newsletters, 1953-2002 Series VI. Production Files, 1954-2000 Series VII. Programs, 1954-2004 Series VIII. Theatre Management Records, 1954-2001 Series IX. Miscellaenous, 1945-1998 Series X. Scrapbooks, 1950-2000 Series XI. Oversize, 1954-2003 Series XII. Photographs, 1954-1999 Series XIII. Audio-Visual Materials, 1966-1993 Series XIV. Artifacts/Ephemera, 1954-2000The Building Management Papers Series is housed in 1 box and arranged alphabetically by folder title. The papers include architectural plans, contracts, deeds, incorporation charter, leases, and reports. Included are minutes and reports from the Hanover Tavern Foundation Building and Grounds committee meetings. Also included are brochures and newsletters regarding the efforts by the Hanover Tavern Foundation to preserve and restore Hanover Tavern, 1993-1996, and contracts, correspondence, and floor plans for the building of the Barksdale Theatre at Willow Lawn Center, 1996. Of note are the deeds between the Barksdale Theater and Hanover Tavern, 1954-1990, including the original deed for Hanover Tavern dated 1 August 1953.
Oversized architectural plans can be found in Oversize Series XI, Subseries 5: Miscellaneous. They include drawings of Hanover Tavern by the Historic American Building Survey, 1990.
See Oversize Subseries 5 for Hanover Tavern Project drawings and specifications, 1992, by Historic American Building Survey, and Correspondence and sketches from Hanson Associates, 1990. Includes sketch of Hanover Tavern parking area; basement floor
The General Correspondence Series is housed in 2 boxes and arranged chronologically. The correspondence documents the many aspects of managing Barksdale Theatre, encompassing fund raising, literary rights and royalties, maintenance issues, and exchanges with critics, subscribers and audiences. Included are letters and memoranda regarding appeals for funds, invitations to critics, advertising issues, congratulatory letters, requests for tickets, and production rights. Also included are letters to various statesmen concerning issues such as minimum wages and taxation issues which affected the theatre. Early correspondence, 1954-1969, includes letters to and from Muriel McAuley and Priscilla Kilgore regarding production rights and royalty fees, mainly to the companies of Samuel French, Inc., and Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Also included is correspondence, 1995-1996, regarding the move of the Barksdale Theatre from Hanover Tavern, Hanover, to Willow Lawn Center in Richmond, Virginia. Topics include the search for another home for the theatre, lease and rental conditions between the two organizations, and financial costs for the move to Richmond. Many of the letters in the 1990's are to John Glenn and Randy Strawderman, Artistic Directors for the Barksdale Theatre.
The Correspondence and Scripts, Playwrights, Series is housed in 10 boxes and arranged alphabetically by folder title. General correspondence is arranged to the front. Following the general correspondence are folders arranged alphabetically by playwright's last name. These playwrights have individual folders due to the larger size of the scripts submitted.
Included are letters and either the entire play or a synopsis of a play. Often included were self addressed return envelopes and follow up letters. Some lyricists also included audio tapes of their music. The letters were from the authors or their agents, if they had one, and most letters were addressed to John Glenn or Randy Strawderman. The majority of the play submissions were made in the 1990's. Many of the letters were unopened when they were donated to the Library and were later opened by the archivist. Many of the writers sent in their plays after reading an advertisement by Barksdale in the Dramatists Sourcebook , asking for play submissions. Some authors include letters of recommendations, resumes, and reviews with their scripts.
The Financial Records Series is housed in 4 boxes and arranged alphabetically by folder title. This series includes correspondence, financial statements, fundraising campaign materials, grants, ledgers, and receipts. One of the earliest financial documents is the expense ledger, 1953 February-October, which includes accounts of monies spent on groceries, paint, cleaning supplies, gasoline, and medical bills. Of note are the financial statements, 1976-2000, which include balance sheets, statements of revenues and expenses, yearly budgets, income statement, accounts payable, payroll expense, and ticket sales reports. Included are budgets for individual shows containing expense summaries and ticket sales totals. The financial statements are the most complete for 1994-1996.
Included are fundraising campaign papers, 1996-2001, which contain information on pledges, types of campaigns and program outlines, proposals, sponsorship letters, and advertisements. Also included are applications for grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
The Newspaper Clippings and Newsletters Series is housed in 10 boxes and arranged chronologically, with general materials to the front. Topics of the general newspaper clippings include, the early establishment of the Barksdale Theatre and the founding members; Muriel McAuley's modeling career; renovations of Hanover Tavern; anniversary celebrations for the Barksdale Theatre; biographies and stories on Muriel McAuley, Pete Kilgore, Nancy Kilgore, and Randy Strawderman; obituaries for several leading theatre members including Jay Lundy, Nancy Kilgore, and Muriel McAuley; the sale of Hanover Tavern; move of the Barksdale Theatre to Willow Lawn Shopping Center; stories relating to Richmond's other local theatres, Theatre Virginia, Theatre IV, and Swift Creek Mill Playhouse; lists of Richmond Times Dispatch yearly Phoebe Awards winners; and the hiring of artistic directors at the theatre.
Following the general clippings are clippings relating to specific productions staged by Barksdale, 1953-2002. The clippings include reviews, audition notices, and photographs relating to the productions. The series also contains copies of theatre newsletters including, Curtain Up, Dramatists Quarterly, London Theatre News, National Theatre Critic's Reviews, New York Theatre Critic's Reviews, and Theatre Richmond . See also the Oversize series for oversize clippings.
The Production files Series is housed in 9 boxes and arranged chronologically with the year in parenthesis indicating the date of the opening. The documentation for each production varies in scope and may include notes, reviews, scripts, directing books, musical scores, press releases, royalty statements, budgets, prop lists, cast contact lists, actors photographs and resumes, costume and set designs, rehearsal schedules, finances, invitations, advertising, memorandum, and correspondence. The later works (from the 1990's) are represented by much more extensive documentation than the earlier productions. The exception being Red, Hot, and Cole (1977), which is extensively documented and includes agreements, audition notes, correspondence, director's notebooks, invitations, reviews, scripts, sheet music, and sketches.
The earlier shows, 1954-1970, mainly include invitations, notes on ticket sales, play production licenses, and finances. Also included in the earlier records is a collection of correspondence and receipts regarding royalty fees and purchases of copies of plays, 1956-1963. Additional correspondence regarding royalty fees can be found in Series II, Correspondence, General. Of note is a ledger, 1958-1959, recording the attendance and dinner reservations for performances during these years.
Correspondence with Muriel McAuley and the Cole Porter Trusts regarding the idea of the play and royalty rights and fees
Includes notes, revisions, and set designs
Includes notes, revisions, and set designs
Drawing of actors in play by Mark Longaker, 1977, and advertisement sketch
Recording reservations and attendance for performances
See Oversize Subseries 5 for a sketch of the general floor plan setting for Red, Hot, and Cole , designed by Tim Priddy, 1976
Partnership agreement, programs, and reviews for performances in Los Angeles, California
Reviews, programs, contracts, and correspondence relating to Pat Carroll's performances in Gertrude Stein, The Merry Wives of Windsor , and Cinderella
Correspondence, advertising costs and receipts, news releases, reviews, stage requirements, and contracts
Correspondence, advertising costs and receipts, tour schedule, reviews, contracts, invoices, and notes
Correspondence, advertising costs and receipts, tour schedule, reviews, contracts, invoices, and notes
Correspondence, advertising costs and receipts, tour schedule, reviews, contracts, invoices, and notes
Resumes, performance reports, photograph call schedule, reviews, correspondence, and contact sheet
Program drafts, press releases, advertising costs and receipts, and reviews
Program drafts, reviews, advertising costs and receipts, correspondence, finances, and schedule
Program drafts, correspondence, advertising costs and receipts, press releases, and design drawings for new theatre at Willow Lawn (Richmond, Va.)
Program drafts, correspondence, advertising costs and receipts, budget, rehearsal schedules, and reviews
Correspondence, programs, advertising costs and receipts, contact sheet, and reviews
Program drafts, advertising costs and receipts, press releases, actors resumes and photographs, contact sheet, and budget
Programs, advertising costs and receipts, press releases, reviews, flyers, directors notes, and prop list
Program drafts, advertising costs and receipts, reviews, and rehearsal schedule
Program drafts, actors resumes and photographs, advertising costs and receipts, reviews, and press releases
Program drafts, advertising costs and receipts, correspondence, and reviews
Program drafts, advertising costs and receipts, actors resumes and photographs, and memorandum
Programs, contact sheets, reviews, advertising costs and receipts, press releases, invitations, and performance schedule
Reviews, program drafts, actors resumes and photographs, schedule, press releases, correspondence, and notes
Reviews, program drafts, actors resumes and photographs, schedule, press releases, correspondence, and notes
Programs, reviews, advertising, actors resumes and photographs, press releases, and notes
Press releases, advertising, correspondence, costume drawings
Advertising, contact sheets, and reviews; see Oversize Subseries 5 for a sketch of the stage setting
Cast list, advertising, press releases, reviews, and cast biographical information forms
Program, press release, and correspondence
Program drafts, press releases, show schedule, contact sheets
Program drafts, press releases, cast biographical information forms, and advertising
Program, contact sheets, flyers, advertising, schedule, actors photographs and resumes, and reviews
Reviews, correspondence, programs, and advertising
Program drafts, press releases, reviews, budgets, show schedule, and advertising
Reviews, audition forms, correspondence, show schedule, and actors photographs and resumes
Contact sheets, show schedule, partial script, and newsletter
Program drafts, newsletters, reviews, and advertising
Programs, advertising, show schedule, press releases, and budget
Programs, reviews, and actors photographs
Correspondence, sketches, and script
The Programs Series is housed in 9 boxes and arranged chronologically with the year in parenthesis indicating the date of the opening. Included are programs for a majority of the Barksdale shows, 1954-2004. Also included are a few flyers and leaflets for the earlier dates. The series also includes a box of miscellaneous programs from a variety of theatres including Barter Theatre, Richmond City Works, Richmond Symphony, Swift Creek Mill Playhouse, Theatre IV, and Theatre Virginia, 1959-1999.
Original sketches used in program located in Oversize Series (XI) Subseries 1 Artwork
The Theatre Management Records Series is housed in 9 boxes and arranged alphabetically into four subseries. Subseries have been designated for Administrative files, Board of Trustees files, Employment files and resumes, and Marketing and advertising.
This subseries is housed in 2 boxes and arranged alphabetically by folder title. Included are articles of incorporation, brochures, bylaws, calendars, contracts, envelopes, legal papers, notebooks, speeches, and pamphlets regarding workers compensation laws. Of note are the brochures on the Barksdale Theatre and Hanover Tavern, ca. 1960-1990.
Includes brochures on Historic Hanover County and brochures from the Barksdale Theatre. Also includes postcards and printed sketches of Hanover Tavern.
This subseries is housed in 4 boxes and arranged alphabetically by folder title. This subseries includes mainly minute files of the Board of Trustees for both the Barksdale Theatre and the Hanover Tavern Foundation. The minute files include agendas, budgets and finances, clippings, contracts, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, notes, reports, and schedules of events. Also included are the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Hanover Tavern Foundation and lists of board members. Included is information regarding the relationship between the Barksdale Theatre and the Hanover Tavern Foundation and the lease and sale of Hanover Tavern. Topics include the renovation of Hanover Tavern, move of Barksdale Theatre to Willow Lawn Shopping Center in Richmond, catering at the Barksdale Theatre, lawsuits, finances and ticket sales, subscription renewals, and the hiring of new staff.
This subseries is housed in 1 box and arranged alphabetically by folder title. Included is information from the Actors' Equity Association regarding contracts and rules governing employment in dinner and small professional theatres. Included are some job descriptions and salary rates for jobs at the Barksdale, 1998-2000, and a personnel policy manual from the Barksdale, undated. The manual outlines the mission statement, employee classification, orientation and training, and employee benefits. The resumes include correspondence and photographs and are arranged alphabetically by last name.
This subseries is housed in 2 boxes and arranged alphabetically by folder title. Included are advertisements, correspondence, logos, programs, and newsletters. Of note are the advertisements and logo sketches for Barksdale, 1993-1998, and early programs covers sponsored by Thalhimers, 1956-1957.
The Miscellaneous Series is housed in 3 boxes and arranged alphabetically by folder title. Included are brochures, correspondence, histories, programs, and publications. Included is information on The Arts Council of Richmond, Carpenter Science Theatre Advisory Board, Glen Allen Cultural Arts Program, Richmond Alliance of Professional Theatres, and the Richmond Public Relations Association. Also included are various programs and tickets stubs from theatres in Europe, 1945, donations and correspondence to the Muriel McAuley Memorial Fund, 1998, and a eulogy for Nancy Kilgore, 1993. Of note are the histories of Hanover Tavern and markups and a draft to Going on...Barksdale Theatre The First Thirty One Years , written by Muriel McAuley. Also of note is The Mystery of Hanover Tavern , probably written by Muriel McAuley. These are recaps (4-6 pages each) of the year's events at Barksdale Theatre written as annual Christmas greetings, 1954-1958.
History of the Hanover Tavern, written by an unknown author
These are recaps (4-6 pages each) of the year's events at Barksdale Theatre written as annual Christmas greetings
These are recaps (4-6 pages each) of the year's events at Barksdale Theatre written as annual Christmas greetings. Includes notes to Edith Lindeman Calisch
Historic black and white photographs from the Valentine Museum
The Scrapbook Series is housed in 7 boxes and arranged chronologically by date. The scrapbooks include advertisements, articles, photographs, programs, reviews, and telegrams of the Barksdale Theatre shows, 1954-2000. Of note is the scrapbook which includes reviews and programs from Longwood College and Virginia Museum Theatre.
Reviews, programs, telegrams
Reviews and articles
Reviews and articles. Many used in Going On...The First Thirty One Years book
Reviews and articles
Reviews and articles. Many used in Going On...The First Thirty One Years book
Reviews, photographs, advertisements, articles
Reviews and articles
Reviews and articles
Reviews, photographs, articles, and signed copies of programs
Reviews and articles
Reviews and articles
Articles and photographs regarding bicentennial celebration in Yorktown and Hanover Tavern County Fair
Reviews, advertisements, and articles
Reviews and articles. Barcode: 0007417932
Reviews and articles. Barcode: 0007417933
Reviews, articles, and transcripts of TV reviews from WTVR and WRVA. Barcode: 0007417934
Reviews, photographs, and articles. Barcode: 0007417935
The Oversize Series is housed in 6 oversize boxes and 1 oversized drawer and arranged alphabetically into four subseries. Subseries have been designated for Artwork, Clippings and Reviews, Posters, and Miscellaneous.
Subseries 1: Artwork (ca. 1954-1979)
This subseries is housed in 1 oversize box and includes sketches from Picnic (1960) by Helen Hull, sketches of women's costumes, a cartoon
drawing of Muriel McAuley, and an oil painting of possibly a scene from Antigone , 1954.
5 sketches
Subseries 2: Clippings and reviews (1990-2001)
This subseries is housed in 1 oversize box and 1 oversized drawer and arranged chronologically by date. Included are reviews
from the Richmond Times Dispatch
and Style Weekly on Barksdale shows including Golf with Alan Shepard, Three Tall Women, Red, Hot, and Cole, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Young Man from Atlanta, Inherit
the Wind, She
Loves Me, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ella and Her Fella, Frank , and the Taming of the Shrew . Also included are articles on Pete Kilgore, Randy Strawderman,
and the history of Hanover Tavern.
Richmond Daily Dispatch (reprint)
RTD
The Nation
NY Times
RTD
SW Barcode: 0005627033
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RTD
RTD
SW
RTD
SW
RTD
RTD
The Freelance Star
The Freelance Star
SW
The Petersburg Monitor
SW
RTD
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RTD
SW Barcode: 0005627033
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SW
RTD
Richmond Free Press
Barcode: 0005627033
Richmond Times Dispatch
RTD
Culpepper Star Exponent
RTD
RTD
RTD
Style Weekly
RTD
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This subseries is housed in 3 boxes and contains posters and mounted broadsides. Also included are seasonal posters and miscellaneous posters celebrating anniversaries of the Barksdale Theatre, and film and draft copies of posters.
Barcode: 0005627033
Barcode: 0005627033
25 years of Barksdale (1953-1978) by Pete Butzuer; 30 years of Barksdale (1953-1993); 1953-1981 Barksdale sign in sheet; 1954/1955 Gold in the Hills mark up poster; 1940's Radio Hour example/mark up posters; Sweeney Todd poster film, 1982; From the Mississippi Delta poster film, 1998; Inherit the Wind blow up of Scopes Monkey trial news items viewed in lobby display, 1998 October; Inherit the Wind example/mark up posters, 1998; Ella and Her Fella, Frank poster film, 1999; Before and after photograph scans of new Barksdale theatre in Willow Lawn; Randolph Macon faculty award to Pete Kilgore, n.d.; Theatre IV posters for Peter Pan and a season program, n.d.; Scott Joplin's, Treemunisha , at Dogwood Dell, n.d.; Bill Nelson posters; Jazz at the Barksdale poster (rolled); 1997 season program brochure mark ups
Barcode: 0005627033
This subseries is housed in 1 oversize box and 1 oversize drawer. Included are architectural drawings, awards, and correspondence. Included is a lighting plot for the bus tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , 1986; sketch of a stage setting for Inherit the Wind ; sketch of a general floor plan for Red, Hot, and Cole ; architectural drawings of Hanover Tavern by the Historic American Building Survey, 1992; and correspondence and sketches from Hanson Associates, 1990, including basement and first floor plans of Hanover Tavern. Also included are award certificates from the Art Directors Club and numerous Phoebe Awards, 1976-1988, for Barksdale actors.
Computer list of mailer addresses; I Miss that Mississippi Miss that Misses Me , Sheet music; Phoebe Awards received by Barksdale Theatre actors, 1976-1988; The Art Directors Club 62nd Annual Exhibition 1983 Merit Award to the Barksdale for Sweeney Todd ; Quotes for the 2nd Annual Young Writers For the Theatre New Play Festival, Studio Theatre of Richmond; Hanover Tavern Project drawings and specifications, 1992, by Historic American Building Survey (13 sheets); Sketch of general floor plan setting for Red, Hot, and Cole , designed by Tim Priddy, 1976
Barcode: 0005627033
Barcode: 0005627033
Barcode: 0005627033
Includes sketch of Hanover Tavern parking area; basement floor plan of Hanover Tavern; and 1st floor plan of Hanover Tavern. Barcode: 0005627033
Barcode: 0007417936
The Photographs Series is housed in 29 boxes and arranged into seven subseries. Subseries have been designated for People, Plays, Buildings, Contact sheets, Negatives, Slides, and Miscellaneous. Included are hundreds of photographs documenting the numerous shows and actors involved with Barksdale over the course of the last 50 years, 1954-2004. Many of the photographs were identified but as the collection was being processed, Pete Kilgore and other former Barksdale actors were able to identify other photographs that were not known. Within each subseries the photographs are arranged by size, 8 1/2" x 11", 11" x 17", and 20"x 24".
This subseries is housed in 3 boxes, with the unidentified photographs arranged to the rear. Included are photographs of many of the early Barksdale actors, including Betsy Chadwell, Fred Haseltine, Helen Hayward, Helen Jervey, Nancy Kilgore, Patricia Kilgore, Pete Kilgore, Muriel McAuley, de Veax Riddick, Pat Sharp, Randy Strawderman, and Tafi Yourtee. Also arranged by size: Photographs 8 1/2" x 11" (Boxes 69-70), then 11" x 17" (Box 71).
This subseries is housed in 21 boxes and arranged by size, and within each size, chronologically by date of opening. This series includes a large and fine example of photographs of many of the Barksdale Theatre shows, 1954-1999.
Organized chronologically by show production year. Also arranged by size: Photographs 8 1/2" x 11" (Boxes 72-81), then 11" x 17" (Boxes 82-86), then 20" x 24" (Boxes 87-92).
Includes photographs of Hanover Tavern interior and exterior; Amphitheatre at Hanover Tavern; Strawberry Banks; and Willow Lawn. Also includes copies of turn of the century photographs of Richmond.
This subseries is housed in 1 box and includes contacts sheets.
This subseries is housed in 1 box and includes negatives. Also included are negative sheets for the book, Going On... Barksdale Theatre The First Thirty-One Years , and some negatives for various family and vacation events, 1960-1973.
Includes negatives of productions, travels, Hanover Tavern, and family.
This subseries is housed in 1 box and includes various photographs of family events, holidays, the Barksdale truck, Barksdale Invitational Tennis Tournament 1967, Christmas, yard sale 1996, and photographs used in the book, Going On...Barksdale Theatre: The First Thirty-One Years.
Pages 1-100
Pages 101-199
Pages 200-249
The Audio-Visual Materials Series is housed in 10 boxes and arranged into videos (Boxes 98-100), audio cassettes (Box 101), and reel to reel tapes (Boxes 102-107). In May 2005 Bill Rice and the staff at the Virginia Information Technology Agency (VITA) transferred original recordings to VHS, creating three copies of each master: service copy, preservation copy, and duplication master. The audio cassettes and reel to reel tapes have not yet been reformatted and are unavailable due to conservation and preservation concerns.
Videos listed below.
(some digitized)
(some digitized)