A Guide to the Thomas Adriance Papers, 1957, 1971-1995 Adriance, Thomas, Papers Ms1996-003
A Collection in Special Collections Collection Number
Ms1996-003
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
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Processed by:
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Repository
Special Collections, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, Va.
Collection Number
Ms1996-003
Title
Thomas Adriance Papers, 1957, 1971-1995
Physical Characteristics
4.2 Cubic Feet
3 boxes
Creator
Adriance, Thomas
Language
English
Abstract
The collection consists almost
exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other threater literature of theater,
dance, and music performances attended by Adriance.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Thomas Adriance Papers must be obtained from Special
Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Thomas Adriance Papers, Ms96-003, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Thomas Adriance Papers were donated to Special Collections in 1996.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Thomas Adriance Papers commenced in
April 1996 and was completed in June 1996.
Thomas Adriance was born in 1937 and educated at Dartmouth College (B.A., 1959) and
Columbia University (Ph.D., 1968). He served as an Assistant and then Associate Professor of
History at Virginia Tech from 1968 until his death in February 1996, specializing in French
History and military battles.
The collection consists almost exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other
threater literature of theater, dance, and music performances attended by Adriance. The
performances were given in Blacksburg, Virginia, and other regional, national, and
international locations. Includes programs from performances at the Barter Theatre in
Abingdon, Virginia, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Opera de Paris in
France.
The collection is arranged by event location.
Subjects:
Blacksburg (Va.)
Faculty
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
University Archives
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Box-Folder 1 folder: 1
Virginia Tech, Audobon Quartet performances,
1980-1986, n.d.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 2
Virginia Tech, Dance performances,
1980-1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 3
Virginia Tech, Dance performances
Box-Folder 1 folder: 4
Virginia Tech, Music performances,
1978, 1980-1983.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 5
Virginia Tech, Music performances,
1983-1986, 1991-1992.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 6
Virginia Tech, Music performances
Box-Folder 1 folder: 7
Virginia Tech, Theater/Opera performances,
1979-1984.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 8
Virginia Tech, Theater/Opera performances,
1984-1991.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 9
Virginia Tech, Theater/Opera performances,
1992-1995.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 10
Virginia Tech, Theater/Opera performances
Box-Folder 1 folder: 11
Blacksburg, Virginia, Blacksburg High School Auditorium
Box-Folder 1 folder: 12
Blacksburg, Virginia, Christ Episcopal Church,
1979, 1980, n.d.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 13
Blacksburg, Virginia, Playmakers Playhouse at University Mall,
1993-1994.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 14
Abingdon, Virginia, Barter Theater,
1979-1983.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 15
Abingdon, Virginia, Barter Theater,
1983, 1985-1986.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 16
Abingdon, Virginia, Barter Theater,
1987-1988, 1991-1993.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 17
Abingdon, Virginia, Barter Theater,
1994-1996.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 18
Radford, Virginia, Radford University-Porterfield Theater,
1985, 1989, 1992.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 19
Radford, Virginia, Radford University-Preston Auditorium,
1979-1987, 1989, 1992-1994.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 20
Radford, Virginia, Radford University,
1982, n.d.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 21
Roanoke, Virginia, Mill Mountain Theater,
1979-1980, 1983-1985.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 22
Roanoke, Virginia, Mill Mountain Theater,
1986-1988.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 23
Roanoke, Virginia, Mill Mountain Theater,
1988-1989, 1991-1992.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 24
Roanoke, Virginia, Mill Mountain Theater,
1992-1995.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 25
Roanoke, Virginia, Opera Roanoke,
1991-1995.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 26
Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Ballet,
1981-1982.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 27
Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Civic Center,
1980-1981, 1983, 1988, 1993.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 28
Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke College-Olin Theater,
1981-1985, 1988.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 29
Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra,
1980-1985.
Box-Folder 1 folder: 30
Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra,
1985-1989.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 1
Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra,
1989-1995.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 2
Roanoke, Virginia, Southwest Virginia Opera Society,
1980-1984, 1986-1991.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 3
Bluefield, West Virginia, Bluefield College,
1984.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 4
Washington, D.C., Arena Stage,
1978, 1980-1983.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 5
Washington, D.C., Arena Stage,
1984-1985, 1991-1994.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 6
Washington, D.C., Back Alley Productions
Box-Folder 2 folder: 7
Washington, D.C., Church Street Theater,
1983.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 8
Washington, D.C., Columbia Station Cabaret Theater
Box-Folder 2 folder: 9
Washington, D.C., Folger Theater,
1980-1984, 1988-1989.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 10
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1975-1977.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 11
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1978-1979.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 12
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1980-1981.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 13
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1982.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 14
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1983.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 15
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1984.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 16
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1985-1986.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 17
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1987-1988.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 18
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1989-1991.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 19
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1992-1993.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 20
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center,
1994-1995.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 21
Washington, D.C., Lisner Auditorium,
1987.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 22
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art,
1983.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 23
Washington, D.C., National Theater,
1979, 1981, 1984.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 24
Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection,
1983.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 25
Washington, D.C., Studio Theater,
1984, 1992.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 26
Washington, D.C., Warner Theater,
1986-1987.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 27
Washington, D.C., Washington Cathedral,
1980.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 28
Washington, D.C., Woolly Mammoth Theater Company,
1994.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 29
Clearwater, Florida, Showboat Dinner Theater,
1990.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 30
Key West, Florida, Red Barn Theater,
1988-1991.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 31
Sarasota, Florida, Asolo Theater,
1980, 1983.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 32
Cambridge, New York, L'Ensemble,
1983.
Box-Folder 2 folder: 33
Lake George, New York, Lake George Opera Festival,
1976, 1978-1980.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 1
Lake George, New York, Lake George Opera Festival,
1981-1984.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 2
Lake George, New York, Lake George Opera Festival,
1985, 1987-1988, 1990.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 3
Katonah, New York, Caramoor Festival,
1981.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 4
New York, New York, Ambassador Theater,
1982.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 5
New York, New York, Booth Theater,
1981.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 6
New York, New York, Carnegie Hall,
1983.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 7
New York, New York, Circle in the Square Theater,
1983.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 8
New York, New York, City Center,
1982.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 9
New York, New York, City Center,
1985.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 10
New York, New York, Eastside Playhouse,
1983.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 11
New York, New York, Gay American Arts Festival
Box-Folder 3 folder: 12
New York, New York, Lincoln Center,
1971-1972, 1978-1979, 1981, 1983, 1985.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 13
New York, New York, Lucille Lortel Theater,
1982.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 14
New York, New York, Meridian Gay Theater,
1983.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 15
New York, New York, New Apollo Theater,
1979.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 16
New York, New York, New World Theater,
1981-1982.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 17
New York, New York, New York City Opera,
1979, 1982.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 18
New York, New York, Palace Theater,
1985.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 19
New York, New York, Roundabout Theater Company, 1985.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 20
New York, New York, Westside Arts Theater,
1983.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 21
Salem, New York, Fort Salem Theater,
1983.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 22
Saratoga, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center,
1976, 1978-1981.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 23
Saratoga, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center,
1982-1984.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 24
Saratoga, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center,
1985, 1987, 1990.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 25
Saratoga, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Box-Folder 3 folder: 26
Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte Opera,
1980-1983.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 27
Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte Opera,
1984-1986.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 28
Charlotte, North Carolina, Opera Carolina,
1986-1987.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 29
High Point, North Carolina, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival,
1979, 1994.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 30
Winston Salem, North Carolina, Reynolds Auditorium,
1981.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 31
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, CPC Summer Theater,
1981.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 32
Columbia, South Carolina, University of South Carolina at Columbia,
1988.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 33
Burlington, Vermont, Champlain Shakespeare Festival,
1982.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 34
Dorset, Vermont, Dorset Theater,
1979, 1981.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 35
Charlottesville, Virginia, Ash Lawn Highland,
1993.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 36
Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown Festival,
1957.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 37
Norfolk, Virginia, Virginia Opera Theater,
1982, 1984.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 38
Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap,
1978-1980, 1985.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 39
Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap
Box-Folder 3 folder: 40
Paris, France, Ballet Français de Nancy,
1989.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 41
Paris, France, Comèdie Française,
1985-1986, 1988, 1991.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 42
Paris, France, Opèra Comique-Festival Gioacchino Rossini,
1992.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 43
Paris, France, Opera de Paris,
1986, 1988.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 44
Paris, France, Opera de Paris,
1988, 1991-1992.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 45
Paris, France, Theatre Musical de Paris,
1992.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 46
London, England, Adelphi Theatre,
1993.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 47
London, England, Aldwych Theatre,
1993, 1995.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 48
London, England, Royal National Theatre,
1994-1995.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 49
London, England, Theatre Royal-Drury Lane,
1989.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 50
Stratford-upon-Avon, England, Royal Shakespeare Company,
1994, 1996.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 51
(No location available), Cinematech
Box-Folder 3 folder: 52
(No location available), Mon Uncle
Box-Folder 3 folder: 53
(No location available), National Symphony Orchestra
Box-Folder 3 folder: 54
(No location available), Vienna Volksoper-American Tour,
1984.
Box-Folder 3 folder: 55
(No location available), Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
Circus,
1978.