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Guide to the UAA. Theatre and Dance Department photographs

University of Alaska Anchorage Records
Guide to the UAA. Theatre and Dance Department photographs

Collection number: UAA-0101.
Creating office: UAA. Theatre and Dance Department.
Series title: UAA. Theatre and Dance Department photographs.
Dates: undated, 1980-2011.
Volume of series: 1.20 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Series summary: Photographs of the UAA Theatre and Dance Department.

Administrative history:
Not available at this time.

Agency functions:
The Theatre and Dance Department provides curriculum on the subject and skills in theatre and dance. Subjects reflected in the curriculum include acting, directing, stagecraft, scene design, lighting, costuming, makeup, dramatic, literature, theatre history, dramatic theory and criticism, and playwriting. In addition, the theatre program performs major productions throughout the year. The dance program offers a BA in Theatre with a dance emphasis and a dance minor. Dance curriculum ranges from fundamentals of ballet, theory and improvisation, and dance for musical theatre.

Series description:
This collection contains photographs created by or for the Theatre and Dance Department’s productions. The photographs are of various productions and programs, such as “Theatre in the Schools.” Photograph prints range in size, from 5×6 to oversize, and are in black and white or color.

Arrangement: Materials are in rough chronological order.

Digitized copies: Digital copies of collection material not available online. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Preferred citation: UAA. Theatre and Dance Department photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Works used in preparation of inventory:
Department of Theatre and Dance. Last accessed October 8, 2013. http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/theatreanddance/

Current records: The UAA Department of Theatre and Dance hold current records of the department.

Related materials: For more archival materials related to the UAA Department of Theatre and Dance, please review the Michael J. Hood papers, the Frank A. Bebey theatre production papers, and the UAA University Relations photographs. For other performing arts collections in the Archives, please review the Performing Arts collections topic guide. The Archives also holds UAA Theatre and Dance Department posters, UAA-0105, and UAA Theatre and Dance Department programs, UAA-0106.

Custodial history: The production photographs were transferred to the Archives in 2013.

Processing information: This collection was described by Mariecris Gatlabayan in 2013. The guide was updated by Veronica Denison in 2014.

Container list:

Box/Folder Description Dates
1/1-15 Production photographs. undated
1/16 Unidentified production photographs undated
1/17 “Theatre in the Schools”- Laine Dreas undated
1/18 Chinese Youth Goodwill Mission. undated
1/19 Digital photographs on CD undated
2/1-31 Photograph prints of productions 1980-2011
3 Oversized photographs print of productions 1980-2011

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