Edward C. Crouse University Theatre collection

Edward C. Crouse University Theatre collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Edward C. Crouse University Theatre collection
Creator: Crouse, Edward C., 1908-1975
Inclusive Dates: 1930-1946
Language(s): English
Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Collection Number: ms980
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

Collection Description

Historical Note

Edward Crouse was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in October of 1908. He received the degrees of A. B., 1929, and M. A., 1936, in journalism from the University of Wisconsin. From 1939-1940 he did post graduate work in drama at Yale. Crouse came to the University of Georgia in 1930 as an instructor in Journalism. From 1930-1942 he taught journalism, drama, directed the plans and designed the sets for the productions of the University Theatre. From 1942-1946 he was granted a leave of absence from the University to join the Armed Forces during World War II, where he served with distinction and received an honorable discharge with the rank of Captain. In 1946 he returned briefly to the University of Georgia where he directed an all-veteran cast in the production of John Patrick's "The Hasty Heart." He resigned from the University during the summer of 1946. Crouse went to New York in 1947, where he was associated with Edward Wormley and Associates for 21 years until his retirement in 1968. He died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, on Tuesday, November 25, 1975.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of scrapbooks, biographical material, pictures, clippings, broadsides, programs, and one book. All concern the activities and productions of the University Theatre under the direction of Edward C. Crouse, Head of the Drama Department. Productions under Mr. Crouse's Aegis, although staged, produced, and acted by college students, were of a professional calibre.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Edward C. Crouse University Theatre collection, ms980, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

For more information see An Historical Survey of the Non-professional Theatrical Activities at the University of Georgia, 1785-1955 by Bernice June Maxwell, 1956, held by the University of Georgia libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Biographical and Army Service Information
 
12Broadsides
 
13Clippings: Kind Lady (Clippings in Scrapbook I for productions prior to 1938.), 1938
 
14Clippings: "Excursion", 1938
 
15Clippings: The Vinegar Tree , 1938
 
16Clippings: You Can't Take It With You , 1939
 
17Clippings: Romance , 1939
 
18Clippings: Margin for Error , 1942
 
19Clippings: Miscellaneous, Incomplete or undated
 
110Article: "Hey Stagehand," by Howard Clisham
 
111Newletter, July 1939
 
112Pictures: Beggar on Horseback (Other pictures in Scrapbook II various dates.)
 
113Pictures: Berkeley Square
 
114Pictures: The Bishop Misbehaves
 
115Pictures: Captain Applejack
 
116Pictures: Hay Fever
 
117Pictures: Once in a Lifetime
 
118Pictures: The Perfect Alibi
 
119Pictures: Romance
 
120Pictures: The Student Prince (?)
 
121Pictures: Ten Nights in a Bar-room (?)
 
122Pictures: Unidentified
 
123Pictures: Seney-Stovall, Lucy Cobb Theatre
 
124Plan: University Theatre, Fine Arts
 
125Programs
 
126Book: Architecture for the New Theatre
 
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21Scrapbook, 1930-1937
Clippings re: plays
 
22Scrapbook, 1934-1942
Photographs from plays.
 
oversized_folder
1BBlueprints of set designs "The Male Animal" (1941), "Brother Rat" (1942), "Margin for Error" (1942), "Keepers of the House," untitled sets (1939), 1939, 1941-1942

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