Guide to the Crimson Theatre Radio Plays collection MSS.0375
Crimson Theatre
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
January 2009
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Crimson Theatre Radio Plays collection
- Unit ID:
MSS.0375
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.2 Linear feet
- Dates:
circa 1953
- Abstract:
Scripts for several radio plays performed by the Crimson Theatre on the WABP radio station on the University of Alabama campus.
- creator
Foshee, Howard B., 1925-
- creator
Pfaff, Dana
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes copies of the following radio plays (including authors when known), performed by the Crimson Theatre on WABP, in the 1950s: "Watch Your Step" by Robert L. Martin; The Peter T. Allens, book IV, chapter 2: "The Parent's Report Card" by LeRoy Bannerman; The Peter T. Allens, book VI, chapter 16: "Light Up" by Norville Nelson; The Peter T. Allens, book VI, chapter 21: "Tinder for Tempers" by LeRoy Bannerman; "23 Petunias" by Howard B. Foshee (3 copies); "Pilgrims Without Tears" by Dana Pfaff (2 copies); "There Are No Doors" by Dana Pfaff (2 copies); "End of the Rainbow"; "Shock of His Life"; "Case History"; and "The Corpse With the Hand-Painted Tie". There is also a copy of a memorandum to WABP personnel and a copy of a Journalism 30 (Radio News Processing) Final Exam.
- Acquisition Information:
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1989
Biographical/Historical note
Crimson Theatre was a radio program produced by WABP on the University of Alabama campus during the middle part of the 20th century.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Processing Information:
Processed by
C. Doughty, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Crimson Theatre Radio Plays collection, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Source(s)
Crimson Theater. (local)
Arts--Alabama (lcsh)
Music and Performing Arts (localbroad)
Plays (document genre) (aat)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
Radio Play Scripts Box 3115 Folder 375.01
Scope and Contents note
Folder 0375.01 includes "Watch Your Step" by Robert L. Martin; The Peter T. Allens, book IV, chapter 2: "The Parent's Report Card" by LeRoy Bannerman; The Peter T. Allens, book VI, chapter 16: "Light Up" by Norville Nelson; The Peter T. Allens, book VI, chapter 21: "Tinder for Tempers" by LeRoy Bannerman; and "23 Petunias" by Howard B. Foshee (3 copies).
Radio Play Scripts Box 3115 Folder 375.02
Scope and Contents note
Folder 0375.02 includes "Pilgrims Without Tears" by Dana Pfaff (2 copies); "There Are No Doors" by Dana Pfaff (2 copies); "End of the Rainbow"; "Shock of His Life"; "Case History"; and "The Corpse With the Hand-Painted Tie". There is also a copy of a memorandum to WABP personnel and a copy of a Journalism 30 (Radio News Processing) Final Exam.