University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
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Flat Rock Playhouse Archive
 

M2006.11.1


Scene from "Fools", Flat Rock Playhouse, Flat Rock, N.C.

Title Flat Rock Playhouse Archive
Alt. Title Flat Rock Playhouse: State Theater of North Carolina
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/flat_rock_playhouse/default_flat_rock_playhouse.htm
Creator Flat Rock Playhouse ; http://www.flatrockplayhouse.org/
Alt. Creator State Theater of North Carolina
Subject Keyword Flat Rock Playhouse ; State Theater of North Carolina ; theater ; plays ; actors ; theater management ; stagecraft ; Carl Sandburg ; Robroy Farquhar
Subject LCSH Farquhar, Robroy
Farquhar, Robin
Theater -- North Carolina -- Asheville
Flat Rock Playhouse -- Records and correspondence
Theater management -- North Carolina -- Flat Rock Playhouse
Theater management -- North Carolina -- State Theater of North Carolina
Theater -- Production and direction -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Flat Rock Playhouse archives
State Theater of North Carolina archives
Drama in education -- North Carolina
 
Description The Flat Rock Theater Archives (1924-present) includes scripts, scores, director's notes, posters, programs, photographic prints, films, workshop notebooks, reviews, correspondence, legal and financial documents, blueprints, and promotional material.

The Flat Rock Theater Archives is arranged in three large series according to format:  Series 1. Manuscripts and Printed Materials ; 2. Photographs, Slides, Video, Sound Recordings 3. Oversized Materials . Content series are found across all three formats. They include 1. History, 2. Business Records, 4. Plays, and 3. Memorabilia. The largest body of items are those associated with the productions of the theater.

The items span the years 1924 to the present. The play series is devoted to plays performed by the North Carolina State Theater Company, the Vagabond Players and by the Flat Rock Playhouse and includes scripts, scores, director's notes, posters, programs, films, photographic prints, and reviews.

Business records include general correspondence, grant proposals and related correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, building records, workshop material, and promotional material. Memorabilia includes scrapbooks and manuscripts.

Date Date issued: 2001-01-20
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections,  University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor North Carolina State Theater
Type Collection ; Text ; Image  (Printed material, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks)
Format 25 cu. ft.
Source M2006.11.1-25
Language English
Relation Related Collections:  Flat Rock Playhouse, Inc.,  http://www.flatrockplayhouse.org/ ; American Society for Theatre Research ; SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions ;
Coverage 1924-present ; Flat Rock, NC
Rights Flat Rock Playhouse, Inc. ; University of North Carolina at Asheville, D. Hiden Ramsey Library, Special Collections/University Archives. Copyright: Retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor  Donor number:
Acquisition 2006-01-20
Processed by Flat Rock Playhouse staff ; UNCA Special Collections staff 2001
CHRONOLOGY Chronology of Flat Rock Playhouse, Inc.
CONTEXT History of Flat Rock Playhouse, Inc.
SERIES  LIST SERIES
NO.
 
 Manuscripts and Printed Material 1. Charter (founding papers)
2. History [published and unpublished accounts of history of playhouse]
3. Business Records and Administration
      Robroy Farquhar Business and Administrative records
      Robin Farquhar Business and Administrative records
      Grant proposals and related correspondence
      Building records
      Construction records
      Financial Records
      Legal Documents
  4. Correspondence (by year)
      Robroy Farquhar Correspondence
      Robin Farquhar Correspondence
      Physical facility
      Personnel
      Intellectual property correspondence
  5. Board of Directors Documents and Correspondence
  6. Playbills [arranged by year]
  7. Plays [arranged by year and within each play by the following]
      Scripts
      Scores
      Director's notes
      Posters
      Films
      Reviews
     
  8. Publicity
  9. Literary Publications
  10. Miscellaneous Materials, Documents
  11. Newspaper Clippings [Clippings related to productions are generally filed with production]
     
Photographs, Slides, Video, Sound Recordings    
  12. Photographs [Prints, Negatives and Glass Plates - filed together]
      Arranged  by date and by  production when known.
  13. Slides
      Arranged  by date and by  production when known.
  14. Video
      Arranged  by date and by  production when known.
  15. Sound Recordings
      Arranged  by date and by  production when known.
  16. Digital Image Formats [CD,  DVD, Other]
      Arranged  by date and by  production when known.
     
Oversize Materials    
  17. Oversize Scrapbooks
        Sue Hasting Marionettes Scrapbooks
      Sue Hasting Marionettes Scrapbook I
      Sue Hasting Marionettes Scrapbook II
  18. Oversize Newspaper Clippings
     
  19. Oversize Charts, Posters
Supplemental material:    
  20. List of Plays by Title and Year
  21. List of Plays by Year and by Title
  22. List of Directors
  23. List of Actors by Play [includes some biographies]
  24 List of Production Staff by Play
  25