Guide to the Collection of Nantucket Theatre Ephemera, 1817–1998, Bulk 1950–1970

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.

Summary

The Collection of Nantucket Theatre Ephemera is an artificial collection assembled by the Nantucket Historical Association. This collection includes clippings, playbills, reviews, posters, advertisements, and programs for concerts, recitations, plays, and other performances by professional acting troupes, well-known members of ‘Sconset’s actors’ colony, Nantucket schools, churches, and various island clubs.

Collection Details

Collection Number:: MS66
Title:: Collection of Nantucket Theatre Ephemera
Date(s):: 1817–1998, bulk 1950–1970
Creator:: Nantucket Historical Association.
Repository:: Nantucket Historical Association
Language:: Material is in English.

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Collection of Nantucket Theatre Ephemera, Nantucket Historical Association.

Acquisitions Information:

Acquired by Nantucket Historical Association from a variety of donors and organizations.

Sensitive Materials Statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.

Related Collections

MS59 Fawcett Family Papers, Nantucket Historical Association.
MS253 Barn Stages Programs / Bowditch Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
MS453 Andrews Nantucket Theater Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
MS501 Theatre Workshop of Nantucket Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
MS523 Actors Theatre Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.

Subject Headings

Corporate Name
- Fawcett Players
- Theatre Workshop
- Barn Stages Theater
- Discovery Playhouse
- Actor's Theatre of Nantucket.
- Duncan Summer School of the Arts
- Nantucket Stage Company
- Straight Wharf Theatre
Topical Term
- Theater.
- Playbills.
- Ephemera.

Biographical Information

This is an artificial collection of theater programs assembled by the Nantucket Historical Association. In some instances, the NHA gathers materials of a single format to preserve them and make them available. In these cases, the NHA is seen as the creator of the artificially constructed collection.

Scope and Content

This collection includes clippings, playbills, reviews, posters, advertisements, and programs for concerts, recitations, plays, and other performances by professional acting troupes, well-known members of ‘Sconset’s actors’ colony, Nantucket schools, churches, and various island clubs.

Folder 1 Actors’ ephemera, 1919–1959

Including clippings, correspondence, and autographs of New York and Nantucket actors

Folder 2 Atheneum ephemera, 1842–1906

Includes playbills, reviews and programs of performances, concerts and seating plans

Folders 3-4 Cyrus Peirce Theatre ephemera, 1914- 1991

Including clippings and playbills by Nantucket Stage Company,Nantucket High School dramatic club, Nantucket High School Senior Club and the Fawcett players

Folder 5 Discovery Playhouse 1968 season playbill, 1968

Folder 6 Duncan Summer School of the Arts ephemera, 1933–1934

Including brochures and playbills

Folder 7 Fawcett Players ephemera, 1939

Including clippings and playbills

Folder 8 Island Stage ephemera, 1993–1994

Including tickets and playbills

Folder 9 “King of Nantucket” broadcast by George H. Faulkner, 1951

Folder 10 Legion Hall programs, 1932–1934, 1975–1976

Including playbills of Nantucket Art Councils, Nantucket Shellfish Association, and T.J. McGee Council.

Folder 11 Methodist Church ephemera, 1879, 1935–1936

Including concerts by M. E. church choir and playbills by Nantucket Civic League.