The Archives of Dartmouth Players: A Guide
Collection Number: MS-3-30Collection processed and finding aid written by Amy Nickerson, March 2004
Finding aid edited and electronic version prepared by Kathryn Harvey, March 2004
Collection Level Description
Title: Dartmouth Players fonds
Dates: 1967-1975
Extent: 9 cm of textual records
The Dartmouth Players are a community theatre group in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The theatre group was first formed in 1954 under the name of the Dartmouth Drama Club, and it was not until 1971 that the name was changed to the Dartmouth Players. In 1958 the Club lost its backing from the Home and School Association of Dartmouth and was forced to split up due to financial difficulties. In 1961 it was resurrected by the Dartmouth Parks and Recreation Department but in 1974 was once again forced to disband when its playhouse, the Dundas Street Theatre, burned and everything was lost. In 1985 the Players were yet again resurrected, only this time by the Dartmouth City Council, who felt the need for community theatre in Dartmouth. The group has been together ever since.
Throughout its years the Dartmouth Players have performed in various locations including the Prince Arthur Junior High School auditorium, the Prince Andrew High School auditorium, the Dartmouth High School auditorium, and the Findley Community Center. Not until 1987, when the Crichton Avenue Community Center was opened, did the Players found a permanent home. The Dartmouth Players produce about four productions a year; they have participated in numerous theatre festivals throughout the region and have won many awards.
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The collection was donated to the Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia by Michael Wile in 1983 and was transferred to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2003.
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This collection consists of records pertaining to the management and the productions of the Dartmouth Players from 1967-1975. The records include administrative documents, financial statements, correspondence, programs, and newsletters.
Administrative Records / 1967-1973
Correspondence / 1967-1972
Productions / n.d.
Newsletters / 1968-1975
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[Identification of item], Dartmouth Players fonds, MS-3-30, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Combined Series and File Level Descriptions
Date:1967-1973
Extent: 4.5 folders of textual records
Scope and Content:
This series contains minutes of meetings, financial statements, a report, registration forms, a copy of the constitution and an organizational chart.
File Level Descriptions
Folder - 1.1
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
1967-1973
Folder - 1.2
General Meetings Minutes
1967-1972
Folder - 1.5
Financial Statements
1967-1972
Includes receipts and expenditure reports as well as production budgets
Folder - 1.6
Study Committee Report
1972
Folder - 1.7
Membership Registration Forms
n.d.
Folder - 1.11
Constitution and Organizational Chart
1971
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Date:1967-1972
Extent: 3 cm of textual records
Scope and Content:
This series includes correspondence relating to royalty arrangements, performance rights, upcoming productions, meetings, scripts, festivals, workshops, donations, and letters of gratitude.
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Folder - 1.3
1967-1969
Folder - 1.4
1970-1972
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Date:n.d.
Extent: 0.5 cm of textual records
Scope and Content:
This series contains programs from productions as well as a poster calling for volunteers.
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Folder - 1.8
Mother Goose
n.d.
Folder - 1.9
Tobas and the Angel
n.d.
Folder - 1.10
Poster for participation
n.d.
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Date:1968-1975
Extent: 1 cm of textual records
Scope and Content:
This series contains drafts and notes of newsletters produced by the Dartmouth Players along with some advertising forms.
File Level Descriptions
Folder - 1.12
1968-1975
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