Civic Theater of Greater Miami records

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Civic Theater of Greater Miami records

Date(s)

  • 1926-1973 (Creation)

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2 Boxes

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The Civil Theatre of Greater Miami Records contains materials regarding the now defunct Miami Civic Theatre and the performances that were held there.

System of arrangement

The Civic Theater of Greater Miami Records is organized in two series. Series I: Administrative Records (box 1) includes minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of the theater, correspondence, financial records, clippings, and photographs. Series II: Programs (boxes 1 and 2) includes programs from all production of the Civil Theater from 1926 to 1933.

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This collection is open for research.

Physical access

Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami.

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Conditions governing reproduction

Civic Theater of Greater Miami Records Finding Aid © 2009 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.

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  • English

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The following are collections held at the University of Miami Special Collections that pertain to theater and opera in the greater Miami area.

ASM0099 Willard Hubbell Papers.

ASM0144 Paul Nagel Collection.

ASM0322 James Baxter Collection.

ASM0376 Samuel Hirsch Papers.

ASM0618 South Florida Playbills Collection.

ASM0628 Civic Theater of Greater Miami Records.

ASM0629 Greater Miami Opera Collection.


See also ASM0191 Charles W. Tebeau Papers, Box 13, Folder 3: Audio tape interview with Willard Hubbell, 1972.

See also the 1963 University of Miami thesis by Paula Mae Milton, titled Early theatre in Miami : a selected study of the development of theatre in Miami, Florida, from its beginning through 1933.  This can be found here: http://ibisweb.miami.edu/record=b3361365~S11

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