Using archival material to study performing arts and audience reception: presentation for CANA / ENGL / THEA 4501

Abstract

Item is a presentation given to students in Dr. Roberta Barker's Canadian Theatre Since 1968 course (CANA / ENGL / THEA 4501.03) on January 23, 2017 in the Killam Memorial Library. The presentation touches on broad issues in performing arts archives and provides an overview of the theatre archive held in the Dalhousie University Archives. The presentation also provides students with information about how to access archival theatre production records for an archival research paper assignment. The collaborative project was described in: Roberta Barker, Creighton Barrett, and Doyle Lahey. “Archival Collaborations: Using Theatre Archives to Teach Canadian Theatre History and Archival Literacy.” Canadian Theatre Review 156 (Fall 2013): 46-51. doi:10.3138/ctr.156.009.