George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Bernard Rosenblatt Regional Theatre Council for Northern California and Nevada papers
Rosenblatt, Bernard A. (Bernard Abraham), 1886-1969
C0260
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1.5 Linear Feet
3 boxes
1938 - 1979
This collection documents Bernard Rosenblatt's involvement in the Regional Theater Council for Northern California and Nevada, as well as related organizations. It also includes a collection of playbills from around the United States dating from 1938 - 1979.
R 50, C 4, S 5
English
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3
2
1
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Preferred Citation
Bernard Rosenblatt Regional Theatre Council for Northern California and Nevada papers, C0260, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Bernard Rosenblatt in 1995.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in June 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in June 2015. Box inventory created by Savannah Long in November 2022. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in November 2022.
Historical Information
The Regional Theater Council (RTC) for Northern California and Nevada was a regional affiliate of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), an organization created to promote and support the development of American theatre. RTC, founded in the early 1950s, drew its membership from community and university theatres around the region. RTC disbanded by 1969 due to lack of interest, fragmentation, and absorption by other related organizations, such as the California Educational Theater Association (CETA), the Northern California District of the American Educational Theater Association (NCD-AETA), and the American Community Theater Association (ACTA).
Bernard Rosenblatt, a professor at San Joaquin Delta College, served as president of RTC in the mid and late 1960s, and served as Vice President of the NCD-AETA upon its formation in 1968.
Scope and Content
This collection documents the activities of Bernard Rosenblatt and the Regional Theater Council for Northern California and Nevada, as well as related organizations such as the Northern California District of the American Educational Theatre Association and the American Community Theatre Association. Types of records include correspondence, meeting minutes, organizational constitutions, histories, and newsletters dating from 1960 - 1969. Also included is Bernard Rosenblatt's collection of theatre programs from institutions across the United States (from the Metropolitan Opera to community theatre productions) dating from 1938-1979. The organizational records are located in boxes 1 and 2, and the theatre programs are located in boxes 2 and 3.
Related Material
The Special Collections Research Center also holds the , which includes extensive documentation of ANTA.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three boxes by format and chronologically.
Theater -- United States
Theater programs
ANTA (Organization)
Regional Theatre Council (RTC) board minutes/repositories/2/archival_objects/158402196211RTC board minutes/repositories/2/archival_objects/158403196312RTC board minutes/repositories/2/archival_objects/158404196413RTC board minutes/repositories/2/archival_objects/158405196514RTC board minutes/repositories/2/archival_objects/158406196615RTC board minutes/repositories/2/archival_objects/158407196716RTC board minutes/repositories/2/archival_objects/158408196817Regional Theatre Council correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584091967 - 196818Regional Theatre Council correspondence, tuture board meetings, and governing documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584101967 - 1968197th Annual American National Theater and Academy (ANTA) National Assembly commemorative souvenir journal/repositories/2/archival_objects/158411June 23 - 26, 1966110RTC Call Board Newsletter Regional Theatre Council/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584121967 - 1969111RTC Letterhead/repositories/2/archival_objects/158413circa 1960s112Regional Theatre council correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584141965 - 1966113RTC: General Meetings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584151963 - 1968114RTC Constitution (NCD) proposed/repositories/2/archival_objects/158416circa 1960s115RTC Constitution/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584171968116Regional Theatre Council Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584181967117Northern California District, American Educational Theater Association Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584191967 - 1969118"The Regional Theatre Council of Northern California and Nevada" By Leroy King/repositories/2/archival_objects/158420circa early 1960s119Regional Theatre Council Newsletter informatiomn/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584211967 - 1968120American National Theatre Academy Information, articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/158422mid 1960s121Northern California District Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/158423October 18 - 20, 1968122RTC Meeting/repositories/2/archival_objects/158424December 3, 1967123State educational Theatre Association memos, notes, newsletters/repositories/2/archival_objects/158425196721State educational Theatre Association governing documents, memos, correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584261967 - 196822ANTA Theatre playbills, Regional Theatre Council, American National Theatre and Academy/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584271950s - 1960s23American Community Theatre Association conference programs and "encore" newsletters, Dulles theatre brochure/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584281960 - 1961, 196824Theatre programs (1 of 7)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584291938 - 197925Theatre programs (2 of 7)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584301938 - 197926Theatre programs (3 of 7)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584311938 - 197931Theatre programs (4 of 7)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584321938 - 197932Theatre programs (5 of 7)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584331938 - 197933Theatre programs (6 of 7)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584341938 - 197934Theatre programs (7 of 7)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1584351938 - 197935