Fonds 1312 - Robert Gill fonds

Identity area

Reference code

UTA 1312

Title

Robert Gill fonds

Date(s)

  • 1879-1972 (predominant 1928-1967) (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1.50 m of textual and graphic records (12 boxes)
10 reels of microfilm

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Director of Hart House Theatre.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Fonds consists of 3 accessions:

B1973-0012: Consists of microfilm copies (35mm) of Robert Gill's scrapbooks, including program notes, press clippings, and photographs relating to theatre productions in Canada and the United States, particularly at Hart House Theatre and Pittsburgh Playhouse. The accession is described in Series 5. (10 reels, 1929-1967)

B1977-0046: This accession consists of various materials donated by the family of Robert Stanton Gill following his death. It largely chronicles his career as theatre director of Hart House Theatre as well as his involvement in other theatre houses in the United States and Canada. The accession is comprised of four series (1-4). (11 boxes, 1879-1967)

B1995-0028: Two notebooks belonging to Robert Gill, Director of Hart House Theatre, containing notes on 1) lecture notes (1966-1967) and course outlines for a class (1971-1972) and notes on actors; 2) notes on University of British Columbia Opera (1959), Hart House Theatre Summer School (1963?, 1964), course outlines for lectures (1955-1965, 1962-1963), and other notes. This accession is described in Series 6

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Conditions governing access

Open

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      Finding aids

      No file list for Series 6

      Uploaded finding aid

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      Alternative identifier(s)

      Accession

      B1973-0012

      Accession

      B1977-0046

      Accession

      B1995-0028

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      -Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, July 2016

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