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Access to unprocessed collections requires the permission of the Head of Archival Processing, subject to Special Collections’ Policy on Access to Unprocessed Collections (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/about/policies/unprocessed) CLAUDE L. SHAVER PAPERS Mss. 2769 Container List Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Reformatted 2020 Revised 2021 SHAVER (CLAUDE L.) PAPERS Mss. 2769 1924-1973 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CONTENTS OF INVENTORY SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 3 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE ...................................................................................... 4 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE ................................................................................................... 4 INDEX TERMS .............................................................................................................................. 5 CONTAINER LIST ........................................................................................................................ 6 Use of manuscript materials. If you wish to examine items in the manuscript group, please place a request via the Special Collections Request System. Consult the Container List for location information. Photocopying. Should you wish to request photocopies, please consult a staff member. Do not remove items to be photocopied. The existing order and arrangement of unbound materials must be maintained. Reproductions must be made from surrogates (microfilm, digital scan, photocopy of original held by LSU Libraries), when available. Publication. Readers assume full responsibility for compliance with laws regarding copyright, literary property rights, and libel. Proper acknowledgement of LLMVC materials must be made in any resulting writing or publications. The correct form of citation for this manuscript group is given on the summary page. Copies of scholarly publications based on research in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections are welcomed. Page 2 of 15 SHAVER (CLAUDE L.) PAPERS Mss. 2769 1924-1973 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SUMMARY Size 5.5 linear feet Geographic Baton Rouge, Louisiana Locations Inclusive Dates 1924-1973 Languages English Summary These papers include correspondence, printed items, other materials relating to Claude L. Shaver’s career in the Department of Speech at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Access These records are unprocessed. Access to unprocessed collections Restrictions requires the express written approval of the Head of Archival Processing. Consult the “Policy on Access to Unprocessed Collections” for details: https://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/about/policies/unprocessed Copyright Physical rights and copyright are retained by the LSU Libraries. Citation Claude L. Shaver Papers, Mss. 2769, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries Special Collections, Baton Rouge, La. Stack Location 77:103-108 Page 3 of 15 SHAVER (CLAUDE L.) PAPERS Mss. 2769 1924-1973 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE Claude L. Shaver was a member of the faculty in the Department of Speech at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE A folder level listing can be found in the CONTAINER LIST. Box 1: Material related to the Southwest Theatre 21st Annual Conference includes correspondence inviting speakers and suggesting programs and workshops, as well as registration forms, LSU campus maps, and financial papers related to the conferences (1968). There are also programs for plays produced by the LSU Speech Department. Box 2: In addition to correspondence, there are student summer theater programs for years 1969 to 1973 and files for summer festivals (1958, 1964-1972). Also included are drafts of the plays These Are My People, This Is My Land, and The Only-Begotten Son. Other files include records for the Louisiana Council for Music and Performing Arts contest on plays written by students (1971). Box 3: Found in files is correspondence with individuals at the University of Alaska as well as several other universities, linguistics, Southern Speech Association, Speech Association of America, and YMCA lectures. Box 4: Files contain information and correspondence on the American National Theater and Academy, issues of Louisiana Speaks, and a speech conference in honor of C. M. Wise. There are also several booklets, programs, and playbills for theater productions. Box 5: Files include playbills, correspondence, Speech Association of America convention printed material, correspondence, and addresses presented at conferences. Other items relate to summer festivals and studies in honor of C. M. Wise. Box 6: Files include correspondence, speeches, a draft of a thesis on stage design, materials on Phi Beta Fraternity, and a play by Gus Weill. There are also files that pertain to François Delsarte. Box 7: This box contains Phi Beta Fraternity membership records (1939-1943), Claude L. Shaver’s retirement bulletin (1973 May 5-6), and two plays by Gus Weill. Page 4 of 15 SHAVER (CLAUDE L.) PAPERS Mss. 2769 1924-1973 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS INDEX TERMS Materials relating to these people, places, and things can be found throughout the entire collection. College theater--Louisiana--Baton Rouge. Community theater--Louisiana. Education, Higher--Louisiana Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Dept. of Speech. Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--Faculty. Oral communication--Study and teaching (Higher)--Louisiana. Shaver, Claude L., 1905- Southwest Theater Conference (U.S.) Page 5 of 15 SHAVER (CLAUDE L.) PAPERS Mss. 2769 1924-1973 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CONTAINER LIST Stack Location Box Folder Contents (with dates) 77:103 1 1 Minutes of Southwest Theatre Conference, 1970 October 31, 1 item. 2 Maria Fernanda, 1968 October, 8 items. 3 Publicity and Reviews, 1968 September-October, 12 items. 4 “Where The Music Is,” 1968 October 22-24, 2 items. 5 Mailing Lists, 1968 April, 3 items. 6 Cliff Ashley, 1968, 10 items. 7 Jim Baines—Secretary of the Treasury—1967-1968, 33 items. 8 Board of Directors, 1968 September 11, 9 items. 9 Boudreaux—Pleasant Hall—1968, 8 items. 10 Mrs. Edwin Blum, 1968 April 30, 1 item. 11 Congratulatory Letters, 1968 October-November, 7 items. 12 Don Clark, 1968, 4 items. 13 Committees, 1967-1968, 21 items. 14 Comptroller’s Report—Teague—1968, 4 items. 15 Gresdna Doty, 1968, 12 items. 16 Nat Eek, 1968, 9 items. 17 Executive Committee, 1968 October-November, 16 items. 18 Stocker Fontelieu, 1968-1969, 24 items. 19 Gallery Circle—Myers—1968 October 8, 1 item. 20 Mrs. William Glenn, 1968 September-November, 8 items. 21 Burnett Hobgood, 1968, 2 items. 22 International—Karnis—1968 February-April, 9 items. 23 Alyina Krause, 1968 February-March, 2 items. 24 Las Cruces Convention, 1967 October, 5 items. 25 Mailing List Conference Exhibitors, undated, 2 items. 26 Materials for File—For Shaver, Karvis, Doty—1968, 18 items. 27 John Mitchell, 1968 May, 2 items. 28 Members in Attendance, 1967-1968, 2 items. 29 Miscellaneous, 1967-1968, 13 items. 30 New Plays Library—Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)— 1966, 1 item. 31 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC), 1967-1968, 25 items. 32 Program, 1968, 13 items. 33 Printed Program, 1968 August, 1 item. 34 Program, 1968 September-October, 7 items. 35 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC), 1967-1968, 9 items. 36 Joe Salek—San Antonio, Texas—1967-1968, 11 items. 37 Roger Stevens, 1968, 6 items. 38 Thank You Notes, 1968 November, 15 items. 39 Southwest Theatre Topics, 1968-1969, 18 items. Page 6 of 15 SHAVER (CLAUDE L.) PAPERS Mss. 2769 1924-1973 LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Stack Location Box Folder Contents (with dates) 77:103 1 40 Southwest Theatre Topics—1965, 1967, 1969—6 items. 41 Trusty Shirley, 1968 November, 1 item. 42 Southwest Theatre Conference Program—R. Williams—1968 August 2, 2 items. 43 John Wray Young—1965, 1968—9 items. 44 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC), 1967-1968, 7 items. 45 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form A—1968, 6 items. 46 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form B—1968, 23 items. 47 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form C—1968, 22 items. 48 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form D—1968, 11 items. 49 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form E—1968, 11 items. 50 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form F—1968, 9 items. 51 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form G—1968, 13 items. 52 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form H—1968, 19 items. 53 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form I— 1968 (Empty). 54 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form J— 1968, 6 items. 55 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form K—1968, 10 items. 56 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form L—1968, 11 items. 57 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form M—1968, 26 items. 58 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form N—1968, 2 items. 59 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form O—1968, 1 item. 60 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form P—1968, 10 items. 61 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form Q—1968 (Empty). 62 Southwest Theatre Conference (SWTC)—Registration Form R—1968, 18 items.