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Pasadena Playhouse History: Resources for researchers.

Alexander, Diane. Playhouse. Los Angeles, Calif: Dorleac-MacLeish, 1984.

Altenberg, Roger Monroe. A Historical Study of Gilmor Brown's Fairoaks Playbox: 1924-1927. [Thesis/dissertation].Ph. D. University of Southern California 1964. http://dynamics.org/Altenberg/ROGER/THESIS/

Blair, Karen J. The Torchbearers: Women and Their Amateur Arts Associations in America, 1890-1930. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994.

Brady, Arthur Clinton. Shifting Scenes at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Thesis/dissertation : Thesis/dissertation : Manuscript, 1933.

Brown, Gilmor. Pasadena Community Playhouse. Pasadena, 1925.

Brown, Gilmor, and Charles Lane. Pasadena Playhouse Pioneer. [Los Angeles]: Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984. Transcript of a 2.5-hour interview completed under the auspices of the UCLA Oral History Program.

California Southland. 1925-1926. https://archive.org/details/calsouthl78unse Many issues include articles about the Playhouse.

Community Playhouse of Pasadena Article of Incorporation for Community Playhouse of Pasadena [1918, 1925]. L. A. County Incorporation Records. Record GC1145-20909.

Community Playhouse Association of Pasadena Records, 1955-1970, bulk 1965-1970. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3v19p5dm/

Cooper, Maudie Prickett, and Bernard Galm. Character Parts and Community Challenges. [Los Angeles]: Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982.

Ebright, Peggy, Bernard Galm, and Thomas Bertonneau. Curtain Up! The Revival of the Pasadena Playhouse. Pasadena Playhouse Series. [Los Angeles]: Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982.

Brown, Gilmor, and Charles Lane. Pasadena Playhouse Pioneer. [Los Angeles]: Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984.

Friends of the Pasadena Playhouse at The Pasadena Playhouse Archives: http://friendsofthepasadenaplayhouse.org/archives.html Galm, Bernard, and Thomas Bertonneau. Pasadena Playhouse Series. Oral History Collection, Dept. of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Los Angeles. [Los Angeles]: Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1980.

Green, Harriet L. Gilmor Brown, Portrait of a Man and an Idea. Pasadena, Calif.: Burns printing Co, 1933. Kliwinski, Leonard M., et al. Pasadena Playhouse Historic District: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. [Pasadena, Calif.?]: [City?], 1993.

McCune, Frances. My Years in the Technical Department at the Pasadena Playhouse. 1942. Thesis/dissertation : Thesis/dissertation : Manuscript,

O'Sullivan, Judy. The Pasadena Playhouse: A Celebration of One of the Oldest Theatrical Producing Organizations in America. Pasadena, Calif: Pasadena Playhouse (39 South El Molino Avenue, 91101), 1992.

Pasadena (Calif.). Historic Structures Report, the Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, California. Pasadena, CA.: City of Pasadena, 1980. Report prepared for the State of Califoria Dept. of Parks and Recreation Office of Historic Preservation. Prepared by the City of Pasadena and the Arroyo Group Architects and Planners.

Pasadena Community Playhouse Association. The Community Playhouse Association of Pasadena; The Pasadena Community Guild. [Pasadena, Calif.]: Pasadena Playhouse Press, 1933.

Pasadena Community Playhouse Association. Records. 1955. Collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, and the financial and business records of the Community Playhouse Association and the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts. The bulk of the collection consists of the financial records of the Association from 1965 to 1970.

Pasadena Playhouse. Articles of Incorporation and by-Laws of the Pasadena Playhouse Association. 1937?

Pasadena Playhouse. Chronological List of Productions of Pasadena Community Playhouse from November 1917-[Aug. 13], 1938. [Pasadena, Calif.]: [publisher not identified], 1934.

Pasadena Playhouse. Historical and Organization Outline of the Pasadena Playhouse. 1938.

The Pasadena Playhouse. History. http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/about-us/history.html

Pasadena Playhouse. Stages: Theatre Arts Magazine of the Pasadena Playhouse. Pasadena: Pasadena State Theatre of California, Inc, 1980.

Friends of the Pasadena Playhouse at The Pasadena Playhouse Archives: http://friendsofthepasadenaplayhouse.org/archives.html Pasadena Playhouse. [State Historical Landmark - Reg. #887] National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. National Park Service. 1975. http://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/75000435.PDF

Pasadena Playhouse. The Playgoer. Hollywood, Calif: John F. Humber Pub. Co, 1961. Theatre programs.

Pasadena Playhouse. School of the Theatre. [Pasadena, Calif.?]: [Pasadena Playhouse], 1937.

Saroyan, William. Across the Board on Tomorrow Morning; Pasadena and the American Theatre. 1941.

Pasadena Playhouse Association. Playbill. Pasadena, Calif: Pasadena Playhouse Association, n.d.

R.F. McCann & Company Architects. The Pasadena Playhouse Revisited: General Combined Contract. Specifications. Seattle: R.F. McCann & Co, 1982.

Shanewise, Lenore, and Bernard Galm. Remembering the Pasadena Playhouse. Los Angeles: Regents of the University of California, 1980. Lenore Shanewise interviewed by Bernard Galm.

Shoup, Gail Leo. The Pasadena Community Playhouse: Its Origins and History from 1917 to 1942. [Thesis/dissertation]. University of California, Los Angeles, 1981.

To locate these resources, search a WorldCat, the cooperative catalog of libraries and archives at https://www.worldcat.org

To locate newspaper articles, use the Pasadena News Index (1880-current), the online database maintained by the Pasadena Public Library: Link: http://ww2.cityofpasadena.net/Library/PNI/subject.asp Alternative link: https://egov1.cityofpasadena.net/apps/pni/

Access to other bibliographic indexes and newspaper databases may be available at your local library.