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Blockprint October 16, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 16, 1967 issue features articles on a Tent Dance at the RISD Farm, a resurgence of interest in composer Gustav Mahler, a new arts initiative called FANDSO, the Hippie movement, a concert at which The Yardbirds failed to show up, and a draft protest at Kennedy Plaza, along with a review of the film "Bonnie and Clyde," an interview with leaders of Brown student group The Sons of Liberty, a review of the exhibition "Six Sculptors," and other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint September 18, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The September 18, 1967 issue features articles on hippies, the Montreal Expo 67, and the band Country Joe & the Fish, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1967, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1967 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Hay Fever
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
• Shakertown Revisited
• Auburn Shaker Festival

Blockprint May 08, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 8, 1967 issue features articles on the Vietnam War, the RISD Executive Financial Advisor, a rodeo in Cranston, theater at RISD, the philosophy of duality, Bud Williams of the WPRO radio station, the Crystal Tap soccer team, film reviews, the Montreal Expo 67, and the Apparel show, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint May 01, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 1, 1967 issue features articles on the Chairman of the Freshman Foundation Division, a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. at Brown, a dispute involving sophomore women students not being allowed to live off-campus, a new Dean of Students, community involvement, and film reviews, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint April 24, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 24, 1967 issue features articles on the Associate Dean of Students, dorm living, a peace march in New York City, a motorcylce event in Massachusetts, car racing in North Carolina, and living conditions in Farnum Hall, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint April 17, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 17, 1967 issue features articles on communication between the administration and students, the Dean of the Faculty, studio hours at RISD, a new Dean of the College, the Crystal Tap Soccer team, interactions between RISD students and the Providence community, the need for a community organization to address moral and political issues, and Providence news, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint April 10, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 10, 1967 issue features articles on Parents' Weekend, the RISD Director of Admissions, issues with college Deans, slovenliness, the Rhode Island Italian Festival, an Andy Warhol visit and exhibition, and an Architecture Department project on campus, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint April 4, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The April 4, 1967 issue features articles on the value of art in society, a film on New Guinea by Dadi Wirz, RISD Hockey updates, and a new curator at the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint March 13, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The March 13, 1967 issue features articles on the expulsion of twelve students from RISD and a colonial portrait show at the RISD Museum, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint February 27, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 27, 1967 issue features letters to the editors on Associate Dean of Students Paisner and other matters, articles on a sculpture exhibition at the Tonoff Gallery and the sailing club, and a review of the film "Endless Summer," along with other opinion pieces, editorials, comics, and creative writing.

Blockprint February 13, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The February 13, 1967 issue features articles on the mission of RISD, a perceived decline in students' workload and effort, a new student musical group "All," future plans for campus construction, a RISD hockey game, a lecture "Design and the Public Good" by Joseph Kraft, a film society screening, an art exchange between the RISD Museum and Brandeis' Rose Art Museum, a forum hosted at Trinity Square Playhouse, and TAB updates, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Ua11/2 Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair, Stephen Foster Memorial

WKU Administration Documents

Press release announcing Sara Melton as participant in Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair auditions at Stephen Foster Memorial.

Blockprint January 23, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 23, 1967 issue is a special edition that reprints excerpts from Robert Osborn's work "The Vulgarians," accompanied by photographs from Peter Blake's book, "God's Own Junkyard."

Blockprint January 9, 1967, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The January 9, 1967 issue features articles on a MOMA exhibit on the Paul J. Sachs Collection, Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band, a review of Truma Capote's "Grass Harp," the death of Walt Disney, the RISD Placement Office, an upcoming meeting to discuss improvements for the environment at RISD, a RISD Apparel student's designs winning an Olympics contest, and a Noel Coward visit to RISD, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1966-1967, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1966-1967 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• South Pacific, 1966
• The Taming of the Shrew, 1967
• Carmen, 1967
• Night Must Fall, 1967
• The Glass Menagerie, 1966
• Miss Julie
• Cyrano de Bergerac, 1967

Blockprint December 12, 1966, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The Decmber 12, 1966 issue features articles on a talk by Rev. Canon John Crocker, Diter Rot, visiting guest policies at the dorms, freshman class elections, the opening of the RISD Museum exhibition "Art for Your Collection IV," W.C. Fields films, development around Westminster St. in Providence, a panel discussion held at RISD with Timothy Leary, and an Illustrators' Society exhibit, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint December 5, 1966, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The December 5, 1966 issue features articles on George Lincoln Rockwell, fine art, a RISD Museum exhibition on kinetic and programmed art featuring Nam June Paik in person, the Student Faculty Committee, women being allowed in the men's dorms, and an upcoming lecture by Kurt Vonnegut, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint November 7, 1966, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 7, 1966 issue features articles on how to be cool at RISD, the formation of student group the Illustration Society, a lecture on ending the Vietnam War, a reprint of a Timothy Leary piece on acid, a RISD student concert of "Indian-like" music, a RISD football game, and a performance by Ecuadorean cellist Carlos Bonilla, along with other opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint October 10, 1966, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 10, 1966 issue features editorials and letters to the editor on the passing of former RISD President John Frazier, Timothy Leary, students wanting music played at dinner, and fears about Brown, along with a review of Trinity Square Rep's production of "Saint Joan," a theater review of "The Seagull," and articles on new faculty appointments and student club activities.

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1966, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1966 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisted
• Auburn Shaker Festival
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad!
• Summer and Smoke
• Tom Sawyer

Blockprint May 25, 1966, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The May 25, 1966 issue is a satirical spoof of Playboy called "Blockboy" that features humorous articles on the Blockboy philosophy, RISD President Albert Bush-Brown, Mike Fink, fahsion at RISD, "Blockboy Mansion," along with photo features and other creative writing.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1965-1966, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1965-1966 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• West Side Story, 1965
• The Doctor in Spite of Himself, 1966
• The Bat's Revenge, 1966
• Life With Father, 1966
• Modern Duo: Estrangement, 1965
• This Property is Condemned
• La Dama Del Alba
• Die Kleinen Verwandten
• John Brown's Body
• Red Peppers

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1965, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1965summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• This Fair Land
• Shakertown Revisted
• Three Men on a Horse
• The Night of the Iguana

Blockprint May 1965 Literary Supplement, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The Blockprint Literary Supplement is a special edition that features creative writing, illustrations, graphic design and photographs by RISD students.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1964-1965, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1964-1965 season. The scrapbook also includes items regarding meetings and activities.

• Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1964
• Antigone, 1964
• Phoenix Too Frequent, 1964
• Sancho Panza En Barataria, 1965
• The Misunderstanding, 1965
• Dance Concerto, 1965
• Bedtime Story, 1965
• Bye, Bye Birdie, 1965
• The Talented Failure, 1965
• The Letter, 1965
• The American Dream, 1965

A Study Of The Active Amateur And Semiprofessional Theater Groups In Central California, Phyllis Jane Nusz

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In the last several years lists of theater organizations in California newspapers hare grown steadily. This writer asserts a need for study of active amateur and semiprofessional theater groups in California for gaining knowledge and understanding of cultural activities taking place about the Western United States. Such material would help students and adults interested in drama gain information where theaters remain active according to particular tastes.

After receiving a list of nonprofessional theater members of American National Theatre and Academy's California regions, theater activity presented itself to be of such quantity within the state that it became necessary to make …

Blockprint December 9, 1964, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The Dec. 9th issue features a RISD dance with the Ian Dunlap band, a concert by Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band, "Art for Your Collection III" opens at the RISD Museum, film review of "The Outrage", Anti-Narcotics speech given to students by Providence PD, film review of "First Men In The Moon"; "Seduced and Abandoned"; and "Beckett", Harry Callahan named Camera Club faculty advisor, alonhg with opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint November 25, 1964, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The Nov. 25th issue features a headline on the Architectural Society visit to Boston, "A Third Century of Graphic Work" Exhibition opens, Critic Mario Cravo visits, Tiffany Scholarships awarded to faculty and one alum, film reviews on "Lilith" and "Fantasia", "The Days and Nights of Bee Bee Fenstermaker" play presented by Drama Club, Robert Venturi speaks, Rolling Stones perform, Raimund J. Abraham places second in design competition, opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.

Blockprint November 18, 1964, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student newspaper published throughout the 1950s-60s. The Nov. 18th issue celebrates opening of Harry Callahan exhibition at RISD Museum, European Honors Students attend Italy field trip, Student Council awards grants, Bush-Brown speaks at Congdon House, review of "Four Days in November" and "Fail Safe", recruitment for Institute of Mental Health volunteers, editorials, opinion column on automobiles of 1965, Freshman NYC field trip, Ghosts of Gerry Mansion photo essay, Architect Robert Venturi to speak at RISD, opinion pieces, editorials, and creative writing.