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Split Britches Archive

Call Number

MSS.251

Date

1978-2000, inclusive

Creator

Split Britches (Theatrical company)

Extent

9.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Split Britches is a lesbian theater troupe founded in 1980 by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, and Deb Margolin. This collection contains scripts, press materials and clippings, notes, and photography spanning the troupe's existence.

Historical Note

Split Britches was formed in 1980 by Deb Margolin, Peggy Shaw, and Lois Weaver. The award-winning troupe has written, produced, and performed multiple plays: some which involve all members of the troupe and some works created in collaboration with other groups like Bloolips and Gay Sweatshop. Split Britches performances incorporate riffs on popular culture with music and examinations of gendered/gay/lesbian/queer culture and relationships.

Still active today, members of the group tour and perform across the world; they also lead educational workshops at schools and universities.

Arrangement

While minimal physical processing was performed, the collection was weeded of many duplicates. Folders are arranged alphabetically within each series when possible. This alphabetical arrangement takes place primarily in Series I, which contains identifiable documents and scripts.

No original order was maintained for unfoldered papers and instead, items were grouped into four series according to subject matter or purpose.

See the Scope and Content Notes for more specific details about each series.

Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of materials created and compiled by the members of the Split Britches in the course of their work as artists, playwrights, and performers. Materials include correspondence, notes, receipts, photographs, floorplans, and ephemera generated both by individual members of the group and by the group as a whole. Items in the collection range from 1978-2000, with the bulk from 1982-1992.

The collection is organized into four series:

Series I: Scripts and Notes--consists of script copies (some annotated), technical notes, blocking diagrams, and other notes appended to script pages. Many loose, unattributed script pages are collected into folders.

Series II: Promo, Press, and Clippings consists of magazine articles, newspaper clippings, fliers, posters, and other press materials promoting performances, appearances, and events related to Split Britches including the Women's One World Festival.

Subseries A: Clippings
Subseries B: Press and Promotional Materials
Subseries C: Women's One World Festival Materials

Series III: Miscellaneous Papers, Notes, and Documentation consists of academic papers, correspondence, personal notebooks, unbound pages, notes and photography created by different members of the group.

Series IV: Oversize, Ephemera, and Media consists of a large sketchbook, a Women's One World Festival t-shirt, a cassette tape, and oversized promotional material.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Collection processed by

Rosemary K. J. Davis, 2011.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-06 14:18:28 -0500.
Language: Description is in English.

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections

Series I: Scripts and Notes

Language of Materials

English.

"Alternate Visions" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Beauty and the Beast" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Belle Reprieve" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Belle Reprieve" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Bustin Out the Box" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Chairs" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Cinderella, Real True Story" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Double Agency" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Faith and Dancing" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Helen and Meneleus" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Honey I'm Home" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"It's a Small House and We Lived In It Always" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Lesbians Who Kill" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Little Women" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Little Women" Scripts and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Lust and Comfort" Scripts, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script and Notes, undated

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Miss Risque" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Miss Risque" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Monsieur/Madame" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Parker, Ms." Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Patience and Sarah" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Patience and Sarah" Final Script, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Preaching to the Perverted" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Salon de Femme" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Sappho + Aphrodite" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Split Britches" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Split Britches" TV Script, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"St. Joan of Ave. C" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Streetcar" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The White Whore and the Bit Player" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Upwardly Mobile Home" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Upwardly Mobile Home" Script and Notes, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Well of Horniness" Script, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Women Walking With Chairs" Script/Score, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"You're Just Like My Father" Script, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II: Promotion, Press, and Clippings

Subseries A: Clippings

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries B: Press and Promo Materials

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press and Promo Materials, undated

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries C: Women's One World Festival Materials

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's One World Festival, undated

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III: Miscellaneous Papers, Notes, and Documentation

Academic Papers and Articles, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Academic Papers and Articles, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Academic Papers and Articles, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lois Weaver Notebook, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Documentation, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Papers and Notes, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Papers and Notes, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Papers and Notes, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Papers and Notes, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Papers and Notes, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc Papers and Notes, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personal Notebook and Misc Papers, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personal Notebook and Misc Papers, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personal Notebook and Misc Papers, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photography, undated

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series IV: Ephemera and Media

Sketchbook, undated

Box: 10 (Material Type: Books)

Language of Materials

English.

The Well of Horniness cassette tape, undated

Box: 10, Media: ID: 251.0001 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Conditions Governing Access

Audio materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.

Women's One World Festival T-shirt scrap and paper, undated

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

WOW Theatre Placard, undated

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.
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