2019-08-15 Guide to the Caldwell Titcomb Papers, circa 1990-1998 SPEC.TRI.0067 Finding aid prepared by Beth Crowner Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2019 July This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-09-09T10:22-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Caldwell Titcomb Papers SPEC.TRI.0067 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections TRI Shared 2 0.02 Cubic feet circa 1990-1998 Caldwell Titcomb was a Professor Emeritus of Music at Brandeis University, an American theatre critic, and a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. His published articles, books, and columns mostly focused on Black culture and theatre. The Caldwell Titcomb Papers contain photocopies of Titcomb’s theatre production reviews as well as articles written on theatre awards, casting, theatre company news, theatre conferences, and other related topics, published between 1987-1996. They are mainly from the Bay State Banner and New England Entertainment Digest, but other publications such as Black Faces and Critics Quarterly are also included. The photocopies are dated circa 1990-1998. (1) letter file folder English Titcomb, Caldwell Acquisitions Information

Donated by Titcomb Caldwell, 1998 July

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[identification of item], Caldwell Titcomb Papers, SPEC.TRI.0067, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University

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 Biographical Note

Caldwell Titcomb (circa 1927-2011) was a Professor Emeritus of Music at Brandeis University, an American theatre critic, and a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. His published articles, books, and columns mostly focus on Black culture and theatre. He wrote for the Bay State Banner, a Black newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, the New England Entertainment Digest, Total Theatre.com, Playbill On-Line, and TheArtsFuse.com.

 Scope and Contents

The Caldwell Titcomb Papers contain photocopies of Titcomb’s theatre production reviews as well as articles written on theatre awards, casting, theatre company news, theatre conferences, and other related topics, published between 1987-1996. The articles focus on Black culture and theatre. They are mainly from the Bay State Banner and New England Entertainment Digest, but other publications such as Black Faces and Critics Quarterly are also included. The photocopies are dated circa circa 1990-1998.

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