Delbert Unruh Scenography Collection
SPEC.TRI.0117
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
3.75 Cubic feet
circa 1960-2000
Delbert Unruh (1941-2024) was a professor in the theater department at the University of Kansas, and was credited with developing the scenography program at the university. Unruh's main research areas included Czech theater design and lighting. The Delbert Unruh Scenography Collection contains scene designs, costume designs, and catalogs of scene designs for theatrical productions by various scenographers that were contemporaries of Unruh. Items are dated circa 1960-2000.
(35) oversize folders, (1) 2.5" legal document box
English, Czech
Unruh, Delbert
Arrangement of Materials
Materials are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the designer, and chronologically within the same designer. Items from the same designer and same date are further arranged alphabetically folder title.
Acquisitions Information
Accession No.TRI.2025.0040: Purchased, 2019 April
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Delbert Unruh Scenography Collection, SPEC.TRI.0117, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.
Use of Materials
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Processing Information
Processed by: Casey Blackmore, 2025 October; Finding aid written by: Casey Blackmore, 2025 October.
Biographical Note
Delbert Unruh (1941-2024) was a professor in the theater department at the University of Kansas, and was credited with developing the scenography program at the university. Unruh's main research areas included Czech theater design and lighting, which led to his work with the Czech sceneographer Jaroslav Malina. Outside of his work at the University of Kansas, Unruh also designed sets professionally for the Equity Theatres in Kansas City, Missiouri.
Scope and Contents
The Delbert Unruh Scenography Collection contains scene designs, costume designs, and catalogs of scene designs primarily for theatrical productions by various scenographers that were contemporaries of Unruh. Unruh complied the materials for his teaching and research purposes at the University of Kansas. Designs include set and prop sketches and diagrams; design and construction notes; paint color and wallpaper samples. Designs for theatrical productions of
Carmen,
Antigone,
Aida,
Hamlet, and
Golden Boy are included in the collection. Items are dated circa 1960-2000.
Malina, Jaroslav, 1937-2016
Unruh, Delbert
Walton, Tony, 1934-2022
College teachers--Lawrence--Kansas--20th century
Costume design
Costume design--Czech Republic--20th century
Costume design--Czechoslovakia--20th century
Costume design--United States--20th century
Costume designers--Czech Republic--20th century
Costume designers--Czechoslovakia--20th century
Costume designers--United States--20th century
Diagrams
Scenography (discipline)
Set designers--Czech Republic--20th century
Set designers--Czechoslovakia--20th century
Set designers--United States--20th century
Theater--Design and construction
Theaters--Stage setting and scenery--20th century
Armstrong (Will Steven) "Ice Extravaganza" scene design
1
circa 1960-1961
Armstrong (Will Steven) red, white, and blue American eagle scene design
2
circa 1960-1961
Burlingame (Lloyd) "The Love of Cas McGuire" painted scene design
3
1966
Bury (John) "The Rothchilds" scene designs
TRI Shared 5
1
1970
Eck (Marsha) "Manon" act III scene two scene design
4
1968
Ferencik (Milan) unknown production scene design
5
1999
Ferencik (Milan) unknown production scene design signed to Delbert Unruh
6
1999
Jezek (Jaroslav) "Carmen" Acts 1-4 scene design
7
1992
Jezek (Jaroslav) "Carmen" Act 4 scene and costume designs
8
1992
Jezek (Jaroslav) "Carmen" setting sequence design
TRI Shared 5
2
1992
Jezek (Jaroslav) "Carmen" stretch and color textures costume design
9
1992
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" aide/reporter/messenger costume design
1
1
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" Antigone shirt design
1
2
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" characters in scene design
10
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" chorus costume design
1
3
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" chorus makeup design
12
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" costume design
11
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" Creon costume sketches
1
4
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" Eurydyce hair style design
1
5
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" final scheme development designs
TRI Shared 5
3
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" Haemon costume design
1
6
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" Ismene costume sketches
1
7
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" nurse costume sketch
1
8
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" overhead view of scene design and program
13
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" preliminary scene designs
1
9
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" scene design
14
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" set rejected construction designs
1
10
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" set rejected developmental sketches
1
11
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antigone" t shirt costume design
15
1987
Malina (Yaroslav) "Antgone" three guards costume sketches
1
12
1987
Montresor (Beni) "The Magic Flute" trees scene design
16
1966
Randolph (Robert) "Something More" #3 Mineola scene design
17
1964
Rozkopova (Marta) "Princezna Kosmopolis" costume design
18
circa 1980-1981
Smith (Oliver) "Four in a Garden" color elevation scene design
19
1971
Smith (Oliver) "Four in a Garden" muslin drop scene design
20
1971
Smith (Oliver) "Four in a Garden" scene designs
1
13
1971
Vancura (Jan) "Figarova suatba" scene design
21
1987
Vancura (Jan) "Hubcka" scene designs
TRI Shared 5
4
1992-1993
Vancura (Jan) scene design catalog and article
1
14
1993, 2000
Vancura (Jan) "Aida" scene design
TRI Shared 5
5
1997
Vychodil (Ladislav) "Hamlet" scene design
22
1988
Walton (Tony) "Golden Boy" apartment, office, riot scene design
23
1965
Walton (Tony) "Golden Boy" bridge scene design
24
1965
Walton (Tony) "Golden Boy" "Night Song" scene design
25
1965
Walton (Tony) "Golden Boy" "No more" possibly ending scene design
26
1965
Walton (Tony) "Golden Boy" playground and bar scene design
27
1965
Walton (Tony) "Golden Boy" "This is the life" and party scene design
28
1965
Zborilova (Jana) "Manon" watercolor bedroom scene design
29
circa 1970-1975
Zborilova (Jana) "Manon" watercolor living room scene design
30
circa 1970-1975