2021-02-25 Guide to the Hartman Theater (Columbus, Ohio) Performance Reviews Scrapbook, 1942 September-December SPEC.TRI.SCRAPBOOK.0071 Finding aid prepared by ADA students; Courtney Bishop Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2020 January; 2020 December This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2021-02-25T13:24-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Hartman Theater (Columbus, Ohio) Performance Reviews Scrapbook SPEC.TRI.SCRAPBOOK.0071 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1 0.22 Cubic feet 1942 September-December The Hartman Theater was founded by Dr. Samuel Hartman on November 13, 1911 in Columbus, Ohio. The theater closed in 1969, and the building was demolished in 1971. The Hartman Theater (Columbus, Ohio) Performance Reviews Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of reviews of performances by traveling theater companies that took place in the Hartman Theater between September and December of 1942. (1) flat box English Arrangement of Materials

There was a loose clipping in the last page of the Hartman Theater (Columbus, Ohio) Performance Reviews Scrapbook that was removed from the scrapbook and placed in a folder in Box 1 on top of the scrapbook.

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 Historical Note

Dr. Samuel Hartman founded the Hartman Theater, which opened on November 13, 1911 on State Street in Columbus, Ohio. Hartman Theater's doors were open until 1969, and while open hosted both theatrical performances and films. The theater held professional performances by both a local company, the Bentley-Hartman Players, as well as traveling companies. The theater was later demolished in 1971. As of 2020, a parking lot exists where it once stood, across from the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.

 Scope and Contents

The Hartman Theater (Columbus, Ohio) Performance Reviews Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of reviews of theatrical performances that took place in the Hartman Theater between September and December of 1942. Performances included in this scrapbook are The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck; Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton; Best Foot Forward by George Abbott; Papa Is All by Patterson Green; Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman; and Spring Again by Isabel Leighton. These productions were plays, comedies, and musicals performed by traveling companies. The theatrical reviews were originally published in Columbus newspapers, including The Columbus Dispatch, The Ohio State Journal, and The Columbus Citizen. It is unknown who compiled the scrapbook.

 Hartman Theatre (Organization : Columbus, Ohio) Newspaper clippings Reviews (documents) Scrapbooks Theaters--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Traveling theater--Ohio--Columbus--20th century--Reviews