Theater in Portland (Me.) Collection

Collection

Identifier: SpC MS 0353

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection records the history of theater in Portland, Maine. It consists of photographs of some 1000 actors and actresses in their various stage roles, of theatrical buildings in Portland, of playbills, of press clippings, of advertisements.

Dates

Creation: 1804-1936

Creator

Moreland, James (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Information on literary rights available in the repository.

Biographical Note

James Moreland was born in 1897 in Illinois and resided most of his early life in Georgetown, Kentucky. He died in Oswego, N.Y. in 1951. He was a member of the faculty of the University of Maine from 1930 to 1936 and received his Master's degree there in 1934. He received his B.A. degree from Georgetown College in 1924. He was professor of English at the State University Teachers College, Oswego, N.Y. He conducted research into the history of the theater in Portland, Maine.