Lakewood Theatre Company Records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of photographs including studio portraits of Herbert L. Swett; photographs of Grant Mills, his office at the theater, and his home in Norwalk, Conn.; images of the theater building and grounds; and a few photographs of scenes from unidentified plays. The collection also contains abstracts for property titles for Lakewood, 1961; a map showing land of the Lakewood Golf Club, 1970; and a few newspaper clippings and other ephemera.
Dates
- 1911-1972
Creator
- Lakewood Theatre Company (Skowhegan, Me.) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Historical Note
The Lakewood Theatre Company, a summer theater in Skowhegan, Maine, was founded by Herbert L. Swett in 1926. He managed the theater until his death in 1945; his daughters and sons-in-law then continued to run it in the 1950s and 1960s. Grant Mills was the managing director for the theater, which served as a summer tryout for plays hoping to open on Broadway. The Swett family sold the theater in 1970. It is now run by a group called Curtain Up Enterprises.
Extent
2 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of photographs including studio portraits of Herbert L. Swett; photographs of Grant Mills, his office at the theater, and his home in Norwalk, Conn.; images of the theater building and grounds; and a few photographs of scenes from unidentified plays. The collection also contains abstracts for property titles for Lakewood, 1961; a map showing land of the Lakewood Golf Club, 1970; and a few newspaper clippings, and other ephemera.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Phil Mcintyre, East Dixfield, Me. in July 2006.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
- Mills, Frank
- Photographic prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Printed ephemera Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Skowhegan (Me.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Summer theater -- Maine -- Skowhegan -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Swett, Herbert L.
- Title
- Guide to the Lakewood Theatre Company Records
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
