Community arts projects
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Maryat Lee, Playwright, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3300
Overview
Maryat Lee (1923-1989) was an American playwright and theater director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theater. She pioneered street theater in Harlem and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community-based theater project. Materials include reports, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, posters, manuscripts, notes, scripts, screenplays, published plays, genealogical research, journals, drawings,...
Dates:
1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1951-1989
Rainelle COVID Community Documentation Project Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4740
Scope and Contents
30 digital photographs created by participants in a project to capture life in Rainelle, WV during the COVID-19 pandemic and display how the 2016 flood recovery efforts intesected with the COVID-19 pandemic. Project was organized by Jamie Shinn, an Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Geology & Geography at West Virginia University. The .docx file includes captions/titles and photographer information for the 30 .jpg files.
Dates:
circa 2020-2021