Adriance, Thomas in the Special Collections

Adriance, Thomas (1937-96)

Papers, 1957, 1971-95, Ms96-003 3.0 cu. ft.

Introduction
Thomas Adriance was born in 1937 and educated at Dartmouth College (B.A., 1959) and Columbia University (Ph.D., 1968). He served as an Assistant and then Associate Professor of History at Virginia Tech from 1968 until his death in February 1996, specializing in French History and military battles.
Scope and Content

The collection consists almost exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other threater literature of theater, dance, and music performances attended by Adriance. The performances were given in Blacksburg, Virginia, and other regional, national, and international locations. Includes programs from performances at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Opera de Paris in France.
Provenance

The papers were donated in March 1996 by Linda Arnold of Blacksburg, Virginia. They were processed April through June 1996 by Laura Katz Smith, Manuscripts Curator, and Christopher Myers, student assistant, Special Collections Department.
Contents List

Box 1

Folder 1: Virginia Tech, Audobon Quartet performances (1980-86, n.d.)

Folder 2: Virginia Tech, Dance performances (1980-86, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993)

Folder 3: Virginia Tech, Dance performances (n.d.)

Folder 4: Virginia Tech, Music performances (1978, 1980-1983)

Folder 5: Virginia Tech, Music performances (1983-1986, 1991-92)

Folder 6: Virginia Tech, Music performances (n.d.)

Folder 7: Virginia Tech, Theater/Opera performances (1979-84)

Folder 8: Virginia Tech, Theater/Opera performances (1984-91)

Folder 9: Virginia Tech, Theater/Opera performances (1992-95)

Folder 10: Virginia Tech, Theater/Opera performances (n.d.)

Folder 11: Blacksburg, Virginia, Blacksburg High School Auditorium (n.d.)

Folder 12: Blacksburg, Virginia, Christ Episcopal Church (1979, 1980, n.d.)

Folder 13: Blacksburg, Virginia, Playmakers Playhouse at University Mall (1993-94)

Folder 14: Abingdon, Virginia, Barter Theater (1979-83)

Folder 15: Abingdon, Virginia, Barter Theater (1983, 1985-86)

Folder 16: Abingdon, Virginia, Barter Theater (1987-88, 1991-93)

Folder 17: Abingdon, Virginia, Barter Theater (1994-96)

Folder 18: Radford, Virginia, Radford University-Porterfield Theater (1985, 1989, 1992)

Folder 19: Radford, Virginia, Radford University-Preston Auditorium (1979-87, 1989, 1992- 94)

Folder 20: Radford, Virginia, Radford University (1982, n.d.)

Folder 21: Roanoke, Virginia, Mill Mountain Theater (1979-80, 1983-85)

Folder 22: Roanoke, Virginia, Mill Mountain Theater (1986-88)

Folder 23: Roanoke, Virginia, Mill Mountain Theater (1988-89, 1991-92)

Folder 24: Roanoke, Virginia, Mill Mountain Theater (1992-95)

Folder 25: Roanoke, Virginia, Opera Roanoke (1991-95)

Folder 26: Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Ballet (1981-82)

Folder 27: Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Civic Center (1980-81, 1983, 1988, 1993)

Folder 28: Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke College-Olin Theater (1981-85, 1988)

Folder 29: Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra (1980-85)

Folder 30: Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra (1985-89)

Box 2

Folder 1: Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra (1989-95)

Folder 2: Roanoke, Virginia, Southwest Virginia Opera Society (1980-84, 1986-91)

Folder 3: Bluefield, West Virginia, Bluefield College (1984)

Folder 4: Washington, D.C., Arena Stage (1978, 1980-83)

Folder 5: Washington, D.C., Arena Stage (1984-85, 1991-94)

Folder 6: Washington, D.C., Back Alley Productions (n.d.)

Folder 7: Washington, D.C., Church Street Theater (1993)

Folder 8: Washington, D.C., Columbia Station Cabaret Theater (n.d.)

Folder 9: Washington, D.C., Folger Theater (1980-84, 1988-89)

Folder 10: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1975-77)

Folder 11: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1978-79)

Folder 12: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1980-81)

Folder 13: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1982)

Folder 14: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1983)

Folder 15: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1984)

Folder 16: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1985-86)

Folder 17: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1987-88)

Folder 18: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1989-91)

Folder 19: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1992-93)

Folder 20: Washington, D.C., Kennedy Center (1994-95)

Folder 21: Washington, D.C., Lisner Auditorium (1987)

Folder 22: Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art (1983)

Folder 23: Washington, D.C., National Theater (1979, 1981, 1984)

Folder 24: Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection (1983)

Folder 25: Washington, D.C., Studio Theater (1984, 1992)

Folder 26: Washington, D.C., Warner Theater (1986-87)

Folder 27: Washington, D.C., Washington Cathedral (1980)

Folder 28: Washington, D.C., Woolly Mammoth Theater Company (1994)

Folder 29: Clearwater, Florida, Showboat Dinner Theater (1990)

Folder 30: Key West, Florida, Red Barn Theater (1988-91)

Folder 31: Sarasota, Florida, Asolo Theater (1980, 1983)

Folder 32: Cambridge, New York, L'Ensemble (1983)

Folder 33: Lake George, New York, Lake George Opera Festival (1976, 1978-80)

Box 3

Folder 1: Lake George, New York, Lake George Opera Festival (1981-84)

Folder 2: Lake George, New York, Lake George Opera Festival (1985, 1987-88, 1990)

Folder 3: Katonah, New York, Caramoor Festival (1981)

Folder 4: New York, New York, Ambassador Theater (1982)

Folder 5: New York, New York, Booth Theater (1981)

Folder 6: New York, New York, Carnegie Hall (1983)

Folder 7: New York, New York, Circle in the Square Theater (1983)

Folder 8: New York, New York, City Center (1982)

Folder 9: New York, New York, Columbia University (1985)

Folder 10: New York, New York, Eastside Playhouse (1983)

Folder 11: New York, New York, Gay American Arts Festival (n.d.)

Folder 12: New York, New York, Lincoln Center (1971-72, 1978-79, 1981, 1983, 1985)

Folder 13: New York, New York, Lucille Lortel Theater (1982)

Folder 14: New York, New York, Meridian Gay Theater (1983)

Folder 15: New York, New York, New Apollo Theater (1979)

Folder 16: New York, New York, New World Theater (1981-82)

Folder 17: New York, New York, New York City Opera (1979, 1982)

Folder 18: New York, New York, Palace Theater (1985)

Folder 19: New York, New York, Roundabout Theater Company (1985)

Folder 20: New York, New York, Westside Arts Theater (1983)

Folder 21: Salem, New York, Fort Salem Theater (1983)

Folder 22: Saratoga, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (1976, 1978-81)

Folder 23: Saratoga, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (1982-84)

Folder 24: Saratoga, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (1985, 1987, 1990)

Folder 25: Saratoga, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (n.d.)

Folder 26: Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte Opera (1980-83)

Folder 27: Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte Opera (1984-86)

Folder 28: Charlotte, North Carolina, Opera Carolina (1986-87)

Folder 29: High Point, North Carolina, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (1979, 1994)

Folder 30: Winston Salem, North Carolina, Reynolds Auditorium (1981)

Folder 31: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, CPC Summer Theater (1981)

Folder 32: Columbia, South Carolina, University of South Carolina at Columbia (1988)

Folder 33: Burlington, Vermont, Champlain Shakespeare Festival (1982)

Folder 34: Dorset, Vermont, Dorset Theater (1979, 1981)

Folder 35: Charlottesville, Virginia, Ash Lawn Highland (1993)

Folder 36: Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown Festival (1957)

Folder 37: Norfolk, Virginia, Virginia Opera Theater (1982, 1984)

Folder 38: Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap (1978-80, 1985)

Folder 39: Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap (n.d.)

Folder 40: Paris, France, Ballet FranÁais de Nancy (1989)

Folder 41: Paris, France, ComÈdie FranÁaise (1985-86, 1988, 1991)

Folder 42: Paris, France, OpÈra Comique-Festival Gioacchino Rossini (1992)

Folder 43: Paris, France, Opera de Paris (1986, 1988)

Folder 44: Paris, France, Opera de Paris (1988, 1991-92)

Folder 45: Paris, France, Theatre Musical de Paris (1992)

Folder 46: London, England, Adelphi Theatre (1993)

Folder 47: London, England, Aldwych Theatre (1993, 1995)

Folder 48: London, England, Royal National Theatre (1994-95)

Folder 49: London, England, Theatre Royal-Drury Lane (1989)

Folder 50: Stratford-upon-Avon, England, Royal Shakespeare Company (1994, 1996)

Folder 51: (No location available), Cinematech (n.d.)

Folder 52: (No location available), Mon Uncle (n.d.)

Folder 53: (No location available), National Symphony Orchestra (n.d.)

Folder 54: (No location available), Vienna Volksoper-American Tour (1984)

Folder 55: (No location available), Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (1978)

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Tamara Kennelly,
Special Collections Department,
University Libraries
e-mail: tjk@vt.edu

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