Davenport Theater Files

Collection number: UA 9/4/4
Size: 6 boxes (1.98 cu.ft.)

About Gilbert Davenport

Gilbert Davenport was born on July 4, 1934 in Cleveland Ohio. He was introduced to theater his first year of High School and decided to make it his life’s work. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Western Reserve University in 1956; his masters of arts degree from the University of Denver in 1961; and his PHDC from Indiana University in 1967.

“Dav”, as he was known to students and colleagues alike, began his UNH career as scenic artist, designer and costumer in 1962. That same year, he instituted the Durham Summer Theatre with Professors John C. Edwards and Joseph Batcheller, which continued until the summer of 1982. By the end of his 34-year career he had taught virtually every course the theater department offered including acting and directing. He received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University in 1996; the same year he retired. He died on Feb. 5, 2003 after a long illness.

About the Theater Files

This collection contains the teaching files of Gilbert Davenport including slides, costume and set design sketches, some research notes and rehearsal schedules. Many of the costume designs are drawn on heavy card stock and painted with poster paints. Those drawn by Davenport are extremely detailed and beautifully rendered.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection is open.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the University of New Hampshire.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Gilbert Davenport Theater Files, 1962-1995, UA 9/4/4, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred to the archives in 1996.

Collection Contents

Box 1-2
		Slide collection These boxes contain the slide collection used by Davenport for teaching his set design and costume classes. They include scenes from professional plays, pictures of famous people/entertainers and of famous theaters as well as slides showing theater diagrams and stage arrangements. There are also a large number of unidentified slides, some may be of UNH productions..
Box 3
Box 3, Folder 1	1956	Costume design: "A Young Man's Fancy" (before UNH)
Box 3, Folder 2	1963	Costume design I: "Much Ado About Nothing"
Box 3, Folder 3	1963	Costume design II: "Much Ado About Nothing"
Box 3, Folder 4	1964	Set and Properties: "Candida"
Box 3, Folder 5	1964	Casting and Rehearsal schedule: "Charley's Aunt"
Box 3, Folder 6	1966-67	Costume design I: "Rhinoceros"
Box 3, Folder 7	1966-67	Costume design II: "Rhinoceros"
Box 3, Folder 8	1966-67	Set design: "Rhinoceros"
Box 3, Folder 9	1970-71	Costume design: "The Boyfriend"
Box 3, Folder 10	1973	Set design: "The Kitchen"
Box 3, Folder 11	1974	Set design: "The Bacchae"
Box 3, Folder 12	1974	Set design: "Time of Your Life"
Box 3, Folder 13	1974	Set-up and Prop design: "Body and the Wheel"
Box 3, Folder 14	1975	Costume design: "Guys and Dolls"
Box 3, Folder 15	1975	Set design: "Guys and Dolls"
Box 3, Folder 16	1976-77	Costume design: "Two by Two"
Box 4
Box 4, Folder 1	1976-77	Puppetry design: "Two by Two"
Box 4, Folder 2	1976-77	Prop research: "Two by Two"
Box 4, Folder 3	1976-77	Set design: "Two by Two"
Box 4, Folder 4	1977-78	Costume design: "The Shadow of Dracula"
Box 4, Folder 5	1977-78	Set design: "The Shadow of Dracula"
Box 4, Folder 6	1979	Costume design: "Mystery Play"
Box 4, Folder 7	1980-81	Costume design: "Gypsy"
Box 4, Folder 8	1980-81	Musical score: "Gypsy"
Box 4, Folder 9	1980-81	Set and prop design: "Gypsy
Box 4, Folder 10	1980-81	Costume design: "Hamlet"
Box 4, Folder 11	1980-81	Class notes: "Hamlet"
Box 4, Folder 12	1980-81	Set and prop design: Hamlet"
Box 4, Folder 13	1981	Set design" "The Mound Builder"
Box 4, Folder 14	1981-82	Prop research: "Oedipus Rex"
Box 4, Folder 15	1981-82	Set design: "Oedipus Rex"
Box 4, Folder 16	1981-82	Notes on Oedipus
Box 4, Folder 17	1988	Set design: "No, No, Nanette"
Box 4, Folder 18	1989	Costume design: "Aeschylus"
Box 4, Folder 19	1985-86	Set design: "Under Milk Wood"
Box 4, Folder 20	1994-95	Notes: "The Adding Machine"
Box 4, Folder 21	1994-95	Set design: "Rimers of Eldritch"
Box 4, Folder 22	nd	Set design: "A Funny Thing Happened..."
Box 4, Folder 23	nd	Script and research: "Alcestis"
Box 4, Folder 24	nd	Set design: "Alcestis
Box 4, Folder 25	nd	Set design: "Antigone"
Box 4, Folder 26	nd	Costume design/ Keting Diagram: "Babes in Arms"
Box 4, Folder 27	nd	Costume design: Wardrobe chart "Benchley Inside Himself"
Box 4, Folder 28	nd	Cast list: "Brigadoon"
Box 4, Folder 29	nd	Costume design: "Camino Real"
Box 4, Folder 30	nd	Costume design: "Canterbury Tales"
Box 4, Folder 31	nd	Costume notes: "Cassarole"
Box 4, Folder 32	nd	Costume assignments: "The Decameron"
Box 4, Folder 33	nd	Set design: "Doctor Faustus"
Box 4, Folder 34	nd	Makeup worksheets: "Electra"
Box 4, Folder 35	nd	Costume designs: unidentified
Box 5
Box 5, Folder 1	nd	Costume design: "High Button Shoes"
Box 5, Folder 2	nd	Period drawings: "I Remember Mama"
Box 5, Folder 3	nd	Set and prop design: "Into the Woods"
Box 5, Folder 4	nd	Set design: "Loot"
Box 5, Folder 5	nd	Costume design: "Marat/Sade"
Box 5, Folder 6	nd	costume design: "Major Barbara"
Box 5, Folder 7	nd	Staging: "Merchant of Venice"
Box 5, Folder 8	nd	Costume design: "Mother Courage and Her Children" (with fabric swatches)
Box 5, Folder 9	nd	Set design: "Mother Courage and Her Children"
Box 5, Folder 10	nd	Set design: "Pickwick Papers"
Box 5, Folder 11	nd	Costume design: "Randolin"
Box 5, Folder 12	nd	Cast and rehersal schedules: "Randolin"
Box 5, Folder 13	nd	Set design: "Rumpelstiltskin"
Box 5, Folder 14	nd	Cast and crew: "Tobacco Road"
Box 5, Folder 15	nd	Costume design: "Tartuffe"
Box 5, Folder 16	nd	Rehersal schedule: "Taftuffe"
Box 5, Folder 17	nd	Costume design: "The Emperor's New Clothes"
Box 5, Folder 18	nd	Set design: "The House of Blue Leaves"
Box 5, Folder 19	nd	Costume design: "The Lower Depths"
Box 5, Folder 20	nd	Set deaign: "The Magic Sheet"
Box 5, Folder 21	nd	Set design: "The Miser"
Box 5, Folder 22	nd	Costume design: "The Servant of Two Masters"
Box 5, Folder 23	nd	Costume design: "The Seven Sisters"
Box 5, Folder 24	nd	Costume design: "The Taming of the Shrew"
Box 5, Folder 25	nd	costume design: "The Time of Your Life"
Box 5, Folder 26	nd	Period sketches: "the Time of Your Life"
Box 5, Folder 27	nd	Rehersal schedule: "The Well of the Saints"
Box 5, Folder 28	nd	Properties List: "Ticket of Leave Man"
Box 5, Folder 29	nd	Properties List: "Tortilla Flat"
Box 5, Folder 30	nd	Costume sketch: "Wizard of Oz"
Oversize Box 1
	nd	Costume designs: "Electa" and "Tobacco Road"
Map Drawer D-10		This drawer contains set designs, costume designs and story boards with photos and newspaper clipping concerning various plays