Collection search - Charles Burket Rittenhouse fonds [textual record (some microform), graphic material, music]

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Charles Burket Rittenhouse fonds [textual record (some microform), graphic material, music]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1879-1982.

Reference:

R3046-0-7-E, MG30-D315

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102514

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Charles Burket Rittenhouse fonds
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Fonds includes:

9 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1879-1982.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

114 photographs : b&w.
56 cm of textual records.
3 microfiches.
4 cm of scores.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of photographic material by W.G.D. Dunn, John A. Rodriguez, Photographer Reg'd, Rapid Grip & Batten, Jones & Morris, Karsh, Nicholas Morant, and Griffin and Michael Rothe depicting Charles Burket Rittenhouse as actor, director and producer of plays, particularly in Montréal, Québec.

Textual records consist of personal material, teaching materials which provide insight into Rittenhouse's teaching methods, speeches, playscripts by Charles Rittenhouse and others, manuscripts, music scores, theatre programmes, printed material, memoirs of C.B. Rittenhouse, manager of U.S. Steel Export Company, Montreal, and father of Charles Rittenhouse.

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Rittenhouse, Charles B., 1909-1982

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Rittenhouse, Charles B., 1909-1982 : Charles Burket Rittenhouse, theatre producer, director and teacher, was born in Montreal and grew up in Winnipeg. He was educated at the University of Manitoba, McGill University and Yale University's School of Drama. His aptitude was as a director and producer. His Shakespeare productions received praise unmatched by any Canadian until the Stratford Festival opened. Starting at West Hill High School, they extended to McGill's Moyse Hall, under the banner of the Shakespeare Society of Montreal.

His natural instinct for teaching made him supervisor of English for the whole Montreal Protestant School Board. In that post he introduced theatre as an experience to hundreds of students, paving the way to professional careers for the likes of Christopher Plummer, Richard Easton, Betty Taylor, Marion André, and many others. Charles Rittenhouse is the author of many published texts devoted to poetry and the development of vocabulary, including the nationally-used Language Comes Alive series, as well as radio drama and musical compositions.

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Textual records: (Paper) finding aid for the textual material is a file list of the material in volume 1 to 3 inclusive, and a brief description of the material on microfiche. MSS1559

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General note:

Received in 1984 from Jonathan Rittenhouse of Lennoxville, Que. Microfiched in 1984 from originals held by Jonathan Rittenhouse of Lennoxville, Que.

Location of originals note:

Textual records: Originals with Jonathan Rittenhouse, Lennoxville, Que.
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Theatrical producers and directors - Canada, 1924-1982 University of Manitoba Glee Club, 1935-1982

Teachers - Canada, 1940-1977 Montreal Repertory Theatre, 1935-1982

Authors - Canada, 1939-1982 Trinity Players, 1935-1982

Dramatists - Canada, 1939-1951 Festival Lennoxville, 1935-1982

Songs - Canada, 1924-1961 "To Mrs. Holgate from Charles", 1933-1982

Rittenhouse family - Genealogy, 1879-1943 Montreal English Theatre 1804-1962, 1933-1982

Radio plays - Canada, 1939-1951 The Golden Days of Theatre in Protestant Schools of Greater Montreal 1939-1969, 1933-1982

The Flowers that Bloomed in the Spring, 1933-1982

Class of 1930, 1933-1982

"Language Comes Alive", 1940-1973

United States Steel Export Company (Montreal, Quebec), 1879-1943

"Choral Speaking for Schools", 1947-1957

"Exercises and Tests in Prose and Poetry", 1947-1957

"Course of Study in Poetry and Dramatics", 1947-1957

"Understanding Language", 1947-1957

"Memories of Dr J.O. Lambert", 1939-1951

"Boulevardier", 1929-1976

"Lonely City", 1929-1976

"Summer Romance", 1929-1976

"Small Mystery", 1929-1976

"Charles Burkett Rittenhouse: Theatrical Avocations and Affiliations, 1922-1976", 1929-1976
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1985-109 NPC

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MG30-D315
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel [MG30 D 315] M-8716

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1559] 121

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [RITTENHOUSE, CHARLES B. 1985-109] 4859

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: no restrictions on use or reproduction except for photographs by Y. Karsh (see accession 1987-054). Copyright varies.

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