Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. .25 lin. ft. (1 box)

Summary

1. Consists of correspondence, programs, photographs, reminiscences and published material that belonged to Prudence Taylor Palmer, a student at the school in the 1930s and 1940s.

Subject

1. Theater > New York (State) > New York
2. Outhwaite, Lucille Conrad
3. Reminiscences
4. Child actors
5. King-Coit School and Children's Theatre
6. Le Clercq, Tanaquil
7. King, Edith, 1884-1975
8. Coit, Dorothy, 1889-1976

Genre/Form

1. Reminiscences.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 2003-051

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

1. Prudence Taylor Palmer

Biography (note)

1. Edith King (1884-1975) and Dorothy Coit (1889-1976) first collaborated on children's theater productions while they were both employed at the Buckingham School in Massachusetts.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Palmer, Prudence Taylor.

Title

1. King-Coit School and Children's Theatre papers, 1934-2003.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. Edith King (1884-1975) and Dorothy Coit (1889-1976) first collaborated on children's theater productions while they were both employed at the Buckingham School in Massachusetts. The success of these productions led them to open their own school and children's theater in New York City in 1923. The King-Coit School and Children's Theatre offered arts programs for children (5-15 years old) on weekday afternoons and weekends. King taught drawing and painting classes, while Coit was responsible for acting and dancing. The student body included many children of the rich and famous, and included such notables as Anne Baxter, Madeleine L'Engle, and Lee Remick. The plays were well reviewed and popular, but were performed for short runs in small theaters, and ticket sales did not supply much funding. The school and theater relied heavily on grants and private donations throughout its existence. It finally closed in 1959 when health concerns led to King's retirement.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 2003-051