Faculty meeting minutes document curriculum changes, budgeting, and performance planning. Also included are several production summaries, which list costs of performances. There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection. The files are organized alphabetically by personal name, name of office, or by subject, then chronologically.
Files can contain a variety of materials, including correspondence, staff memos, and reports.
Activity in the theater arts at UWM dates to 1911, when plays and musicals were given by the Dramatic Club and the senior class of the State Normal School. Prior to 1964, theater arts classes were taken through the department of speech. The department of Theater Arts officially began in the spring semester of 1964, two years after the formation of the School of Fine Arts. In 1982, the Department of Dance and the Department of Theater Arts merged into one department. Dept. of Theater and Dance.