MARY McCORMACK BEST PAPERS, 1927-1987
Papers documenting the professional theatrical career of Mary McCormack Best, a Marquette University graduate, including playbills and programs, press clippings, photographs, and a limited amount of correspondence
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Series 1
| Series | Box | Folder | Box Title |
| 1 | 1 | - | Clippings |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
General, 1940, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, undated |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
Reviews, 1927, 1936-1938, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1959-1960, 1962-1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1972,1974-1982, 1984 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 |
Reviews, undated |
| 1 | 1 | - | Correspondence |
| 1 | 1 | 4 |
Family, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969 |
| 1 | 1 | 5 |
Family, 1970, 1975, undated. |
| 1 | 1 | 6 |
General Correspondence, 1951, 1956, 1960-1962, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982-1987, undated |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | Miscellaneous, Personal |
| 1 | 1 | 8 |
Contracts, Financial documents, Funeral/Memorial card, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987 |
| 1 | 1 | 9 |
Resumes, Sign Language Course Material, Handwriting Analysis, Manuscripts, undated |
| 1 | 1 | 10 |
Prayerbooks, Prayer cards, 1926, 1947 |
| 1 | 1 | - | Photographs |
| 1 | 1 | 11 |
Family, 1950, 1961, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985-1987, undated |
| 1 | 1 | 12 |
Family (some slides), undated |
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Series 1
| Series | Box | Folder | Box Title |
| 1 | 2 | - | Photographs |
| 1 | 2 | - |
Production Photographs - Amateur |
| 1 | 2 | 1 |
1965, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1976,1977, 1980-1982, 1984, undated |
| 1 | 2 | 2 |
Undated |
| 1 | 2 | - |
Production Photographs - Professional. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
1930-1950s |
| 1 | 2 | 4 |
1960s |
| 1 | 2 | 5 |
1970s |
| 1 | 2 | 6 |
1980s |
| 1 | 2 | 7 |
Undated. |
| 1 | 2 | 8 |
Undated |
| 1 | 2 | - |
Studio Portraits |
| 1 | 2 | 9 |
Mary Best, [1955?], [1964?], 1974, 1977, 1980, undated |
| 1 | 2 | 10 |
Genevieve Best, 1974, undated |
| 1 | 2 | 11 |
Acting Associates, 1974, undated |
| 1 | 2 | 12 |
Mary Best - Negatives, 1980, undated. |
| 1 | 2 | - | Playbills/Programs |
| 1 | 2 | 13 |
"Theatre in a Garden," 1955 |
| 1 | 2 | 14 |
1937-1960 |
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Series 1
| Series | Box | Folder | Box Title |
| 1 | 3 | - | Playbills/Programs |
| 1 | 3 | 1 |
1961-1969 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 |
1970-1973 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 |
1974-1979 |
| 1 | 3 | 4 |
1980-1982 |
| 1 | 3 | 5 |
1983-1984 |
| 1 | 3 | 6 |
Undated |
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Series 1
| Series | Box | Folder | Box Title |
| 1 | 4 | - | Scripts |
| 1 | 4 | 1 |
Full, 1963, 1977, 1981-1983,undated |
| 1 | 4 | 2 |
Partial, undated |
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Series 1
| Series | Box | Folder | Box Title |
| 1 | 5 (oversize) | - | Course Certificate from "Extension Universitaire de la Societe des Amis de L'Universite de Paris," 1961 |
| 1 | 5 (oversize) | 1 | Photographs, undated. |
| 1 | 5 (oversize) | 2 | Scrapbook artwork, hand drawn, New York, Chicago, undated |
| 1 | 5 (oversize) | 3 | Scrapbook on trip to Europe for Course at "Extension Universitaire de la Societe des Amis de L'Universite de Paris," 1961 |
| 1 | 5 (oversize) | 4 | Cassette Tapes "Something's Afoot," 3 tapes; tape 1 Act I, tape 2 Act II, tape 3, Act II, continued, undated |
| 1 | 5 (oversize) | 5 | Reel-to-Reel tape, [on box: Paragon Recording Studios, Inc. (Chicago), Mary Best, 1033 W. Loyola 7.5 IPS] |
