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Donald Wetmore
Fonds · 1851-1991
Consists of records relating to Wetmore's responsibilities as drama advisor and arts supervisor with the Nova Scotia government from the 1940s-1970s, his role in the various community theatre organizations in Nova Scotia which he helped found, and his participation in theatrical events as a director, dramatist, and administrator, and as an instructor and adjudicator of speech and drama festivals. Includes correspondence, records of various drama and arts groups including minutes of meetings, financial statements, circulars, reports, notes and related materials, and many of Wetmore's own literary works such as scripts for plays, radio broadcasts, book reviews, articles and speeches. A separate section consists of subject files that concern theatre-related materials, activity reports for the Department of Education, and records of the Centennial Commission for which Wetmore acted as local entertainment chair. There are also several scrapbooks and newspaper clippings compiled by Wetmore on drama, theatre and the performing arts in North America, predominantly in Nova Scotia, 1927-1983. A few files contain biographical data, personal correspondence, a diary and family photographs and related documents. MG 1 volume 3388-3392