Missouri State University Libraries

Howard Orms Collection

Collection Number: M012
Volume: 5.5 cubic foot
Dates: 1920s-2001

Provenance

The collection was acquired in 2001. It was processed in 2005 by Shannon Western, with assistance from Leslie James and Anne Baker.

Copyright

This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Access

The collection is unrestricted. Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be obtained from the Department of Special Collections and Archives. Citations should be as follows: Identification of the item, box and folder number, Howard Orms Collection [M012], Department of Special Collections and Archives, Missouri State University.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Howard Orms began as a theater professor at Southwest Missouri State College (later Southwest Missouri State University and now Missouri State University) in 1966 and retired in 1993. He remained on as a professor emeritus until his death in 2001. While at the university, he taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in Acting, Directing, Theatre Management, and Voice and directed various Springfield Little Theater and MSU Tent Theatre productions. Some of his former students include John Goodman, Tess Harper, and Kathleen Turner.

Orms was born October 25, 1920, in Keota, Iowa, and graduated from Mt. Vernon, Iowa High School. During World War II (and after he had completed five semesters at Cornell College), he served in the European Theater for 4 years as Mess Sergeant for the 124th Anti-aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, Battery D. He received five battle stars for his service and was honorably discharged in 1946. In 1947, he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama from Cornell College. He also worked as a graduate assistant at Cornell for two years teaching Radio, Verse Choir, and Stage Craft. In 1950, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Drama from Yale University.

Prior to joining Missouri State University, Orms:

• owned and directed at the Merry-Go-Round Theatre in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, from 1950 to 1963.
• was an Assistant Professor of Speech and Drama at Howard College in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1950 to 1951.
• directed at the Nashville Community Playhouse and Nashville Children’s Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1951-1953.
• directed at the Des Moines Community Playhouse in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1953 to 1961.
• directed at the Tulsa Little Theatre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1961 to 1966.

Orms was a member of several theater organizations as well, such as the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), for which he was a Regional Director and was on the National Board; the American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), which was later shortened to the American Theatre Association (ATA); the Community Theatre Association (ACTA), which he helped to found and of which he was president for three terms (originally a division of AETA but disassociated in 1986 and became the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT)); and the Iowa Community Theatre Association (ICTA), of which he was president for two terms.

Scope and Content

The collection contains both personal and professional information about Howard Orms’ career in theater and as a professor. The information spans from the 1920s to 2001. The collection is divided into eight series, as outlined below.

Series I: Howard Orms’ Personal Papers: Information relating to Howard Orms and his family, such as photographs and personal correspondence.

Series II: Theaters: Information about various theaters with which Orms was associated, especially those which Howard Orms directed, such as Springfield Little Theatre, the Des Moines Community Playhouse, and the Tulsa Little Theater.

Series III: Productions: Materials relating to show productions, such as scripts, playbills, and photographs.

Series IV: Theater Associations: Information regarding associations to which Orms belonged, well as other organizations.

Series V: Subject Files: Miscellaneous materials collected by Howard Orms. This series also contains information on Missouri State University and Orms’ former students.

Series VI: Publications: Most of the publications included in this series relate to theater and acting.

Series VII: Miscellaneous Items: Miscellaneous multimedia and artifacts.

Series VIII: Oversized Materials: These materials were pulled due to their size or format from the previous series such as newspapers, posters, and blueprints. Oversized Item Forms are located within the original folders with brief descriptions of the removed items.

Scope and Content

Box 1	1	[Community Theatre by Howard Orms] n.d.
	2	[Cornell College] 1972, 1988, 1992, 1993, n.d.
	3	[Evans, Thomas Jason] 1977, 1989-1991, n.d.
	4	[Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama] n.d.
	5	[Howard Orms -- Memorial] 2001
	6	[International Amateur Theater Association and Congress] c. 1970
	7	[Kings Players, The -- Rainmaker, The] n.d.
	8	[Military Service] 1940s, 1965
	9	[Miscellaneous Items from Bulletin Board] 1988, n.d.
	10	[Miscellaneous Photos] 1985-1993, n.d.
	11	[Mt. Vernon High School] 1937-1939, 1990
	12	[Nashville] c. 1950s
	13	[Notes] n.d.
	14	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Loose Items] 1985, 1988, 1990-1993, n.d.
	15	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Section 1 -- (unlabeled)] c. 1990
	16	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Section 2 --] BFA c. 1990
	17	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Section 3 --] FAC ACT
	18	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Section 4 --] Merit 1991
	19	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Section 5 --] NAST 1990
	20	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Section 6 --] Scholshp c. 1990
	21	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Section 7 --] Tenure c. 1990
	22	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Section 8 -- (unlabeled)] c. 1990, n.d.
	23	[Orms, Elaine Bullis] 1952, 1955, n.d.
	24	[Orms, Kenneth Allan] 1963, 1966, n.d.
	25	[Orms, Russell Harry] 1963, 1985, 1991, n.d.
	26	[Orms, Vivian Elizabeth] 1965, n.d.
	27	[Orms, Vivian M. Johnson] 1961, 1962, 1972, 1980, n.d.
	28	[Personal Correspondence] 1960-1996, n.d.
	29	[Personal Photos] Folder 1 of 2 c. 1927-1996
	30	[Personal Photos] Folder 2 of 2 1950, n.d.
	31	[Removed Items from Picture Frames] 1959, 1982
	32	[Resumes] c. 1965, c. 1993
	33	[Retirement] 1993, 2001
	34	[Retirement Photos] Folder 1 of 2 July 24, 1993
	35	[Retirement Photos] Folder 2 of 2 July 24, 1993
	36	[School Papers] n.d.
	37	[SMS] 1990, 1992, n.d.
	38	[Theatre for Young People Wally Wagoneers, The] 1986-1987, 1993
	39	[Tulsa] 1961, 1965, 1966, n.d.
	40	[Yale University School of Drama/Repertory Theatre] 1947, 1950, 1975, 1982, n.d.
Series II: Theaters
	41	[Abbey Theatre School of Drama, The] April 12, 1989
	42	[Akko Theater] August 18, 1992
	43	[American Conservatory Theatre (ACT)] 1985-1988, 1999
	44	[Community Children's Theatre of Kansas City, Inc.] n.d.
	45	[Des Moines Community Playhouse] 1953-1957, 1959-1961, 1982, n.d.
	46	[Guthriex Theatre Patrons Survey] 1962-1963
	47	[Ice House Theatre, Hannibal, Missouri] 1972
	48	[Indiana University Theatre] 1963-1964
	49	[Merry-Go-Round Theatre, Sturbridge Players] 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, n.d.
	50	[Nashville Community Playhouse] 1951, 1954, n.d.
	51	[North Jersey Playhouse February 28, 1961
	52	[Patio Theatre Inc.] 1961
	53	[Phoenix Little Theater] 1957, 1960
	54	[SMS Tent Theater] 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1992, n.d.
	55	[SMS Tent Theater -- Bid Material] 1968, 1969, n.d.
	56	[Springfield Little Theatre] 1965, 1975-1982, 2000, n.d.
Box 2	1	[Springfield Little Theatre -- Budgets] 1978-1982, n.d.
	2	[Springfield Little Theatre -- Minutes] March 5, 1979 - February 15, 1983
	3	[Springfield Little Theatre -- Renovations] 1980-1981
	4	[Stratford Festival] 1989
	5	[Theater Wagon] April-May 1971
	6	[Tulsa Little Theater] 1960-1966, n.d.
	7	[Tyrone Guthrie Theatre] 1972, n.d.
Series III: Productions
	8	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- A Streetcar Named Desire] 1961
	9	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Confidential Clerk, The] 1959
	10	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Finian's Rainbow] 1958-1959
	11	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Gigi] February 26 - March 12, 1960
	12	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Guys and Dolls] May 23 - June 8, 1958
	13	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Happiest Millionaire, The] October 2-17, 1959
	14	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Inherit the Wind] 1958, n.d.
	15	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- King Midas and the Golden Touch] April 2-5, 1959
	16	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Kiss Me, Kate] 1961
	17	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Look Homeward, Angel]
	18	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Man and Superman] January 11, 1958
	19	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Miscellaneous Production Photos] n.d.
	20	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Patience] July 20, 1971
	21	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Rainmaker, The] 1959
	22	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, The] May 23 - June 3, 1956
	23	[Des Moines Community Playhouse -- Teahouse of the August Moon, The] 1960
	24	[Forest Park Community College Theatre -- STP Enterprises] 1972
	25	[Miscellaneous Production Photos] n.d.
	26	[Miscellaneous Production Photos -- Come Blow Your Horn] n.d.
	27	[Nashville Circle Players -- All My Sons] c. 1950s
	28	[Nashville Circle Players -- East Lynn] c. 1950s
	29	[Nashville Circle Players -- Fatal Weakness, The] 1952
	30	[Nashville Circle Players -- John Loves Mary] 1951
	31	[Nashville Circle Players -- Years Ago] January 18, 1952
	32	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- Alice in Wonderland] 1952
	33	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- Annie Get Your Gun] October 1956
	34	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- Caesar and Cleopatra] 1952
	35	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- Cyrano] February 28, 1954
	36	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- Detective Story] 1951
	37	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- Kind Lady] 1952
	38	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- Silver Whistle] 1952
	39	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- St. Louis Woman] 1952
	40	[Nashville Community Playhouse -- Two Blind Mice] 1951
	41	[Nashville Theater -- Miscellaneous Photos] n.d.
	42	[Noah M. Ludlow Theatre Association -- Tom Jones] June 30, 1973
	43	[Script -- All Men] n.d.
	44	[Script -- Apollo of Bellac, The] n.d
	45	[Script -- Burning Roses] 1990
	46	[Script -- Chekovians] n.d.
	47	[Script -- Commedia del Yalman'Arte n.d.
	48	[Script -- Crystal Trumpet, The] n.d.
	49	[Script -- Cyrano de Bergerac] n.d.
	50	[Script -- Days Between, The] n.d.
	51	[Script -- Frogs, The] n.d.
	52	[Script -- Hamlet] n.d.
	53	[Script -- High-Brow Ladies, The] n.d.
	54	[Script -- Images] 1963
	55	[Script -- Indoor Sport, The] 1953
	56	[Script -- Indoor Sport, The] n.d.
	57	[Script -- Layton/McAdoo Entertainment Challenge, The] n.d.
	58	[Script -- Little Mary Sunshine] 1959
	59	[Script -- Lost Years, The] n.d.
	60	[Script -- McCains and the McAbles, The] n.d.
	61	[Script -- Message from Mars, A] 1927
	62	[Script -- Miscellaneous, found inside The Lost Years] n.d.
	63	[Script -- Monologues] 1965-1978, n.d.
	64	[Script -- Mourning Becomes Electra] n.d.
	65	[Script -- Never Raffle a C.O.] n.d.
	66	[Script -- No Sex Please, We're British] n.d.
	67	[Script -- O Mistress Mine] n.d.
	68	[Script -- Petite Vie, La] n.d.
	69	[Script -- Pink Pigeon, The] 1948, c. 1950
	70	[Script -- Psalms of Two Davids] 1969
	71	[Script -- Rock Fever] 1963
Box 3	1	[Script -- Stand-Off At Beaver And Pine] n.d.
	2	[Script -- Taming of the Shrew, The] n.d.
	3	[Script -- Telephone, The] 1963
	4	[Script -- There Shall Be No Night] n.d.
	5	[Script -- They Came to a City] n.d.
	6	[Script -- Time Is a Dream] n.d.
	7	[Script -- Volpone] n.d.
	8	[Script -- Wild Duck, The] n.d.
	9	[SMS Productions] 1951-1992
	10	[SMS Productions -- After the Fall] 1972
	11	[SMS Productions -- As You Like It] 1982
	12	[SMS Productions -- Beaux Stratagem, The] 1986, n.d
	13	[SMS Productions -- Big Klaus, Little Klaus] January 1973
	14	[SMS Productions -- Carnival] 1967
	15	[SMS Productions -- Chorus Line, A] 1985-1986
	16	[SMS Productions -- Country Wife] n.d.
	17	[SMS Productions -- Charlie Brown] 1986-1987
	18	[SMS Productions -- Foreigner, The] 1986-1987
	19	[SMS Productions -- Guys and Dolls] October 12, 1979
	20	[SMS Productions -- Importance of Being Earnest, The] 1995
	21	[SMS Productions -- Ivory Tower] 1968
	22	[SMS Productions -- Kiss Me Kate] 1990
	23	[SMS Productions -- Miscellaneous Photos] n.d.
	24	[SMS Productions -- Normal Heart, The] 1989, 1991
	25	[SMS Productions -- Oklahoma] 1984
	26	[SMS Productions -- One Acts] 1980, 1993
	27	[SMS Productions -- Reflections in the I] January 21, 1979
	28	[SMS Productions -- You Can't Take It With You] 1984-1985
	29	[SMS Tent Theater -- Damn Yankees] June 27, 1979
	30	[SMS Tent Theater -- Fools] June 26, 1984
	31	[SMS Tent Theater -- Gigi] 1968
	32	[SMS Tent Theater -- Misalliance] 1967
	33	[Springfield Little Theatre -- Christmas Carol, A] 1980
	34	[Springfield Little Theatre -- Death of a Salesman] 1980
	35	[Springfield Little Theatre -- Oldest Living Graduate, The] n.d.
	36	[Springfield Little Theatre -- Visit, The] November 18, 1968
	37	[Stephens College Playhouse -- Measure for Measure] n.d.
	38	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Anna Christie] n.d.
	39	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Catch Me If You Can] 1966
	40	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Corn Is Green, The] 1962
	41	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Cyrano de Bergerac] 1962
	42	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Days Between, The] 1965
	43	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Death of a Salesman] n.d.
	44	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Destry Rides Again] 1963
	45	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Don Juan in Hell] February 8, 1962
	46	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Everybody Loves Opal] 1963-1964
	47	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Gazebo, The] 1961
	48	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Guys and Dolls] 1961-196
	49	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Indoor Sport, The] n.d.
	50	[Tulsa Little Theater -- King and I, The] n.d.
	51	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Look Homeward, Angel] 1961-1962
	52	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Marriage-Go-Round, The] 1962
	53	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Mary, Mary] 1966
	54	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Miscellaneous Photos] n.d.
	55	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Miser, The] n.d.
	56	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Picnic] 1963
	57	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Pleasure of His Company, The] 1966
	58	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Private Lives] n.d.
	59	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Royal Gambit, The] n.d.
	60	[Tulsa Little Theater -- South Pacific] 1966
	61	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Walter Abel] 1962
	62	[Tulsa Little Theater -- Whole Darn Shooting Match, The] n.d.
	63	[Wesley Intimate Theater, Nashville -- Skin of Our Teeth] 1952
Series IV: Theater Associations
	64	[American Association of Community Theatre (AACT)] 1987, 1989, 1995
	65	[American Community Theater Association (ACTA)] 1959-1962, 1964-1966, 1968, 1971-1973, 1980, n.d.
	66	[American Educational Theatre Association (AETA)] Folder 1 of 2 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963-1966
	67	[American Educational Theatre Association (AETA)] Folder 2 of 2 1971, 1972, n.d.
	68	[American Educational Theatre Association (AETA) -- Theatre Memo Publication] 1968
	69	[American Educational Theatre Association (AETA) -- Theatre News Publication] 1968, 1969
	70	[American Educational Theatre Association (AETA) -- Thirty-Sixth Annual Convention] August 1967
	71	[American National Theater and Academy (ANTA)] c. 1953-1961, 1966, n.d.
	72	[American Playwrights Theatre (APT)] 1964, 1966, n.d.
	73	[Carthage Music and Theatre Club (CMTC)] November 25, 1987
	74	[Community Drama Association of Des Moines, Iowa] 1952, 1960
	75	[Fifth Conference on International Education, The] February 1964
	76	[International Federation for Theatre Research] n.d.
	77	[Iowa Community Theatre Association (ICTA)] 1971-1974
	78	[Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC) Newsletter] 1980
	79	[Missouri Association of Theatre, Incorporated] 1981-1983, n.d.
	80	[Missouri Community Theatre Association] 1972-1974, n.d.
	81	[Missouri State Council on the Arts] 1972, n.d.
	82	[National Association of Community Theatres] 1950s
	83	[National Theatre Conference] 1966-1989, n.d.
	84	[New York State Community Theatre Association Callboard] March-July, 1973
Box 4	1	[North Central Theatre Association] 1964
	2	OCTA Manual [-- Miscellaneous] 1982-1983, 1987, 1988, n.d.
	3	OCTA Manual -- Table of Contents, Introduction May 1966
	4	OCTA Manual -- Appendix, History May 1966
	5	OCTA Manual -- So You Want to Start a Theatre? May 1966
	6	OCTA Manual -- Constitutions May 1966
	7	OCTA Manual -- Copies of Constitutions May 1966
	8	OCTA Manual -- Budgets May 1966
	9	OCTA Manual -- Sample Budgets May 1966
	10	OCTA Manual -- Production May 1966
	11	OCTA Manual -- Appendix Production May 1966
	12	OCTA Manual -- Reading List May 1966
	13	OCTA Manual -- Play Evaluation and Critique May 1966
	14	OCTA Manual -- Plays Produced by OCTA Member Theatres May 1966
	15	OCTA Manual -- Bibliography May 1966
	16	OCTA Manual -- Supplement May 1966
	17	[Ohio Community Theatre Association (OCTA)] 1970-1972, n.d.
	18	[South Dakota Theatre Association] November 1979
	19	[Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc. (STEC)] 1959, 1981, n.d.
	20	[Southwest Theatre Conference, Inc.] n.d.
	21	[Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri] 1970
	22	[Texas Non-Profit Theatres, Inc.] 1973, n.d.
	23	[Whole Missouri State Theatre Conference] 1981
Series V: Subject Files
	24	[Adams, Paula] 1984, n.d.
	25	[American College Dance Festival (ACDF)] n.d.
	26	[Art Therapy] n.d.
	27	[Baker, Brigitte] 1992, n.d.
	28	[Boon, Jerry -- Independent Study] April 1989
	29	[Broadway Theater] 1961, 1974, n.d.
	30	[Burdette-Elmore, Michelle] August 7, 1993
	31	[Business] 1960, n.d.
	32	[Business of Show Business, The] n.d.
	33	[Citizen Ambassador Program] June 4, 1993
	34	[Clinkenbeard, Jeff] November 24, 1991
	35	[Coger, Leslie Irene] n.d.
	36	[Consumer Credit] 1968, 1969, n.d.
	37	[Corley, Al] November 24, 1991
	38	[Dangerously Stupid] n.d.
	39	[Dialects] n.d.
	40	[Ford Foundation, The -- Application] 1960, n.d.
	41	[Germany] n.d.
	42	[Goodman, John] 1975, 1984, 1987-1993, 1995, n.d.
	43	[Handel, Craig] November 24, 1991
	44	[Harper, Tess] 1983-1985, 1991, 1992, n.d.
	45	[Heaton, Heather] n.d.
	46	[Irene Ryan Acting Award] n.d.
	47	[Kassebaum, Kendra] n.d.
	48	[Kolaks, Melissa] n.d.
	49	[Lessac System, The] 1972, n.d.
	50	[Macer, Jr., Sterling Robert] 1989-1991
	51	[Make-Up Techniques] n.d.
	52	[Maudlin, Michael] n.d.
	53	[McKenney, Suzanne] 1990
	54	[Miscellaneous Theater-Related Costs] 1964-1967
	55	[Mix, Marilyn] n.d.
	56	[Nicholson, Christopher] n.d.
	57	[Norman, Rende' Rae] n.d.
	58	[Pachl, Connie] November 24, 1991
	59	[Perry, Jack] n.d.
	60	[Peterson, Jennifer] n.d.
	61	[Poems] n.d.
	62	[Poitier, Sidney] n.d.
	63	[Profiles of Volunteer-Staff Characteristics] n.d.
	64	[Reuschhoff, Joanie] n.d.
	65	[Rotterdam Music Education Day] n.d.
	66	[Sante, Jude] November 24, 1991
	67	[Schaeffer, Merry] n.d.
	68	[Setting Up a New Theatre Series] n.d.
	69	[Sewell, Sandy] n.d.
	70	[Sexton, Brent] November 24, 1991
	71	[Simon, Marcy and John Moran] June 13, 1992
	72	[SMS] 1974, 1984, 1986, 1990-1992, 1994-1995, n.d.
	73	[SMS -- Advisement] 1988, 1989
	74	[SMS -- Affirmative Action] 1974
	75	[SMS -- Board of Regents] 1975, 1993
	76	[SMS -- College of Arts and Letters (COAL)] 1986, 1989, 1992
	77	[SMS -- College of Arts and Letters (COAL) Binder] 1989, n.d.
	78	[SMS -- College of Science and Mathematics] March 6, 1987
	79	[SMS -- Employee Group Insurance Program] May 11, 1988
	80	[SMS -- Facts and Figures] 1985, 1986
	81	[SMS -- Faculty Handbook Revision Committee] October 18, 1991
	82	[SMS -- Gertrude Stein] January 14, 1981
	83	[SMS -- Graduate Council] 1980, 1987, 1993
	84	[SMS -- Inter-Library Loan] February 9, 1987
	85	[SMS -- International and Minority Students and Faculty] 1990
	86	[SMS -- KSMU] October 1975
	87	[SMS -- Little Nile News, The] October 13, 1986
	88	[SMS -- Merit Pay] 1989, n.d.
	89	[SMS -- Missouri London Program] Fall 1992
	90	[SMS -- National Faculty Exchange Program, The] September 12, 1990
	91	[SMS -- Noncredit Courses] 1987
	92	[SMS -- Professional Dues] 1971
	93	[SMS -- Salary Policy] October 13, 1986
	94	[SMS -- Senate and Curriculum Committee] 1969-1971, n.d.
	95	[SMS -- Theatre and Dance Department] Folder 1 of 2 1974, 1975, 1981-1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1995
	96	[SMS -- Theatre and Dance Department] Folder 2 of 2 n.d.
	97	[SMS Classes -- Acting I (SPH 160, THE 121)] 1990, n.d.
	98	[SMS Classes -- Acting III (SPH 461, THE 421)] 1982, 1989, n.d.
	99	[SMS Classes -- Acting IV (THE 521)] n.d.
Box 5	1	[SMS Classes -- Camera Acting] Folder 1 of 2 1992-1994, n.d.
	2	[SMS Classes -- Camera Acting] Folder 2 of 2 1994, n.d.
	3	[SMS Classes -- Directing II] n.d.
	4	[SMS Classes -- Introduction to Theatre (SPH 128)] Fall 1970-1971
	5	[SMS Classes -- Miscellaneous] n.d.
	6	[SMS Classes -- Speech/Voice Improvement (THE 125)] 1987, n.d.
	7	[SMS Classes -- Theatre Management (SPH 560, THE 636)] 1973, 1974, 1981, 1986, n.d.
	8	[SMS Classes -- Theatre Practicum (THE 595)] 1990, n.d.
	9	[SMS Classes -- Voice for the Stage II (THE 326)] n.d.
	10	[Speech Exercises] n.d.
	11	[Springfield -- Tuning Fork, The] c. 1981
	12	[Tandy, Jessica] April 1, 1984
	13	[Thompson, Wade] 1993
	14	[Tulsa Spotlighters, Inc., Publicity Chairmen] n.d.
	15	[Turner, Kathleen] 1975, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1992, n.d.
	16	[Warm-Up Exercises and Relaxation Techniques] n.d.
	17	[Warren, Susan] 1980, n.d.
	18	Workshop, The c. 1978
Series VI: Publications
	19	[50 Years of Curricular Theatre at the University of Michigan] 1965
	20	[Amaterska Scena] n.d.
	21	[American German Review] 1969
	22	[Arts, The] January 1981
	23	[Arts and Humanities Forum, The] Spring 1973
	24	[Arts in Tulsa, The] December 1960
	25	[Cornell College 1941 Royal Purple Yearbook] 1936, 1941, n.d.
	26	[Cornell College 1947 Royal Purple Yearbook] 1947, n.d.
	27	[De Limburger] 1984
	28	[Curtain Call] July 1972
	29	[Des Moines Community Playhouse Golden Anniversary] 1969
	30	[Design and the Theatre] n.d.
	31	[Diplomat] May 1966
	32	[Drama-logue] January 12-18, 1984
	33	[Educational Theatre Journal] May 1963
	34	[Effective Management of Volunteer Programs, The] n.d.
	35	[Encore: The Community Theatre Magazine] 1964
	36	[Forging Ahead in Business] 1967
	37	[Gourmet Club Cookbook] 1971, 1972
	38	[Hiring an Executive in the Arts] n.d.
	39	[Houston Chronicle] May 12, 1974
	40	[Korea's Fight for Freedom] c. 1950s
	41	[Little Theatre Bulletin, The] 1972, 1973
	42	[Market the Arts!] n.d.
	43	[Merchant of Venice, The, V.i, lines 275-307] n.d.
	44	[New York Times, The] 1961, 1988
	45	[Outline of the Philosophy of Aristotle, An] 1946
	46	[Ozark Reporter] November 1, 1972
	47	[Playbill] n.d.
	48	[Shot in the Dark, pages 81-110] n.d.
	49	[Take 5 Magazine] c. 1980
	50	[Theatre News] December 1978
	51	[Theatre World] December 1963
	52	[Tulsa Performing Arts Center] Spring 1982
	53	[Tulsa School Life] October 24, 1963
	54	[U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) Newsletter] July 1963
	55	[Unsinkable Molly Brown, The] n.d.
	56	[What an Executive Should Know About Himself] 1964
	57	[Yale Alumni Magazine] 1969
	58	[Yale Drama Alumni Newsletter] 1969, 1984
Series VII: Miscellaneous Items
Box 6	1	Dam [sic] Yankees [Audio Cassette] n.d.
	2	French/Italian [Audio Cassette] n.d.
	3	Hamlet -- 326 [Audio Cassette] n.d.
	4	Russian [Audio Cassette] n.d.
	5	Styles of Shakespeare, Mendez - 1955, Styles of Acting - Edwin Forbes [Audio Cassette] 1955, n.d.
	6	Agri. INF. No. 482 [Reel-to-Reel] n.d.
	7	Whole Darn Shootin Match [Reel-to-Reel] n.d.
	8	Howard R. Orms BA., MFA Theatre, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England [Medal] n.d.
	9	"Farewell to Orms" by Vonnie Moore Carpenter [VHS] July 24, 1993
Box 7	1	A Retirement Keepsake [Scrapbook] 1993
Series VIII: Oversized Materials
	2	[Akko Theater] August 18, 1992
	3	[Arts, The] January 1981
	4	[Business] September 12, 1960
	5	[Cornell College] Winter 1972
	6	[Curtain Call] July 1972
	7	[De Limburger] November 10, 1984
	8	[Drama-logue] January 12-18, 1984
	9	[Goodman, John] February 3, 199
	10	[New York Times, The] 1961, 1988
	11	Orms [-- Binder Contents -- Loose Items] c. 1988
	12	[Ozark Reporter] November 1, 1972
	13	[SMS Productions -- You Can't Take It With You] 1984-1985
	14	[Springfield Little Theatre -- Death of a Salesman] February 1980
	15	[Take 5 Magazine] c. 1980
	16	[Yale University] 1950
Map Case		[Hand-painted Birthday Card] n.d.
		[Springfield Little Theatre Blueprint] n.d.
		[Springfield Little Theatre Poster] 1999-2000