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History and Purpose: Named after Catharine Gould Chism, a Seattle businesswoman and patron of the arts. When Chism died in 1978, she left Puget Sound $1.25 million for an endowment that provides permanent support for the arts and humanities at the university.

Schedule: Lectures are scheduled in various disciplines throughout each academic year, in conjunction with residencies and/or master classes.

Abstract Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) is a multinational organization devoted to serving professional dramaturgs and supporting, affirming and broadening the practice of dramaturgy in the performing arts. The records of the LMDA span the years 1979-2021 and document the development of this organization from its creative inception by leaders C. Lee Jenner and Alexis Greene to its incorporation into a formal non-profit organization to legal engagements of the late 1990s to...

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The London theatre collection consists of playbills, scripts, and other ephemera documenting performances that took place in London theatres in the late 18th century.