Comprises an advertisement for Totem Theatre's first birthday celebration and the custom-made stamp that was used to create the advert.
This sub-series covers Baker's involvement with summer drama schools during the 1960s and 1970s. It includes documents from the Manitoba High School Drama School, Manitoba Theatre School, Vancouver Island Summer School of the Arts and the Okanagan Summer School of the Arts, among others.
Comprises one poster for the Intercollege Drama Festival.
Comprises colour slides of a production of "Hay Fever" that was staged in Victoria, BC.
Comprises colour slides of various theatrical productions staged during the 1960s or 1970s.
Comprises colour slides of various theatrical productions staged by Bastion Theatre.
Comprises colour slides of miscellaneous theatrical productions from the 1960s or 1970s.
Comprises newspaper clippings on various theatrical productions, a personal data sheet for Stuart Baker and articles on various actors.
Comprises newspaper clippings about various theatrical productions, a script for a CBC radio show and a certificate of merit issued to Stuart Baker.
Comprises ca. 124 contact sheets of black and white negatives for the cast and crew of various productions staged in the 1960s or 1970s.
Comprises contact sheets of black and white negatives of the cast and crew of various theatrical productions, likely staged in the 1960s. One image shows the Bastion Theatre van.
Comprises photographs of various theatrical companies from the 1950s to the 1970s. The photographs are predominantly from the Bastion Theatre company.
Comprises 1 poster from the McGill Players' Club advertising their production of "Thieves' Carnival". Likely dates to the 1960s.
Comprises one poster advertising a casting call issued by the McGill Players' Club.
Comprises newspaper clippings about Stefan Arngrim and his career.
Comprises photographs of the Arngrim family, including Thor Arngrim's wife, Nora MacMillan.
The fonds consists of five series: Personal Life, Pre-Totem Theatre Involvement, Totem Theatre, Post-Totem Theatre Involvement and the Arngrim Family series. These series document Baker’s involvement in the Canadian theatre scene over a period of time spanning approximately thirty years, as well as certain aspects of his personal life. The fonds consists primarily of photographs and slides, both professional and private; they are largely unidentified. Also included are three scrapbooks of drama clippings of Vancouver productions, 1948-1951, theatre posters, programs, memorabilia and several letters.
Personal Life series includes photographs, slides and home movies accumulated by Baker that relate to family, friends and trips abroad.
Pre-Totem Theatre Involvement series documents Baker’s involvement in Canadian theatre from the late 1940s until 1951, and is comprised of photographic material.
Totem Theatre series documents extensively Baker’s involvement with the Totem Theatre company between 1951 and 1954. The series encompasses not only the administrative and promotional side of Totem Theatre, but also the production and staging side. The series includes administrative and promotional material as well as photographs and an extensive collection of newspaper clippings.
Post-Totem Theatre Involvement series documents Baker’s involvement with North American theatre between 1954 and the late 1970s, and includes an extensive collection of slides, photographs and newspaper clippings. The Education sub-series documents Baker’s involvement with drama and summer theatre schools.
Arngrim Family series consists of documents accumulated by Baker that relate to the family of his friend, Thor Arngrim and include photographs, slides and sound recordings. Arngrim married Totem Theatre actress Nora MacMillan in 1954 after the demise of the theatre company, and as such, some materials relating to her later work can also be found within this series.
The fonds has one subseries: the Education sub-series found within the Post-Totem Theatre Involvement series.
Baker, Stuart