Collection Number: 40256

Collection Title: Sound and Fury Theater Group Records, circa 1956-1959

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Size 40 items
Abstract Sound and Fury was a student performance group founded by Caroll McGaughey in 1939 and recognized by the University as an official student organization in 1942. The group formed as a place for students to gather and write, plan, produce and act in musical theater on campus. This collection consists of musical scores from a show produced by Sound and Fury, audio recordings of a number of the group's performances, and programs from their performance of "Thieves’ Holiday."
Creator Sound and Fury (Theater group : Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Sound and Fury Theater Group Records #40256, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred September 1992 by Carolina Union staff (RT 19920910.1).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Tierra Thomas and Anne Wells, April 2019

Encoded by: Laura Smith and Anne Wells, April 2019

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Sound and Fury was a student performance group founded by Caroll McGaughey in 1939 and recognized by the University as an official student organization in 1942. The group formed as a place for students to gather and write, plan, produce and act in musical theater on campus.

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This collection consists of musical scores from a show produced by Sound and Fury (probably "Oh Hellas!"), audio recordings of a number of the group's performances, and a program from their performance of "Thieves’ Holiday." Audio recordings are on 1/4" open reel audio and 12" LP record.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Musical Scores and Program, 1956.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 2. Audio Recordings, 1959 and undated.

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