paa069 Martha Boesing papers Finding aid created by Anne Simpson University of Minnesota Libraries July 2012
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Anne Simpson July 2012 English Boesing, Martha, 1936- Martha Boesing papers 1963-2000 (bulk 1988-2000) University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts Division [paa] 6 boxes (6.75 cubic ft.) Collection contains scripts written by Martha Boesing, research and development materials, as well as works written by others. PA 69 English Mezzanine Administrative Information Use of Materials

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 Preferred Citation

Martha Boesing papers (PA 69), Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

 Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following three series:

Productions Publications Works By Others Biographical Information

Martha Boesing was born in New Hampshire in 1936 and lived in New England throughout her childhood. In the 1960s Boesing migrated to Minneapolis where she worked with numerous theatres including Firehouse Theatre. In 1974, she became the artistic director and, along with her husband Paul Boesing and four others, one of the founding members of At the Foot of the Mountain, a feminist theatre collective. She was with At the Foot of the Mountain until 1984, though she worked with them intermittently after that date. Boesing worked as playwright, director, actor and producer throughout Minneapolis before moving to San Francisco in 2001. Her plays frequently explore feminist and environmental philosophy.

Biographical information drawn from:

Boesing, M. (2008). Martha boesing. Retrieved from www.marthaboesing.com

Peterson, J. T., and Bennett, S. (1997). Women playwrights of diversity: A bio-bibliographic sourcebook. (pp. 63-68). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Retrieved from http://books.google.com

 Scope and Content Note

The collection includes scripts, drafts, research, development and production notes for various works by Martha Boesing (1985-2000), limited correspondence and numerous manuscripts and published works (1963-) by other playwrights, most notably Megan Terry and Norah Holmgren (aka Nancy Walter).

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www.marthaboesing.com

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Boesing, Martha -- Archives

At the Foot of the Mountain

</controlaccess> <dsc> <head>Detailed Contents </head> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle> Productions </unittitle> </did> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> After Long Silence (1985-2000) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 01 </container> </did> <scopecontent><p>Drafts, research and feedback </p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Cicada Journals (1993-1996) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 01 </container> </did> <scopecontent><p>Administrative and marketing materials </p> <p>Research and development materials </p> <p>Annotated scripts (drafts) </p></scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Fairytale - cassette (undated) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 01 </container> </did> <scopecontent><p>Cassette tape labeled "Fairytale side-" </p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Hard Times Come No More (1992-1994) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 01 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Scripts, sheet music, research and production notes </p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Hard Times Come No More (1992-1994) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 02 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Scripts, sheet music, research and production notes </p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Mothers of Ludlow, The (1998-2000) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 02 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Scripts, score </p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Standing on Fishes (1988-1991) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 02 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Binder containing tour information </p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Standing on Fishes (1988-1991) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 03 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Drafts, research and development </p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Standing on Fishes (1988-1991) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 04 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Two oversize binders with notes and research </p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> These Are My Sisters (1995-1996) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 02 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Research and development materials </p> <p> Annotated scripts (drafts)</p> <p>Contracts, correspondence and programs</p> </scopecontent> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle> Publications </unittitle> </did> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Dramatists Guild Quarterly (1983-1991) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Serial, various issues</p> </scopecontent> </c02> <c02 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Scripts </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Serial - "Scripts", Vol.1 No.2, Vol.1 No.3</p> </scopecontent> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle> Works By Others </unittitle> </did> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Ausubel, Bobbi </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Focus on Me! (1976) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Bly, Carol </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> My Lord Bag of Rice </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Photocopied article</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Bly, Robert </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Satisfaction of Vietnam, The </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script, handwritten note to Martha Boesing </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Boesing, Paul; Kate Kasten; Sandra de Helen </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Clue in the Old Birdbath, The (1978) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Brody, Leslie </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Quiet, Wyatt! </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Bryant, Dorothy </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Blood Relations (1987) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Photocopied article</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Dear Master </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p></scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Burnham, Sophy </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Snowstorms (1993) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Darlington, Pat </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Various </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Prose, handwritten letter to Martha Boesing </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Delbo, Charlotte </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Who Will Carry the World </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Photocopied article, letter to Martha Boesing </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Dunn, Hunter </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> The Number of Infinity </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script, artist's statement </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Epstein, Laura </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Home at 7:00 </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Annotated script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Franzen, John and William Blake </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Mummers </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Song scores, production meeting notes </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Fugard, Athol </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Road to Mecca </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Photocopied script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Griffin, Susan </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> One, Two, Three Loss </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Annotated script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Holmgren, Norah (née Nancy Walter) </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Various </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Scripts, poems </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Hotchkiss, Marina </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Drawing a Line in the Dark </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Poems </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Hotchkiss, Nancy </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Incarnations </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Lesueur, Deborah </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Various drawings </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Drawings, watercolors </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Lueck, David </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Bird Season, Mountain Free </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Annotated prose, letter from Lueck to Martha and Paul Boesing </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Of Butterflies and Fishes </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Prose </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Various </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Poems </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Mann, Emily </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Still Life </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Photocopied script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Metzger, Deena with Michael Burnham </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> The Woman Who Slept (1986) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Moore, Jim </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Tides that Pull Us: Afloat on the Shipwreck </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Prose </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Orton, Joe </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> What the Butler Saw </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Ross, Martha </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Many Beautiful Things </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Prose </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> The Life </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Prose </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Squirrels in the Attic </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Prose </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Rue, Victoria </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> CancerBodies (1992-1993) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Dissertation, business correspondence </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Rymer, Russ </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Annals of Science: A Silent Childhood I and II (1992) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 05 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Photocopied articles from The New Yorker </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Sainer, Arthur </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> The Thing Itself </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Scupham, Peter </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Pact </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script (labeled "For Paul Boesing" </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Shteir, Rachel B. </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Journies to the White City </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Prose, handwritten note to Martha Boesing </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Taylor, Dominic </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Feathered Obsequies (1990) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script, note to 'Dom' </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Terry, Megan </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Jack-Jack (a trip) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> The People vs Ranchman </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script and song score </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Calm Down Mother </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Comings and Goings </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Magic Realist </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Annotated script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> The Gloaming, Oh My Darling </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Annotated script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Babes in the Bighouse </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Annotated Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Viet Rock </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Program </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Treadwell, Sophie </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Machinal </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Photocopied Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Van Italie, Jean Claude </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Where is the Queen </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Annotated script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Vicqua, Helen </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Professionally Speaking </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Brochure; program autographed to Martha Boesing </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Walter, Nancy (aka Norah Holmgren) </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> A Dream of Heaven </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> His Voice </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Rags </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script with sheet music </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Stab and Dance </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script and notes </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Still Falling </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script </p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> The White Child </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Novel </p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Wood, Colm </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Everyone but Clive (1988) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Yankowitz, Susan </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> A Knife in the Heart (1984) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c03> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Boner (1991) </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script, letter to Martha Boesing</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Zinn, Howard </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Emma! </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script, Annotated Envelope</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> <c02 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Various Authors (received in one envelope and kept together) </unittitle> </did> <c03 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Seiner, Arthur </unittitle> </did> <c04 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> The Blind Angel </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c04> </c03> <c03 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Terry, Megan </unittitle> </did> <c04 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Eat at Joe's </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c04> </c03> <c03 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Foster, Paul </unittitle> </did> <c04 level="file"> <did> <unittitle> Balls </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Script</p> </scopecontent> </c04> </c03> <c03 level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle> Unidentified </unittitle> <container type="box"> 06 </container> </did> <scopecontent> <p> Scripts, miscellaneous</p> </scopecontent> </c03> </c02> </c01> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>