Comprises 1 watercolour that appears to be a set design.
The 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.
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, StuartComprises a steno pad in which Thor Angrim made several pages of notes identifying individuals pictured in photographs in cirlox binders.
Comprises records created by Stefan Arngrim.
Arngrim, StefanComprises photographs, newspaper clippings and one letter relating to Baker's involvement in the Vancouver theatre scene.
Comprises photographs and newspaper clippings of early Vancouver theatre companies, and one certificate of attendance issued to Stuart Baker from the University of British Columbia Drama School.
Comprises newspaper clippings and photographs from Everyman Theatre, Vancouver Little Theatre Association and various productions on Broadway.
Comprises of programs for various theatrical productions and theatre companies across North America, although predominantly in British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario.
Comprises newspaper clippings of advertisements and reviews of various theatrical productions.
Comprises of programs for various theatrical productions and companies across Canada, likely dating to the 1960s.
Comprises 76 programs for various Totem Theatre productions.
Comprises programs for drama festivals organized by educational insitutions, including the Intercollege Drama Festival and the Greater Victoria Schools' Drama Festival.
Comprises programs for various productions staged by the Bastion Theatre Company.
Comprises the programme for the MTC Theatre School.
Comprises programme announcements and lists of courses offered by the Bastion Theatre School.
Comprises one program of a production staged by the Manitoba Theatre School.
Comprises a Vancouver Guide from the 1950s, which includes a short program for Totem Theatre.
This series documents Baker’s involvement in Canadian theatre from the late 1940s until 1951, and is comprised of both photographic material and scrapbooks compiled between 1948 and 1951.
This series documents Baker’s involvement with North American theatre between 1952 and the late 1970s, and includes an extensive collection of slides, photographs and newspaper clippings
The series is further divided into one sub-series on Education, which documents Baker's involvement with drama and summer theatre schools.
Comprises 1 poster from the McGill Players' Club advertising their production of "Thieves' Carnival". Likely dates to the 1960s.
Comprises one poster advertising the Sepia Players' production of "The Owl and the Pussycat".
Comprises one poster for the Intercollege Drama Festival.
Comprises one poster advertising a staging of "The Dark of the Moon".
Comprises black and white photographs of Vancouver theatre companies in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including the Vancouver Stage Society.