Scope and Contents: The collection is composed primarily of programs and publicity for Carleton's annual May Fete pageant (1907-63) and its accompanying festivities such as Dolphins performances, and horse shows. The collection also includes materials documenting the development of May Fete from a simple ceremony to an elaborate spectacle. Of special note is a 1949 questionnaire that was sent to one member of each graduating class asking for a written statement of what Carleton meant to them--the responses were used to write that year's celebration of Carleton's first eight decades, and are a good source of information about early student life and attitudes. Also of note is the fact that scripts for some May Fete productions are extant.
Posters (18) announcing and advertising May Fete celebrations spanning years 1925-1951 (incomplete), many printed on hard cardboard backing and some multi-colored.
May Fete posters included:
1925 The Enchanted Flute
1926 Ki-Tchi-Mak-Wa: An Indian Legend
1928 The Sea Dragon
1930 Geste of King Arthur
1932 Rape of the Lock
1933 Arctic Hay
1934 Stravinsky's The Firebird
1936 Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Fantasy
1937 Miracle of Shang-ti
1941 Triumph of Time
1943 Circustime
1945 Hymn to Osiris
1946 We Hold These Truths
1949 The First 80 Years
Some material in the collection relates to May Fete's quite different successor, Mai Fete. Photographs for both May and Mai Fete are filed separately.
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