This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Expert shapes history of Mount Pleasant theater backdrops
A national expert visited the Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana on the Midwest Old Threshers grounds to assess and document nearly 100 backdrops from 1850s to 1950s. Wendy Waszut-Barrett praised the collection as a global link to theater history and urged improved preservation while noting the need for funds and time.
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