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Victoria Booth Demarest papers, 1934-1984, Date acquired: 00/00/1984

 

Summary

Creator:
Demarest, Victoria Booth-Clibborn (1895-1981)
Extent:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Victoria Booth Demarest, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists primarily of photocopies of revised versions of Ms. Demarest's play The Empty House, with manuscript annotations/revisions. Accompanying the play revisions is a letter from Ms. Demarest to Nancy Cole dated March 27, 1981 and a letter from Nancy Cole to "Donna" relative to the disposition of the Demarest items, and a memo from "Charlyne" in the USF Theatre Department transmitting the Demarest materials to USF Special Collections. Also present in the collection are an illustrated brochure about a performance by Ms. Demarest of The Empty House, issued by the Department of Sacred Arts, Chicago, ca. 1934; a printed copy of Ms. Demarest's play My Son Jesus (St. Petersburg, Florida, 1979), and a brochure advertising dramatic readings of the play by Ms. Demarest (ca. 1980).

Biographical / historical:

Victoria Booth Demarest (1895-1981) was the granddaughter of Salvation Army founder William Booth. Ms. Demarest married C.A. Demarest in 1918 and led religious revivals in the United States and Canada with her husband as manager. She inaugurated the "America for God Crusade" in 1934 and founded the World Association of Mothers for Peace in 1946. She was ordained a minister in the Congregational Church in 1949. In addition to her ministry, she was a musician and the author of a number of religious plays and other works. In her later years, Victoria Booth Demarest resided in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Acquisition information:

Victoria Booth Demarest through the University of South Florida Theatre Department

Donation

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Victoria Booth Demarest, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA