File puptcrit/puptcrit.0905, message 346


From: FLEXITOON-AT-aol.com
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 10:22:43 EDT
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] The Oral History of Puppetry In Chicago


Don't forget to interview BILL JACKSON!
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In a message dated 5/20/2009 10:01:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dhpuppet-AT-aol.com writes:

About 15  years ago the Chicago Guild started a project called the Oral 
History of  Puppetry In Chicago. The project was headed by Fred Putz and Norma 
Mclennon.  This was before we all had computers, so they would interview a 
subject,  gather support materials and take pictures. The Guild paid a 
student to type  the transcripts and the whole thing was put together as a slide 
show with a  cassette sound track that changed the slides with a beep on the 
soundtrack.  Pretty primitive by today's standard. We are now reviving the 
project and will  add to it and of course the whole thing will be digital. 

It's been a  few years since I viewed the finished project but most of the 
people  interviewed are no longer with us. Jay Marshall was one of the 
subjects, and  his stories about vaudeville and Pinxie Larsen, and Ed 
Sullivan?are priceless.  Barbara and Faye Coleman talk about their early pre -world war 
two days  touring in schools. Jerry and Margo Ashton talk about 
Vaudeville.?Jerry was  one of those do it all guys, if the guy in the dance act 
sprained his ankle  Jerry could go on for him, dog trainer is drunk, no problem 
Jerry did his act  and the puppets too. There is also a brief section as I 
remember about people  who were deceased before the project began.?

More interviews were  conducted and the project was to go forward when Fred 
Putz?was diagnosed with  cancer and spent a couple of years recovering. The 
project?was put aside at  that point but we are now going to go forward and 
add to it.??

Dave  Herzog

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