This information was originally compiled for a print encyclopedia of popular culture that never came to be. Many thanks to the graduate students (many now alums) and Dr. Cheryl Black of the University of Missouri, Columbia who worked on this project by writing sidebars (the short articles listed above).

For a chronology of main events, click “1900-1949” or “1950-1999” above. If you see a link highlighted in black from a chronology page, manually click on the sidebar link at the top. Happy browsing!

Dr. Anne Fliotsos, Associate Professor of Theatre

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN