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This is a photograph of a performance of Antigone in Little Nourse Theater at Carleton College in November of 2025. In this image, pictured are Antigone, Creon, and Chorus Member One. This production lasted from November 7th to the 9th and was an edited version of Antigone by both of the student directors of the show.

This source is a letter sent from Carleton College freshman Catherine Jane Garske to President Nason as well as Dean Philips and the Student Policy Committee at Carleton College. In this letter she expresses her opinion that Carleton College should keep gender segregated dormitories due to opportunities for personal growth and sisterhood that women-only dormitories offer. She also expresses an anti-student marriage opinion.

This source is a 1969 letter from Carleton College President John William Nason to Carleton Student Association President, Stephen K. Melges. In the letter Nason responds to Melges regarding arguments pro the switch to co-ed housing on campus, and generally disapproves of the idea. The letter was sent to all members of the Committee on Social Policy.

In this letter, he tells his family he will be stationed in Ushtobe, a city about 4 hours away from the capital, Almaty. He says the utilities in the town are bad: there is no hot water, and electricity and water are only on for a few hours every day. He talks about what he has heard about the school where he will be teaching. He says the school is trying to break out of the soviet ways of educating, and they recently received a grant for a fax machine and some computers. He says the school’s developing technology is why he got stationed there and that he hopes to figure out how to use the computers and get email. He writes about the ethnic diversity of the town: a mix of Russians, Kazakhs, and Koreans. He writes about how the schools are separated by language, and he will be teaching at a Russian school.

Where he is staying, as he writes this letter, Kapchagay, has water and electricity all day, but never hot water. He says that people fill their tubs and barrels with water in case the water shuts off. He says some people warm water for showers with an electric heater, but his host family uses a black barrel that the sun is supposed to warm up. His host family uses both a washing machine and hand-washes the same clothes.

He includes three pictures with the letter: 1) a horse, 2) a Ferris wheel, and 3) him with a crumbling statue of Lenin

This is a letter he wrote on his computer while the power was out. He printed it on an old sheet of paper. The paper is a baggage advisory for Peace Corps trainees, volunteers, and staff from March 22, 1994. At the end of the letter, he wrote, “Ignore what’s on the other side of this letter. I am reusing useless Peace Corps paper and stuff.”

In the letter, he tells his family he is now a Peace Corps volunteer, no longer a trainee. He is in Ushtobe. He says the electricity and water has been going off, but says it's on most of the time and that he’s living well. He writes about meeting the director of his school, people in the town, and some police. He writes, “Some of the police here still think this is the Soviet Union and that they must keep a close tap on me.” He says he is trying to get a phone and then he might be able to get an email.

Two pictures are included in this letter: 1) him jumping into the river Ili, and 2) him at the train station
In the letter, he tells his family he is now a peace corps volunteer, no longer a trainee. He is in Ushtobe. He says the electricity and water has been going off but says it's on most of the time and that he’s living well. He writes about meeting the director of his school, people in the town, and some police: “Some of the police here still think this is the Soviet Union and that they must keep a close tap on me”. He says he is trying to get a phone and then he might be able to get an email.

Two pictures are included in this letter: 1) him jumping into the river Ili 2) him at the train station

Students practice a lift during an early Base & Perch practice in October 2024.

Dancers at a November 2024 Base & Perch practice.

This item is a newspaper article by William F. Buckley published in the Minneapolis Tribune which provides an overview of Brando’s refusal of the Oscar, his activism at Wounded Knee, and Hollywood’s representation of Indigenous Americans. The tone is unserious and mocking, and the author appears disdainful of Brando in particular, writing that he has decided to become "Mr. Jane Fonda" and concluding that "the poor Indians" should be "spared the patronage of Marlon Brando."

This is the Carletonian, the student newspaper of Carleton College, from January 26th, 2018. On the front page, on the lower right-hand side, and continuing to the bottom of the third page, there is an article discussing funding Carleton had received from the school and recent alumni funding for the theater's renovation. Lizzy Ehren wrote the article, and she highlights several structural issues with the theater, including a lack of accessibility and safety concerns. The article also touches upon the fondness for the space from active Experimental Theater Board, or ETB, members Kate Faber ’18 and Emma Buechner ’18.

This is the Carletonian, the student newspaper of Carleton, from December 3rd, 1932. On the front page, on the right-hand side, there is an article discussing the formal dedication of Nourse Theater with its first performance in the space. The first play performed in Little Nourse Theater was Tobias and the Angel. The article notes that "The Nourse theater, while not structurally perfect, is a triumphant forward step." Foreseeing future issues with a not structurally sound theater.