Series consists mainly of photographs depicting Norman Campbell, Elaine Campbell and actors, dancers, crew and other colleagues from productions on which he worked. Many photographs were taken by Campbell. Also included are some textual records that accompanied the photographs, newspaper clippings pertaining to Campbell’s death, an audio recording of an interview with Elaine Campbell, and posters.
File consists of photographs on the set of shows produced by Norman Campbell for CBC TV such as Scope (1955), the Casa Loma Show, and Pumpkins and Witches, as well as photographs documenting his time spent in Unionville, Don Mills, Oregon & Vancouver; portraits of Toby Robbins, Frances Hyland, Barry Morse, Priestley, Gould, Wilde, Moliere, Joyce Sullivan, Joan Gilmour, Marg Cleasy, Tom Spaulding, Joan Fairfax, Jeff Massey & his family, Carol Starkman and Anita Borradale.
File consists of photographs on the set of HMS Pinafore, directed by Norman Campbell and starring Cyril Richard for New York TV in 1959.
File includes a press release from the CBC Picture Service describing “The Wonder of it All” by Norman Campbell and Don Harron, a photograph of Elaine and Norman Campbell with the BC Minister of Culture in Victoria, BC, a studio portrait of Catherine McKinnon in costume as young Emily Carr, and a photograph of the Campbells with director Peter Mainwaring and others.
File consists of photographs of cast and crew rehearsing in a studio and outdoors.
File consists of photographs of Martine van Hamel, a ballerina, at Picton beach together with Norman Campbell’s camera crew.
File includes a one-page press release as well as photographs of Kain dancing during rehearsals and with cast members of “The Pleasure of Your Company”, a variety show produced and directed by Norman Campbell and choreographed by Brian MacDonald.
File consists of publicity photographs and/or promotional posters of the following shows: Romeo and Juliet, The Gondoliers, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, La Rondine, The Nutcracker, The Taming of the Shrew and The Mikado. Also included in the file are brochures of CBC’s “Cinderella : ballet for television”; and a booklet by Front Row Centre, “Karen Kain & Norman Campbell : talk about ballet on television”, from the Jan -Feb. 1981 issue.
File consists of photographs of the show “Leslie Bell Singers”, also known as “CGE Showtime”. Some of the singers featured were Blanche Lund, Gloria Lambert, Joyce Sullivan.
File consists of photographs of Norman and Elaine Campbell and Veronica Tennant with Celia Franca receiving the Celia Award. Photographs are credited to Robert C. Ragsdale.
File consists of photographs of Norman Campbell giving a speech at the Toronto Opera Club and interacting with members, as well as a handwritten letter from Elizabeth Erskine.
File consists of photographs of Norman Campbell with Elaine Campbell, Elizabeth Barry, Joan [illegible], Ruth Reynolds, and Jenny Christodoulou for the showing of the Hansel and Gretel film
File consists of photographs of Norman Campbell in a CBC office.
File consists of photographs of the cast and crew of “Anne of Green Gables”.
File consists of portraits of the following actresses and/or dancers holding their name cards : Joyce Manning, Darlene Lang, Diane Dewey,Valerie Eastway, Kari Jonassen, Robin Douglas, Doreen Kohl, Margot Kinley, Yanka Vanderkolk, Anita Smith, and Jess Walton.
Item is a photo of Shirley Martin (actress) and Mario Bernardi (music conductor) taken by Norman Campbell from his production of “Patience” by G&S [Gilbert & Sullivan].
Item is of a portrait of Norman Luboff.
File consists of portraits taken by Norman Campbell of Nikolai “Nick” Soloviev, CBC TV designer from Russia, who studied under S. [Sergei] Eisenstein. Nick is holding 2 different signs in the photographs that describe aperture : “CAM f/2.0” and “NICK f/2.0”
Item is a photograph of Stanley Holloway at a recording studio.
File consists of photographs of Barbara Shuttleworth, one of which was taken by Norman Campbell. The singer starred in La Rondine [The Swallow] in 1972.
File consists of photographs of cast on stage during rehearsal and of a woman backstage.
File consists of portraits of Charlotte de Neve.
File consists of portraits of Charlotte de Neve in a studio.
Item is a photograph of Norman Campbell handing a script (?) to a seated woman.
File consists of photographs of Inga Swenson and the cast and crew in the city and at the studio.
Item is Norman Campbell’s script notes for “Romeo”.
File includes photographs of Gail Overton, Lea Jago, Jill McNall, Janet Baker, Karen Pearson, Diane Pearson, Kirsten Campbell, Barbara Lane, Alysia Pascaris, Cindy Carey, Lisa Gothro, Beth Ann Cole, Gina Lee Dick, Lynn Griffin, Anthea Pascaris, Lesley Ann Angus, Gail Dusome, Joan Parker, Louis Vallance, Barbara Kyle, Nancy Green, and Lauri [?] Batista.
File consists of portrait photographs taken by Norman Campbell of Shanghai’s ballet company ; photographs of him meeting with the committee and visiting cultural attractions and events in Shanghai.
File consists of photographs of and by Norman Campbell in the Canton Peasant Culture Centre, now known as the “Peasant Movement Training Institute” or “Peasant Training School” located in Guangdong, Guangzhou, China.
File consists of photographs taken by [Kenneth] Ken Gregg (cinematographer) in 1979 for CBC TV’s “Music East – Music West” featuring the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in China.
File consists of an aerial photograph with a translucent overlay attached, featuring the Great Wall of China and the city of Tangshan as seen from space; a handwritten letter from Robert G. Reeves, the staff scientist at EROS Data Centre in the 1970s; and two booklets by the United States Department of the Interior / Geological Survey entitled “Studying the Earth from Space” and “The Eros Data Centre.”
Item is a newspaper clipping on Sharon Acker entitled “Sharon Makes Her Own Breaks” by Bill Brown. The article features a photo taken by Paul Rockett of Sharon Acker, Sydney Newman, Mel Breen, Leo Orenstein, Peter MacFarlane, David Green, Norman Campbell, and Ted Kotcheff in 1956.
Item is a photocopy of “The Legal Rights of Fictional Characters, written by Michael V. P. Marks of Harvard Law School in 1975.
Item is a photograph taken on March 9, 1962 of Norman Campbell (director) and Arlene Meadows (singer) at “Headliners in Toronto” starring Gracie Fields and Stanley Holloway.
File consists of newspaper clippings about Robert Morse.
File consists of letters to Norman Campbell from Louis Applebaum and Virginia Solomon and sheet music by Louis Applebaum.
File consists of photographs taken by Dale Barnes of the actors on the set of Dutch Rhapsody.
Series consists primarily of scripts received and used by Campbell in his role as a director, responsible for filming or recording an episode or a program. In this capacity, Campbell would work directly with cast and crew on aspects specifically related to a particular episode or program, rather on the production as a whole. Scripts may be annotated and different versions /drafts of a given script may exist. Series also contains other documents related to directing a production, including correspondence, meeting agendas, various production related schedules, handwritten notes, completed forms and paperwork, technical drawings/blueprints for sets, and scores for music. Series further contains photographs from a set or auditions, background research into performers or production subjects (such as newspaper clippings and reviews) and copies of Campbell's contracts and work permits.