Chinoy, Helen

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Faculty. Department of Sociology. Contains various documents relating to the career of Ely Chinoy at Smith College including correspondence, photographs, news clippings, published works, research, course materials, and programs.

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Helen Krich Chinoy was one of the leading theatre historians in the United States and a pioneer in theatre education, teaaching in Smith's Theatre department from 1952 to 1986. Her papers include teaching materials, student theses, plays, manuscripts, photos, files on Women in Theatre and the Group Theatre project, and FBI HCUA files.

Abstract Helen Krich Chinoy, a long-time professor at Smith College, was a pioneer in theatre education and one of the leading theatre historians in the United States. In an academic career spanning nearly half a century, Chinoy was an inspirational teacher and chair of the Smith College Theatre Department as it moved into a modern new center for the performing arts. Her books, Actors on Acting, co-authored with her sister-in-law, the theatrical agent Toby Cole, and...

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Professor, theater; Actor. Source material and correspondence relating to her book Women in American Theatre; also scripts, ephemera, periodicals, essays, clippings, and correspondence related to women's theatres around the world; and correspondence, printed material, and drafts for the Women in the Performing Arts newsletter.