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The reminiscences of Roger Hill, former headmaster for the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock Illinois.

Discovered in an album of photographs from the Diane Treese Collection donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The name on the photograph indicates that it is of Welles, but it is impossible to confirm. The photograph is with other ones from the…

The boy in the photograph bears a likeness to Orson Welles. There are no names on the photograph to confirm who the students are in the photograph.

The photograph is with other ones from the time period that Orson Welles attended Todd.

The…

The boy on the right is possibly Orson Welles.

The famous actor and director, Orson Welles, is the best-known Todd School graduate. He started at Todd School in 1926 and graduated in 1931 at age 15. In the summer of 1934, he returned to produce…

Orson Welles, seated with chin resting on hand, and fellow students posing for a publicity photograph used in Todd School promotions. Headmaster Roger ill is seated to the far right.

The famous actor and director, Orson Welles, is the best-known…

A young Orson Welles acting on the Rogers Hall Stage at the Todd School for Boys. This photo was most likely taken in the mid to late 1920s,

The famous actor and director, Orson Welles, is the best-known Todd School graduate. He started at Todd…

When the traveling theatre circuits disappeared in the early 20th century, the Woodstock Opera House became the site for the Chicago-area's first, however short-lived, summer stock theatre - The Todd Theatre Festival of 1934. The six-week summer…

The oldest building on the Todd campus, built in the early 1860s. It was located at the corner of Route 147 (Seminary Ave.) and Route 120 (McHenry Ave.). Wallingford Hall was expanded twice in its hundred years, in the 1890s and again in 1912. The…

1930 Todd School class photo with Grace Hall in the background. A young Orson Welles (age 14 or 15) is in the middle of the back row (standing in front of the tree). Roger "Skipper" Hill, headmaster, is fifth from the right in the back row.

The…

The famous actor and director, Orson Welles, is the best-known Todd School graduate. He started at Todd School in 1926 and graduated in 1931 at age 15. In the summer of 1934, he returned to produce the Todd Theatre Festival of Shakespearean plays at…