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Box	Folder	Description

Series I. Stella Adler, 1906-2003

Subseries A. Teaching Material, 1950-1990

		General, 1958-1983
1	1		"Tapes," lists of recordings made of classes, 1958-1983
	2		"Introduction," corrected typescript
	3		"Various handwritten notes," undated
	4		"Stella's notes," July 1971, undated
	5-6		Miscellaneous quotations and excerpts, undated

		Character / Characterization Class, 1950-1987 -- see also folders 22.8, 23.2
	7		Notes, May 1950
	8		Notes, 1958, 1961, 1967, 1984
	9-10		Transcripts, Oct.-Nov. 1958, with some duplicates
	11		Notes on first three classes, Oct. 1958
	12		Transcript, 9 Oct. 1961
	13		Notes, 1965-1969
	14		"Character class 1966-1967," transcript, 30 Nov. 1966,
					notes, 1967, and transcript, undated

2	1		"18th century style," lectures by Mme. B. Dussane
					on Moliere and French style; class notes,
					5 March 1969
	2-4		Notes, photographs, negatives, and transcripts,
					Oct.-Dec. 1984
	5-8		Notes, slides, photographs, negatives, and
					transcript, Feb.-May 1985

3	1		Notes, outlines, and assignments, Oct.-Dec. 1985
	2		Notes, outlines, and assignments, Feb.-May 1986
	3		Notes, outlines, assignments, and photographs,
					Sept.-Dec. 1986, Oct. 1987
	4		Matted photocopy tearsheet of portrait of Henry
					VII and text re. clothing of the period,
					undated
	5		"Students' characterization," student work, undated

		Principles Class -- see Technique Class

		Scene Study / Scene Interpretation Class
	6		General notes, undated
	7		Notes on WAITING FOR LEFTY and MRS. MOONLIGHT, in
					unidentified hand, [5 Nov. 1979]

		Script Interpretation / Script Analysis / Play Analysis, 1959-1989
	8		Various notes and transcripts, undated
	9		Class outline and transcript, [1959]
	10-11		'Picture breakdown,' impressions of pictures,
					including LIFE Magazine, transcripts, Feb. 1961.
					With duplicates

			Albee, Edward. THE ZOO STORY
	12			Notes, undated
	13			Photocopy annotated text, undated

4	1-2		Brecht, Bertolt. Notes, undated
			Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1959-1983
	3			"Chekhov notes," notebook, undated
	4			Notes, undated
	5-8			Notes and transcripts, 1959, 1961, 1976, with
						some duplicates

5	1-5			Transcripts, April-May 1981 and Oct.-Dec.
						1982, with duplicates and with
						introduction, 1983

6	1-2			Transcripts (continued)
	3			Notes on UNCLE VANYA, undated
	4-6			Annotated texts of THE THREE SISTERS, THE
						SEAGULL, UNCLE VANYA, and THE CHERRY
						ORCHARD

7	1			Altschuller, Gregory I. "Memories of Anton
						Chekhov's Family," annotated tearsheet,
						1967
			Coward, Noel, 1959-1977
	2			FUMED OAK, transcripts, March 1959 and March
						1961, notes, Dec. 1975
	3			STILL LIFE, notes, April-May 1974 and April-May
						1977
	4-6		Giraudoux, Jean. Notes and transcripts, Jan.-Feb.
					1961, with duplicates
	7		Green, Paul. JOHNNY JOHNSON, notes, undated
			Ibsen, Henrik, 1959-1987
	8			THE WILD DUCK, transcript, 20 April 1959
	9-11			AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, notes, transcripts,
						March-April 1959, March-April 1960,
						March 1961, Feb.-March 1980, Oct.-Dec.
						1981, with duplicates

8	1-3			General notes on Ibsen, notes and transcripts,
						Sept. 1973, Sept.-Oct. 1975, Sept. 1979,
						Sept. 1980, with duplicates.  A DOLL'S
						HOUSE, notes and transcripts, Sept.-Oct.
						1977, Sept.-Nov. 1979, Sept.-Nov. 1980,
						and photocopy annotated text, Oct. 1973
	4-5			Various notes on Ibsen, Sept.- Oct. 1975.
						A DOLL'S HOUSE, notes and transcripts, Oct.
						1973, Oct. 1977, Oct.-Nov. 1979,
						Sept.-Nov. 1980. GHOSTS, notes, Oct. 1973,
						undated
	6			GHOSTS, notes, Sept. 1980, and annotated text,
						undated. A DOLL'S HOUSE, notes, Sept.
						1975, Sept. 1977, Oct. 1977, undated, and
						annotated text, undated

9	1-2			GHOSTS, notes, Oct. 1973, Sept. 1980, and
						photocopy annotated text, undated.
						HEDDA GABLER notes, Sept. 1980, and
						transcripts, April 1959. HEDDA GABLER,
						duplicate transcripts, April 1959
	3			A DOLL'S HOUSE, notes, undated
	4			IBSEN NEWS AND COMMENT, vol. 7, no. 1,
						1986/87 and vol. 8, 1987, with annotations
						by Adler
	5		Inge, William. COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA, notes and
				transcripts, April 1972, Nov.-Dec. 1973,
				Feb. and Oct. 1974, Nov. 1976, April-May
				1978, Jan. 1980
	6		Ionesco, Eugene. Notes, undated
			Miller, Arthur, 1982-1988
	7-8			DEATH OF A SALESMAN, script excerpts, notes and
						transcripts, Feb.-March 1982, July 1988,
						and scene critiques, July 1988; AFTER THE
						FALL, scene critiques, July 1988; ALL MY
						SONS, scene critiques, July 1988. With
						duplicates
	9			DEATH OF A SALESMAN, script excerpts, undated
	10			DEATH OF A SALESMAN, notes and transcript, undated
	11		Miller, Jason. LOU GEHRIG DID NOT DIE OF CANCER,
					annotated text, undated
	12		Nash, N. Richard. THE RAINMAKER, notes, Nov. 1973,
					Jan. 1975, March 1977, Nov.-Dec. 1978

			Odets, Clifford, 1958-1988
10	1			Notes, undated
	2			PARADISE LOST, notes, undated
	3-5			General notes, undated, May 1974; notes from
						Harold Clurman's introduction to Odets'
						plays, undated; script excerpts, undated;
						WAITING FOR LEFTY, notes and transcripts,
						March 1959, March 1961, undated, and
						scene critiques, July 1988; AWAKE AND
						SING, notes and transcript, July 1988;
						PARADISE LOST, notes by Clurman, undated,
						scene critiques, July 1988; ROCKET TO THE
						MOON, scene critiques, July 1988; THE BIG
						KNIFE, scene critiques, July 1988; COUNTRY
						GIRL, transcript, April 1980, scene critique,
						July 1988; GOLDEN BOY, notes, Jan. 1971,
						April 1974; March-April 1978, Aug. 1978,
						March-April 1975, and transcript, 1978.
						With some duplicates
	6			Script excerpts, undated
	7			COUNTRY GIRL, script excerpts, undated; notes
						and transcripts, Dec. 1974, March-April
						1977, April-May 1979, April 1980
	8			Clipping re. Odets, undated

			O'Neill, Eugene, 1959-1983
11-12				Index cards with research quotes from books
						on O'Neill, undated

13	1-2			Notes and transcripts, Oct., May 1959, Nov.-
						Dec. 1983, March 1974, Feb. 1977, Jan.-
						March 1978, with some duplicates
	3			ANNA CHRISTIE, notes, undated
	4			LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, notes, undated
	5		Pirandello, Luigi. Notes, undated
			Saroyan, William, 1960-1983
	6-7			Notes and transcripts, 30 Dec. 1960, March-
						April 1983, undated; printed preface to MY
						HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS by Harold
						Clurman, undated. With some duplicates
	8			HELLO OUT THERE, transcripts, April 1983; general
						notes, undated; script excerpts, some
						annotated, undated; text of "Story of the
						Play"
	9		Schisgal, Murray. THE CHINESE, annotated text, undated
			Shaw, George Bernard, 1975-1984
	10			General notes on Shaw, notes on MAJOR BARBARA,
						notes on MAN AND SUPERMAN, 1975-1976
	11			Transcript, 2 April 1981
				CANDIDA
	12				"Characters of Candida, Morell, & Marchbanks," transcripts,
							script excerpts, May 1980, March 1981
	13				"Character of Candida," script excerpts and
							transcript, 16 March 1981, with
							duplicates
	14				Script excerpts, with one page of notes on MAN
							AND SUPERMAN, undated

14	1			CANDIDA, class outline and script excerpts, March
						1981; MAJOR BARBARA script excerpt, undated;
						PYGMALION, notes and transcript,
						March 1981, July 1984, undated
	2			PYGMALION, notes and transcripts, Sept. 1976,
						Jan. and March 1984
			Strindberg, August, 1959-1983
	3			Notes, undated
	4-5			MISS JULIE, notes and transcripts, April 1959,
						April 1960, Oct. 1983, undated, with
						duplicates. THE FATHER, notes, transcript,
						script excerpts, Feb. 1981
	6-10			THE FATHER, notes, transcripts, March 1978,
						March-April 1980, Jan.-April 1981; THE
						FATHER and MISS JULIE notes, transcripts,
						Oct.-Dec. 1975; general notes on
						Strindberg, Jan. 1980, Jan. 1981. With
						duplicates

15	1			THE FATHER, notes and transcripts, March 1981;
						MISS JULIE, notes and transcripts, Nov.
						1980-Jan. 1981
	2			"Scenes from MISS JULIE," transcripts, script
						excerpts, Jan. 1981, Nov. 1983
	3			MISS JULIE and THE FATHER, annotated texts
	4-5		Synge, John Millington. RIDERS TO THE SEA,
					transcripts, March 1959, March 1960,
					March 1961. With some duplicates
			Wilder, Thornton
	6			Notes, undated
	7			THE HAPPY JOURNEY TO TRENTON AND CAMDEN and
						THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, script excerpts,
						some annotated, and transcripts,
						March-April 1983
	8			OUR TOWN and THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, annotated
						script excerpts, undated
	9			Excerpt from THE ENTHUSIAST: A LIFE OF THORNTON WILDER
			Williams, Tennessee, 1961-1989
	10			Notes, undated
	11			Transcripts, Jan. 1961
	12			Transcripts, 15 April 1974, 28 July 1985;
						SUMMER AND SMOKE annotated script
						excerpts, undated
	13			Transcripts, March-April 1974, Nov. 1974, April
						1982, undated; annotated script excerpts
						from STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, April 1982

16	1-6			Notes and transcripts, Jan. and March-April 1974,
						Nov. 1974, March-May 1982, 22 July 1985;
						annotated script excerpts from STREETCAR
						NAMED DESIRE; photocopy annotated text
						of THE GLASS MENAGERIE; various script
						excerpts, undated. With duplicates

17	1-2			Notes and transcripts, March-May 1982
	3-4			Bibliography, undated; notes and transcripts,
						March-May 1982. With duplicates, class
						schedule, [1989], and transcript, 22 July
						1985
	5-6			Notes and transcripts, May 1982, July 1985,
						Aug. 1989, 26 Nov. 1989; class schedules
						and list of plays, 1985, [1989]. With
						duplicates
	7			Various script excerpts and notes, undated

18	1-2			THE GLASS MENAGERIE, annotated text from SIX
						GREAT MODERN PLAYS and annotated
						Dramatists Play Service acting edition
	3			A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, annotated text
	4			"The Catastrophe of Success," text, undated

			Various Playwrights
	5-6			American Playwrights (Edward Albee and Thornton Wilder),
						transcripts, Feb.-May 1983
				Great Playwrights, 1960-1988
	7				Course lists of playwrights and plays, 1988;
							notes, June 1988; transcripts, June
							and July 1988; scene critiques, June
							and July 1988.  With transcripts
							from Script Analysis classes on
							Tennessee Williams, March and
							April 1974, Nov. 1974, July 1985
							and William Inge, Jan. 1980
	8				Notes, lists of scenes, undated. With text
							excerpt of THE GLASS MENAGERIE
	9				Notes, April 1972 (Inge), Nov. 1973 (Inge),
							Oct. 1974 (Inge), Nov. 1976 (Inge),
							April-May 1978 (Inge), April 1983
							(Saroyan), Sept. 1986 (general), June
							1988 (Williams); transcripts, Dec. 1960
							(Saroyan), Jan. 1980 (Inge), March-
							May 1982 (Williams), April-May 1983
							(Albee); list of plays, 1988; scene
							critique (Odets), July 1988

19	1			Theatre of the Absurd (including Ionesco and
						Beckett), notes, undated
	2			Notes and script excerpts (Jean Anouilh, Robert
						Anderson, Philip Barry), March,
						April, Oct. 1973, Feb-May 1975,
						Oct.-Nov. 1978
	3			Notes and annotated script excerpts (Jean
						Anouilh, Lewis Beach, Sidney Chayefsky,
						Alfred Hayes, Ferenc Molnar, Neil Simon,
						Samuel Taylor), March-May 1973, Oct.
						1973, Dec. 1973, May 1974, Nov. 1974,
						April-May 1975, Oct.-Nov. 1976,
						Jan. 1977, Jan. 1978, May 1978,
						Sept.-Oct. 1978

		Staging Class, 1978-1984
	4		Miller, Arthur. Transcript, 1978 (Los Angeles)
	5		Transcripts (including Inge and Ibsen), 13 and 15
					July 1981 (California)
	6		Notes, Oct. 1984. With photocopy portrait of Adler

	7	Studio Group, class schedule; annotated script
				excerpts, part breakdowns, blocking, etc. for
				various plays (AGAMEMNON, ANTIGONE, ELECTRA,
				ROMEO AND JULIET, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA),
				undated
		Technique Class (Principles)
			Technique I, 1950-1990
	8-9			Transcripts, undated. With duplicates

20	1			Notes and assignments, April, Oct-Dec. 1950,
						Dec. 1951
	2			Notes and assignments, [1958]
	3-4			'Principles I Book II,' notes and assignments,
						April-May, Nov. 1963
	5			Notes and assignments, Oct.-Nov. 1968, March-
						April and Oct.-Dec. 1969, Jan. 1970
	6			Notes and assignments, June-Aug. 1983,
						June-Aug. 1984
	7			Notes and assignments, Fall 1984
	8			Exercises, 1990, and partially completed rehearsal
						technique worksheet, 1989

			Technique II, 1950-1985
21	1			Notes, Oct.-Nov. 1950
	2-3			Notes and assignments, Feb-March, Nov. 1963
	4			Notes and assignments, Feb.-May 1972
	5			List of classes, notes, assignments, Jan.-May
						1982, Jan.-May 1983
	6			Various script excerpts, notes, assignments, Jan.-
						May 1984

22	1			Notes and assignments, Jan.-May 1985
	2			Notes and assignments, Feb. 1985
	3		"Mixed notes," [Technique I and II], notes, May 1958
					or 1969, undated
	4		Technique III,  notes, 1 Oct. 1973 -- see also folder 7.3
	5		[Unidentified Technique class], notes, undated

		Unidentified classes
	6		Transcripts of notes by Wilhemena Barton and  __ Kraber, undated
	7		"Notes on the Modern Theatre," including
					notes on the Moscow Art Theatre, The
					Theatre of Style, Twentieth Century
					Playwrights, notes from technique,
					character, scene, and script analysis
					classes, and an essay on Evgenii? Vakhtangov,
					undated, 1969

		Slides used in teaching
	8		"Character class slides," 1984, 1985
	9		"Europe," 1958, undated
	10		"French museum," 1984, undated
	11		"Group 1" and "Group 2," 1958, undated

23	1		"Group 3," 1958, 1984, undated
	2		"Group 4, character slides," 1958, 1984, undated
	3		"Italian 1," 1958, undated
	4		"Italian 2," 1984, undated
	5		"Spanish," undated

Subseries B. Works by Adler, 1960-2001

	6*	"The Actor's Needs," typescripts, undated, and
				corrected proofs (*removed to oversize box 60)
		THE ART OF ACTING
	7		Bound advance uncorrected readers proof, 2000
	8		Review clipping, 2001
	9	"Awakening the Actor," SCREEN ACTOR tearsheets, Aug. 1984
	10	"Cultural Explosion in Los Angeles," typescript, [1967]
	11	"Entertainment in Moscow," corrected typescript, undated
	12	"Glowing Monuments to a Cultural Explosion,"
				WEST tearsheet, 9 April 1967
	13	"How I Met Stanislavski," typescript, undated.
				With typescript notes titled "Five Weeks with
				Stanislavsky," undated
	14	Introduction to Harold Clurman's THE FERVENT
				YEARS, photocopy printed text from the Da
				Capo edition, 1982, and typescript for later
				edition, undated

24	1	"Moscow in the Thirties," handwritten manuscript
				and notes, chart of the Stanislavsky Method, undated
	2	"Russian Films," typescript, undated
		Speeches
	3		ANTA Convention, typescript, Feb. 1960
	*		National Museum of American Jewish History
					tribute, 1988 -- see folder 44.4
	4*		YIVO benefit dinner, notes and correspondence,
					with poster, 1988 (*removed to oversize folder)
		STELLA ADLER ON IBSEN, STRINDBERG AND CHEKHOV
	5		Bound uncorrected proof, 1999
	6		Reviews, advertisement, 1999
	7		Correspondence
	8	THE TECHNIQUE OF ACTING, advertisement, articles, copy of photographs, 1988
		Untitled works
	9		Re. London and Paris, typescript, undated
	10		Re. Russia, typescript fragment, undated
	11		Re. Max Reinhardt, corrected typescript, undated
	12		Re. realism / romance, typescript fragment, undated

Subseries C. Career-Related and Personal Material, 1906-2001

		Correspondence, 1938-2001, undated
			Incoming, 1938-1992, undated
	13			A-F
	14			G-M

25	1-2			Macartney, Wilfred, 1938-1939, undated
	3			N-Z
	4			"Letters from or re. Stella's family"
	5			"Letters from friends to save"
	6			"Cards from friends to save"

26	1			"Letters from students and fans"
	2				"Students' letters to Stella"
	*				Three scrapbooks of letters from students
							(*removed to oversize boxes 57 and 58)
	3				"Fan letters to Stella" (including tributes from students)
			Outgoing, 1960-1985, undated
	4			A-Z
	5-6			Notebooks with drafts of letters
	7		Adler, Ellen, after Stella's death, 1992, 2000-01

		Legal and financial
	8		AMERICAN MASTERS documentary agreement, correspondence, 1987-1988
	9		Equitable Life Insurance policies (Lulla Rosenfeld, Pearl Pearson),
					statements and correspondence, 1980-1989
			Estate of Harold Clurman
	10			Estate settlement (apartment etc.) documents
						and correspondence, 1980-1984. With
						copy of divorce agreement, 1960

27	1			Publication and film permissions, copyrights,
						and royalties for THE FERVENT YEARS and
						other works, 1981-1992
	2			Social Security correspondence, 1980-1981,
						and divorce documents, 1960
	3		Estate of Mitchell Wilson, correspondence and
					publication permissions, 1978, 1981, 1987-1988
	4		Investments, lists of assets and correspondence, 1980-1989
			Legal actions
	5			Adler v. Levy Rosensweig & Hyman,
						correspondence, documents, 1989-1990
	6			Adler v. Rotté, correspondence, 1983, 1988-1989, 1995
	7			Cohn, Glickstein, & Lurie v. Stella Adler,
						agreements, 1992, 1995
			"Publishing"
	8			Bantam publishing agreement, correspondence,
						and royalty checks, 1982-1989
	9			Correspondence re. book projects, with short
						Adler biography, 1983-1989, undated
	10			Royalty statements and checks, 1985-1990
	11		"Various legal matters," correspondence and
					documents, 1980-1989, undated
	12		"Will," correspondence, documents, burial notes, 1978-1985

		Photographs and works of art
			Adler, Stella
				Production photographs and film stills
28	1				AWAKE AND SING, photograph, [1935]
	2				THE BEAUTIFUL LADY, photographs and
							negatives, [1920]
	3				HE WHO GETS SLAPPED, cast list, 1946
	4				LOVE ON TOAST, photographs, clipping, 1937
	5				THE SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN, photograph,
							negative, 1941
	6				SUCCESS STORY, clipping, photographs, 1932
	7				Unidentified productions, undated
	8-9			Studio photographs, with numerous
						duplicates, 1937, undated, and
						negatives -- see also Adler family
						photographs, folder 29.13
	10			Other photographs, 1966, 1986, 1989, undated
	11-12			Teaching, at events, traveling, etc., slides and
						photographs, 1943-1979, 1989, undated,
						with some negatives

29	1-3			Teaching, at events, traveling, etc. (continued)
	4				"Stanislavski and Me" at "Le siécle 	Stanislavsky"
						symposium, slides, Paris, 1988
				Works of art
	5				Bachardy, Don. Reproduction of portrait of Adler
	6				Bergen, Candice. Pen and ink drawing of
							Adler, undated [used for "Stella by
							Starlight" invitation]
	7				Brandt, Richard. Pencil portrait of Adler, 1979
	*				Broadhurst, Kent. Photograph of pencil
							portrait, undated (*removed to
							oversize box 59)
	8				Hirschfeld, Al. Photocopy of drawing of Adler
	9				Raeben, Norman. Photograph of Bel
							Kaufman with portrait of Stella by
							Raeben, undated

	10		Adler, Jacob,  photographs and negative, undated
	11		Adler, Sara, photographs and negative, 1953, undated
	12		Clurman, Harold, photographs, 1906, 1946, 1950, undated
	13		Other Adler family (including Adler family group ca. 1910,
					Celia, Frances, Luther, Jay, and Julia Adler,
					and Sylvia Sydney) and friends and colleagues, photographs
					and negatives, 1930, 1978, 1981, 1984, undated
	14		Miscellaneous including apartment and pets,
					photographs, 1970, 1977, 1986, undated

		Other material
30	1		Address book, undated
	2		Addresses, business cards, etc., 1973, 1978,
					1980, undated
	3		Calendar pages, 1942, 1969, 1970
	4		"Christmas card list," notebook with
					addresses and lists of books, movies,
					letters written, 1991-1992, undated, and
					cards and presents sent and received,
					1975-1980
			Datebooks, containing appointments,
					addresses, and various notes (including
					teaching notes)
	5			1962, with teaching notes dated Sept. 1963
	6			1965

31	1			1967
	2			1987
	3			1988
	4			1989
			Honors and awards -- see also speeches, folders 24.3-4
	5			Correspondence, 1986-1989
	6			Ibsen Society of America, journal, 1990
	7			Institute of International Education,
						certificate, 1978
	8			Jabotinsky Centennial Citation,
						certificate, telegram, photograph,
						1980
	9			New England Theatre Conference,
						certificate, program, correspondence,
						1985

				New School for Social Research honorary degree
	*				Citation, 1985 (*removed to oversize box 59)
32	1				Photographs and contact sheets, 1985
				Smith College honorary doctorate
	2				Correspondence, press release,
							photocopy certificate, tearsheets,
							engraving plate, 1986-1987
	3-4				Photographs
	5			"Stella Adler: A Birthday Celebration," flyer, undated
	6			"Stella Adler: A Celebration," program, undated
	7			University of Cincinnati honorary degree, 1991
			Teaching-related
	8			"Stella in Australia," correspondence, press
						release, and clippings re. workshop
						taught for the Peter Summerton
						Foundation, June 1974
	9*			"Theatre in Europe: A Tour of Europe in 4
						Acts," brochure and poster for Stella
						Adler tour, 1961 (*removed to oversize folder)
	10			List of plays in bookcase III, notebook
						with entries by author, undated
	11			Lists of technique books and conservatory books, undated
			Miscellaneous
	12			Financial and personal predictions for unidentified male, 1970
	13			Guest registers (Adler memorial service), 1993

33	1			Guest registers (continued)
	2			Organizer notebook, with lists of Christmas
						gifts, birthday gifts, books, tapes, and
						letters written; notes on Jacob Adler
						biography; definitions; and packing
						list for Southampton, 1989-1990
	3			The People's Theatre of Canada, description, undated
	4			Suggested acting roles, [1941]
	5		"Tennessee Williams: A Catalogue," Gotham Book Mart, undated
	6		Travel itineraries, 1974, 1978
	7		VOGUE, mockup with photocopy advertisements, undated

Subseries D. Works by Others, 1933-2003

		About Adler
	8-9		Interviews, 1974-1988
	10		Articles, 1937, 1966-1998
	11		Obituaries, 1992-1993

34	1		"Tributes to Stella from actors,"
					correspondence, prose, poetry, 1987,
					1990, 1993
			Documentaries
				AMERICAN MASTERS [television documentary
						series]  -- see also folder 26.8
	2				Media packet / press kit, with publicity
							photographs, 1989
	3				"Broadway Dreamers: The Group
							Theater," articles, reviews, 1989
	4				"Stella Adler: Awake and Dream,"
							articles, reviews, 1989
	5			"Stella Adler and the Actor" [television
						documentary, Los Angeles, 1983],
						transcript
	6-7			"Stella Adler: Master Teacher" [proposed
						documentary for Great Teachers
						video series], proposal,
						correspondence, 1977, 1979
	8		Brando, Marlon. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME,
					photocopy excerpt
	9		Chinoy, Helen Krich. "Reunion: A Self-
					Portrait of the Group Theatre"
					[EDUCATIONAL THEATRE JOURNAL, vol. 28,
					no. 4, Dec. 1976], correspondence, 1987-1988,
					whole issue
	10		Duarte, Christina. "Stella Adler and the Group
					Theatre," masters thesis, typescript, 2003
	11		Felner, Mira. HAROLD AND STELLA: LOVE LETTERS,
					program, correspondence, 1993
	12		Flakes, Susan. Project description, typescript, undated
	13		Freed, Selwyn Z. "Second Avenue," typescript, 2003
	14		McKay, Keith. "Robert De Niro," ACTOR'S WEEKLY tearsheets, 1992
	15-16		Miller, Henry G. "Stella," playscript, two typescripts, undated
	17		Paris, Barry. "Five Hours with Stella Adler: A Bio-Preface," typescript
	18		Rabinowitz, Baruch [Ben?]. Memoir excerpt, typescript, undated
	19		Rand, Ronald. "The Group," playscript, undated

35	1		Rapoport, Louis. SHAKE HEAVEN AND EARTH,
					photocopy corrected proof fragments, undated
	2		Richardson, Rick. "Stella Adler: Actress and Teacher," doctoral dissertation
					prospectus, typescript, undated
	3-4		Rotté, Joanna. "The Principles of Acting," typescript, undated
	5		Smith, Wendy. "The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940," review clipping,
					1990
	6		Toussaint, David. "The Stella Adler Show,"correspondence, typescript,
					and STAGES, vol. 5, no. 2 issue, March 1991
	7		Wood, Jane and Tara Prem. "Stella in the Bois de Boulogne," screenplay, bound
					photocopy typescript, Aug. 2001
			Unidentified authors
	8			Yiddish article on the Group Theatre, YIDDISHE KULTUR tearsheets, 1946
	9			Playscript re. Adler, typescript fragment, undated
		Other works
	10-11		Miscellaneous articles
			Abel, Lionel
	12			ABSALOM, corrected typescript, undated
	13			THE DEATH OF ODYSSEUS, typescript, undated
	14		Allan, Ted. THE SECRET OF THE WORLD, review clippings, 1962
	15		Alpers, B. "The Theatre of the Social Mask"
					[Meyerhold notes], typescript, undated

36	1-3		Antokolskii, Pavel, editor. "From E. B.
					Vakhtangov's Diaries and Entries"
					[Vakhtangov notes], handwritten
					manuscript. With "On the Creative
					Method of the Vachtangov Theatre,"
					typescript, undated
	4		Bellow, Saul. UPPER DEPTHS, bound typescript, undated
	5		Bush-Fekete, M. and L. CLASS REUNION, [playscript based on the
					novel by Franz Werfel], typescript, undated
			Chekhov, Michael
	6			"Michael Chekhov's Questionnaire" [answers given to State Academy
						of the Arts questionnaire], "Michael Tchecov's
						Account of the Stanislavsky System" translated from the
						Russian by Tamara A. Milashevsky, typescript, three copies, 1970
	7-8			"On Stanislavksy's System," translation by Paula Miller,
						composite typescript and handwritten manuscript,
						two copies, and handwritten manuscript,[1919]
	9		Cohen, Lester and Diana Peckham. HOUSE IN OHIO, typescript, undated

37	1		Diner, Hasia. "The Bnai Brith," typescript, undated
	2		Doctorow, E. L. DRINKS BEFORE DINNER, "Version B," typescript, 1978
	3		Edgar, Harold. "The World of the Theatre," DAILY WORKER newspaper column
					clippings, 1933-1934
	4		Fry, Christopher. THE FIRSTBORN, typescript, undated
	5		Greendale, Alexander. A LITTLE EVIL, typescript
					and review clipping, 1951
	6		Halsband, Robert. "The First English Version
					of Marivaux's LE JEU DE L'AMOUR ET DU HASARD," reprint, 1982
	7		Hofstadter, Richard. "Anti-Intellectualism in
					American Life," printed text of chapter
					VI, "The Decline of the Gentleman"
	8-9		Levin, Meyer. COMPULSION, typescript, two typescripts, undated
	10		Meisner, Sanford. "The Meisnerian Method,"
					typescript lecture notes by Mark Bailey,
					Nov. 1959-April 1960, 20th Century Fox
					Film Studios Actors' Training Class
	11		Nabokov, Vladimir. "On Chekhov," tearsheet, 1981
	12		Salacrou, Armand. NO LAUGHING MATTER,
					translation by Lucienne Hill, typescript, undated
	13		Strasberg, Lee. "Introductory Note," in Art of
					Acting issue of THEATRE WORKSHOP, Oct. 1936

38	1		Strindberg, August. PLAYING WITH FIRE (LEKA MED ELDEN), photocopy printed text
	2		Tabori, George. LYSISTRATA '54, typescript, Nov. 1953
	3		Williams, Tennessee. ORPHEUS DESCENDING, typescript, undated
	4		[Wilson, Mitchell]. "Julie Claudel" [THE HUNTRESS?] typescript summary of
					proposed novel, undated
	5		Windham, Donald. THE STARLESS AIR, typescript, June 1954
			Unidentified authors
	*			"On the Creative Method of the Vakhtangov  Theatre,"
						typescript --  see folder 36.3
	6			Unidentified filmscripts, typescript fragments, undated

Series II. Stella Adler Conservatory, 1958-2003

		Business-related
	7		"Certificate of doing business," 1979
	8		Certificate of incorporation, 1973
	9		Forms, undated
	10		Leases, documents and correspondence, 1980-1989, 2000-2001
	11		Legal services, Leavy Rosensweig & Hyman,
					Cohn Glickstein & Lurie, statements,
					checks, notes, correspondence, 1985-1992
	12		"Office equipment manuals," undated
	13-14		"Operations manual, Fall 1982," with photocopy

39	1		"Safe deposit box," correspondence and invoice, 1976, 1992
	2		Student rules and guidelines, undated
		Correspondence
	3		Administrative, 1979-1990
	4		General, 1959, 1980-1997
	5		Immigration correspondence [re. students], 1959-1991
	6		Inquiries from potential students, 1984-1989
		Course-related
	7		"California school," correspondence, agreements,
					income and expenditure ledger sheets, 1975-1992
	8		"Character class invoices," 1984-1986
			New York University
	9			"Agreement with NYU, 1980,"
						agreements, correspondence, insurance
						material, 1979-1980, with Tisch School of
						the Arts brochure, 2000, and student handbook, 1991
	10			Capitation fee statements and class lists, 1993-1994
	11			"Correspondence, NYU," 1972-1992

40	1			"Job descriptions, NYU," 1985, undated
	2			"Receipts & monies, NYU," checks and statements, 1973-1989
	3-4		"Schedules / price," class schedules, letters and
					information sent to applicants, course
					descriptions, 1958, 1970, 1980-1991
	5		Slides and contact sheet from unidentified class, 1995, undated
			"Staff and faculty"
	6			"Biographies" [including Adler and a history of
						the Conservatory], 1965, 1986, 1993
	7				Blumenfeld, Robert, photograph, resume, undated
	8				Chaikin, Joe, photograph, biography,
							resume, 1981, 1984, undated
	9				Kelly, Dona, income execution documents
							and correspondence, 1990
	10				Strasberg, John / Jean-Claude van Itallie,
							clippings, exhibition catalog,
							photographs, correspondence, flyers, 1967-1994
	11				Waxberg, Charles, agreements, hours,
							correspondence, 1991-1992
	12			Faculty hours, 1992-1993, copies of checks for
						party, 1990, and contact list, 1987
	13			"Payroll," ledger sheets re. raises, undated
	14		"Student lists," and "Class contact sheets," class rosters, 1988-1994

		Publicity etc.
41	1-2		"Brochure" drafts, photographs, proofs, 1958, 1988-1993
	3-4		Brochures and flyers, 1984-2003
	5-6		Brochures from other schools
	7	 	"Publicity releases," press releases, 1959-1988, undated
	8		"Publicity," articles and advertisements, 1976-1999, undated
	9-10		"Advertising and promotion," correspondence,
					brochures, articles, media schedules, 1994-1995
	11		"Promotion," publicity contacts, lists of media
					contacts, theater addresses, 1991

42	1-2		Harold Clurman Lecture Series, flyers, articles,
					photographs, waiting lists, Zoe Caldwell
					lecture correspondence, 1992-1993
	3		Jacob Adler Award artwork by Larry Rivers, undated
	4		"Stella by Starlight" invitation, 2001

Series III. Russian Theater, 1898-1968

	5-7	Boleslavsky, Richard.  Lecture transcripts. With some
				duplicates and a handwritten fragment of notes
				on lecture by Madame __ , undated
	8	Chekhov reading to the actors of the Moscow Art
				Theatre, illustration from unidentified text, 1898
	9	Moscow Art Theatre publications, programs, 1928, 1934, 1963, undated
		Stanislavsky, Konstantin
	10		"The Stanislavsky System" printed chart, 1934
	11		Stanislavsky Museum brochure, centennial
					publication, and postcards, 1963, undated
	12		Stanislavsky photographs, undated; photograph
					and negative of pencil portrait of
					Stanislavsky, 1936; negatives of bust of
					Stanislavsky, undated

		Visits to Russia and the Russian Seminar
43	1		 "Russia 1962 impressions, notes," Adler's
					notebook with schedule, notes,
					correspondence, 1962-1963
	2	 	"Russian seminar," notebook by Adler, 1964
	3		Typescript account by Adler re. Moscow Art
					Theatre, her 1963 visit, and how the 1964
					seminar was planned, undated
	4-5		Correspondence, invoices, press release draft, 1963-1968
	6		Typescript notes of Adler and seminar participants
					discussing seminar, undated
	7-10		"Seminars in Drama" corrected transcripts of
					recordings of broadcasts, 1964

Series IV. Yiddish Theater, 1900-2000

		Adler family
44	1		Articles about the Adler family,  1931, 1976-1977,
					1984, 1999, 2000, and undated, with press
					release of Luther Adler's obituary, 1984
	2		Photocopies of family records gathered by Brian G. Andersson, 1900-1930
	3		"Stella's Kingdom: The Yiddish Theatre,"
					typescript by unidentified author, undated
	4		"Hooray for Yiddish Theater in America" exhibition,
					National Museum of American Jewish
					History press release, flyers, correspondence,
					clippings, typescript biography of Adler,
					transcript of Adler's speech, 1988
	5-6			Photographs, [1988]
	7			Spertus Museum flyers for "Hooray for Yiddish
						Theatre in America" and "Sam Ostrowsky," 1987
		Adler, Jacob
	*		"Russian Gipsey," sheet music from THE LIVING CORPSE by Leo Tolstoy, 1911
					(*removed to oversize box 60)
		Adler, Sara
	8-10		Memoir, Yiddish handwritten and typescript manuscript, undated

45	1-2		Memoir (continued)
			"Sara Adler: The Story of Her Life in Two Acts, by Herself" [playscript]
	3			Corrected Yiddish typescript with handwritten pages
	4			"Prompter's copy," Yiddish typescript pages
	5			"Individual roles," Yiddish typescript pages
	6	Browne, Walter. EVERYWOMAN [playscript], Yiddish printed text, 1911
	7	Wolfson, A. L. "Yakob P. Adler," Yiddish typescript poem, 1922
		Unidentified works
	8		"Master of Ceremonies," Yiddish typescript
					introduction, undated
	9		Playscript with characters Mrs. Hamilton,
					Bathsheba, and Harry, Yiddish handwritten
					manuscript, undated
	10		Playscript, handwritten and typescript
					fragment of Yiddish transcribed into
					German characters, undated
	11		Playscript, Yiddish handwritten fragment, undated
	12		Playscript re. capital punishment, Yiddish
					handwritten stage directions and two
					Yiddish typescripts of individual roles, undated
	13		Yiddish handwritten pages, possibly reviews, undated

Series V. Harold Clurman, 1919-1989

Subseries A. Works, 1919-1980

	14	ALL PEOPLE ARE FAMOUS (INSTEAD OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY), photocopy corrected
				typescript of Chapter 1, undated. With review clipping, 1974
	15	"American Night at the Swedish Ballet," typescript, undated
	16-17	THE COLLECTED WORKS OF HAROLD CLURMAN, corrected typescript of
				Robert Whitehead's introduction; typescript quotes re. Clurman
				by various individuals; and Marjorie Loggia typescript proposal,
				correspondence, drafts of foreward, and publication agreement,
				1988-1994. With copies of various Clurman writings, primarily from notebooks
	18	"Conversation with Two Masters: From an Informal Diary of a Five-Week Stay
				in the Soviet Union," photocopy printed text, undated

		THE FERVENT YEARS: THE STORY OF THE GROUP THEATRE AND THE THIRTIES
46	1-6		Handwritten draft, undated
	7		"Epilogue 1945-55," handwritten draft
	*		Printing plates (*removed to oversize box 61)

47	1	"Finale," typescript, [1952]
	2	"Letter to a Young Actress," typescript, undated
	3	LIES LIKE TRUTH, handwritten and typescript drafts,
			titled "The Lie That Tells the Truth," and
			review clipping, 1958
	4	"Modern Music in Salzburg," typescript, 1923
	5	"The New Theatre," photocopy typescript, 1971
	6	"Nightlife and Daylight," proposal for a book
				of articles previously published in
				TOMORROW magazine, typescript, undated
	7	"A Note on Paul Strand's Photographs," typescript, [1925]
	8	Notes and fragments (by Adler and Clurman), undated
	9	ON DIRECTING, review clipping, corrected proof of review, undated
	10	"Our Theatre: A Monologue with Interruptions," typescript, [1929]
	11	"Plans for a First Studio" [proposal to establish the
				Group Theatre], photocopy typescript, 1931
	12	"Punch and Judy" [review of various plays], typescript, [1951]
	13-14	"Reminiscences: An Oral History," Harold Clurman interview by Louis Sheaffer,
					edited typescript, 1979
	15	Review of WORLD WITHIN WORLD by Stephen Spender, typescript, undated
	16	"A Study of André Gide," handwritten course assignment, [1919]
		"Theatre" [column for THE NATION]
	17		Review of Paris productions, typescript, undated
	*		Review of THE FLOWERING PEACH by Clifford Odets, proof, undated
					(*removed to oversize box 60)
	*		Review of KING OF HEARTS by Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke, proof, undated
					(*removed to oversize box 60)
	*		Review of THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON by John Patrick, proof, undated
					(*removed to oversize box 60)
	18	"Tribute to Max Reinhardt," Clurman speech at Reinhardt Memorial Meeting,
				typescript, Nov. 1943
	19	"Vandalism on Broadway" [Review of ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS by Maxwell Anderson],
				typescript, undated
		Various reviews and articles by Clurman,clippings and tearsheets
	20		1924-1968
	21		1934-1967
	22		1937-1989
	23		1941-1949 and undated

48	1-2		1946-1947, "Tomorrow Finished NL / DL"
	3		1946-1948, NIGHTLIFE AND DAYLIGHT"
	4-5		1946-1949 and undated, TOMORROW
	6		1951, NEW REPUBLIC
	7-8		1953-1957, THE NATION

49	1		1946-1980 and undated
	2-3		1948, NEW REPUBLIC, "done"
	4-5		1947-1949 and fragments, TOMORROW
	6		1950-1957, THE NATION and NEW REPUBLIC
	7		1948-1949

50	1-2		1948-1957
	3		1948-1964
	4-5		1949, NEW REPUBLIC
	6		1940s-1970s, "Selected"

51	1-3		1940s-1970s, "Selected" (continued)
	4		"50s to be read by ML"

52	1		1950-1951, "NATION--done"
	2		1950s-1970s, "Incomplete--list ed. here"
	3		1950s-1975
	4		1952-1953, THE NATION
	5		1952-1954
	6-7		1954-1955, "NATION 54-55 done"
	8		1956-1957, "NATION 56-57 done"

53	1-3		1958-1959, "NATION 58-59 done"
	4		1959, THE NATION
	5		"1960s, misc"
	6		"1960s"
	7-9		1960s, "N.Y. Public Library Materials"

54	1-2		"1970s"
	3		1970s, THE NATION
	4-5		1970-1971, "70-71 to be indexed"
	6		1972-1973
	7		1976-1977, "76-77 to be indexed"
	8		1978-1980
	9		"Playwright"

Subseries B. Career-Related and Personal Material, 1926-1989

55	1	Articles about Clurman, 1966-1979, undated
	2	Awards and honors, 1956-1978
	3	Calendar, 1941-1942
	4	Contracts and royalties, 1946-1960
		Correspondence
	5		Adler, Stella, 1943-1945, 1951, 1957, undated
	6-7		Clurman to Adler, 1942-1957
	8		Other correspondents, 1939-1979
	9	Diary, 1956

56	1	THE FLYING GROUSE, [Journal of the Group Theatre], photocopied pages from
				Feb. and June 1936 issues
	2	"Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre" [AMERICAN MASTERS television documentary series],
				typescript of Stella Adler interview, 1984, and clippings, 1989
	3	Income tax documents and receipts, 1946-1956
	4	Kandel, Aben and Herbert Kline. "Adam and Eve" [screenplay adaptation of works by
				Mark Twain], bound typescript. With letter from Kline to Clurman, undated
	5-6	Obituaries, tributes, and condolences, 1980
	7	Reviews of plays (GOLDEN BOY, TIGER AT THE GATE) directed by Clurman, clippings,
				1938, 1955
	8	Theater programs collected by Clurman, bound in notebook, 1926-1930, undated. With one
				program each from the Mansfield Theatre, 1939, the Old Vic, 1946, and the Helen Hayes
				Theater, 1959


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