Box Folder Description
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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 57-60 Oversize materials
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