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Includes color photographs of WPFC founding member Dolores Walker reading at the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (23–29 Washington Place) and outside the Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street) as part of the march anticipating the production of "Jumpin' Salty" (see box 3, folder 2).

A number of the letters are from educators and college students seeking information on the WPFC's productions and available scripts. Includes correspondence and contracts for readings and workshops sponsored by Poets and Writers, Inc.

The WPFC was partially funded by the New York State Council on the Arts. Folder includes projected budgets, financial statements, author biographies, and filing instructions.

Includes images of WPFC productions such as "Rape-In" (1971), "? ! A Revue" (1973), and "Wicked Women Revue" (1973), photographs of WPFC members at the time of the Collective's existence (1971-1975), and a color print of Marjorie Melnick, Christina Maile, Gwendolyn Gunn, Dolores Walker, Nancy Rhodes, and Helen Duberstein, taken during a 2015 interview.

Small-format signage for most of the WPFC's productions, programs, and workshops.

Coverage of WPFC pp. 87-89: Charlotte Rea, "Women's Theatre Groups. (Photocopies of article also in box 1, folder 1.)

Coverage of WPFC pp. 17-22: Sondra Lowell, "The New Feminist Theater." (Photocopies of article also in box 1, folder 1.)

Coverage of WPFC p. 39: Margaret Croyden, "Women Directors and Playwrights." (Photocopies of article also in box 1, folder 1.)

References to WPFC pp. 87-89, 94-95, 101, 104.

Chapter 5, "Theatres with a Gender Focus," includes a section on WPFC, pp. 159-162.

Contains scripts for "There's a Wall Between Us Darling" (Sally Ordway), "Abide in Darkness" (Dolores Walker), "Across the Street" (Gwendolyn Gunn), and "The Prisoner -- A Monologue" (Chryse Maile). Includes a note on missing scripts.

Contains lyrics and recorded music (in the form of a reel of magnetic tape), and scripts for "Family, Family" (Sally Ordway), "Daddy's Little Girl" (Dolores Walker), "The Interview" (Dolores Walker and A. Piotrowski), "Turning the Tables" (Patricia Horan), "Propositions" (Susan Yankowitz), "Some of Your Biggies" (Patricia Horan), "A Few Concessions" (Patricia Horan), and "The Confessions of Clara" (Gwendolyn Gunn). Includes a note on missing scripts.

Contains scripts for "Subway" (Patricia Horan), "Egos" (Patricia Horan), "Playthings" (Sally Ordway), "The Appetizer" (Dolores Walker), "Fly You, a.k.a. Fly Me" (Gwendolyn Gunn), "Promise Her Anything" (Sally Ordway), "I Want Your Heart, a.k.a. Hearts & Flowers" (Dolores Walker and A. Piotrowski), and "Animal Monologues" (Susan Yankowitz). Includes a note on missing scripts.

Contains scripts for "Oh Muse, Where Art Thou, Muse?" (Sally Ordway), "The Interview" (Dolores Walker and A. Piotrowski), "Museum of Mannequins" (Chyrse Maile), "Playthings" (Sally Ordway), "Family, Family" (Sally Ordway), "Daisy Snaps" (Chryse Maile), "Marathon" (Gwendolyn Gunn), "The Play Called Michigan" (Chryse Maile), and an untitled scene by Chryse Maile. Includes a note on missing scripts.

Contains scripts for "Dorie Play" (Chryse Maile), "Among the Relics - The Gynecologist" (Gwendolyn Gunn), "Duet, a.k.a. Duet for Two Women" (Megan Terry), "Sex Wars - Matriarchy to Patriarchy" (Sally Ordway), and "Intelligent Life in the Universe" (Chryse Maile). Includes a note on missing scripts.

Includes script by Patricia Horan and Marjorie DeFazio, a cassette tape of music (restricted), budget sheets, production materials, fliers, programs, box office reports, and reviews.

Contains fliers, programs, production materials, and correspondence with author Gloria Albee.

Contains scripts for "Witnessing" (Dolores Walker), "Lena Horne Bites Her Tongue" (Chryse Maile), "Mabel Dodge" (Sally Ordway), "The Laundry Workers Present: Hatpin Bessie" (Linda Kline), "Willa-Willie-Bill's Dope Garden (a meditation in one act on Willa Cather)" (Megan Terry), "Margaret Sanger" (Gwendolyn Gunn), "Eartha Kitt Dressed in a White Fur Coat" (Chryse Maile). Also includes production materials, box office reports, and press clippings.

Contains fliers, programs, reviews, and a photocopy of a letter from the composer Virgil Thomson to Nancy Rhodes, thanking the WPFC for producing his opera, based on the life of Susan B. Anthony and scored to a libretto by Gertrude Stein.

Press releases and articles (many duplicated elsewhere in the collection).

Blank letterhead and envelopes with WPFC logo and names of playwrights (Gwendolyn Gunn, Patricia Horan, Chryse Maile, Sally Ordway, Dolores Walker, Susan Yankowitz), and board of sponsors (Margaret Croyden, Alice Denham, Elizabeth Fisher, Ellen Frankfort, Carol Greitzer, Tania [the artist born Tatiana Lewin], Florynce Kennedy, Eleanor Perry, Muriel Rukeyser, Alix Shulman, Anita Steckel, Gloria Steinem).

Announcements and fliers for workshops and programs produced and sponsored by the WPFC.