Series II. Theatrical Work, 1923-1997, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Series II. Theatrical Work, documents Bean's career as an actress and playwright, including programs, playbills, play manuscripts, musical scores, newspaper clippings of reviews of productions, correspondence and working papers, and documentation of Bean's involvement in labor unions and associations representing working performers. It also includes works by some of her colleagues, including Barrie Stavis, Marc Blitzstein, and Norman Curtis, many with notes and revisions from Bean.
Industrial Workers of the World Songs and other Labor Arts, 1923-1985, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mailing Lists for Activist Organizations, circa 1930-1950, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adelaide Bean's Early Acting Career - Playbills, 1931-1948, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fan Drawing of Adelaide in The Late Christopher Bean, 1932
Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adelaide Bean's Early Acting Career - Newspaper Clippings, 1932-1935, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Children's Hour Manuscript Draft, circa 1935
Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Adelaide Bean worked as assistant producer on the original Broadway production of The Children's Hour in 1935.
Let Freedom Ring, Produced by Adelaide Bean, 1935
Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Associated Actors and Artistes of America - 4 A's Union, 1935-1949, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Who Fights This Battle? by Kenneth White, Produced by Adelaide Bean - Flyer, circa 1935-1936, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Who Fights This Battle? by Kenneth White, Produced by Adelaide Bean - Manuscripts, Drafts, and Correspondence, 1936-1996, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 10, 11, 12, 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theatre Committee for Aid to Spanish Democracy - Theatre People's Rally, 1937
Box: 6, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theatre Arts Committee (TAC), 1937-1940, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theatre Arts Committee (TAC) - Activities and Meeting Minutes, 1937-1940, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theatre Organizing Notes and Working Papers, 1938
Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theatre Arts Committee Cabaret, 1938-1939, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marc Blitzstein - Playbills, Musical Scores, Newspaper Clippings, 1939-1984, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Meridel Le Sueur - Profiles, Works, Event Programs, 1939-1990, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 4, 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Why Do You Stand There in the Rain? Musical Score by Woody Guthrie, 1940
Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Play Manuscripts and Drafts, circa 1940-1970, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 7, 8, 9, 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 8, Folder: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 9, Folder: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts and final versions of the following plays, many with notes and annotations from Adelaide Bean:
27 Billion Dollars, 1940; Banners of Steel, 1960-1962; Coat of Many Colors, 1963; The House of Shadows, n.d.; Joe Hill, n.d.; Lamp at Midnight, n.d.; The Man Who Never Died, 1973; Sun and I, 1946; Washington, n.d.
Play Manuscripts and Drafts - Various Authors, circa 1940-1991, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 8, 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts and final manuscripts of the following plays:
Amazing Grace by Studs Terkel, 1959; Bed Time Story by Sam Moore, n.d.; Declaration by Janet and Philip Stevenson, 1940; Drop Hammer by Emanuel Fried, 1977; Faust, unattributed, n.d.; In Praise of Paper Power by Charles Friedman, n.d.; Love and the Census Taker by Albert Bein, n.d.; The Oregon Trail #623 film script by John Barnes and Benton Leibson, 1955; Paul Robeson in Concert by Phillip Hayes Dean, n.d.; Sandhog by Earl Robinson and Waldo Salt, 1954; Spoken Songs by Walter Lowenfels and Norman Curtis, n.d.; They Shall be Heard by Norman Rosten, n.d.; This is My Friend film script by Allegro Film Productions, Inc., 1956; Trial by Error by John Speeking, 1982; Mitchell Berenson Play, n.d.; Untitled manuscripts by Noble, n.d.; Untitled and unattributed manuscript, n.d.; Untitled and unattributed manuscript, 1991.
Artist's Front to Win the War, 1942-1943, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lunchtime Follies, 1942-1943, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
People's Songs Bulletin, 1945
Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American-Soviet Music Review, 1946
Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The American National Theater and Academy, 1946-1949, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stop Censorship, 1947
Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Resolution on the United States Office of Repertory Theatres, 1947-1949, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stop Censorship - Flyer and Newspaper Clippings, 1947-1986, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stop Censorship Signature Cards, 1948
Box: 13, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Federal Subsidy of the Arts, 1948
Box: 13, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stop Censorship - Working Papers, 1948-1951, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 10, 11, 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adelaide's Work and Activism in Chicago - Correspondence, Working Papers, 1948-1952, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Actors' Equity Association - Anti-Blacklist Resolution, 1948-1976, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paul Robeson - Peekskill Riots Newspaper Clippings, 1949
Box: 34, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Margaret Webster Shakespeare Company, 1949
Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theatre Committee to Save the Life of Walter Lee Irvin, 1949
Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
They Shall Not Die by John Wexley, 1949
Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paul Robeson - Peekskill Riots and Hollywood Eagle Concert, 1949
Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paul Robeson - Peekskill Riots Newspaper Clippings, 1949
Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Federation of Radio Artists + Television Authority Merger (AFTRA), 1949-1951, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bill Marshall - Actors' Equity Association Correspondence, 1950
Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adelaide Bean's 1951 Television Appearances, 1950-1951, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adelaide Bean's Theater and Television Roles, 1951-1957, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adelaide Bean's Actors' Equity Association Member Card, 1952
Box: 14, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes on the Need for One Big Union of Theatrical Performers, circa 1952, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paul Robeson - Newspaper Profiles, 1952-1976, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), AFL-CIO, 1952-1986, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Joe Hill Research, 1953
Box: 14, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The World of Sholom Aleichem Production Contract Draft, 1953
Box: 14, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Joe Hill Publicity, 1953-1954, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Joe Hill Playbills and Press, 1953-1974, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paul Robeson - Concert Programs, 1954
Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paul Robeson - Passport Case, 1954
Box: 15, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cherry County Playhouse 1957 Season - Feature in the Record Eagle, 1957
Box: 34, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adelaide Bean's Class at the Lenhoff School of Music and Dance, 1959
Box: 15, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Norman Curtis - Correspondence, Event Programs, Press, 1959-1971, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bless the Child by Bernice Blohm and Adelaide Bean - Manuscripts and Drafts, circa 1960-1963, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 6, 7, 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sonata for Flute and Piano: Norman Curtis and Harvey Sollberger, June, 1961
Box: 37, reel: 756_047 (Material Type: Audio)
Scope and Contents
A note on the original box said, "To Adelaide with love - Norman, June 1961"
Committee for the Employment of Negro Performers, 1961-1962, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Drafts, The Sun and I and The Coat of Many Colors, 1962
Box: 15, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Banners of Steel Playbills and Press, 1963-1965, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bless the Child Premiere - Playbills and Press, 1963-1968, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bless the Child Reviews, 1963-1968, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Actors' Equity Association - Rank and File Activities, 1963-1979, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bless the Child Production Contract, 1964
Box: 16, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bless the Child Correspondence with Bernice Diskin, Irma Jurist, Barrie Stavis, and others, 1964-1968, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Lamp at Midnight Playbills and Press, 1965-1969, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Playbills and Press, 1966-1986, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Correspondence and drafts, 1967
Box: 16, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Midwest Artists for Peace - Newspaper Clippings, 1967
Box: 16, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Midwest Artists for Peace - Protests Against the Vietnam War, 1967
Box: 16, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tyrone Guthrie - Playbills, 1967-1968, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Karamu Theatre - Playbills, Calls for Auditions, Press, 1967-1968, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Harpers Ferry Playbills and Press, circa 1967-1970, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Actors' Equity Association Activities, 1967-1989, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black Theater in Chicago, 1968-1969, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Artists United - Paul Robeson Week, 1969-1970, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 3, 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Coalition for United Community Action, Chicago, 1970
Box: 17, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Common People with Anita Satisfield in concert, August 26, 1972
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_054 (Material Type: Audio)
Artists' Ad-Hoc Committee for Chile, 1973
Box: 17, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lester Cole - Play Manuscripts and Drafts, 1974
Box: 17, Folder: 7, 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts for the following plays:
The Athenian Connection, 1974; This Time Yesterday, n.d.
Actors' Equity Association, Chicago, 1974-1981, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mike Davidow - Play Manuscripts and Drafts, 1975
Box: 17, Folder: 10, 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts for the following plays:
The Closest Battlefield, 1975; Farewell Fanya, n.d.
Actors' Equity Association - Showcase Code, 1975-1976, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Zero Mostel, 1977
Box: 18, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
SAG-AFTRA Strike - Actors' Equity Association Support, 1977-1979, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Actors' Equity Association - John Van Eyck, 1978-1979, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sean O'Casey Centennial - Correspondence with Robert Lowery and Working Papers, 1978-1981, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 5, 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lester Cole - Correspondence, Drafts, Press, 1978-1985, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paul Robeson - Memorial Events and Productions, 1978-1988, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Federation of Musicians Local 802, 1978-1993, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AFTRA Twin Cities Local - Newsletters, Notes, and Press, 1980-1986, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ringling Bros. / Barnum and Bailey Contract with Local No. 688, 1981
Box: 19, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fringe Benefits: KAXE FM, Grand Rapids, MI, February 12, 1983
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_055, 756_072 (Material Type: Audio)
Little Flags Theatre: To the People, Step in Time, 1983
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_056 (Material Type: Audio)
Terence Cannon - Play Manuscripts and Drafts, 1984-1986, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts for the following plays:
The Captain, n.d.; The Marriage, 1984; The Quarry, 1986; Sand, n.d.
Unions for the Performing Arts - Flyers, c. 1985-1990, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Howard Da Silva - Bio and Obituary, 1986
Box: 19, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrie Stavis - Correspondence and Press, 1986-1993, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Coming On Strong: Songs for People on the Move, 1987
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_077 (Material Type: Audio)
Paint the Town Red: Party Songs, 1987
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_078 (Material Type: Audio)
Prophets: Meira (Chaconne) and Piano Sonata No. 3 Outeries / Black Snow by Ron Yedidia, July 11, 1989
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_073 (Material Type: Audio)
SAG-AFTRA New England - Newsletters, 1990-1993, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Catherine Sanford - Correspondence and Drafts, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
SAG-AFTRA Philadelphia - Correspondence, Newsletters, Press, 1994-1995, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AFTRA SIXTY Gala, 1997
Box: 19, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AFTRA E-mails, 1997
Box: 20, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ballad for Americans, Undated, inclusive
Box: 37, reel: 756_039 (Material Type: Audio)
Barrie Stavis, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_001 (Material Type: Audio)
Bernice Diskin - Drafts and Correspondence, Undated, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bernice Diskin, Barrie Stavis, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_008 (Material Type: Audio)
Billie Holiday, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_029 (Material Type: Audio)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 40 minutes
Audio
Billie Holiday
Bless the Child, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_004, 756_005, 756_006, 756_007, 756_009, 756_010, 756_011, 756_014 (Material Type: Audio)
Born to Live - Studs Terkel, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_034 (Material Type: Audio)
Brandenburg Concerts - Prokofiev (#2 in F Major, #3 in G Major), Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_022 (Material Type: Audio)
Crane, Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, reel: 756_024 (Material Type: Audio)
A Dance Suite for Children by Norman Curtis, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_003 (Material Type: Audio)
Demaio Tribute, Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_062 (Material Type: Audio)
Fayette County: My Name is Georgia Turner, Undated, inclusive
Box: 37, reel: 756_042, 756_043, 756_045 (Material Type: Audio)
Film criticism: Lester, Bonasky, Hart, etc., Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_063 (Material Type: Audio)
Fred Pinkard [?] - Paul Robeson, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_036 (Material Type: Audio)
The Hill Mitschnilt, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_030 (Material Type: Audio)
Horace Payton (?), Undated, inclusive
Box: 37, reel: 756_044 (Material Type: Audio)
If We Grow Up (Monophonic), Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_017 (Material Type: Audio)
The Imaginary Invalid, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_020 (Material Type: Audio)
Irma Jurist: Hymn-like "Wasp" (poor recording), Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_015 (Material Type: Audio)
Jimmy Boy, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_002 (Material Type: Audio)
Joe Hill by Barrie Stavis - Info Sheets and Flyers, Undated, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Juno (TV News and Weather), Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_035 (Material Type: Audio)
Kenneth White - Play Manuscripts and Drafts, Undated, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 5, 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts for the following plays:
Airman, n.d.; Discovering Connecticut, n.d.
Leo and Kathy Lara: Ecuador, Minneapolis, Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_061 (Material Type: Audio)
Lily (Part 1), Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_063 (Material Type: Audio)
Mime Troupe, Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_057, 756_058 (Material Type: Audio)
Mother Courage, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_023 (Material Type: Audio)
No for an Answer Marc Blittzstein, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36 (Material Type: Audio)
Paul Robeson, Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_065 (Material Type: Audio)
Paul Robeson: The Four Rivers (V. Gorney, E. Elison, H. Meyers), Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, reel: 756_027 (Material Type: Audio)
Paul Robeson Tributes: Dr. Hasbrouch, Hazel Gray, Dick Herbert, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_018 (Material Type: Audio)
Preamble to Peace (with intro and applause), Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_016 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Recession-Depression by Barbara Ford, Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_064 (Material Type: Audio)
"Song of Peace" by Shostakovich (Moscow Concert), Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, reel: 756_025 (Material Type: Audio)
Strange Fruit Musical Score by Lewis Allan, Undated, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Studs Terkel: Almanac - Emanuel Dunn, Undated, inclusive
Box: 37, reel: 756_040, 756_041 (Material Type: Audio)
Studs Terkel's Program on Marc Blitzstein, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_019 (Material Type: Audio)
Songs of Experience (For Norman), Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_032 (Material Type: Audio)
Weavers, Pete Seeger, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_031 (Material Type: Audio)
William Blake's Songs of Innocence set to music by Norman Curtis, Undated, inclusive
Box: 36, reel: 756_037 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Untitled, Undated, inclusive
Box: 35, audiocassette: 756_012, 756_013 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 36, reel: 756_021, 756_028, 756_033, 756_038 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 37, VHS: 756_079 (Material Type: video)
Box: 37, reel: 756_048 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 37, reel: 756_026 (Material Type: Audio)
