Series III: General Files
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Subseries A: 1920-1944.
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Scope and Content Note
Consists of subject files for these years, arranged alphabetically by topic. Notable among the topics covered are Executive Committee records and minutes, Membership Meeting records, autobiographical notebooks of Clarence Derwent, wartime records, and early material relating to radio and television broadcasting.
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically by topic.
Agency: Applications for Franchises, 1942-1944, inclusive
Agency: Contract and Commission Correspondence, Sidney Blackmer, 1944, inclusive
Agency Law/Condon Bill, 1942-1944, inclusive
Agency, Personal and Special Employment Representative Agreements, 1930s, inclusive
Agreement: AEA, Chorus Equity Association (CEA) and American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), Jun 13, 1939
Agreement Between AEA. CEA and the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG), Nov 15, 1934
Agreement to approve council action signed by members, Apr 4, 1938, inclusive
American Theatre Council I, 1937, inclusive
American Theatre Council II, 1937, inclusive
American Theatre Council III, 1938-1939 , 1941, inclusive
American Theatre Wing Lunchtime Follies, 1942, inclusive
American Theatre Wing War Service, Inc.: Year End Report, Dec 31, 1944
Arts Unions Conference: Minutes and Correspondence, 1938, inclusive
Auditor's Reports, 1936-1937, inclusive
Auditor's Reports, 1940-1941, inclusive
Auditor's Reports, 1942, inclusive
Auditor's Reports, 1943, inclusive
Auditor's Reports, 1944, inclusive
Ballot Meeting Notices, 1933-1944, inclusive
Bulletin Board Notices, 1931-1943, inclusive
Bureau of Fine Arts Bill, 1937, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1930-1932, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1933-1935, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1936-1938, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1939-1941, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1942-1944, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Contracts, 1930s, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Contracts, 1940-1941, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Contracts, 1942-1944, inclusive
Chorus Equity Association: Work Weeks, 1935-1941, inclusive
Claims, 1930 , 1938, inclusive
Committee: Agency, 1941, inclusive
Committee: Joint AEA, AFRA (American Federation of Radio Artists), SAG (Screen Actors Guild), 1940, inclusive
Committee: Merger, 1944, inclusive
Committee: Stage Managers, 1942, inclusive
Committee: Television, 1944, inclusive
Communism, 1940, inclusive
Contracts: Blank, 1930, inclusive
Contracts: Blank, 1931, inclusive
Contracts: Blank, 1932-1934, inclusive
Contracts: Blank, 1936-1939, inclusive
Contracts: Blank, 1931-1944, inclusive
Contract: Foreign, 1930s, inclusive
Contract: Theatre Guild and AEA, 1936, inclusive
Contract Changes, 1941-1943, inclusive
Cooperative Companies, Report on, 1930, inclusive
Correspondence, 1920-1944, inclusive
Council, 1931-1943, inclusive
Deputies: Report, "Dear Deputy" Letter, 1931 , 1933, inclusive
Derwent, Clarence: Autobiographical Notebooks, Entries 424-496, 1930-1959, inclusive
Derwent, Clarence: Autobiographical Notebooks, Entries 497-550, 1930-1959, inclusive
Derwent, Clarence: Autobiographical Notebooks, Entries 551-602, 1930-1959, inclusive
Derwent, Clarence: Loose Clips I, 1930s-1950s, inclusive
Derwent, Clarence: Loose Clips II, 1930s-1950s, inclusive
Dullzell, Paul: For AEA President (Petitions, Telegrams, Letters), 1938, inclusive
Dullzell, Paul: Memos to Representatives, 1931-1932 , 1938, inclusive
Emergency Council of the Legitimate Theatre, 1944, inclusive
Equity Ball: Clippings, Apr 1940
Executive Committee: Calls to Meetings and Notes, 1938-1939, inclusive
Executive Committee: Member Lists, 1935-1944, inclusive
Executive Committee: Minutes, 1935-1936, inclusive
Executive Committee: Minutes, 1937-1938, inclusive
Executive Committee: Minutes, 1939-1940, inclusive
Executive Committee: Minutes, 1941-1944, inclusive
Federal Theatre Project: Scheduling Proposals, 1938, inclusive
Financial records, 1920-1944, inclusive
Gillmore, Frank: Memos to Representatives, 1930-1933, inclusive
Gillmore, Frank: Memos to Representatives, 1934-1938, inclusive
Government Pamphlets, 1933-1934, inclusive
Livingston's International Casting Directory, 1931, inclusive
Membership Department, 1943-1944, inclusive
Membership Meetings, 1930, inclusive
Membership Meetings, 1931, inclusive
Membership Meetings, 1932 , 1938, inclusive
Membership Meetings, 1943 , 1944, inclusive
Miller, J. Howard: Correspondence, 1937, inclusive
Radio, 1933, inclusive
Rules Changes: Memos and Notes, 1936-1944, inclusive
Social Security and Unemployment Insurance I, 1938-1946, inclusive
Social Security and Unemployment Insurance II, 1938-1946, inclusive
Stop Film Censorship Committee, 1941, inclusive
Sunday Performances, 1933, inclusive
Summer Stock Managers List, 1942, inclusive
Survey of Radio: Prepared by the AEA, 1933, inclusive
Television: Committee and Jurisdiction, 1938-1942 , 1944, inclusive
Theatre Authority By-Laws, 1934, inclusive
The Theatre Guild, 1943-1944, inclusive
Theatre Padlock Law: Brief re: Repeal, Mar 1933
Theatre Ticket Code Enforcement Fund, 1944, inclusive
Turner, Paul and Gillmore, Frank: Correspondence and Memos, 1932-1933, inclusive
Understudy Group, Inc., 1938, inclusive
Victory Tax, 1943, inclusive
War Manpower Commission, 1944, inclusive
Western Regional Office, 1927-1944, inclusive
Western Regional Office, 1944
Subseries B: 1945-2004.
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Scope and Content Note
Consists of subject files divided by year and arranged alphabetically within each year. Notable are extensive files documenting Actors' Equity's struggles against discrimination in the theater, in particular efforts to desegregate the National Theater in Washington, DC, and files relating to blacklisting of actors and the union's activity in defense of its affected members. The files for 1945 contain material relating to USO shows, V-E Day and other wartime subjects. Beginning in the late 1940s, files on television and those devoted to West Coast activities of the union became substantial. Records documenting the activity of Chorus Equity, Equity Library Theatre, stock companies, the "Broadway Blackout," and housing for theatre artists are well represented throughout the period.
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically by topic within each year.