Series II: Foundations of Actors' Equity, 1913-1933, inclusive
Language of Materials
English.
Scope and Content Note
This series is comprised of all the extant records of the union's earliest years (1913-1929), including agreements, auditors' reports, contracts, correspondence of AEA officers and representatives, records of membership meetings and miscellaneous subject files. Also included in this series are a group of autobiographical notebooks of AEA President Clarence Derwent and an extensive group of research files, notes and typescript drafts for Alfred Harding's historical study of the early years of Actors' Equity, The Revolt of the Actors(1929).
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically by topic.
Actors' Fidelity League: Fidelity (newsletter), 1921, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Actors' Fidelity League: Member's Book, 1920, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Agency Policy, 1928-1930, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 2A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Agreement and Pledge, 1919, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Agreement and Pledge signed by Members, 1917-1919, inclusive
Flat-File-Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Agreement: Managers Protective Association, 1924 , 1928, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Agreement: Producing Managers Association, 1919, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Agreement: Shubert's, 1921, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Committee for Relief of German Children, 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Articles of Agreement, Constitution and By-Laws of the Actors' Equity Association" [Draft?], undated [1913?], inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Child Labor Laws, undated [to 1919], inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association (CEA): Agreement between Managers Protective Association (MPA) and CEA, 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Agreement between MPA and CEA, 1928, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Agreement between Producing Managers Association (PMA) and CEA, 1919, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1922-1923, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1924-1925, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1926-1927, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Auditor's Reports, 1928-1929, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Chorus of Equity Song, 1920, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Contract between Mae Chesterly and Dalton Enterprises, 1919, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Contracts, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Correspondence I, 1919, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Correspondence II, 1919, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Deputy Report, 1929, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Employment Lists, 1921, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Employment Lists, 1922, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Members Information Booklet, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Minutes, Aug 19, 1919-Aug 18, 1920
Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity Association: Minutes, Sep 10, 1920-Aug 31, 1921
Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chorus Equity, Association: Minutes, Sep 14, 1921-Apr 30, 1924
Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Collective Bargaining by Actors: U.S. Dept. of Labor, 1926, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Additions, Addendums, 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Blank, 1923, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Blank, 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Blank, 1925, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Blank, 1926, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Blank, 1927, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Blank, 1928, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Blank, 1929, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contracts: Blank, non-AEA, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA with Mesurac, Frank (Auditor), 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps, 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps with 'F', 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Execs with Foreign Companies, 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps with 'G-H', 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps with 'J-K', 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps with 'L', 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps with 'M', 1924, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps with Legislation, 1923-1924, inclusive
Box: 2A, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps with Members, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 2A, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: AEA Executives, Reps with Other (non-performing) Unions, 1924, inclusive
Box: 2A, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Gillmore, Frank with IATSE, 1924, inclusive
Box: 2A, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Deputy Reports, 1921-1929, inclusive
Box: 2A, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Deputy Reports: Bound Volumes of CEA and AEA Reports for 1923, 1924, 1926, 1923-1926, inclusive
Box: 2A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Deputy Reports: Bound Volumes of CEA and AEA Reports for 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1927-1933, inclusive
Box: 368 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Derwent, Clarence: Autobiographical Notebooks Entries 1-112, 1903-1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Derwent, Clarence: Autobiographical Notebooks Entries 113-200, 1903-1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Derwent, Clarence: Autobiographical Notebooks Entries 201-260, 1903-1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Derwent, Clarence: Autobiographical Notebooks Entries 261-340, 1903-1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Derwent, Clarence: Autobiographical Notebooks Entries 341-423, 1903-1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Derwent, Clarence: Contracts, 1915 , 1921 , 1923, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Derwent, Clarence: Loose Clips, 1903-1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Duncan, Augustin: Contracts, 1971 , 1921, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Emerson, Mr. & Mrs. John (Anita Loos): Personal Correspondence, 1921-1933, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Equity Ball: Programs, 1924 , 1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Equity Ball: Ticket Receipt, 1921, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Equity Players, Inc., 1923-1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Equity Shop: Instructions, 1921, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Equity Shop: Petitions, 1920, 1936, inclusive
Flat-File-Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Equity Shop: PMA Agreement Press Releases, 1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Federated Bank of New York, 1923-1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gillmore, Frank: Memos to Representatives, 1921-1923, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gillmore, Frank: Memos to Representatives, 1924-1926, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gillmore, Frank: Memos to Representatives, 1927-1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gillmore, Frank: Speeches, Hollywood Meetings, Jun 1929
Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gillmore, Frank: Speeches, Hollywood Meetings, Jul 1929
Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gillmore, Frank: Speeches, Hollywood Meetings, Aug 1929
Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gordon, Leon: Christmas Hampers, 1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gordon, William C.: Correspondence re: Advertising in Equity, 1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Green Room Club, 1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hackett, James K., 1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harding, Alfred and Stewart, Grant: Correspondence, 1922-1929, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irwin, Mike: Incident, 1923-1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lloyd, Harry E., 1922-1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lowenthal and Munns Correspondence, 1922 , 1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Macloon, Louis, 1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Manhattan Opera House, 1924, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Forms, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1913, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1914, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1915, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1916, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1917, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1919, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings: Copy of Minutes, Nov 3, 1919
Box: 3, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1920, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1921, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1922, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1923, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1924, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1925, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1926, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1927, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1928, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership Meetings, 1929, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Methodist Church: Amusement Clause, 1924, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Minutes: Founding, Jan 1913-Apr 1913
Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Minutes: Founding, May 1913-Sep 1913
Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Minutes: Founding: Original Binder, 1913, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mitchell, Grant Correspondence, 1924, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Motion Picture Industry, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notices/Form Letters, 1922 , 1924, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pilgrimage Play, Los Angeles, 1920, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Producing Managers' Association (PMA): Letter to IATSE, Aug 16, 1919
Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Project for a National Theatre Foundation, undated [1920s?]
Box: 4, Folder: 16A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors by Alfred Harding: Research Documents, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: AEA Chronology, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: AEA Mtg, Chicago, Feb 1, 1919, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Reports, 1919, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes on the Strike I, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes on the Strike II, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes on the Strike III, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Lists, Strike Committees, Meetings, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes on Elections, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Suits and Injunctions, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes on AEA Minutes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes on AEA Minutes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes/American Theatre History, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Notes, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/History of American Theatre, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/'A Brief History of the Actors' Equity Association, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/'The Rise of the Actors' Equity Association, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft A, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft A, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft B, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft B, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Typescript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Manuscript/Draft C, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Original Manuscript pgs 1-62, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Bound Typescript (Vol I-1) 'The Rising Star of Equity, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Bound Typescript (Vol I-2) 'The Rising Star of Equity, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Bound Typescript (Vol II-1) 'The Rising Star of Equity, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolt of the Actors: Bound Typescript (Vol II-2) 'The Rising Star of Equity, 1920s, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Robinson, John Circus: Claims Correspondence, 1924, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Security Agreement: Blank, 1926, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act: USA vs. Paramount et al., 1929, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strike, 1919, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strike Emergency Dept. [a.k.a. Help and Aid Committee], 1924, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sunday Performances, 1924, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Taxation Issue: Canada, 1924, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theater, Investigation of: Preliminary Report, 1927, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
West Coast: Actors' Equity News of Hollywood, 1929, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wilson, Francis and Wilson, Woodrow: Correspondence, 1918-1919, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
