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).
