Series V: Fundraising Activities, 1886-2002, consists of files relating to theater performances, fairs, auctions and bazaars, and "Bread Basket Campaigns," plus a number of benefits clippings scrapbooks. This lengthy series documents the planning and presentation of the Annual Benefit shows and Fairs beginning in 1886; in the 1960s the emphasis shifts toward Benefit Shows in the form of special performances of theater productions, with proceeds going to the Fund. Also documented in this series are the Fund's auctions and bazaars of the 1960s-1980s, as well as their summer and winter "Bread Basket Campaigns," whereby participating theaters around the country would make an announcement regarding the Actors' Fund and pass around baskets for donations from the audience.