Series IV: Correspondence

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content Note

Series IV: Correspondence, 1948-1975, 35 linear feet. Includes correspondence of officers Jackie Bright, National Administrative Secretary; Jack Irving, Executive Secretary; Russell Swann, secretary Treasurer; Penny Singleton, Executive President, on all aspects of union administration: jurisdictional disputes, organizing drives, negotiations and contract administration, branches. Also included are four linear feet of correspondence from the Chicago branch, including branch minutes, between 1962 and 1974.

Correspondence including associations and organizations, elections, branch offices, Jack Irving, Executive Secretary, 1948-1955, inclusive

Box: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including television matters, branch operational reports, national executive committee, 1948-1954, inclusive

Box: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Jack Irving, Executive secretary, 1948-1954, inclusive

Box: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including branch offices and national office, 1952-1956, inclusive

Box: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including American Federation of Musicians, comptroller, bond department (national office) AGVA News, 1952-1956, inclusive

Box: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including Theatre Authority, Las Vegas booking reports, 1955-1956, inclusive

Box: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Jackie Bright, National Administrative Secretary including Teamsters, membership, Italian and Hebrew Actors unions, 1955-1960, inclusive

Box: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Jackie Bright including Agents and bookers, associations and organizations, personal, 1951-1957, inclusive

Box: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including inter-office memoranda, 1958-1964, inclusive

Box: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, alphabetical by correspondent, 1960-1965, inclusive

Box: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including inter-office memoranda, branch offices, various individuals, 1958-1964, inclusive

Box: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including branch offices, 1962, inclusive

Box: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1962-1964, inclusive

Box: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1963-1964, inclusive

Box: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including regional surveys, 1969-1973, inclusive

Box: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Russell Swann, Secretary-Treasurer, 1970-1975, inclusive

Box: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Penny Singleton and Russell Swann including arbitration, bond list, 1970-1975, inclusive

Box: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including immigration, branch surveys, 1969-1973, inclusive

Box: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including negotiations, sick and relief Fund, 1970-1975, inclusive

Box: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1948-1954, inclusive

Box: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including inter-office memos and Welfare Trust Fund, 1971-1974, inclusive

Box: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National office including "Four A's" history, New York branch (1950s), files of Penny Singleton; AGVA charter, 1939, Late 1970s, inclusive

Box: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including employer correspondence, various shows, camp shows, forms, 1949-1954, inclusive

Box: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Jackie Bright including negotiations, 1955-1957, inclusive

Box: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Jackie Bright including performing arts unions, 1955-1972, inclusive

Box: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including international bookings, other unions, branches (master file), 1948-1952, inclusive

Box: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence with performing arts unions, 1944-1953, inclusive

Box: 68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence with performing arts unions, American Federation of Musicians controversy (1950-51), 1948-1951, inclusive

Box: 69 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence including American Federation of Musicians (1968-1976), Front Office business, Branches (Providence, St. Louis, Toronto, etc.), 1947-1978, inclusive

Box: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chicago Branch files, including branch minutes (1963-1965), 1962-1973, inclusive

Box: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chicago Branch files, 1966-1968, inclusive

Box: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chicago Branch files including branch minutes (1964-1969), 1969-1972, inclusive

Box: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chicago Branch files, 1967-1974, inclusive

Box: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Office including Ronald Reagan letter (1949, Screen Actors Guild); blacklisting; Television Authority; Four A's; branch correspondence and minutes; rulings on outdoor entertainments, circuses, fairs, 1949-1955, inclusive

Box: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Office, continuation of Box 34, 1949-1955, inclusive

Box: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

AGVA Welfare Trust Fund minutes, 1980, inclusive

Box: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

AEA: "Sesame Street Live" agreements, 1980, inclusive

Box: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)