Series I: Subject Files, 1940-2005, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Series I contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, scripts, and speeches documenting Gilford's career and social activism. A significant portion of the collection relates to 170 Years of Show Business. The series includes transcripts of Gilford's testimony before HUAC and correspondence from the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) regarding the failure or refusal of its members to answer questions posed by HUAC. Other notable items include correspondence from Woody Guthrie, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel) Harburg, and Arthur Miller. Photographs include over forty scenes from Attic Playshop, a children's television program produced by Gilford in the 1950s; publicity shots of Madeline Gilford, Jack Gilford, and John Randolph; the 1940 cast of Meet the People; and Robert Meeropol circa 1970s.
Appointment Calendar, 1974, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blacklist: Clippings, 1961, 1980-1998, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blacklist: Correspondence, 1981-1995, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blacklist: Programs, 1992-2005, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Casting, Apr 1980, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Center for Constitutional Rights: Docket, Fall 1992, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Children's Television Programming: Attic Playshop, 1955, [1950s], inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Children's Television Programming: Sing A Song with Charity Bailey, 1953, 1954, [1950s], inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings: General, 1955-1994, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Commission for the Tenth Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution: International Symposium on Democracy and Revolution, 29037, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Congress Monthly, v. 53, no. 4, May-Jun 1986, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Aug 10, 1955, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Arthur Miller, Apr 1940, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: General, Apr 1940-Mar 2002, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Howard Linkoff to Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct 1991, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: John Randolph, May 14, 1990, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Woody Guthrie, Mar 1940, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cue, v. 46, no. 18, Sep 3-16, 1977, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Early Stages: City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, May 1997, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Faulk, John Henry: Correspondence, Clippings, and Programs, 1988-1993, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration for the City of New York, Adult Education Program, Board of Education: Pamphlets, 1941, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Folk Music: Advertisements and Programs, 1952-1960, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Folk Music: Clippings, 1956-1964, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Folk Music: Ear to the Ground, Oct 1963, [1960s], inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Folk Music: "Folk-Say" Festival, Boston, 20486, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gilford, Jack: Clippings, 1948, 1976-1982, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grant, Lee: Interview with Sylvia Drake, Oct 1990, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel): Correspondence, Obituaries and Tributes, 1960s, 1981, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Headshots, [1980s], inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities House of Representatives, Aug 15-18, 1955, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Institute for Media Analysis, Apr 1988, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kazan, Elia: Correspondence and Clippings re Tributes, 1987-1999, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Look to the Rainbow: Clippings, Feb-Mar 1985, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Monocle, v. 6, no. 3, 23682, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mostel, Zero: Clippings and Programs, 1977-1984, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee: Correspondence and Pamphlet, HUAC: Bulwark of Segregation, 1963-1964, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case, 1974, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee: Bill of Rights Dinner: Correspondence, Programs, and Speeches, Dec 1992, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee: Publications, 1960, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Obituaries, 1980-1998, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Advertising Mock-Ups, [1978], inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Clippings, Oct-Nov 1977, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Clippings, Jan-Aug 1978, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Clippings, Sep-Dec 1978, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Clippings, 1979-1980, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Clippings, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Contracts, financial statement, schedules, 1976-1979, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Correspondence, 1976-1997, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Drafts, [1970s], inclusive
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170 Years of Show Business: Drafts, [1970s], inclusive
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170 Years of Show Business: Drafts, [1970s], inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Film Proposal, 1991, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Photography Credits, [1970s], inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170 Years of Show Business: Publicity, 1978-1979, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph): Clippings, 1974, 1979, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs, 1940s-1980s, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Programs, 1965-2004, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Publicity: Personal, 1940s, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Put Your Mouth Where Your Mouth Is: An Irish-Jewish Cookbook: Unpublished Manuscript Drafts and Clippings, 1974-1975, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Races of Mankind: Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish, Public Affairs Pamphlet (85), New York: Public Affairs Committee Inc., 1943, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Robeson, Paul: Leaflet and Pamphlet for Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration; Clippings, 1998, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg Era Art Project, 1985-1989, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg Fund for Children, 1990-1998, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rosenberg, Susan: Correspondence and Clippings re Imprisonment, 1987, 1989, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scripts, 1962, 1964- 1965, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World of Sholom Aleichem: Clippings, Correspondence, and Playbill, 1953, 1981-1982, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
