{"value"=>"<p>Series I: Stella Adler consists of materials largely generated by Stella Adler or relating to her teaching. This material includes personal letters received by Stella Adler from Irene Gilbert, correspondence to and from some of her students and a small amount of correspondence both generated and received by Stella Adler. For letters from Adler to Gilbert, see Series II.</p> <p>The bulk of the Stella Adler series consists of drafts and revisions to her book <span class=\"title\">The Technique of Acting</span> and her teaching files. The teaching files consist of binders compiled over the years containing typed notes and transcripts of Adler's classes taught on different playwrights and plays, typed notes and transcripts compiled on her technique classes and transcripts of her master classes taught in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. There are also several subject files on various topics relating to her teaching, including accents, realism, and monologue and scene lists. The teaching files cover a large span of years beginning in 1959 and ending in 1990. However, the bulk of the teaching materials date between the years 1970 and 1990. The teaching files contain valuable documentation of Adler's classes, technique, and her approach to the training of actors over her career.</p> <p>The Stella Adler series also contains subject files with copies of speeches and interviews given by Stella Adler as well as a collection of materials relating to honorary doctorates received by Adler from Smith College, New York University, and University of Cincinnati. Finally, there are photographs documenting her work in theater and film as well as others highlighting the careers of her father, mother and brother.</p>"}