{"value"=>"<p>Series II: Irene Gilbert contains materials pertaining to Irene Gilbert's role as the director of Stella Adler's Los Angeles school, incorporated in 1985 as the Conservatory of Acting West but currently known as the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre. The bulk of the correspondence files contain personal letters and notes from Stella Adler to Irene Gilbert.</p> <p>The Conservatory of Acting West files contain subject files and correspondence relating to Irene Gilbert's tenure serving as director of the school. These documents in no way represent a complete record of the activities of the school, but they do provide some insight into Irene Gilbert's role as director and to a selection of activities at the school between the years 1985 to 1996. Some of the subject files include correspondence relating to employees, the writing of Adler's book <span class=\"title\">The Technique of Acting</span>, letters in support of Stella Adler's nomination for an honorary Tony Award, various interviews, documentaries, and other projects involving Stella Adler, as well as records relating to the creation and incorporation of the school in 1985. There are also subject files on memorials and events honoring Adler after her death in 1992, including a large number of files on <span class=\"title\">The Adler/Clurman Letters</span>. This was a play created from letters written between Stella Adler and Harold Clurman, her husband from 1943 to 1960. The play was produced in 1994 as an opening production of the new theater attached to the school. The Irene Gilbert series also contains a large number of snapshots taken at events involving Stella Adler between the years 1988 to 1992 as well as newspaper and magazine clippings on Stella Adler, her book, and her teaching.</p>"}