Series II: Organizations A-Z

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{"value"=>"<p>Organizations represent both professional and social affiliations, including theaters, professional organizations, schools, universities, and producer's offices. The files are arranged alphabetically and include correspondence, memos, programs, clippings, reports, printed matter, financial papers, and notes. Among the organizations represented are: American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), American Educational Theatre Association, Columbia University, the Council of Regional Theatres, Cheryl Crawford productions, Henry Miller's Theatre, the New School for Social Research Dramatic Workshop, the New York City Opera, the Players, and the University Resident Theatre Association. The earliest item in the series is the copy of a program for a production of <span class=\"title\">The Tempest</span> at the Horace Mann School where Schnitzer was a student. He played the role of Prospero.</p> <p>The ANTA files (approximately 5 boxes) are mostly devoted to ANTA's role as the administrators of the President's Special Program for International Exchange. The program, which sent American artists overseas during the Cold War years, was intended to rival the Soviet Union's cultural programs. The files contain correspondence, memos, programs, clippings, reports, and Foreign Service dispatches. Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA, Berlin Festival (1951 and 1952), Salut à la France, the Experimental Theatre, ANTA Albums, and the National Theatre Assembly are some of the ANTA programs with individual files.</p> <p>Various aspects of Cisney's career are represented in files for the Cain Park Theatre, the Laguna Playhouse, the Little Theatre of Jacksonville, the Pasadena Playhouse, the Spa Summer Theater, CBS, and the Westport - Weston Arts Council. Schnitzer worked for the Kalamazoo Civic Players, the Rollins Theatre School, and the Red Rocks Theatre, all of which are represented in the files. Schnitzer was an officer of many organizations including the American Educational Theatre Association, the University Resident Theatre Association, and the National Theatre Conference. He also participated in various conferences sponsored by the International Institute of Education and other organizations. With Cisney he attended Colloquium '67 in Montreal and the Council of Regional Theatres Conference in England in 1974.</p> <p>The files of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) contain part of a manuscript on the WPA Arts Programs, focusing on the Federal Theatre Project. Correspondence, notes and memos from Schnitzer and Hallie Flanagan Davis contain their criticism of the work done by William F. McDonald, who was writing the book under contract to the ACLS. The transcript of an oral history interview of Schnitzer conducted by George Mason University contains additional information on the Federal Theatre Project.</p>"}
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  1. American Academy of Dramatic Arts
  2. American Council of Learned Societies [6/1]
  3. American Educational Theatre Association [3/1]
  4. American National Theatre and Academy [20/2]
  5. American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy - Celebrity Night
  6. American Theatre Association
  7. CBS [4/1]
  8. Cain Park Theatre (Cleveland Heights, OH) - Clippings and printed matter
  9. Cheryl Crawford and Ethel Linder Reiner [4/1]
  10. Colloquium '67 - Conference
  11. Columbia University [7/1]
  12. Compagnie de Mime Etienne Decroux - Project outline for the 1950-1951 season
  13. Council of Regional Theatres Conference [3/1]
  14. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Conference on Arts Administration and Management
  15. First American Congress of Theatre - Correspondence and printed matter
  16. George Mason University - Research Center for the Federal Theatre Project - Transcript of interview with R. Schnitzer
  17. Henry Miller's Theatre/Gilbert Miller [3/1]
  18. Horace Mann School - Correspondence and printed matter
  19. Institute of International Education [3/1]
  20. Kalamazoo Civic Players
  21. Laguna Summer Playhouse - Programs and clippings
  22. Las Palmas Theatre - Programs and clippings
  23. Little Theatre of Jacksonville [2/1]
  24. Martha Graham Dance School
  25. Music for Young People
  26. National Council on the Arts and Government
  27. National Theatre Conference [5/1]
  28. New School for Social Research - Dramatic Workshop [4/1]
  29. New York City Opera - L'Histoire du Soldat [3/1]
  30. New York State Graduate School of the Performing Arts - Prospectus and related Papers
  31. Pasadena Playhouse [2/1]
  32. The Players
  33. Players Theatre - Whisper to Me by Greer Johnson - Announcement card and clippings
  34. Red Rocks Theatre - Reports, memos, and printed matter
  35. Rockefeller Foundation - Correspondence and report
  36. Rollins Theatre School/Lenox Theatre - Correspondence, programs, and miscellaneous Papers
  37. San Francisco Theatre Association - Correspondence and printed matter
  38. Southern Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts - Printed matter
  39. Spa Summer Theatre [4/1]
  40. Stage Managers' Club [2/1]
  41. UNESCO [2/1]
  42. University Resident Theatre Association [13/1]
  43. Westport-Weston Arts Council [11/1]
  44. White Barn Theatre - Programs and clippings