Series V: Organizations

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unitid

{"value"=>"594795", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1927 - 1987", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1927/1987"}

{"value"=>"1970", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1970"}

{"value"=>"1948", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1948"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Series V: Organizations"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"3 boxes, 4 folders"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The series contains correspondence, minutes, invitations, programs, membership booklets, newsletters, production materials, scripts, seminar materials, financial papers, card files, contracts, and clippings. The files represent organizations with which Ms. Barker had a long relationship, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, the Analytical Psychology Club of New York, Inc., and the Cosmopolitan Club. Of particular note is an autobiographical speech Ms. Barker gave for Alcoholics Anonymous. Her productions for the Analytical Psychology Club of New York include a marionette play, <span class=\"title\">Maybelline, or, Everybody’s Shadow</span> (1970) and their annual holiday programs. Papers relating to these productions, as well as articles for the club’s Bulletin are contained in the files. Her productions for the Cosmopolitan Club, such as <span class=\"title\">The Enchanted</span> by Jean Giraudoux (1970) are also documented.</p> <p>Also included are organizations of a professional nature, such as Actors’ Equity Association, ANTA, the American Shakespeare Festival, Circle Repertory Company, the Eugene O’Neill Center, Hilltop Theatre, Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Manhattan Punch Line, the Mirror Theatre, Southampton Playhouse, Studio Workshop Theatre, and the Williamstown Theatre. The files for Studio Workshop Theatre, founded in 1938 by Ms. Barker with Felicia Sorel and Frank Westbrook, include a prospectus, teaching notes, accounting ledgers, card files, and correspondence. Jerome Robbins was a student at Studio Workshop Theatre. At the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse in Jutland, New Jersey, Ms. Barker produced a summer season that included <span class=\"title\">All the Way Home</span> by Lynn Riggs (1948) with Helen Thompson. However, there are only a few administrative items in the papers about the theater. A photograph of Ms. Barker at the playhouse is filed in the Photographs series.</p> <p>Ms. Barker served on the Board of Advisors of the Off-Off Broadway theater company, Manhattan Punch Line, from 1979-1982 and the files include minutes, budgets, sample contracts, notes by Ms. Barker, publicity materials, and programs for the organization. The Williamstown Theatre files include papers documenting Ms. Barker’s attempts to develop a resident season for the company in Baltimore in the mid-1960s.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical</p>"}

date_start

1927

keydate

1927

date_end

1987

date_inclusive_start

1927

date_inclusive_end

1987

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1. Actors' Equity Association
2. Alcoholics Anonymous
3. American Academy of Dramatic Arts
4. American Laboratory Theatre
5. ANTA
6. American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy [2/1]
7. Analytical Psychology Club of New York, Inc [5/3]
8. Attic Theatre
9. C.G. Jung Institute of New York Equus Benefit
10. Circle Repertory Company, ca
11. Confederacy of American Community Theatres
12. Cosmopolitan Club [3/3]
13. Eugene O'Neill Center National Playwrights Conference
14. Hilltop Theatre
15. Hunterdon Hills Playhouse
16. Junior League
17. Manhattan Punch Line [4/2]
18. The Mirror Theatre
19. Roy Hart Theatre Myth and Theater Week [2/1]
20. Southampton Playhouse [2/1]
21. The Stage Society
22. Stratford Shakespearian Festival
23. Studio Workshop Theatre [7/2]
24. Williamstown Theatre [2/2]