{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of two sets of catalog cards providing descriptions of material in the Donald Oenslager Collection of Edward Gordon Craig. The first set is comprised of 3” x 5” index cards, which were contained in a wooden file box labeled, Catalogue, Gordon Craig Collection of Donald Oenslager. The typed descriptions are fairly brief and the cards were found arranged by hand written dividers. The second set of catalog cards is comprised of 5” x 7” index cards, which were contained in a metal file box labeled, Gordon Craig Collection of Donald Oenslager. These cards were preprinted with the same heading as above and include slightly more detailed typed descriptions of the materials in the collection. There is some overlap between the materials described in the two files, but the second set of cards appears to be later in date than the first and to describe a more extensive set of materials. The cards found in Section K (Letters from Craig to Other Individuals) of the second group correspond to the Craig letters in Series I, Sub-series 1. Apparently part of an abortive project to provide an item level inventory of the collection, each item was assigned a cataloging number which is present on the card and is written in on pencil on the item. The cataloging project appears to have been terminated abruptly when the end of the 1951 Craig correspondence had been reached. An undated, handwritten note providing instructions to an unidentified project cataloger, however, indicates that letters from Craig’s secretary, as well as from correspondents to Craig, were to comprise a separate section of this inventory. In addition, slips attached to some of the catalog cards indicate some preliminary work done dating and cross-referencing material that had not yet been cataloged with the cataloged letters. The current location of many of the other Craig materials described in these indices is not known.</p>"}