6 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Acting.
Sam Jaffe papers, 1915-1991
1,175 items ; 4 containers ; 1.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Actor. Correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, printed matter, sketches, photographs, and other papers relating to Jaffe’s career as an actor and his personal life including his experience as a blacklisted actor in the 1950s.
Arnold Moss papers, 1935-1987
2,100 items ; 11 containers ; 4.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Actor, director, theatrical producer, and crossword puzzle maker. Correspondence, contracts, scripts, playbills and programs, financial records, speeches, writings, drafts of crossword puzzles, and printed matter documenting Moss's career primarily as a stage actor, producer, and director.
Charlotte Cushman papers, 1823-1941
10,000 items ; 21 containers plus 1 oversize ; 5.5 linear feet ; 1 microfilm reel -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Actress. Correspondence; biographical and genealogical material; annotated scripts and texts of plays, poetry, and readings; newspaper clippings; reviews; and souvenir programs relating chiefly to Cushman's career in the theater.
Maude Adams papers, 1925-1956
19 items ; 2 containers ; 0.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
American stage actress, writer, educator. Annotated typescripts and mimeographed copies of Adams's unpublished autobiography, writings relating to the study of acting, a commencement address, notes for a proposed radio program, a religious play, and the corrected typescript of Phyllis Robbins's biography, Maude Adams, An Intimate Portrait.
Minnie Maddern Fiske and Harrison Grey Fiske papers, 1818-1955
18,000 items ; 114 containers plus 12 oversize and 1 artifact ; 50 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Actress (Minnie Maddern Fiske) and theater manager (Harrison Grey Fiske). Correspondence, play scripts, prompt books, playbills, box office receipts and invoices, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, broadsides, illustrations, drawings, certificates, set design drawings and blue prints, and drafts of plays, speeches, and articles written by Minnie Maddern...
Lillian Gish papers, 1829-1978
9,750 items ; 25 containers plus 1 artifact ; 10.8 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Actress. Chiefly synopses of silent films and scripts of plays, films, and television productions in which Gish did not appear; scripts, some annotated, for productions in which she did perform; letters received by Gish; and legal files.