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Coll2013.103
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Title: Philip Cary Jones papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.103
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.4 linear foot.
1 archive box + 1 archive carton.
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1952-1978
Date (inclusive): 1921-1983
Abstract: Meeting minutes, correspondence, scripts, theater publicity material, photographs, clippings, manuscripts, notes, sheet music,
and equity theater administrative records, bulk 1952-1978, from gay actor, director and stage manager Philip Cary Jones. The
bulk of the collection documents Jones' role as chairman of the Equity Theatre Project, a group of Los Angeles actors who
formed in 1952 in an attempt to create a Los Angeles chapter of New York's Equity Library Theatre. Equity Library Theatre
West was founded in 1961.
creator:
Jones, Philip Cary, 1904-1983
Philip Cary Jones was a gay actor, director and stage manager who worked in theater, on- and off-Broadway, for over 50 years.
Born in 1904, Jones' first professional acting role came in 1922 working in summer stock with Jane Darwell. From the 1920s
through the 1940s, Jones worked mostly on the east coast, with people such as Lunt and Fontanne, Walter Huston, Dame Edith
Evans and Eva Le Gallienne. "His stages ranged from the posh theaters of Broadway to the makeshift auditoriums converted to
drama houses for the Works [Progress] Administration during the Depression." Jones moved to Los Angeles, where he became associate
director of the Pasadena Playhouse from 1952-1955. He continued to work as a stage manager and director at the Shakespeare
Society and Theatre 40, and he was a producer and board member for Equity Library Theatre West. He was also a longtime member
of ONE Incorporated. Jones died of cancer at the age of 80 in Los Angeles, 1983.
Source:
Box 1, Folder 1, Philip Cary Jones papers, Coll2013-103, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of
Southern California.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Date and donor of acquisition unknown.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Philip Cary Jones papers, Coll2013-103, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Formerly box #103-066. Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, October 2013.
The collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, scripts, theater publicity material, photographs, clippings, manuscripts,
notes, sheet music, and equity theater administrative records, bulk 1952-1978, from gay actor, director and stage manager
Philip Cary Jones. The bulk of the collection documents Jones' role as chairman of the Equity Theatre Project, a group of
Los Angeles actors who formed in 1952 in an attempt to create a Los Angeles chapter of New York's Equity Library Theatre;
as well as scripts and publicity material from other theater companies in which Jones was involved. The collection also includes
some personal papers from Jones, including resumes, school publications, writings, daily calendars, photographs and theater
programs with his credits.
Two folders, one with Philip Cary Jones' biographical information and one with photographs, are at the beginning of the collection.
The remaining folders are arranged chronologically with undated materials at the end.
Video recorded interviews with Philip Cary Jones were conducted in 1983 by Jim Kepner and Pat Rocco. Refer to call numbers
VV0342, VB0013, VB0010, and VDD0195 in ONE's audiovisual collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors' Equity Association.
Equity Library Theatre West.
Pasadena Playhouse.
Gay actors--United States
Labor unions
Minutes
Programs
Scripts (documents)
Theater