Finding aid to the Philip Cary Jones papers, bulk 1952-1978
Coll2013.103
Finding aid prepared by Loni Shibuyama
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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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
Biography
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.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Acquisition
Date and donor of acquisition unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Philip Cary Jones papers, Coll2013-103, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Formerly box #103-066. Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, October 2013.
Scope and Contents
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.
Arrangement
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.
Related Materials
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
Box 1, Folder 1
Biographical information and theater credits
circa 1953-1983
Box 1, Folder 2
Photographs and headshots
1945-1982
General Physical Description note: 3 color photographs and 26 b&w photographs.
Box 1, Folder 3
Hartford Public High School
1921
Box 1, Folder 5
"Our Voice," published by the Thirteens of the Little Red School House
December 1940
Box 1, Folder 7-8
Daily calendars
1943-1948
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 10
Layman, Paul, manuscripts
1950
Box 1, Folder 11-40
Equity Theatre Project
1952-1955
Box 1, Folder 14
Executive committee, pro-tem
1952
Box 1, Folder 15-17
Executive committee, including the West Coast Advisory Council
1952-1954
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 1, Folder 18
General membership "Friday morning" meetings
1952-1953
Box 1, Folder 19
Los Angeles branch; New York and Chicago set-up
1952
Box 1, Folder 21
Name and contact lists
circa 1952-1954
Box 1, Folder 22
Organization set-up
1952-1953
Box 1, Folder 24
Play lists
circa 1952-1955
Box 1, Folder 25
Play production committee
1952-1953
Box 1, Folder 26
Play scripts
circa 1952-1955
Box 1, Folder 27
Application forms for productions
1953
Box 1, Folder 29-32
Casting applications
1953
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 1, Folder 33
Contract and negotiating committee
1953
Box 1, Folder 35
Financial records
1953-1954
Box 1, Folder 36
Kreingel, Leo, resume
circa 1953
Box 1, Folder 37-38
Ned McCobb's Daughter
1953
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 39
Public relations committee reports
1953
Box 1, Folder 41
Pasadena Playhouse
1952-1955
General Physical Description note: 8 b&w photographs.
Box 2, Folder 1
Actors' Equity Association
circa 1962-1964
Box 2, Folder 2
Actors' Equity Association, pay TV committee
1962-1964
Box 2, Folder 3
Equity Library Theatre West
circa 1962-1966
Box 2, Folder 4
Los Angeles County Fair booth
1963
Box 2, Folder 5
Shakespeare Society of America
1968-1976
Box 2, Folder 7
Los Angeles International Film Exposition
1974
Box 2, Folder 9
Handwritten notes
undated
Box 2, Folder 10
Miscellaneous theater flyers
undated
Box 2, Folder 11
Script and production breakdown, untitled screenplay by A.C. Stephen
undated
Box 2, Folder 12
Script and production schedule,
The Indians Are Coming
undated
Box 2, Folder 13
Script,
She'd Married a Moor
undated
Box 2, Folder 14
Scripts, annotated
undated
Box 2, Folder 15
Sheet music, annotated
undated
Box 2, Folder 16
Sheet music "Yellow Jacket," annotated
undated
Box 2, Folder 17
Unidentified photograph (photocopy)
undated