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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Scope and Content
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Actors' Laboratory records
Creator:
Actors' Laboratory, Inc.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1064
Physical Description:
7.5 Linear Feet
(15 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1941-1949
Abstract: The Actors' Laboratory of Hollywood was a non-profit professional theater and school which existed from 1941-52. The collection
includes financial and legal records, material regarding curriculum, enrollment, policies, and scholarships, minutes from
executive board and committee meetings, memos, correspondence, a scrapbook with newsclippings, and notes on the history of
the Lab.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Actors' Laboratory Records (Collection 1064). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Delia Salvi, 1969.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
The Actors' Laboratory of Hollywood was a non-profit professional theater and school which existed from 1941-52.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of business records and materials on productions of the Actors' Laboratory of Hollywood. Includes financial
and legal records, material regarding curriculum, enrollment, policies, and scholarships, minutes from executive board and
committee meetings, memos, correspondence, a scrapbook with newsclippings, and notes on the history of the Lab. Much of the
correspondence is with the Veteran's Administration. Also includes photographs and other materials of productions, including
The Inspector General,
The Wizard of Oz,
All My Sons,
A Bell for Adano,
Abe Lincoln in Illinois,
Trial By Jury,
Juno and the Paycock,
Peer Gynt (script and score), and
Volpone (technical notes on production).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs.
Theatrical companies -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Actors' Laboratory, Inc.--Archives