Details

Subject(s)

• Actors' Equity Association [Browse]
• American Guild of Musical Artists [Browse]
• League of New York Theatres [Browse]
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) [Browse]
• Arts—United States—Endowments—20th century [Browse]
• Arts—United States—Management—20th century [Browse]
• Federal aid to the arts—Great Britain—20th century [Browse]
• Federal aid to the arts—United States—20th century [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Contracts [Browse]
• Pamphlets [Browse]
• Reports [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1955-1965.

Arrangement

Series: I. Funding the Arts--A. United States Government and the Arts, B. Great Britain and the Arts, C. Marketing and Financing the Arts by Foundations; II. Labor and the Performing Arts--A. Actors' Equity Association and The League of New York Theatres, Inc., B. Metropolitan Opera Association and the American Guild of Musical Artists, C. Miscellaneous Agreements Between Orchestras and Unions.

Summary note

Consists of government reports, copies of employment contracts, pamphlets, and printed matter regarding the financing of the arts in the United States and Great Britain during the 1950s and 60s. There are miscellaneous reports of the 86th through the 89th Congresses covering the establishment of national arts foundations, copyright and patent law revision, economic conditions in the performing arts, and cultural presentations of the Department of State. There are copies of contracts between the Actors' Equity Association and the League of New York Theatres, Inc., as well as pamphlets of Equity rules governing employment. The collection also contains agreements between the Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., and the American Guild of Musical Artists, and there are miscellaneous agreements between various orchestras and unions. Pamphlets and clippings dealing with the financing of the arts in the United States and Great Britain are included in the collection.

OCLC

81868164

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