Alan Schneider Papers, 1929-1980

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Subseries: Subseries 8: Writings and Speeches
Scope and Content Note: The “Writings and Speeches” subseries begins with a General File consisting of clippings, correspondence, and subject files relating to several speakers bureaus. The writings themselves are subdivided by type and include articles, essays, poems, radio scripts, and short stories. The articles are identified by title; bracketed titles were provided by the processing archivist. A few speeches, some of which were published, were also included in this series.
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Clippings, 1961, undated
Correspondence
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regarding articles and writings, 1965-1979, undated
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regarding lectures and speaking engagements, 1967-1979, undated
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Harry Byrd Kline Celebrity Service, 1972-1973
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Lordly and Dame Inc., 1966-1973
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Folder   68
National Talent Service Inc., 1971, undated
Box   136
Folder   1
Wide World Lecture Bureau, Inc, 1967-1971, undated
Articles, circa 1942-1977, undated
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[ Alley Theatre ]
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“Another Part of the Elephant”
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[ Bertolt Brecht ]
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[ Eastern Europe ]
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“Don't Trust the Critics, Mrs. Worthington”
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“The Essence of Existence Seen in the Arts”
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“From Russia with Love”
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“The Future of Repertory at the Lincoln Center”
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“The Happy Journey to Moscow and Leningrad,” including a “Report to the State Department”
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“Has Broadway Had It?”
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“The High School Theatre in the Victory Corps Program”
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“How It Is!”
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“Hume's First Tape”
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“The Idea of a Theatre in Ithaca, New York, circa A.D. 1967”
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[ Juilliard ]
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“Let's Be Beastly to the British”
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[ Madness ]
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“Magnifying Glass to Life”
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[ Magnolias ]
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“Maybe You Can Go Home Again”
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[New York Times statement regarding Lincoln Center]
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“An Open Letter to Our Soviet Friends (And Others)”
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[ Regional Theater ]
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[ Russian Theater ]
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“Second City”
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“Shakespeare on Capitol Hill”
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“So What Do You Really Do, Mr. Director?”
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“The Stratford Success Story”
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[ Theaters ]
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“The Theatre: Does It Exist”
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“They Loved Us in Leningrad (And Moscow)--And Vice Versa”
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“Twosome for the Foursome”
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“Whatever Happened to...?”
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“What's So Special About Ithaca?”
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[ Wilder, Thornton ]
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Books, including forwards and essays, 1969-1973
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Critiques and reviews, circa 1971-1972, undated
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Edited Work, War Savings Programs for Schools at War, undated
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Essays, undated
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Ideas for writings, 1940-1967
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Letters to the editor, circa 1969-1971
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Miscellaneous writings, 1943-1972, undated
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Poems, undated
Radio
The Magic Keynote (unproduced; written as job application)
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Script, by Alan Schneider, 1943
New Frontiers #7 (written for Department of Interior and CBS, other information unknown): “Greenbelt: Designed for Living”
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Script, by Alan Schneider, annotated, undated
Our Town is Your Town (Presented by the U.S. Office of Education in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service, other information unknown)
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Script, regarding syphilis, undated
This Small World (WRC in cooperation with the Community War Fund, original broadcast on NBC, 1942 November 16): “Freedom is a Dream Word”
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Script, “The Unconquered People,” by Alan Schneider, annotated, 1942 June 9
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Script, by Alan Schneider, annotated, 1942
This Was Our Town (WRC, broadcast 1944 July 8, other production information unknown)
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Script, by Alan Schneider, annotated, 1944
Wisconsin Players Radio Production (Madison, Wisconsin, original broadcast over WHA? other production information unknown): “End of Dreams” (broadcast 1938 November 25)
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Script, by A. Schneider, annotated, 1938
Program title unknown (a theater review; Washington, D.C.?, broadcast over WQQW, 1947 May-June?)
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20 scripts, by Alan Schneider, annotated, 1947 January 12-June 1
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Short stories, 1937-1939
Speeches
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American Psychiatric Association (1978 November 4-5), “Artistic Representations of Mania,” 1978
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N.A.T.S. Social Construction Conference (1944 December 28), 1944
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“The Dilemma of Democracy,” by Abraham L. Schneider, published in Winning Orations of the Northern Oratorical League Contest, 1939
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“Regional Theatre vs Broadway,” included in “Regional Theatre '67,” 1967-1968
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regarding Postmaster General James Farley, 1941
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Statement to a panel on technology in the theater, 1972
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Opening Night Speech, unidentified theatrical performance, undated
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Schneider speaking at University Forum on "Changing Scene in the Theater," 1980 June 30