Hedley Gordon Graham papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Hedley Gordon Graham papers must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

The Hedley Gordon Graham papers, C0240, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
3.0 linear feet (4 boxes)
Creator:
Graham, Hedley Gordon
Abstract:
The Hedley Gordon Graham papers contains a scrapbook, acting classes grade books, family photographs and photographs of Federal Theatre Project productions, correspondence, playbills, cards (possibly used for a treasure hunt game), scripts, and magazine and newspaper articles. Federal Theatre material includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and scripts for productions of O Say Can You Sing, Triple A Plowed Under, Altars of Steel, and Living Newspaper productions in Chicago.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

The Hedley Gordon Graham papers, C0240, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Hedley Gordon Graham papers contains a scrapbook, acting classes grade books, family photographs and photographs of Federal Theatre Project productions, correspondence, playbills, cards (possibly used for a treasure hunt game), scripts, and magazine and newspaper articles. Federal Theatre material includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and scripts for productions of O Say Can You Sing, Triple A Plowed Under, Altars of Steel, and Living Newspaper productions in Chicago.

The collection is divided into two series.

Series one consists of documents and photographs and is organized alphabetically.

Series two consists of oversize materials including three portrait photographs, a diploma, and a scrapbook.

Biographical / historical:

Gordon Hedley Graham was a drama major at Columbia University and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1925, he also spent a year at the Royal Academy of London and a year at the Max Reinhardt School of Drama in Salzburg, Austria.

Professional experience includes working for the Theatre Guild in New York City as an Actor, Stage Manager, and Director of Understudies; work in Hollywood for MGM and Warner Brothers, as well as work in New Orleans. For the Federal Theatre Project he worked as the Assistant Executive Director of the I6 states and directed The Living Newspaper Theatre in Chicago for two years. He also taught at a variety of institutions including the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Adelphi College, Columbia University, Warner Brothers, Easthampton School of Rhythmics (which he also owned), and the Theatre School of Drama at Carnegie Hall.

Acquisition information:
Donated by W. H. Crain at the University of Texas in May 1988.
Processing information:

Processing completed by Greta Kuriger Suiter in September 2013. EAD markup completed by Greta Kuriger Suiter in September 2013.

Arrangement:

Organized alphabetically by folder title.

  1. Series 1: Documents and Photographs, 1920s-1983 (Boxes 1-3)
  2. Series 2: Oversize, 1920s-1930s (Box 4)
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard