George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Hedley Gordon Graham papers
Graham, Hedley Gordon
C0240
/repositories/2/resources/361
3 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
1925-1983
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.
English
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Preferred Citation
The Hedley Gordon Graham papers, C0240, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
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.
Biographical note
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 Rheinhardt 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 Rythmics (which he also owned), and the Theatre School of Drama at Carnegie Hall.
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.
Arrangement
Organized alphabetically by folder title.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Documents and Photographs, 1920s-1983 (Boxes 1-3)
- Series 2: Oversize, 1920s-1930s (Box 4)
Related Material
The Works Progress Administration oral histories collection, the Federal Theatre Project collection, the Federal Theatre Project photograph collection, as well as numerous other personal papers.
Theater -- United States
Performing arts
New Deal, 1933-1939
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
Graham, Hedley Gordon
Series 1: Documents and photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/981231920s-1980sScope and ContentSeries one contains 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. This series is organized alphabetically by folder title.
Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/981241928-192911Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/981251930s12Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/981261940s13Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/981271950s14Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/981281960s15Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/981291970s16Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/98130circa 1930s-1970s17Correspondence and notes, Federal Theatre Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/981311930s18Employment documents; Radio production for Recreation manual; programs/repositories/2/archival_objects/981321936-194119Living Newspaper programs/repositories/2/archival_objects/98133May 1936110Louisiana trip with Joe Earle/repositories/2/archival_objects/981341949111Miscellaneous: travel related, Long Island Fair, theatre techniques/repositories/2/archival_objects/981351931-1983112Newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/981361935-1937113Scope and ContentFederal Theatre Project
Newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/981371943-1983114Notebook of song lyrics/repositories/2/archival_objects/98138193621Notebooks/repositories/2/archival_objects/981391950s22Scope and ContentActing class and record books
O Say Can You Sing lyrics/repositories/2/archival_objects/98140circa 1930sScope and ContentIncludes photocopies of lyrics to the songs "I could go for you," "O say can you sing," "The show must go on," and "When we're out of the red and into the blue."
Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/98141circa 1920s-197723Scope and ContentPersonal photographs and Federal Theatre Project related. Altars of Steel in Atlanta and the Living Newspaper production 1935.
Photographs: O Say Can You Sing (1 of 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/98142December 193625Photographs: O Say Can You Sing (2 of 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/98143December 193625Photographs: Triple A Plowed Under/repositories/2/archival_objects/98144March-May 193626Photographs: Triple A Plowed Under/repositories/2/archival_objects/98145March-May 193627Playbills and programs/repositories/2/archival_objects/981461928-196628Scripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/98147circa 1930s-1950s29Scripts (published)/repositories/2/archival_objects/981481946-195131Scripts: Triple A Plowed Under/repositories/2/archival_objects/98149193632Treasure Hunt game (index cards)/repositories/2/archival_objects/98150undated33Series 2: Oversize/repositories/2/archival_objects/981511920s-1930sScope and ContentSeries two consists of three large portrait photographs, a diploma, and Hedley Gordon Graham's Federal Theatre Project related scrapbook. This series is organized alphabetically.
Diploma from the Academy of Dramatic Arts/repositories/2/archival_objects/9815219254Three oversize portrait photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/98153circa 1930s4Scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/981541935-193741