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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
VIAFrevised2015-05-07machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-12T15:30:07machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-12T15:30:07humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-29machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonWolfington, IggiepresumedWolfington, IgnatiuspresumedWolfington, Iggie 1920-2004presumedWolfington, IggypresumedWolfington, Ignatius 1920-2004presumed1920-10-142004-09-30AmericansActors' Fund of America.Wolfington, IggieActors' Fund of America Records, 1880-2005Actors' Fund of America Records 1880-200537.25 linear feet; (40 boxes)Founded in 1882, largely through the leadership of Harrison Grey Fiske, the Actors’ Fund of America is a human services organization that makes available aid to professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry. In general, the Actors’ Fund acts as a safety net, offering a range of social and health-related services for members of the performing arts community who are in need or crisis. The Fund maintains a home for the elderly with an extended care nursing facility, runs the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic in New York City, and directs a number of other programs and initiatives, including the Actors Work Program, the AIDS Training and Education Project and the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative. Over the years the Fund has raised money to support its programs through annual galas, benefit performances of theatrical productions, fairs, bazaars, auctions, and fundraising drives. The collection includes minutes, annual reports, and general subject files of the Actors’ Fund from its founding to 2005. There is substantial documentation of fundraising activities, including files on the planning of benefit performances and lavishly illustrated souvenir programs. A series of scrapbooks, comprised mostly of clippings and printed ephemera about the Actors’ Fund and its benefit performances, also includes obituaries of theater professionals and memorabilia collected by individuals associated with the Fund. The collection also contains records entrusted to the Fund by individuals or families and material produced by related organizations, for example, the Basil Rathbone Family Papers and records of the Catholic Actors Guild and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives