Records, 1975-1984.

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Records, 1975-1984.

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The collection consists of correspondence, grant proposals, and confirmations, by-laws, reports, contracts, touring agreements, theater locations, resumes, programs, scripts, press reviews, questionnaires, photographs, and films. These materials reflect the establishment, development, and operations of The Labor Theater since its foundation by Bette Craig and Chuck Portz in 1973. The Labor Theater's relationship with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, St. Peter's Performing Arts Center, and the American Theater Association is reflected in these records.

4 linear ft. (6 boxes)

Churchill County Museum

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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union

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The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, the most significant union representing workers in the men's clothing industry, was founded in New York City in 1914 as a breakaway movement from the United Garment Workers. Radical and immigrant workers in the tailors’ and cutters’ locals were the core of the seceding group, which advocated industrial unionism and economic strikes in opposition to the UGW’s craft organization, which they saw as conservative and timid. Their diverging vie...

Portz, Chuck

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American theatre association

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The American Theatre Association was formed in 1936 as the American Educational Theatre Association by a group of privately owned theatres. Recruiting its members from the ranks of teachers, actors, students, and directors, among others, the Association acted as a theatre advocacy group, promoting theatre and theatre education in several ways. It published and disseminated materials for use in children's secondary schools, colleges and universities, and community theatres, pushed for federal fun...

Labor Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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The Labor Theater was founded in 1973 by Bette Craig and Chuck Portz. It was conceived as a means of introducing plays which explore the life and history of the American working class. From the description of Records, 1975-1984. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477252090 The Labor Theater was founded in 1973 by Bette Craig and Chuck Portz to provide theater to working class people and produce plays based on contemporary social and economic problems. Craig and Portz...

Craig, Bette

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St. Peter's Performing Arts Center.

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Fried, Emmanuel.

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