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Margaret Barker papers

Title
Margaret Barker papers, circa 1800-1989 (bulk 1930-1989)
Author
Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992.
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Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 1Offsite
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 2Offsite
Box 3Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 3Offsite
Box 4Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 4Offsite
Box 5Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 5Offsite
Box 6Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 6Offsite
Box 7Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 7Offsite
Box 8Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 8Offsite
Box 9Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 9Offsite
Box 10Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 10Offsite
Box 11Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 11Offsite
Box 12Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 12Offsite
Box 13Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 13Offsite
Box 14Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 14Offsite
Box 15Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 15Offsite
Box 16Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 16Offsite
Box 17Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 17Offsite
Box 18Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 18Offsite
Box 19Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 19Offsite
Box 20Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1992-003 Box 20Offsite

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Additional Authors
  • Barker, Lewellys F. (Lewellys Franklin), 1867-1943.
  • Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992.
  • Baxter, Alan, 1908-1976.
  • De Wilde, Brandon, 1942-1972.
  • Lemay, Harding.
  • Mall, Franklin P. (Franklin Paine), 1862-1917.
  • Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
  • Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.
  • Purdy, James.
  • Weingarten, Romain.
  • Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934.
  • Green, Paul, 1894-1981.
  • Alcoholics Anonymous.
  • Analytical Psychology Club of New York.
  • Group Theatre (U.S.)
  • Studio Workshop Theatre.
Description
19.61 linear ft. (46 boxes)
Summary
The papers of Margaret Barker consist of personal papers, family papers, diaries, datebooks, correspondence, including letters from family, friends and business associates, legal and financial documents, writings, programs, scripts, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to productions in which she appeared, directed or produced.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Clippings.
  • Correspondence.
  • Financial records.
  • Legal documents.
  • Scrapbooks.
  • Scripts (documents)
Access (note)
  • Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available on microfilm as part of the Margaret Barker papers;
Source (note)
  • Barker, Lewellys F., II and Laura Fernandez.
Biography (note)
  • Actress, director, writer and producer, Margaret Taylor Baker was born in Baltimore, Md. October 10, 1908, to the physician Dr. Llewellys Franklin Barker and his wife Lillian.
Processing Action (note)
  • Microfilmed;
  • Cataloged
Call Number
*T-Mss 1992-003
OCLC
NYPT04-A16
Author
Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992.
Title
Margaret Barker papers, circa 1800-1989 (bulk 1930-1989)
Restricted Access
Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Additional Formats
Johnny Johnson : a play in three acts / by Paul Green ; music by Kurt Weill. Typescript. Without music. Box 19, folder 21. Also available on microfilm as part of the Margaret Barker papers; service copy classmark: *ZC-714.
Biography
Actress, director, writer and producer, Margaret Taylor Baker was born in Baltimore, Md. October 10, 1908, to the physician Dr. Llewellys Franklin Barker and his wife Lillian. "Beany," as she was nicknamed, attended the Calvert and Bryn Mawr Schools in Baltimore and then Bryn Mawr College for two years. After her Broadway debut in 1928, she pursued an acting career that spanned five and a half decades and included founding membership in the Group Theatre (1931), work with the Southampton Playhouse (1938), Hilltop Theatre (1941), ANTA Experimental Theatre (1947-1949), Williamstown Theatre Festival (ca. 1959-1967), Manhattan Theatre Club (1977), New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre Company (1981) and the Eugene O'Neill Center in New London, Conn (1982) along with many others. She also acted in numerous live television dramas in the early 1950s and later appeared in a number of soap operas. Ms. Barker was also involved as a director and producer throughout her entire theatrical life and in 1938 she founded the Studio Workshop Theatre with the dancer Felicia Sorel and actor and teacher Frank Westbrook. This school lasted until 1941. Her writings include plays, short stories, poetry and non-fiction pieces. A few of her plays were produced, though none achieved any public success.
Barker's drinking, which had been a problem at least as early as 1941, lead to her involvement with Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1950s, which, in turn, lead to her three decade long association with the Analytical Psychology Club of New York. She also wrote articles for the Analytical Psychology Club Bulletin and directed several of their holiday programs. Margaret Barker died of lung cancer at the age of 83 in 1992.
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Barker, Lewellys F. (Lewellys Franklin), 1867-1943.
Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992.
Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992. Moonlit dome.
Baxter, Alan, 1908-1976.
De Wilde, Brandon, 1942-1972.
Lemay, Harding.
Mall, Franklin P. (Franklin Paine), 1862-1917.
Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.
Purdy, James.
Purdy, James. Color of darkness.
Weingarten, Romain. L'Été.
Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934.
Green, Paul, 1894-1981.
Green, Paul, 1894-1981. Johnny Johnson.
Alcoholics Anonymous.
Analytical Psychology Club of New York.
Group Theatre (U.S.)
Studio Workshop Theatre.
Research Call Number
*T-Mss 1992-003
*ZC-714 [Microfilm]
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