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Correspondence - People, 1929-1997 (continued)
BOX 142-143 Chronological, 1950-1995
This subseries is almost exclusively photocopies of correspondence of unclear origin. While most, if not all, of the documents can also be found throughout the collection, particularly in the Theatrical Production Files and Correspondence – Alphabetical files, the files do provide a chronological view of Stevens's activities, particularly in the theatrical realm. A sizeable volume of chronological correspondence is also located in the Office Files series.

Arranged chronologically by year and month.
BOX-FOLDER 142/5 to 143/6 1950-1988, 1995
BOX 144-184, 405, 413, 431, 433-434 MAPCASE FOLDER 5 Organizations, 1951-1998
This series documents Stevens's participation in organizations associated with his business and personal interests. It consists of agendas and board meeting minutes, announcements, audit reports, board books, budgets, campaign literature, correspondence, financial statements, fundraising materials, organizational literature, programs, publicity material, realia, reports, and schedules.

Organized alphabetically into three subseries.
BOX 144-174, 431, 433-434 MAPCASE FOLDER 5 Board Membership Activity, 1951-1996
Stevens had a policy of joining only those boards where he knew he would be an active participant. The approximately 50 organizations represented in this subseries provide evidence of that commitment. There are extensive files for the Academy of Poets, the American Shakespeare Festival and Academy, the Choate School/Choate Rosemary Hall, the Metropolitan Opera Association, the National Book Committee and its successor the National Book Awards, and the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. In most instances Stevens served on these boards in a financial capacity, but in some cases he also provided leadership and administrative support. The National Book Committee/National Book Awards files document the significant role Stevens played in ensuring the continuation of that organization as it navigated a period of financial difficulty.

This subseries consists of agendas and board meeting minutes, audit reports, board books, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, programs, publicity material, and reports.

Arranged alphabetically by organization name and chronologically therein.
BOX-FOLDER 144/1 to 145/1 Academy of American Poets, 1965-1997
BOX-FOLDER 145/2-3 American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1952-1969
BOX-FOLDER 145/4 to 146/3 American Ballet Theatre (Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.), 1951-1997
BOX-FOLDER 146/4 American Musical Digest, 1968-1970
BOX-FOLDER 146/5-6 American National Opera Co., 1967-1971
Note: Documents relating to costume dispute in Box 146, Folder 6
BOX-FOLDER 147/1 American Players Theatre, Inc., 1980-1981
BOX-FOLDER 147/2 to 148/1 American Shakespeare Festival and Academy, 1953-1971
Note: Programs in Box 148, Folder 1
BOX-FOLDER 148/2-4 American Shakespeare Theatre, 1972-1987
BOX 431 American Shakespeare Theatre, 1972-1987
Appreciation keepsake given to Roger L. Stevens
BOX-FOLDER 148/5-6 Arts International, 1981-1984
BOX-FOLDER 149/1-4 Associated Councils of the Arts, 1967-1975
BOX-FOLDER 149/5 Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1974-1975
BOX-FOLDER 149/6-8 Carnegie Hall Corp., 1968-1984
BOX-FOLDER 150/1 Chemical Bank and Trust Company, 1954-1969
BOX-FOLDER 150/2-4 Choate School, 1944, 1951-1971
Includes: Roger L. Stevens address on receiving the Choate Alumni Seal Prize in Box 150, Folder 4
Choate Rosemary Hall
BOX-FOLDER 150/5-6 1972-1982
BOX-FOLDER 151/1-7 1983-1987
BOX-FOLDER 152/1-7 1988-1993
Includes: Documents on benefit performance and Katherine Hepburn letter in Box 152, Folder 3
BOX-FOLDER 153/1-3 1993-1997
Includes: Trustees Handbook in Box 153, Folder 1
BOX 434 Ribbon from Arts Festival 1972 May
BOX-FOLDER 153/4 Circle in the Square, 1972-1977, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 153/5 College of Fellows of the American Theatre, 1989-1996
BOX-FOLDER 153/6 Congressional Human Rights Foundation, 1990-1991
BOX-FOLDER 153/7 Council of the Living Theatre, 1956-1962
BOX-FOLDER 153/8 Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1969-1970
BOX-FOLDER 153/9 Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1975-1978
BOX-FOLDER 153/10 Culture and Animals Foundation, 1988, 1991
BOX-FOLDER 154/1 D. C. Preservation League, 1985-1989
BOX-FOLDER 154/2-4 Denver Center for Performing Arts, 1972-1995
BOX-FOLDER 154/5 FDR Birthday Memorial Committee, 1953, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 154/6 FDR Centennial Commission, 1973, 1982
Includes: FDR Foundation articles of incorporation
BOX-FOLDER 154/7-8 Federal City Council, 1962-1990
BOX-FOLDER 155/1-7 Folger Shakespeare Library, 1974-1995
BOX-FOLDER 156/1-5 Foreign Policy Association - World Affairs Center, 1960-1967
BOX-FOLDER 156/6 to 157/6 Lila Acheson and Dewitt Wallace Fund for Lincoln Center, 1982-1993
BOX-FOLDER 157/7 Meridian House Foundation, 1969
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 158/1-6 1954-1967
Includes: Old Metropolitan Opera building lawsuit documents in Box 158, Folder 5
BOX-FOLDER 159/1-6 1968-1971
BOX-FOLDER 160/1-6 1972-1977
BOX-FOLDER 161/1-7 1978-1981
BOX-FOLDER 162/1-2 1982-1993, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 162/3-4 Metropolitan Opera National Company, 1964-1967
BOX-FOLDER 162/5-6 Miscellaneous - Board Memberships, A-W, 1969-1979
BOX-FOLDER 162/7 National Art Education Association, 1969-1971
National Book Awards
BOX-FOLDER 162/8 1985-1987
BOX-FOLDER 163/1-5 1988-1989
Includes: Photographs of Roger L. Stevens in Box 163, Folders 3 and 5
BOX-FOLDER 164/1-6 1990-1992
BOX-FOLDER 165/1-2 1993-1996
National Book Committee, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 165/3-7 1956, 1964-1971
BOX-FOLDER 166/1-7 1972-1973
Includes: Letter from Gore Vidal in Box 166, Folder 4
BOX-FOLDER 167/1-6 1973
Includes: Correspondence from John Updike and Nancy Wilson Ross in Box 167, Folder 4
Includes: Correspondence from Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in Box 167, Folder 6
Includes: Roger L. Stevens's statement before the House Select Committee on Education, 1973 in Box 167, Folder 6
BOX-FOLDER 168/1-6 1974-1975
Includes: Correspondence from Nancy Wilson Ross in Box 168, Folder 1
Includes: Correspondence from Agnes De Mille and Stanley Young in Box 168, Folder 5
BOX-FOLDER 169/1-3 1975-1979
MAPCASE FOLDER 5 Signed "Thank You" poster, 1975
BOX-FOLDER 169/4-7 National Institute for Music Theater, 1982-1990
BOX-FOLDER 169/8 National Institute of Social Science, 1969-1972
BOX 433 National Institute of Social Science pin, 1969
BOX-FOLDER 169/9 National Wildflower Research Center, 1982-1990
BOX-FOLDER 169/10 Oratorio Society of Washington, Inc., 1971-1989
BOX-FOLDER 170/1 Partisan Review, 1953, 1959-1976, 1989-1997
BOX-FOLDER 170/2 Peabody Institute, 1972, 1980-1982
BOX-FOLDER 170/3 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1989-1993
BOX-FOLDER 170/4-5 Seven Arts Productions, Ltd., 1961-1965
BOX-FOLDER 170/6 The Spoleto Festival, 1966-1977, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 170/7 Theater Hall of Fame, 1971-1972, 1989-1996
BOX-FOLDER 170/8 Tulane University, 1980-1981
BOX-FOLDER 170/9 The University of the Arts, 1987-1997
BOX-FOLDER 171/1 Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc., 1983-1984
BOX-FOLDER 171/2 The Washington Opera, 1971-1994
BOX-FOLDER 171/3 WETA TV and Radio, 1969-1974
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
BOX-FOLDER 171/4-6 1968-1977
BOX-FOLDER 172/1-7 1978-1988
BOX-FOLDER 173/1-7 1988-1990
BOX-FOLDER 174/1-4 1990-1995 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 174/5-8 Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts - Building Committee, 1982-1985
BOX-FOLDER 174/9 Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts - Toll Road, 1988
BOX 175-182, 413 MAPCASE FOLDER 5 Other Organizational Activity, 1953-1998
This subseries documents Stevens's membership and participation in a variety of cultural, social, educational, and non-governmental organizations, including the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Salzburg Seminar, Urban Coalition, and many others. Two extensive sets of files concern Stevens's involvement in private clubs: the Bohemian Club (mainly arrangements for attending the summer encampment) and the Century Association (primarily documenting Stevens's nomination of new members).

Materials consist of agendas, announcements, correspondence, organizational literature, and programs and schedules.

Arranged alphabetically by organization name.
BOX-FOLDER 175/1 "Ac-Al" miscellaneous, 1963-1981
BOX-FOLDER 175/2 "American A-S" miscellaneous, 1961-1991
BOX-FOLDER 175/3 "American T-Au" miscellaneous, 1953-1988
BOX-FOLDER 175/4 Action for Children's Television, 1974-1978
BOX-FOLDER 175/5 Affiliate Artists Inc., 1969
BOX-FOLDER 175/6 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1966, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 175/7 The American Assembly, 1977, 1984
BOX-FOLDER 175/8 American Ditchley Foundation, 1982
BOX-FOLDER 175/9 Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1963-1979
BOX-FOLDER 175/10 Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1980-1992
BOX-FOLDER 175/11 Atlantic Council of United States, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 176/1, 413/2 "Ba-Bo" miscellaneous, 1956-1988
BOX-FOLDER 176/2 "Br-Bu" miscellaneous, 1955-1988
BOX-FOLDER 176/3 Black Man's Development Center, 1971, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 176/4 to 177/3 Bohemian Club, 1957-1993
Includes: 1967 and 1993 editions of Ernest Ingold's The Dragon Camp, in Box 177, Folder 3
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