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Additional authors

1. Barker, Lewellys F. (Lewellys Franklin), 1867-1943.
2. Baxter, Alan, 1908-1976.
3. De Wilde, Brandon, 1942-1972.
4. Lemay, Harding
5. Mall, Franklin P. (Franklin Paine), 1862-1917.
6. Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
7. Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.
8. Purdy, James
9. Weingarten, Romain
10. Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934.
11. Green, Paul, 1894-1981.
12. Alcoholics Anonymous
13. Analytical Psychology Club of New York
14. Group Theatre (U.S.)
15. Studio Workshop Theatre

Description

1. 19.61 linear ft. (46 boxes)

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Scripts (documents)
2. Physicians > United States
3. Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992
4. Acting > Study and teaching > New York (State) > New York
5. Clippings
6. Halsey family
7. Financial records
8. Johns Hopkins Hospital
9. Legal documents
10. Correspondence
11. Scrapbooks
12. Actresses > United States
13. Barker family

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Correspondence.
3. Financial records.
4. Legal documents.
5. Scrapbooks.
6. Scripts (documents)

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1992-003

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available on microfilm as part of the Margaret Barker papers;

Source (note)

1. Barker, Lewellys F., II and Laura Fernandez.

Biography (note)

1. 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)

1. Microfilmed;
2. Cataloged

Author

1. Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992.

Title

1. Margaret Barker papers, circa 1800-1989 (bulk 1930-1989)

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Additional formats

1. 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

1. 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.
2. 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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1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections
3. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Barker, Lewellys F. (Lewellys Franklin), 1867-1943.
2. Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992.
3. Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992. Moonlit dome.
4. Baxter, Alan, 1908-1976.
5. De Wilde, Brandon, 1942-1972.
6. Lemay, Harding.
7. Mall, Franklin P. (Franklin Paine), 1862-1917.
8. Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
9. Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.
10. Purdy, James.
11. Purdy, James. Color of darkness.
12. Weingarten, Romain. L'Été.
13. Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934.
14. Green, Paul, 1894-1981.
15. Green, Paul, 1894-1981. Johnny Johnson.
16. Alcoholics Anonymous.
17. Analytical Psychology Club of New York.
18. Group Theatre (U.S.)
19. Studio Workshop Theatre.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1992-003
2. *ZC-714 [Microfilm]