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Guide to the Molka Reich papers, 1904-1986

Molka Reich
C0229


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January 22, 2013

Finding aid prepared by Greta Kuriger Suiter

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives
Collection Number
C0229
Title
Molka Reich papers 1904-1986
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/reich.html
Physical Characteristics
6.0 linear feet (9 boxes)
Creator
Reich, Molka
Language
English
Abstract
The Molka Reich papers includes playscripts, programs, puppetry newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks with most of it dating from the 1930s to the 1950s. About half of the material directly relates to the Federal Theatre Project, especially the newspaper clippings, programs, and scrapbooks. Many of the puppetry newsletters and playscripts are from after the 1930s. Some of the material relates to the actor Scott Griffin who acted with the Federal Theatre Project in Miami, Florida, alongside Reich.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Molka Reich papers must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Alternative Form Available

There are scripts from this collection and other FTP collections online in the Federal Theatre Project collection.

Preferred Citation note

Molka Reich papers, C0229, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Molka Reich in 1980 and 1981. Scott Griffin material presented by Molka Reich for the Scott Griffin estate on June 25, 1979.

Processing Information

Processed in December 2012 by Greta Kuriger Suiter. EAD completed in January 2013 by Greta Kuriger Suiter.

Biographical note

Molka Reich studied puppetry under Remo Bufano in New York during the 1920s. She and her husband moved to Miami, Florida, in 1930. While there, she joined the Federal Writers Project, and then the Federal Theatre Project. She started with the FTP as an actress but soon was working with the marionette unit where she made puppets, wrote and adapted scripts, and built sets. As an actress she appeared in the Federal Theatre production Engaged that was performed in August of 1936. She stayed with the Federal Theatre Project until 1939, after which she continued to be a proponent for puppetry. In Miami, she served as president of the Business and Professional Women's Club.

Scope and Content

The Molka Reich papers includes playscripts, programs, puppetry newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks with most of it dating from the 1930s to the 1950s. About half of the material directly relates to the Federal Theatre project, especially the newspaper clippings, programs, and scrapbooks. Many of the puppetry newsletters and playscripts are from after the 1930s. Some of the material relates to the actor Scott Griffin who acted with the Federal Theatre Project in Miami, Florida, alongside Reich.

Series 1 contains many different types of materials including essays, puppetry newsletters, play synopses, published plays, vaudeville sketches, marionette patterns in various sizes, and original artwork by Ken Bare. Materials are arranged alphabetically.

Series 2 contains newspaper clippings from Miami, Florida, newspapers. Many of the newsclippings are reviews for plays that Molka Reich or Scott Griffin were involved in. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 3 contains photographs both black and white and color and in a variety of sizes. Photographs consist of portraits of Molka Reich, and Scott Griffin, as well as production photographs, and photographs of a Jack and the Beanstalk marionette. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 4 is the largest series and contains scripts for plays and some radio productions. Some of the scripts have accompanying music, mostly handwritten. This series is arranged alphabetically by title.

Series 5 contains programs for Federal Theatre productions and non Federal Theatre productions that were performed in Miami and Jacksonville, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Long Island and Pawling, New York; and The Smithsonian in Washington D.C. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 6 contains scrapbooks that have been disassembled and foldered. The Molka Reich scrapbook 1928-1948 contains mostly material relating to Scott Griffin. There is also a scrapbook for marionette newspaper and magazine clippings, a scrapbook with clippings and programs from productions in Miami, and a scrapbook containing calendar programs for the Starlight Theater in Pawling, New York. This series is arranged by size of material.

Arrangement

Series 1: Essays, newsletters, published works, and miscellany, 1904-1950 (Boxes 1-2, 9) Series 2: Newspaper clippings, 1936-1986 (Box 2) Series 3: Photographs, circa 1930s-1940s (Boxes 2, 9) Series 4: Playscripts, 1920s-1953 (Boxes 2-6) Series 5: Programs, 1928-1950s (Boxes 6-7) Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1920s-1950s (Boxes 7-8)

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the Works Progress Administration oral histories collection, the Federal Theatre Project collection, the Federal Theatre Project photograph collection, as well as numerous other personal papers.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

    • Subjects:

  • New Deal, 1933-1939.
  • Theater--United States.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Reich, Molka
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Contents List

Series 1: Essays, newsletters, published works, and miscellany,
1904-1980s

Series 1 contains many different types of materials including essays, puppetry newsletters, play synopses and published plays and vaudeville sketches, marionette patterns in various sizes, and original artwork by Ken Bare. Materials are arranged alphabetically.

  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    A & B Booksellers theatre catalog,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
    Bare, Ken,
    1930s

    Blueprint for portable stage

  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
    Bare, Ken,
    1930s

    Original artwork for set and other designs - watercolors, pencil drawings

  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
    Denison's Vaudeville Sketches,
    1904-1934
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Dolls and puppets,
    1930s-1940s

    Newsletters, catalogs, pamphlets related to dolls, marionettes, and puppets

  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Fairy Tales for Workers Children,
    1925
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
    Federal Theatre Project at George Mason University,
    circa 1970s-1980s

    Pamphlets and newsletters related to George Mason events revolving around puppetry and the Federal Theatre Project

  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
    History of the Drama 20th century,
    circa 1935-1939
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
    History of the Drama series, outline for class study,
    1937-1939
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
    Letter,
    March 3, 1940

    "Dear Charlotte", possibly from Scott Griffin

  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    Marionette pattern for a 18" cloth marionette,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
    Marionette pattern for a 15" marionette,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
    Marionette pattern for a 9" marionette,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
    Marionette patterns for larger marionettes,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
    Marionette patterns (oversize),
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
    Newsletters,
    1980s

    Newsletters from The Puppetry Guild of Greater New York, The Puppeteers of America, The Puppeteers of America Regional Reporter for the Southeast Region, D. C. Puppetimes, George Mason University Golden Anniversary Puppetry Festival, The Puppet Guild of Greater Miami, Barry University Department of Theatre, The Puppet Masters calendar featuring famous puppeteers, itinerary for trip to Japan (UNIMA XV 1988)

  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
    Notes on the Soviet Theatre,
    February 1946
  • Mixed materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
    Play synopses (article from magazine?),
    circa 1920s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
    Published plays,
    1918; 1935

    12 Plays for Boys and Girls edited by Ben Blake with pictures by Bill Siegel; The Slave with Two Faces by Mary Carolyn Davies

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
    Shakespeare: Actor and Critic by George Henry Lewes,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
    Theatre Workshop,
    1936-1937

    Three issues: Art of Acting Issue (1936), Second Art of Acting Issue (1937), Fall Issue (1937)

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Series 2: Newspaper clippings,
1936-1986

Series 2 contains newspaper clippings from Miami, Florida newspapers. Many of the newsclippings are reviews for plays that Molka Reich or Scott Griffin were involved in. This series is arranged alphabetically.

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
    Newsclippings,
    1981-1987
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
    A,
    1938

    Ah, Wilderness; Altars of Steel

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
    B,
    1937-1938

    Boy Meets Girl; The Bride the Sun Shines On

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
    C,
    1936-1937

    Candle Light; Chalk Dust; Coquette; Criminal at Large

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
    Engaged,
    1936
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
    Gallows Gate,
    1937
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
    If Ye Break Faith,
    1938
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
    M,
    1938

    Miami Federal Theatre; Molka Reich; Mystery of the Boardwalk Asylum

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
    N,
    September 25, 1936

    "New Director Named for Theatre Project", article about Dorothea Lynch becoming state director for the Federal Theatre.

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
    One More Spring,
    1937
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
    Room Service,
    1939
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
    S,
    1936

    Smilin' Through; actor Scott Griffin

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
    Twelfth Night,
    March 31, 1937
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
    Two years of WPA,
    1937
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
    UNIMA (l'Union Internationale de la Marionette) Congress and World Puppetry Festival,
    1980
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
    When Knighthood was in Flower,
    1938
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 20
    You and I,
    July 1936
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Series 3: Photographs,
circa 1930s-1980s

Series 3 contains photographs both black and white and color and in a variety of sizes. Photographs consist of portraits of Molka Reich, and Scott Griffin, as well as production photographs, and photographs of the Jack and the Beanstalk marionette. This series is arranged alphabetically.

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 21
    Engaged,
    1936

    1 production photograph featuring actors on stage. An actor in center is holding a gun to his head.

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 22
    Jack and the Beanstalk,
    1983

    Color photographs of Jack and the beanstalk puppet.

  • Mixed materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
    Molka Reich portraits,
    circa 1920s-1930s

    12 oversize photographs, 10 of which are professional portraits taken by Charles Cooper in Miami, Florida.

  • Mixed materials Box: 9
    Molka Reich portraits,
    circa 1920s-1930s

    2 oversize matted photographic portraits of Molka Reich.

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 23
    Molka Reich puppet demonstration,
    circa 1970s-1980s

    14 color photographs of Reich leading a marionette demonstration.

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
    Molka Reich with Bimbo,
    circa 1930s; circa 1980s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 25
    Portraits of Scott Griffin, Molka Reich, and an unidentified woman,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 26
    Puppets and stage productions,
    circa 1930s

    9 black and white photographs of Reich's marionettes, staged productions with actors, and includes two photographs of an audience of children watching Bimbo perform.

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Series 4: Playscripts,
1920s-1953

Series 4 is the largest series and contains scripts for plays and some radio productions. Some of the scripts have accompanying music, mostly handwritten. This series is arranged alphabetically by title.

  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 27
    Ambassador's Conference,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 28
    An Apple for Venus,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 29
    Anna Christie,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 30
    Another Language,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 31
    Anteroom,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 32
    Anything Could Happen,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 33
    Art - Where Art Thou?
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 34
    The Baxters:The Baxters adopt a family, episode 24 by Ruth Moore,
    circa 1940s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 35
    Beachhead on the Campus by Milton Geiger,
    October 1, 1945
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 36
    Before and After by Edward Mann,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 37
    The Blase Mrs. Dade by Carl Glick,
    circa 1920s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 38
    Blockhead Hans photocopy,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 39
    Blood and Hoe Cake photocopy,
    circa 1940s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 40
    Blow East, Blow West,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 41
    Bruin's Inn by Ann Townsend,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 42
    Caesar Gets Crowned,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 2 Folder: 43
    Celebration for Lincoln's Birthday,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
    Cinderella,
    undated

    Includes script and sheet music

  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
    Community Players,
    1953
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
    The Conflict,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
    Cousin Billy at the Circus,
    undated

    Abstract

  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
    The Case of the Empty Purse by Sol Barzman and Mel Waters,
    1947
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
    Dick Martin,
    undated

    Scott Griffin's copy

  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
    The Economist by Ben and Sol Barzman,
    1947
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
    El Cristo,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
    Emblem of Guatemala,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
    Exiles,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
    The Face,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
    Faith of a Child,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
    The Farce of Master Pierre Patelin,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 14
    Farewell Appearance,
    undated
    Farewell Appearance   

    Photocopy

  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 15
    Felicia and the Pot of Pinks (children's story),
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 16
    Fido the Clown,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 17
    The Flattering Word,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 18
    Flood Control,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 19
    Food,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 20
    Freud,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 21
    The Frog Prince (for marionettes),
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 22
    Fumed Oak by Noel Coward; Bury the Dead,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 23
    The Game,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 24
    Gas,
    circa 1930s-1940s
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 25
    Ghosts,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 26
    Ghosts (act 2),
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 27
    The Glittering Gate,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 28
    Good Night, Caroline,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 3 Folder: 29
    The Greatest of These,
    undated

    Director's copy

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
    Hansel and Gretel,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
    Henny Penny,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
    From the Henry Morgan Show,
    undated

    Includes note from Syl to Helen: "Couldn't find the columns I mentioned to you, but in the search uncovered some old Morgan scripts I did for the Eversharp show. The enclosed is an excerpt, from about the only one that could be cut and still be effective. Probably would serve as a space filler and be good for a few laughs. Will try to find the other stuff for a later issue."

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
    The Hiccuping Mr. Higgins,
    1947
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
    His Majesty the Microbe,
    circa 1935-1939

    Photocopy of Federal Theatre Project script

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
    Holiday,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
    How to Tell a True Princess,
    undated

    Photocopy

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
    A Husband for Breakfast,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 9
    I Have No Prayer by Arch Oboler for the National Conference of Christians and Jews,
    1943
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 10
    If This Be Reason by members of the local #20,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 11
    The Investigators,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 12
    The Investigators,
    undated

    Sheet music

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 13
    The Irksome Beelzy,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 14
    J. P. Dropabomb by Amos Hull,
    1947
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 15
    Jack and the Beanstalk,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 16
    Jergens Journal,
    February 11, 1940

    Radio production with Andrew Jergens

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 17
    Joe and Edna script,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 18
    A Joke on the Sun (marionette play),
    1934

    Photocopy

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 19
    Kids Learn Fast,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 20
    Let Us Be Gay,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 21
    Liberty Skit,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 22
    Little Black Sambo,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 23
    Little Black Sambo,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 24
    Little Black Sambo,
    undated

    Photocopy of script and sheet music

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 25
    Little Red Riding Hood,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 26
    The Londonderry Air; Where the Cross is Made by Eugene O'Neill,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 27
    The Marrying Kind,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 28
    Memo to the People by Sol Panitz for the World Security Workshop,
    March 6, 1947
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 29
    A Midsummer Night's Dream,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 30
    Miss Marlow at Play,
    undated

    Photocopy

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 31
    Miss Molbray's Big Moment,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 32
    Music for World Brotherhood by Jerome Bayer,
    undated

    Script for the American Brotherhood: The National Conference of Christians and Jews

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 33
    Nancy Hanks, Bondswoman,
    undated

    Photocopy. Includes four scripts, one for each actor.

  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 34
    The Nightingale,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 35
    North Flies South (radio play),
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 36
    One Sunday Afternoon,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 4 Folder: 37
    Pan America's Reception Pageant,
    April 14, 1931
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
    Pageant on World Peace by Paul Harris, Jr.,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
    Peace in Our Time,
    circa 1939
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
    Peace plays: The Soldier's Dream, The Plow of Peace, The Little Green Table,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
    Pierre Abelard,
    1935
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
    Pinocchio,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
    Pirates of Finance,
    1940
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
    Play for Children,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
    A Powerful Enemy,
    circa 1930s
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
    Princess Chooses,
    undated

    Photocopy

  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
    Private Hicks,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
    The Quest,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 12
    Recreation Project,
    undated

    Multiple scripts with holiday themes

  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 13
    Red White and Blue Network (a satirical monologue),
    1947
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 14
    Right About Face,
    untitled
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 15
    Recitation (an idea for an original radio program),
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 16
    Room for a Crib by Lee Gilbert,
    1947
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 17
    Rumpelstiltskin,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 18
    Rust on the Iron Curtain by Abe Stone,
    1947
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 19
    Saturday's Children by Maxwell Anderson,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 20
    The Scarecrow Who Wished For the Moon,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 21
    Secrets,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 22
    Sham,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 23
    Sheet music and lyrics,
    circa 1930s

    Miscellaneous mostly handwritten pages of sheet music and lyrics, some for marionette productions

  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 24
    The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 25
    Sixth Column,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 26
    Sleeping Beauty,
    undated

    Photocopy

  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 27
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
    undated

    Script and sheet music

  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 28
    So You Won't Talk?,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 29
    Somebody - Nothing,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 30
    The Soldier Who Became a Great Dane,
    1946
  • Mixed materials Box: 5 Folder: 31
    Snow White and Rose Red,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
    The Stronger Woman,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
    Suppressed Desires,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
    Talk in Darkness,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
    Tarzan,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
    The Tender Elves,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 6
    There's Always Juliet,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 7
    This is Heaven,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 8
    This Thing Called Love,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 9
    Thorn in the Flesh,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 10
    Three Clever People,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 11
    The Three Little Pigs (a marionette play),
    undated

    Includes script and music

  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 12
    The Three Wishes,
    undated

    Includes script and music

  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 13
    Three's a Crowd,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 14
    The Tinderbox,
    undated

    Photocopy

  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 15
    Tinsel,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 16
    Tolstoy (essay),
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 17
    The Totem,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 18
    Treasure Island,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 19
    Two Birds with One Stone,
    undated

    Photocopy

  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 20
    Unknown script,
    undated

    Pages 2 to 30. Characters include Mrs. Giles, Mrs. Adams, Harry, Miss Mobray, and Walter.

  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 21
    The Valiant,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 22
    The Valiant,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 23
    What's in a Name?,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 24
    Why am I a Bachelor,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 25
    Why the Chimes Rang,
    1938
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 26
    Wonder Town,
    undated
  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 27
    The Youngest,
    undated

    Scott Griffin's script

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Series 5: Programs,
1928-1950s

Series 5 contains programs for Federal Theatre productions and non Federal Theatre productions that were performed in Miami and Jacksonville, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Long Island and Pawling, New York; and The Smithsonian in Washington D.C. This series is arranged alphabetically.

  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 28
    A-F,
    1936-1982

    Altars of Steel; Ah, Wilderness!; The Bishop Misbehaves; The Bride the Sun Shines On; Criminal at Large; Coquette; Chalk Dust; Craig's Wife; A Classic Vaudeville; The Emperor's New Clothes; Engaged; Folk Music in the Roosevelt White House (produced by the Smithsonian Institution Office of Folklife programs)

  • Mixed materials Box: 6 Folder: 29
    G,
    1930s-1957

    The Ghost Train; The Gallows Gate; The Great Sebastians

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 1
    H-L,
    1931-1958

    The Happiest Millionaire; If Ye Break Faith; Inherit the Wind; International Society for Contemporary Music; Lightnin (invitation and program); The Loud Red Patrick

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
    The Marionette Unit,
    circa 1938-1939

    Double sided one page flyer for the Marionette Unit directed by Molka Reich. The front page features reviews from places the troop performed, the back features their repertoire.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 3
    M-P,
    1936-1958

    May Day; Margin for Error; The Mask and the Face; Mehitable Wing; The Matchmaker; The New York Idea; The 9th Guest; No Time for Sergeants; One More Spring; An Evening of Experimental One Act Plays; Post Road

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 4
    The Molka Reich Studio,
    1940

    Two invitations for events at the Molka Reich Studio.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 5
    R-W,
    1936-1958

    The Starlight Theatre (1957 Summer calendar); Room Service; The Reluctant Debutante; Smilin' Through (includes ticket, programs, press release, for Jacksonville, Florida production); Separate Tables; Sabrina Fair; Twelfth Night; Visit to a Small Planet; Whom Dreams Possess; What a Life; What a Woman Wants; Witness for Prosecution

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 6
    Their Annual Minstrel Show (Miami Business of Professional Women's Club),
    April 1937
    Their Annual Minstrel Show (Miami Business of Professional Women's Club),   
  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 7
    Turnabout Theatre presents a repertory of puppet musical comedies and intimate revues,
    circa 1952
  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 8
    The Winter's Tale,
    March 1939
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Series 6: Scrapbooks,
1920s-1950s

Series 6 contains scrapbooks that have been disassembled and foldered. The Molka Reich scrapbook 1928-1948 contains mostly material relating to Scott Griffin. There is also a scrapbook for marionette newspaper and magazine clippings, a scrapbook with clippings and programs from productions in Miami, and a scrapbook containing calendar programs for the Starlight Theater in Pawling, New York. This series is arranged by size of material.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 9
    Scrapbook pages,
    circa 1930s

    Separated 8.25"x9.25" scrapbook pages with 5"x7" black and white photographs adhered to them. Photographs feature marionettes and Molka Reich.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 10
    Molka Reich scrapbook 1928-1948 covers,
    1928-1948

    1 of 5

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 11
    Molka Reich scrapbook 1928-1948 pages,
    1928-1948

    2 of 5. Newspaper clippings, programs, telegrams, and handwritten notes to and about Scott Griffin regarding theatre productions including: Coquette, This Thing Called Love, two one act plays performed at the Little Theatre (Bereguisse and The Torch-Bearers), a calendar for plays at the Florida Forum and Assembly (1934), The Pretender, Broken Dishes, Hired Husbands, The Nervous Wreck, The Big Pond, Why Wives Worry, Smilin' Thru, Thank You, and The Love Critic.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 12
    Molka Reich scrapbook 1928-1948 newsclippings,
    1930s-1940s

    3 of 5

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 13
    Molka Reich scrapbook 1928-1948 loose ephemera,
    1930s

    4 of 5. Includes programs for The Last of Mrs. Cheney, Our Town, Little Women, and Room Service. Includes playscripts for If Ye Break Faith and Two Crooks and a Lady, as well as handwritten and typewritten notes, a flyer for the production of Coquette, and an entry ticket for the Manhattan Repertory Theatre Co. at the Miami Playhouse.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 14
    Molka Reich scrapbook 1928-1948 Billy Griffin,
    1928-1948

    5 of 5. Material relating to Billy Griffin (later Scott Griffin). Includes negatives and portrait print as well as report cards and calling cards.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 15
    Marionettes scrapbook,
    1930s-1950s

    1 of 2. Contains primarily magazine and newspaper articles featuring marionettes. There is also a certificate for Mrs. Howard Fitch for completing the Cultural Olympics in Woodstown, New Jersey (May 5, 1938). Clippings and certificate are attached to scrapbook paper.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 16
    Marionettes scrapbook,
    1930s-1950s

    2 of 2. Contains loose newspaper and magazine clippings featuring articles on marionettes.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 19
    Loose materials,
    circa 1938-1941

    Includes newsclippings, newsclippings attached to paper, a program, and marionette patterns.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 17
    Loose scrapbook materials,
    1930s

    Includes programs for the West Florida Music and Arts Festival, International Society for Contemporary Music (1931), newspaper and magazine clippings featuring marionettes.

  • Mixed materials Box: 7 Folder: 18
    Marionettes by children loose scrapbook pages,
    circa 1930s

    Newspaper articles from the Monitor titled "Marionettes by Children" that illustrate how one can make their own marionette.

  • Mixed materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
    Miami scrapbook,
    1936-1937

    Oversize. Molka Reich scrapbook featuring newspaper clippings and programs from Miami Federal Theatre and non Federal Theatre productions. Pages have been separated.

  • Mixed materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
    Starlight Theater scrapbook,
    circa 1955

    Oversize. Scrapbook pages separated, featuring programs and newspaper clipping from productions performed at Starlight Theater in Pawling, New York.

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