Finding Aid
Prepared by Alex Gildzen; Revised and prepared for the Web by Athena Salaba, June 1996
11th Floor, 13 record storage boxes, 5.63 cubic ft.
This part of the collection represents the early materials Joseph Chaikin donated to the Department of Special Collections and Archives of Kent State University in 1972. Among these early materials are his correspondence with Sam Shepard, Judith Malina, Julian Beck, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Vanessa Redgrave and Eric Bentley, manuscripts of plays, and his business files for the Other Theater. Joseph Chaikin's later materials and the Papers of Open Theater are also housed in the Department of Special Collections and Archives.
The collection is arranged chronologically.
The researcher can also consult the published catalog of this collection Joseph Chaikin: A Bio-bibliography (New Jersey: Greenwood Press, 1992) and should also consult our online Guide to Sources on Joseph Chaikin and the Open Theater for additional sources.