SERIES I: ORGANIZATIONAL RECORDS, 1972 - 1989

The records of the Ohio Theater Alliance are divided into 12 series.

Series I, Organizational Records, consists of three subseries : Subseries IA, Organizational documents which contains the OTA Constitution and later revisions, an organizational chart and other material related to the beginnings of the Ohio Theater Alliance ; Subseries IB, Trustees and Board of Directors, which contains lists of Board members, a Board manual and Board meeting minutes and Subseries IC, Officers' Reports and Correspondence, which contains material relating to the officers of OTA, including reports and correspondence. Series II, Financial Records, contains budget proposals, grant applications and correspondence, treasurer's reports and other financial information.

Series III, Membership, includes directories, mailing lists, correspondence and other materials pertaining to membership in OTA.

Series IV, Educational events, consists of three subseries : Subseries IVA, conferences deals with the bi-annual Ohio Theater Alliance conferences ; Subseries IV B, retreats contains materials related to the Board of Directors planning sessions for the Alliances bi-annual conferences ; Subseries IV C, Workshops, pertains to training sessions for teachers and other professionals in the communications field.

Series V, Action Groups, consists of material on the "action groups" established by the Alliance. These include College theater, Graduate theater, Professional theater, Theater management, Community theater, design and technology and Ohio playwrights as well as other action groups which were established as the need arose.

Series VI, Auditions, covers auditions from 1976-1985.

Series VII, Certification, documents the efforts of the Alliance to obtain better certification standards for drama teachers in Ohio schools.

Series VIII, Publicity, contains brochures, news releases, newsletters, survey correspondence and a copy of Theater in Ohio 1980.

Series IX,"Theater Topics," contains information on a variety of subjects which are of interest to the Ohio Theater Alliance. This category was created by Abe Basset, a former president of the Alliance, when the collection was donated.

Series X, High School Theater, and Series XI, Children's Theater, contain information on the various high school and children's theater festivals presented under the auspices of the Ohio Theater Alliance.

Series XII, Correspondence, contains correspondence of the Alliance arranged in chronological order.