Administrative Director, 1969-1977

Containers:
Box 1
Extent:
20 folders
Scope and content:

Contains administrative materials, correspondence, form letters, meeting notes and transcripts, newspaper clippings, drafts, messages, short notes, and memos, signed petitions, staff handbook, brochures, press releases, and a listing of statistics. Materials contain correspondence and documents written to and from the Administrative Director and the Administrative Assistant and the Director's office concerning daily activities, responsibilities and instructions as well as personal notes. Administrative director was a staff position from 1969 to 1993. Beginning in 1969, Charles Reinhart's first year as Director, an administrative director, a coordinator, an administrator, or an operations manager worked with Charles Reinhart and Martha Myers, the Dean, to coordinate the workings of ADF's school and festival. The Administrative Directors were:

  1. Robert Hale and C. Fred Grimsey (Administrators), 1969
  2. Olive Johns (Administrator), 1970
  3. Kay McGrath (Administrator), 1971-1973
  4. Ceilia Halstead and Cordette Grimsey (Coordinators), 1974-1975
  5. Mary Jane Inram and Lisa Booth (Administrators), 1976
  6. Lisa Booth (Administrative Director), 1977-1980

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