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Contains materials concerning the administration and preservation of the collection. Some correspondence concerns other repositories collecting ADF materials. Includes correspondence with other dance collection repositories, such as NYPL and Ohio State University, regarding the reproduction of films resulting from the Film and Notation Project for their own collections.

Contains materials concerning reference services by the ADF Archives and use of archival documents. Consists primarily of correspondence between archivists and patrons, even before ADF had an archival program. Also includes forms and correspondence regarding film rentals for choreographic reconstruction (circa 1965-1969).

Contains correspondence, donation acknowledgements, form letters, sales notices, administrative materials, notes and memoranda, identification cards, rental agreements, photograph schedules, telegrams, ADF archives inventories, and a file storage survey of ADF files at Connecticut College, documenting ADF archival activities (except Labanotation and the Film Notation project), even when there was no formal archives program. Also included is correspondence between ADF and other institutions, such as the New York Performing Arts Library, regarding requests for ADF materials for other dance collections.

Contains correspondence and notes from annual reports including schedules, program information, and general summaries that document ADF's working relationship with Bennington College and Mills College as host institutions. Also includes research notes from various sources detailing information about the School of the Dance from 1934 to 1942.

Contains meeting minutes and correspondence related to the American Dance Festival Board of Directors, including correspondence from Charles Reinhart inviting Betty Ford to become the Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors was established during the first meeting of the incorporators of the American Dance Festival, Inc. on July 31, 1975. Charles L. Reinhart, Martha Myers, and Elizabeth Booth were nominated and elected by the incorporators.

Contains lists of people, including critics and VIPs, issued complementary tickets. Also includes administrative correspondence and notes, along with correspondence to and from those who were issued tickets, as well as form letters regarding festival schedules, form letters outlining complementary ticket policy, and faculty, staff, and student ticket sign-up sheets.

Contains correspondence, form letters, and festival scheduling information regarding group ticket sales, which were primarily discounted sales to businesses and non-profit organizations.

Contains seating charts and pricing information, administrative materials, correspondence, usher and ticket taker lists, usher information sheets, application forms, box office schedules, box office summaries, complementary ticket sign-up sheets, concessions information, form letters, and payment and expenses information.

Contains payroll and scheduling information pertaining to the box office internship.

Contains correspondence, memos, form letters, administrative materials, ticket policy information, schedules, subscriber and single ticket requests and payment materials, ticket samples, seating plans and pricing information, ticket order forms, ticket sales locations, complementary ticket policy forms, discounted ticket information, box officer managers' final reports, budget information, box office manager application information, hotel information, and Ticketron contract materials.

Contains box office reports, administrative materials, seating charts, receipts, and correspondence. Includes information such as the number of tickets sold for each seating price for each show and the gross and net income of each performance. Correspondence includes box office policies, estimates of profits, and ticket returns.

Contains correspondence, forms, subscription forms, student and faculty lists, listings of ticket purchases, and administrative materials concerning single ticket sales and buyers.

Contains correspondence to and from subscribers, printed items, seating charts, forms, and administrative materials concerning subscriptions and subscribers.

Contains ticket order forms, event notices, and season brochures.

Contains performance tickets.

Contains materials on a variety of projects that involved bringing dance and other arts programs to the public, including contacts with government officials and arts patrons in attempts to find and continue support for dance and the arts. Also includes materials regarding classes held at Connecticut College that were open to non-Connecticut College students, such as the Folk and Square Dance class, offered during the summer festival, and children's modern dance classes and adult elementary ballet and modern dance classes offered during the academic year. Includes correspondence and materials regarding classes and workshops held as a part of the Community Outreach Program, established in 1969 under Walter Nicks to involve the community in dance. Dance and movement classes were offered to mothers and young children, teenagers, and the elderly. Also includes material regarding Friends of ADF, an organization formed in 1976 to generate income for the festival and to bring the festival and community closer together.

Contains correspondence, drafts, form letters, administrative materials, sponsors/patrons lists, receipts, lists of complementary tickets, ticket order forms, and donor solicitation letters and forms. Contains correspondence to and from individuals making donations and lists of donors receiving complementary tickets.