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The Production Files (5.0 linear feet) series contains information on UMGASS productions from 1947 to 2010. Content varies depending on the production and some are more extensively documented than others; however, information often includes: cast lists, rehearsal schedules, publicity, correspondence, reviews, photographs and playbills (see also the UMGASS Publication Collection finding aid for more playbills). The Production Files series lists all of the productions for which the Bentley Historical Library possesses materials. The items in the series are marked by the following system of letters to denote to the researcher one of two possibilities: 1) The type of materials contained on a production in said folder; or 2) That there are materials on that production elsewhere in the collection outside the physical boxes of the Production Files series (because of size and or format concerns).

The key to the letters is as follows:

1. Po = Posters (located in Box 6 Outsize)
2. MTR = Magnetic Tape Recording (located in Box 12)
3. R = Sound Recording (located in Boxes 7 to 11, & 13)
4. A = Audiotape (located in Box 14)
5. V = Videotape (located in Box 14)
6. S = Slides (located in Boxes 1 & 2)
7. Ph = Photographs (denotes material is in said folder)
8. SB = Scrapbook (located in Outsize materials)

The Magnetic Tape Recordings series (9.5 linear feet) is comprised of reel-to-reel magnetic tape recordings of UMGASS productions for the years 1954 to 1989. (Please note that the production titles are listed in the series Production Files and those productions for which magnetic recordings were made are marked with an 'MTR' to denote their physical existence here).

The Sound Recording Discs series (3.0 linear feet) contains recordings of UMGASS productions from 1951 to 1981. (Please note that the production titles are listed in the series Production Files and those productions for which sound disc recordings were made are marked with an 'R' to denote their physical existence here.)