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Financials, 1980 - 2020

 Series

Scope and Contents

Materials in this series contain financial policies, records on ticket sales, fundraising materials, grants, audits, donations, contracts, and budgets. The dated The Financials folders contain different documents the Financial Reports subseries.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980 - 2020

Conditions Governing Access

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives.

Extent

From the Collection: 79.1 Linear Feet (77 archive boxes, 2 halfsize archive box, 5 clamshell boxes, 5 diskette boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 1 slide box, 1 reel to reel box, 7 oversized folders, 13 objects )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

The Financials series includes materials related to the finances and ticket sales of the Wild Swan Theater during its 40 years of operation. Material is dated 1980 to 2020 and contains financial audits, fundraising materials, grant donations, contracts, donations made to other organizations, accounting policies, and budgets.

Arrangement

The Financial series contains documents pertaining to the finances of the Wild Swan Theater, and materials include budgets, audits, records of ticket sales, donations, and contracts. The Financial series is subdivided further into ten sub-series: Budgets, Contracts and Letters of Agreement, Financial Reports, Fundraising, Grant Donations and Agreements, Invoices and Purchase Orders, Outgoing Donations, Sponsors and Grants, Taxes, and Tickets.

The Budget subseries contains non-consecutive budget information from the 2002 to 2018 fiscal periods.

The Contracts and Letters of Agreement subseries contains contracts and letters of agreement from 1995 until the theater's closing in 2021.

The Financial Reports subseries contains financial audits from the 1993 to 2020 fiscal years.

The Fundraising subseries contains financial records associated with attempted fundraising efforts. Materials include appeal letters, sponsorship packets, donation solicitations, and event financials.

The Grant Donations and Agreements subseries contains materials related to grant donations received by the theater.

The Invoices and Purchase Orders subseries contains materials related to invoices sent and received by the Wild Swan Theater.

The Outgoing Donations subseries contains materials related to ticket and monetary donations made by the Wild Swan Theater to various community organizations and their events.

The Sponsors and Grants subseries contains materials related to the people and organizations who sponsored the theater over the course of its operations and financials related to their sponsorships. Materials include information about specific grants and organizations offering the grant, applications for awards, and grant awards.

The Taxes subseries contains non-nconsecutive tax returns submitted by the theater from 2000 to 2017

The Tickets subseries contains materials related to production ticket sales and production ticket history

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Michigan University Archives Repository

Contact:
Bruce T. Halle Library, Room 310
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
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