Guide to the Federal Theatre Project personal papers C0227 Federal Theatre Project personal papers

Guide to the Federal Theatre Project personal papers C0227

Federal Theatre Project personal papers


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Greta Kuriger Suiter

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0227
Title
Federal Theatre Project personal papers 1926 - 1993 1936-1939
Quantity
15 Linear Feet, 29 boxes
Creator
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
Location
R 46, C 3, S2 - S 5 R 46, C 5, S 1 OS R 3, C 5, S 2 Map Case 22.4
Language
English .
Summary
This collection brings together over 90 individual donations of Federal Theatre Project material. The material in this collection consists of employment papers, correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, playscripts, programs, fliers, and production notebooks.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation note

The Federal Theatre Project personal papers, C0227, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Multiple donations to the Federal Theatre Project Research Center by those named in this finding aid between 1975 and 1984.

Processing Information

Processing completed in October 2012 by Greta Kuriger Suiter. EAD markup completed in January 2013 by Greta Kuriger Suiter.


Historical note

The Federal Theatre Project was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for large numbers of artists, writers, and performers during the Great Depression (1929-1939). The Federal Theatre Project began in 1935 and, until its end in 1939, flourished as the first and only federally sponsored and subsidized theater program in the United States. Directed by Hallie Flanagan (1880-1969), it was a way for theatrical professionals to gain employment during the Depression. Individuals worked with the Federal Theatre Project in a number of capacities, including stage managers, directors, actors and actresses, puppeteers, conductors, dancers, set and costume designers, composers, and authors.

Scope and Content

This collection brings together over 90 individual donations of Federal Theatre Project material. The material in this collection consists of employment papers, correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, playscripts, programs, fliers, and production notebooks from people who worked in a multitude of capacities with the Federal Theatre in locations around the United States.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by last name.

Related Material

The Works Progress Administration oral histories collection, the Federal Theatre Project collection, the Federal Theatre Project photograph collection, as well as numerous other personal papers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms


Container List

Federal Theatre Project personal papers
4 Linear Feet 9 boxes
1926-1989
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