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Collection of material about the Federal Theatre Project, 1936-1990
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Title: Collection of material about the Federal Theatre Project
Date (inclusive): 1936-1990
Collection number: 1653
Collector:
Morehead, Hubert, collector.
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: The Federal Theatre Project was funded by the U.S. government as part of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) to create
jobs for unemployed theatre workers during the Great Depression (1935-39). The collection includes copies of scripts from
a collection on the Federal Theatre Project's scripts at George Mason University, videotaped interviews with Gene Stone and
Jeff Corey, and statements made before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and Subcommittee on Appropriations.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Martha and Hugh Morehead, May 15, 1990.
Processed by Yasmin Damshenas in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
[Identification of item], Collection of material about the Federal Theatre Project (Collection 1653). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232786
The Federal Theatre Project was funded by the U.S. government as part of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) to create
jobs for unemployed theater workers during the Great Depression (1935-1939). Productions included classical and modern drama,
children's plays, puppet shows, musical comedies, and documentary theatre. The project was terminated in 1939 by congressional
action following investigations by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and Subcommittee on Appropriations.
Primarily includes copies of scripts from a collection on the Federal Theatre Project's scripts at George Mason University.
Also included are videotaped interviews with Gene Stone and Jeff Corey and statements made before the House Committee on Un-American
Activities and Subcommittee on Appropriations.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) --Archival resources.
Film scripts
Federal Theatre Project Scripts and Publications (Collection 820)
. Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.