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Finding Aid for the Federal Theatre Project Scripts and Publications, 1936-1939
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Title: Federal Theatre Project Scripts and Publications,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1939
Collection number: 820
Creator: Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
Extent:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a part of the Works Progress Administration (1935-39) and was the first arts endeavor
to be extensively funded by the U.S. government. The FTP staged plays reflecting the reality of Depression-era America, created
opportunities for minorities, and brought new audiences to theaters. The collection consists of plays, synopses of plays,
lists of plays, radio scripts, and three volumes of folk songs and ballads.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. 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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
[Identification of item], Federal Theatre Project Scripts and Publications (Collection 820). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1218064
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP), part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 1935-39, was the first arts endeavor
to be extensively funded by the U.S. government; aside from providing work for thousands of unemployed theatrical people,
it stimulated the portrayal of new subject matter; the FTP staged plays reflecting the reality of Depression-era America,
created opportunities for minorities, and brought new audiences to theaters.
Collection consists of plays, synopses of plays, lists of plays, radio scripts, and three volumes of folk songs and ballads.
Also includes copies of scripts from the Project archives at George Mason University, and videotaped interviews with Gene
Stone and Jeff Corey.
Arranged in the following series:
- Radio scripts (Boxes 1-2).
- Plays (Boxes 3-4).
- Synopses of plays (Boxes 5-9).
- Folk songs and ballads (Box 9).
- Prelude to swing, production bulletin (Box 9).
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.)--Archives.
United States. Works Progress Administration.
American drama 20th century--Archival resources.