Federal Theatre Project collection, 1932-1943

Collection Summary

Title	Federal Theatre Project collection, 1932-1943
Span Dates	1932-1943
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1935-1939)
Call No.	ML31.F44
Creator	Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
Extent	around 525,000 items
Extent	1,475 containers
Extent	523 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu995001
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2003682046
Summary	The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, play and radio scripts, reports, research studies, manuals, publications, bulletins, forms, lists, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, charts, costume and set designs, blue-prints, posters, addressograph plates, photographs, negatives, slides, playbills, and other records documenting the activities of the Federal Theatre Project and its impact on all aspects of the theater.
Online Content	Digitized images along with identifying information and a narrative introduction are also available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title: "The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939."