Found 6 collections related to Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

The Hallie Flanagan papers span the years 1923-1963 and reflect many aspects of her career: teaching and directing, writing and speech-giving, and her leadership of the Federal Theatre Project. Correspondence makes up a large part of the collection and has been arranged in three series: general correspondence, Federal Theatre prject, and Vassar/Smith correspondence. Other correspondence can be found in the files on the closing of the Federal Theatre Project. The strength of the collection lies in the materials on the Federal Theatre Project and her college theater materials. The files on the Federal Theatre touch on almost every aspect of the project from beginning to end through memos, reports, production files, correspondence, speeches, articles, scripts and scrapbooks. The Vassar and Smith materials consist of notes used for her classes, articles and speeches, production files, photographs, clippings and correspondence. less

Actor, director and producer, Edwin T. Emery was the director of the WPA's Federal Theatre Project's Gilbert and Sullivan unit. He began his stage career in 1893 appearing with leading stock companies and working with Maude Adams and E. H. Sothern among others. In his later years he directed Gilbert and Sullivan revivals and was a dramatic coach in his own studios. He died in 1951 at the age of 78. Consists of lists of cast and musicians, lighting, costume and property plots, notes on scenery, and programs for the production presented by the Drama Department and Music Department of the Emergency Relief Bureau Works Division of the Department of Public Welfare in New York City. The opera, which opened on October 19th, 1934, was directed by Edwin T. Emery at Ascension Hall, Church of the Ascension on Jarvis St. in Brooklyn. less

Clinton P. King, Jr. was a theatrical stage manager. The Clinton King, Jr. papers (1889-1966, bulk 1904-1966) contain programs, photographs, correspondence, scripts, clippings, prop lists, tour itineraries, and other papers and memorabilia from King's theater career. The collection includes material related to King's work with the New Jersey Federal Theatre Project and with a USO Camp Shows touring production of Arsenic and Old Lace in Europe in 1945. The collection also contains King's collection of programs, mostly from Newark and New York City theater productions. less

The Federal Theatre Project was created in 1935 as a Works Progress Administration project to fund live theatre and other live performing arts performances. Its purpose was also to give employment to unemployed theatre artists; the project brought free or low-cost theatre (including children's theatre) to audiences nationwide. Hallie Flanagan was the Federal Theatre Project's director. The project ended in 1939 due to cancellation of funding by Congress. Original color costume designs, sketches, and scenic boards for some 42 Federal Theatre Project productions donated by the U.S. Veterans Administration. Productions include the musical revue Sing for your supper, 1939, with costume designs by Alexander Jones; The black crook, circa 1936, with costume designs by Sidney Carlyle and Frank Fisher; Pinocchio by Yasha Frank, adapted from Collodi, circa 1937, with some costume designs by Sidney Carlyle and Frederick Wilkinson; Ready! Aim! Fire!, 1937, by Gene Stone and Jack Robinson, with costume designs by Frederick Wilkinson; among other costume designers represented are Dianne Aerne, Kavelita and V. Nichols. There are also 31 scenic boards (30 of which have photographs attached) of drops, backdrops, roll curtains, and set pieces by Frederick Stover for the musical revue Two-a-day, 1938, as well as a small number of set design drawings, including The pastry baker by Lope de Vega, circa 1935-1939, drawing by Joseph Liss, and set designs by Nels Astner for William Shakespeare's Twelfth night. Also included is 1 costume sketch for Clay Dalton in the Festival of American dance, circa 1937. less

The Dailey Paskman papers consist of correspondence, clippings, publicity materials, professional papers, scripts and ephemera related primarily to Paskman's years as director of radio station WGBS. Materials on Paskman's lyric writing, the development of the Radio Minstrels, the creation of Dailey Paskman and Associates, and his affiliation with the Edward B. Marks Music Corporation are also represented. The collection is notable for its information about the growth and creativity of radio broadcasting. The bulk of the collection spans the years 1924-1929. less