{"id":3791,"date":"2012-12-04T10:03:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2013-01-27T22:06:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T03:06:13","slug":"federal-theatre-project-personal-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=3791","title":{"rendered":"Federal Theatre Project personal papers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of personal collections related to the Federal Theatre Project are now processed and finding aids are available online.\u00a0 The J. Howard Miller papers<\/a> include custom-made\u00a0 scrapbooks bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project, part of the Works Progress Administration of Wisconsin. Inside the scrapbooks are programs, photographs, posters, flyers, and newspaper clippings. Miller was an actor and stage manager, and he worked with the Federal Theatre Project as an assistant to Hallie Flanagan, as the Regional Director in the west, and later as the Deputy National Director.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Two scrapbooks from the J. Howard Miller papers. The one on the left features photographs and promotional flyers for a production of Alice in Wonderland performed at the Savoy Theatre in San Diego. J. Howard Miller papers C0228, Box 1. Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.<\/p><\/div>\n

More recently added collections include:<\/p>\n

Arnold Sundgaard papers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sundgaard worked for the Chicago Federal Theatre Project and is best known as the writer of the Living Newspaper production Spirochete<\/em>. He worked with the FTP from 1936 to 1938 as an author and play reader, after which he made a living as a writer. This collection is larger than many of the other FTP personal gift collections and includes materials that span Sundgaard\u2019s career as an author. He is the author of plays, articles for the New Yorker<\/em> and Atlantic<\/em> magazines, children\u2019s books, and various music and lyrics.<\/p>\n

Theodore Browne papers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Originally from Suffolk, Virginia, Browne joined the Federal Theatre Project in Seattle, Washington. In Seattle, he worked with the Civic Repertory Theatre, a community theater group that would become the Seattle Negro Unit of the Works Progress Administration in 1936. The unit produced four plays written by Brown including Lysistrata of Aristophanes<\/em>, A Black Woman called Moses<\/em>, Swing<\/em>, and Natural Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Eda Edson papers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Eda Edson directed the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project variety unit\u2019s productions Follow the Parade<\/em> and The Black Crook<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ben Russak papers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Ben Russak papers is a collection of Federal Theatre Project and Federal Writers’ Project material collected by Ben Russak from 1935 to 1942. The papers include playscripts and publications created by the Federal Theatre Project, as well as pamphlets and collections of folklore material created by the Federal Writers’ Project.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Southwestern folk history (Oklahoma), May 27, 1939 (box 3, folder 7) and Nebraska folklore: Animal legends, August 1, 1937 (box 4, folder 8), Ben Russak papers C0221, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kate Lawson papers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Kate Lawson papers includes newspaper clippings and press releases on Federal Theatre Project productions, FTP administrative correspondence including job descriptions, memorandums on employee reclassification, complaints from employees and audience survey questionnaires, research lists, production records, and personal correspondence.<\/p>\n

Louis Simon papers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Louis M. Simon worked for the Federal Theatre Project as New Jersey State Director and later as Production Director in New York State. The Louis Simon papers contains newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, and correspondence relating to Federal Theatre in New Jersey and New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A number of personal collections related to the Federal Theatre Project are now processed and finding aids are available online.\u00a0 The J. Howard Miller papers include custom-made\u00a0 scrapbooks bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project, part of the Works Progress Administration of Wisconsin. Inside the scrapbooks are programs, photographs, posters, flyers, and newspaper clippings. Miller was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,162],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-3791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal-theatre-project","category-recently-processed","tag-federal-theatre-project"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ep5i-Z9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3685,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=3685","url_meta":{"origin":3791,"position":0},"title":"Happy Halloween!","author":"admin","date":"October 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Halloween! There is something inherently creepy about marionettes to me and after looking through photographs of marionettes used by the Federal Theatre Project, I thought a Halloween blog post might be the perfect way to highlight some of the photographs from the newly processed Ralph Chess\u00e9 papers. All of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Federal Theatre Project"","block_context":{"text":"Federal Theatre Project","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=25"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/C0224B01F19_04detail.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4668,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=4668","url_meta":{"origin":3791,"position":1},"title":"Set models in the Federal Theatre Project personal papers","author":"admin","date":"November 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There are a number of recent additions to the FTP personal papers collection. The number of boxes in the collection has gone from 9 to 29 since the finding aid was originally created in October 2012. This is mainly due to a processing decision that instead of processing each collection\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Federal Theatre Project"","block_context":{"text":"Federal Theatre Project","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=25"},"img":{"alt_text":"Leve_CherokeeNights","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Leve_CherokeeNights.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3577,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=3577","url_meta":{"origin":3791,"position":2},"title":"New FTP finding aid available!","author":"admin","date":"August 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I am happy to announce that a new finding aid for the Federal Theatre Project collection is available! In total the collection numbers 363 boxes of material created by the Federal Theatre Project and donated to George Mason University from the Library of Congress. Originally the collection was much larger\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Federal Theatre Project"","block_context":{"text":"Federal Theatre Project","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=25"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ftp_gifts1-169x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3841,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=3841","url_meta":{"origin":3791,"position":3},"title":"Voices from the FTP – a new exhibit from SC&A","author":"admin","date":"January 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We have recently installed an exhibit outside of SC&A in Fenwick Library focusing on the Federal Theatre Project titled \"Voices from the FTP\". This exhibit takes the individual personal papers we have from FTP participants and integrates their story into the larger context of this government sponsored program. These may\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "exhibits"","block_context":{"text":"exhibits","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/FTP.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3318,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=3318","url_meta":{"origin":3791,"position":4},"title":"Reprocessing the Federal Theatre Project \u2013 Programs","author":"admin","date":"March 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This blog is the second in a series on reprocessing the Federal Theatre Project (FTP) collection. As our finding aid for playscripts and radio scripts is now arranged it also includes programs. We have decided to divide playscripts, radio scripts, and programs each into their own series. The programs series\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Federal Theatre Project"","block_context":{"text":"Federal Theatre Project","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=25"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/programs_illinoisFolder-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11142,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=11142","url_meta":{"origin":3791,"position":5},"title":"New & Updated Finding Aids – August 2024","author":"Meghan Glasbrenner","date":"August 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 The Fall Semester is officially in full swing here at GMU and what better way to get into the academic spirit than with some new and updated finding aids, courtesy of your SCRC processing team! As usual, all of the following collections are available for use in the Special\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Finding Aids"","block_context":{"text":"New Finding Aids","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=710"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/C0514_001-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/C0514_001-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/C0514_001-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/C0514_001-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/C0514_001-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/C0514_001-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3791"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4016,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791\/revisions\/4016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}