Hallie Flanagan papers from the Federal Theater Project
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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Scope and Contents...... 2 Biographical / Historical...... 2 Names and Subjects ...... 2 Container Listing ...... Hallie Flanagan papers from the Federal Theater Project AAA.flanhall
Collection Overview
Repository: Archives of American Art
Title: Hallie Flanagan papers from the Federal Theater Project
Identifier: AAA.flanhall
Date: 1935-1939
Creator: Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969
Extent: 17 Reels (ca. 4,000 items (on 17 negative microfilm reels))
Language: English .
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Flanagan's papers were filmed by AAA during a project called "New Deal and the Arts" which AAA directed from 1963-1966. Location of Originals Originals in New York Public Library, Performing Arts Research Center, Theater Collection. Available Formats 35mm microfilm reels N/NDA 1-N/NDA 17 available for use at Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C. office; at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.; and at the New York Public Library, New York, N.Y. Restrictions The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy. Conditions Governing Use Unpublished material: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from New York Public Library Theatre Collection. Contact Reference Services for more information. Terms of Use The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
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Biographical / Historical
National Director of the Federal Theater Project. FTP was established in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration Federal Project No. 1. It was abolished in 1939 when funding was cut in the Reorganization Act of 1939.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, administrative records, personal files, articles, scripts, playbills, clippings, other printed material, and photographs.
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Federal aid to the performing arts New Deal, 1933-1939 Theater and state
Names: Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
Places: United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
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