Research/Source Material

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THE FEDERAL THEATRE PROJECT
RESEARCH/SOURCE MATERIAL

We invite you to explore some of the resources that were used in the creation of this Performing History project. 


Archives

Hallie Flanagan Papers, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library

National Archives: FTP Playbills


Books and Plays

Arena by Hallie Flanagan

It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis and John C. Moffitt  (1936)

Pins and Needles, musical revue book by Arthur Arent, Marc Blitzstein, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Charles Friedman, David Gregory, Joseph Schrank (1937)

The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein (1937)

The Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939: Engagement and Experimentation by Rania Karoula (2021)

Voices from the Federal Theatre, by Bonnie Nelson Schwarz and The Educational Film Center (2003)


Online Resources 

Congressional Records

Federal Theatre Project Play Scripts, Library of Congress

Living New Deal

Living Newspapers, Library of Congress blog

Library of Congress Digital Collection: Federal Theatre Project

Works Progress Administration: Life Histories, Library of Virginia
The Federal Theatre Project Collection, George Mason University

Voices of the WPA, George Mason University 


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