Hallie Flanagan Davis, whose professional name was Hallie Flanagan,
taught drama at Vassar, 1925-1942, and founded its experimental theater. She is
more widely known, however, for her work in the 1930s as the director of the
Federal Theater Project. She wrote several plays, numerous articles, and three
books -- Arena, the story of the Federal Theatre; Dynamo, the story of the
Vassar Theatre; and Shifting Scenes of the Modern European Theatre, the product
of a year spent in Europe on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1926.
Hallie Flanagan was born Hallie Mae Ferguson in Redfield, South Dakota.
She graduated from Grinnell College in 1911. In her own words, "The main thing
that happened to me at college was Murray Flanagan." Hallie Ferguson married
Murray Flanagan in 1912, but her "rapturous" marriage ended with her husband's
death from tuberculosis in 1919. After teaching high school, Hallie Flanagan
taught English courses at Grinnell College and wrote plays. While teaching at
Grinnell, she also assisted with performances of plays. Her own play, The
Curtain, won a prize and helped her gain admittance to Harvard professor George
Pierce Baker's 47 Workshop for Playwrights. In 1924 she earned an A.M. degree
from Radcliffe. Upon returning to Grinnell, she produced some of her plays,
which attracted the attention of Vassar's president, Henry Noble MacCracken,
who offered her a teaching position at Vassar.
Hallie Flanagan's entire adult life was devoted to the theater as
educator, playwright, administrator, and director. From 1925 until 1942, she
was a professor at Vassar. She founded and directed the Vassar Experimental
Theatre, which was well known for the quality and originality of its
productions. In 1934, during a sabbatical from Vassar, Hallie Flanagan directed
the theater at Dartington Hall in England. She married Philip H. Davis, a
professor of Greek at Vassar, in April of that year, keeping the name Flanagan
professionally. In 1935 she took leave from Vassar to serve as director of the
Federal Theatre Project, a unique effort in the history of American theater
which staged over one thousand productions in forty cities. In 1942 Hallie
Flanagan Davis went to Smith College as dean and professor of drama. She
retired in 1955, at which time she moved back to Poughkeepsie. Hallie Flanagan
Davis died in 1969, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease.
These papers primarily concern her teaching and theater activities at
Vassar College and her work with the Federal Theater Project and include
correspondence, curriculum materials, scripts and other play records, reports,
speeches, programs, playbills, photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings.
Correspondence consists of letters received and carbons of her outgoing letters
to students and colleagues concerning her articles and books on the theater,
the Russian theater, her experiences during a European trip, her Vassar
classes, recommendations for her students, Theatre Arts
Monthly, workers' theater such as the Arteff Theatre in New York, and
other issues relating to the theater, 1925-1938. Correspondents include
President MacCracken of Vassar and her literary agent August Lenninger. There
are also several letters from May Sarton concerning an amateur theatrical group
she was working with and arrangements for a production at Vassar, 1933-1934;
and two letters exchanged between Flanagan and T.S. Eliot about Flanagan's work and
Eliot's suggestions for the setting, directions, and final scene for a
production of his play "Sweeney," 1933. Materials on the Federal Theater
Project consist of briefs, reports, scripts, playbills, and other printed
matter.
One folder in box 45 of this collection is restricted according to the
Family Educational Rights and Property Act. The rest of the collection is open
for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and
Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, March 2007.
Hallie Flanagan Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library,
Vassar College Libraries.
Transfer from Vassar Drama Department and Gift of Joanne Davis
Bentley.
SERIES I. CORRESPONDENCE
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Professional correspondence, 1910-1955, n.d.
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Folder 1.1
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The Short Stories Co. to HFD, 1910 (1 letter) |
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Folder 1.2
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To and from HFD, 1924 (2 letters) |
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Folder 1.3
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To and from HFD, Jan 1925- June 1926 (27 letters; 1 misc.) |
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Folder 1.4
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To and from HFD, July-Dec 1926 (16 letters) |
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Folder 1.5
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To and from HFD, 1927 (8 letters; 1 postcard) |
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Folder 1.6
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To and from HFD, 1928-1930 (8 letters; 1 postcard) |
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Folder 1.7
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To and from HFD, 1931 (13 letters; 1 misc.) |
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Folder 1.8
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
1932 (54 letters; 3 misc.)
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Folder 2.9
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Jan-Mar 1933 (49 letters; 4 postcards)
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Folder 2.9a
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To HFD from T.S. Eliot re Vassar Experimental Theatre,
March, May 1933 (2 letters, M2006-002)
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Folder 2.10
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Apr-June1933 (40 letters; 1 misc.)
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Folder 2.11
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
July-Aug 1933 (31 letters)
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Folder 2.12
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Sep- Oct 1933 (55 letters; 2 postcards; 1 misc.)
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Folder 2.13
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Nov- Dec 1933 (58 letters; 1 postcard; 5 misc.)
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Folder 3.14
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Jan 1934 (48 letters)
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Folder 3.15
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Feb- Mar1934 (54 letters; 1 postcard)
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Folder 3.16
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Apr- May, 1934 (45 letters)
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Folder 3.17
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
June-Sep 1934 (39 letters; 1 postcard; 2 misc.)
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Folder 3.18
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Oct, 1934 (50 letters; 2 postcards)
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Folder 3.19
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Nov-Dec 1934 (40 letters)
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Folder 4.20
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Jan 1935 (42 letters)
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Folder 4.21
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Feb 1935 (33 letters; 2 misc.)
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Folder 4.22
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Mar 1935 (52 letters; 3 misc.)
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Folder 4.23
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Apr 1935 (37 letters)
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Folder 4.24
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
May 1935 (40 letters; 2 postcards; 3 misc.)
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Folder 4.25
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
June-Aug 1932 (40 letters; 2 postcards; 2 misc.)
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Folder 5.26
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
Sep-Dec 1935 (40 letters; 2 postcards; 1 misc.)
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Folder 5.27
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
1936 (30 letters; 3 postcards)
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Folder 5.28
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To and from HFD and Vassar Experimental Theatre,
1937-1940 (36 letters)
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Folder 5.29
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Federal Theatre Project: to and from HFD, 1936 (10 letters/memos - 1 original (6/13/36); remaining are
photocopies, originals poss. in National Archives)
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Folder 5.30
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Federal Theatre Project: to and from HFD, 1937-1938 (21 letters/memos; 1 fragment - photocopies, originals
poss. in National Archives)
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Folder 5.31
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Federal Theatre Project: to and from HFD, 1939 (20 letters/memos - photocopies, originals poss. in
National Archives)
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Folder 5.32
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To and from HFD, 1942-1946, 1948-1950, 1954, 1955
(33 letters)
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Vassar correspondence: interdepartmental and with
students and parents, 1925-1941
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Folder 6.34
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Interdepartmental business, primarily corr. with
President H.N. MacCracken, 1925-1932 (47 letters)
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Folder 6.35
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Interdepartmental business, primarily corr. with
President H.N. MacCracken, 1933-1936, 1938-1940 n.d. (66 letters; 2 misc.)
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Folder 6.36
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Correspondence with students and parents, 1932-1933 (36 letters) |
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Folder 6.37
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Correspondence with students and parents, May 1937, 1934-1935, n.d. (58 letters; 2 misc.) |
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Folder 6.38
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Correspondence relating to Vassar Vocational Bureau,
1932-1935 (40 letters)
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Folder 6.39
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Correspondence from Vassar students, classes of
1929-1941, collected by HFD for Dynamo, 1941-1942 (10 letters; 1 misc.)
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Federal Summer Theatre at Vassar correspondence,
1937-1938
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Folder 7.40
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Administration: nominations, May-June 1937 (27 letters; 2 misc.) |
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Folder 7.41
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Administration: transportation for participants,
Apr - Sep 1937 (61 letters)
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Folder 7.42
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Administration: notification letters to participants,
June 1937 (24 letters)
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Folder 7.43
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Administration: room and board for participants,
Mar -Aug 1937 (27 letters; 3 misc.)
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Folder 7.44
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Administration: general correspondence and memos,
May - June 1937 (18 letters; 2 misc.)
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Folder 7.45
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Administration: general correspondence and memos,
June 16-27, 1937 (29 letters; 4 misc.)
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Folder 8.46
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Administration: general correspondence and memos,
June 28 - July 9, 1937 (66 letters)
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Folder 8.47
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Administration: general correspondence and memos,
July 1937 - Feb 1938 (56 letters; 2 postcards; 1 misc.)
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Folder 8.48
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Administration: payroll, June 25- July 1, 1937 (21 letters) |
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Folder 8.49
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Administration: payroll, July 2-13, 1937 (30 letters) |
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Folder 8.50
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Administration: payroll, July 14 - Aug 1937 (60 letters) |
Personal correspondence, 1909-1967, n.d.
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Folder 9.51
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John P. Ryan to HFD, 1909 (1 letter) |
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Folder 9.52
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Murray Flanagan to HFD, 1913 (1 letter) |
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Folder 9.53
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HFD to Deborah Wiley, 1917 (9 letters) |
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Folder 9.54
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HFD to Grinnell students, 1924-1928 (6 letters - 2 orig.) |
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Folder 9.55
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HFD to family, from Europe, Fall 1926, May 1927 (28 postcards) |
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Folder 9.56
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HFD to Vassar Experimental Theatre and individual
students, from Europe, Feb - Mar 1934 (12 letters)
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Folder 9.57
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HFD to Vassar Experimental Theatre and individual
students, from Europe, Apr - June and n.d., 1934 (12 letters; 3 postcards)
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Folder 9.58
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HFD to Vassar Experimental Theatre and Esther Porter,
from Europe, Feb - Apr 1934 (26 pages)
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Folder 9.59
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Miscellaneous personal correspondence, to and from HFD,
1932-1955
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Folder 10.60
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HFD to Philip Davis, May - Sep 1935 (15 letters; 2 fragments) |
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Folder 10.61
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HFD to Philip Davis, Oct 1935 (10 letters) |
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Folder 10.62
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HFD to Philip Davis, Nov-Dec and n.d., 1935 (13 letters; 2 fragments) |
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Folder 10.63
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HFD to Philip Davis, Jan-Mar 1936 (12 letters) |
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Folder 10.64
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HFD to Philip Davis, Apr-June 1936 (9 letters; 2 fragments) |
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Folder 10.65
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HFD to Philip Davis, July-Sep 1936 (6 letters; 1 fragment) |
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Folder 10.66
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HFD to Philip Davis, Oct-Dec and n.d., 1936 (11 letters; 3 fragments) |
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Folder 10.67
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HFD to Philip Davis, Jan-May 1937 (10 letters) |
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Folder 10.68
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HFD to Philip Davis, June-Oct 1937 (10 letters; 4 fragments) |
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Folder 10.69
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HFD to Philip Davis, Nov-Dec and n.d., 1937 (14 letters; 1 fragment) |
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Folder 10.70
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HFD to Philip Davis, July 1938, Feb 1939, n.d. (1 letter; 2 fragments; 1 postcard) |
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Folder 11.71
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HFD to Philip Davis: selected transcripts by Joanne
Bentley, May 1935 (2 pages)
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Folder 11.72
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HFD to Philip Davis: selected transcripts by Joanne
Bentley, 1936 (29 pages)
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Folder 11.73
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HFD to Philip Davis: selected transcripts by Joanne
Bentley, 1937 (28 pages)
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Folder 11.74
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HFD to Philip Davis: selected transcripts by Joanne
Bentley, [July] 1935 (4 pages)
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Folder 11.75
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Letters of sympathy to HFD after death of Philip Davis:
A-C, 1940 (42 letters; 2 cards; 1 postcard)
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Folder 11.76
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Letters of sympathy to HFD after death of Philip Davis:
D-G, 1940 (52 letters; 1 card)
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Folder 11.77
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Letters of sympathy to HFD after death of Philip Davis:
H-K, 1940 (29 letters)
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Folder 11.78
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Letters of sympathy to HFD after death of Philip Davis:
L-N, 1940 (44 letters)
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Folder 12.79
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Letters of sympathy to HFD after death of Philip Davis:
O-R, 1940 (27 letters)
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Folder 12.80
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Letters of sympathy to HFD after death of Philip Davis:
S-T, 1940 (35 letters)
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Folder 12.81
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Letters of sympathy to HFD after death of Philip Davis:
U-Z, 1940 (27 letters; 1 cards)
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Folder 12.82
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Letters of sympathy to HFD after death of Philip Davis:
unidentified, 1940 (18 letters)
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Folder 12.83
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HFD to friends after Philip Davis's death, Feb-Apr 1940 (4 letters - photocopies) |
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Folder 12.84
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Joanne Bentley to HFD, ca. 1939-1943, 1964 (15 letters) |
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Folder 12.85
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Correspondence with Robert Baron, primarily HFD to RB,
1948-1951, 1953, n.d. (31 letters; 1 misc.)
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Note: Correspondents in Folders 86
- 103 include: Joanne and Eric Bentley, Fred and Betty Flanagan, Philip and
Frances Youtz, Lynne Anderson, Lillian Berkeley, Emmet Lavery, Jane Matthews,
Henry Allen Moe, Carlotta O'Neill, John Sollers, Patsy Walsh and Florence
Wislocki.
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Folder 12.86
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From HFD to family and friends, 1955 (7 letters) |
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Folder 12.87
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From HFD to family and friends, 1956 (17 letters) |
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Folder 12.88
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From HFD to family and friends, 1957 (6 letters) |
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Folder 13.89
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From HFD to family and friends, 1958 (7 letters) |
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Folder 13.90
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From HFD to family and friends, 1959 (4 letters) |
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Folder 13.91
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From Eleanor Roosevelt to HFD, 1959 (2 letters) |
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Folder 13.92
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From HFD to family and friends, 1955-1959, n.d. (7 letters) |
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Folder 13.93
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From HFD to family and friends, 1960 (8 letters) |
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Folder 13.94
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From HFD to family and friends, 1961 (10 letters) |
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Folder 13.95
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From HFD to family and friends, 1962 (16 letters) |
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Folder 13.96
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From HFD to family and friends, 1963 (13 letters) |
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Folder 13.97
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From HFD to family and friends, 1964 (12 letters) |
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Folder 13.98
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From HFD to family and friends, Jan-June 1965 (17 letters) |
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Folder 13.99
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From HFD to family and friends, Jul.-Dec 1965 (14 letters) |
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Folder 14.100
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From HFD to family and friends, 1966 (15 letters; 1 envelope) |
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Folder 14.101
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From HFD to family and friends, 1967 (2 letters; 2 envelope) |
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Folder 14.102
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From HFD to family and friends, [196?] (9 letters) |
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Folder 14.103
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From HFD to family and friends - Notes taken by Joanne
Bentley, 1956-1961 (2 pages)
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Correspondence of others, 1918-1980, n.d.
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Folder 14.104
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From Philip Davis to Jean Davis, 1918, 1919, 1931, 1932, 1934
(6 letters)
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Folder 14.105
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From Philip Davis to E.C. Mabie, 1937, 193? (2 letters) |
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Folder 14.106
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From Philip Davis to Esther Porter [Lane], [193?] (1 letter) |
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Folder 14.107
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From Peter Cox to Dorothy Elmhirst [TS extracts],
1947 (2 pages)
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Folder 14.108
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Correspondence bet. Robert Baron and others re: reprint
of Arena, 1951-1960 (33 letters; 2 misc.)
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Folder 14.109
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Correspondence re: reprint of Arena - correspondents
include: Frederic Flanagan; Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, Inc.; Eric Bentley;
Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1963-1966 (24 letters; 2 contracts)
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Folder 14.110
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From Joanne Bentley to siblings re: HFD, 1964 (1 letter) |
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Folder 14.111
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From Margaret Ellen Clifford to Eric Bentley,
1964 (1 letter)
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Folder 14.112
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley re: Philip Youtz,
1980 (3 letters; 2 clippings)
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Correspondence about HFD, 1969-1987
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Folder 15.113
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Letters of sympathy to Joanne Bentley after HFD's
death: A-Z, 1969 (31 letters)
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Folder 15.114
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley re: memorial service
for HFD, Sep 16, 1969 (26 letters)
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Folder 15.115
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Letters from Smith College students collected by Helen
Chinoy's Theatre Seminar, 1975 (TS excerpts - 21 pages)
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Folder 15.116
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Joanne Bentley's letter soliciting materials from
Vassar alumnae re: HFD, 1979 (2 letters)
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Folder 15.117
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Grinnell
neighbors: A-Z, 1979, 1980 (15 letters; 1 fragment; 1 misc.)
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Folder 15.118
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Grinnell high
school classmates: A-Z, 1980 (17 letters; 1 misc.)
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Folder 15.119
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Grinnell College
classmates: A-Z, 1979, 1980 (5 letters)
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Folder 15.120
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from relatives:
William Lyle Flanagan, 1980 (5 letters)
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Folder 15.121
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from high school
students of HFD in Iowa and Missouri: A-Z, 1979, 1980 (9 letters)
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Folder 15.122
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Correspondence with Joanne Bentley from people involved
with George P. Baker's 47 Workshop and Radcliffe, 1980, 1982 (7 letters)
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Folder 16.123
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Correspondence to Audrey Koran from Grinnell College
students: A-Z, 1971 (5 letters - photocopies)
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Folder 16.124
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Grinnell College
Students: A-Z, 1980, 1982 (15 letters)
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Folder 16.125
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Pomona College
friends of Summer, 1925, 1980, 1982 (3 letters; 1 misc.)
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Folder 16.126
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from relatives about
HFD and Philip Davis: A-Z, 1980-1982 (12 letters)
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Folder 16.127
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Vassar students
about HFD and Philip Davis: A-Z, 1980, 1987 (6 letters)
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Folder 16.128
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley about wedding of HFD
and Philip Davis: A-Z, 1980, 1985 (3 letters)
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Folder 16.129
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Fed. Theatre
Project colleagues of HFD: A-Z, 1980, 1984, 1985 (16 letters)
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Folder 16.130
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Vassar students,
classes of 1928-1930: A-Z, 1979-1982 (36 letters; 1 postcard)
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Folder 17.131
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Vassar students,
classes of 1931-33: A-Z, 1980-1983 (15 letters; 1 postcard; 1 misc.)
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Folder 17.132
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Vassar students,
classes of 1934-36: A-Z, 1980-1981 (14 letters)
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Folder 17.133
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Vassar students,
classes of 1940-42: A-Z, 1980 (6 letters; 1 extract)
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Folder 17.134
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Vassar colleagues
and friends of HFD: A-Z, 1980-1982, 1987 (30 letters)
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Folder 17.135
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from misc. colleagues
and friends during HFD's Vassar years: A-Z, 1980, 1984 (3 letters; 1 postcard)
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Folder 17.136
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Smith College
students: A-Z 1979, 1980 (6 letters)
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Folder 17.137
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from Smith College
colleagues and friends of HFD: A-Z, 1979-1987 (20 letters)
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Folder 17.138
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from misc. friends and
acquaintances during Smith years: A-Z, 1973, 1980, 1981 (6 letters)
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Folder 17.139
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from misc. friends and
acquaintances of HFD, 1955-69: A-Z, 1980 (2 letters; 1 fragment)
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Folder 17.140
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Correspondence to Joanne Bentley from the Guggenheim
Foundation, 1982 (1 letter)
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SERIES II. WRITINGS
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Writings of HFD: Bibliographies and Autobiographical
Essay, 1948, n.d.
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Folder 18.141
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Bibliographies |
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Folder 18.142
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Autobiography: Notes on my life, 1948 (MS) |
Writings of HFD: Travel notes/diaries, 1904, 1926-1934
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Folder 18.143
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St Louis World's Fair, 1904 (MS diary) |
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Folder 18.144
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Europe, Aug 1926- May 1927 (MS diary) |
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Folder 18.145
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Moscow [feature Gordon Craig and Stanislavsky],
Oct-Nov 1926 (MS diaries I-III)
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Folder 18.146
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Leningrad; Berlin [feature Dr. Horsley Gantt],
Dec 1926 (MS diaries)
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Folder 19.147
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Europe, Fall 1926- Jan 1927 (MS notebook) |
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Folder 19.148
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Europe, Feb-May 1927 (MS notebook) |
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Folder 19.149
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Europe, July-Sep 1926 (TS transcripts- excerpts from MS diary) |
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Folder 19.150
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Europe, Mar-Apr, 1927 (TS transcripts- excerpts from MS diary) |
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Folder 19.151
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Europe, 1926-1927 (TS transcripts- excerpts from MS notebook |
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Folder 19.152
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Russia; Turkey, 1930 (MS notebook) |
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Folder 19.153
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Turkey, train trip north, 1930 (MS diary) |
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Folder 19.154
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Europe, May-June 1930 (TS transcripts- excerpts from MS notebook) |
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Folder 20.155
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Europe, Mar-Aug 1934 (MS diary) |
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Folder 20.156
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Europe, Feb-Apr 1934 (MS notebook) |
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Folder 20.157
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Europe, May-June 1934 (MS notebook) |
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Folder 20.158
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Europe, Jul.-Aug 1934 (photocopies of MS notebook) |
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Folder 20.159
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Europe, Feb-May 1934 (transcripts-- excerpts from MS diary) |
Writings of HFD: Notebooks, 1925-1927, 1936-1938
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Folder 20.160
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New York theater season, 1925-1926 (MS notebook) |
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Folder 20.161
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Miscellaneous, 1926-1927 (MS notebooks) |
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Folder 20.162
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Federal Theatre Project, 1936-1938 (TS notebooks) |
Writings of HFD: Dramatic works, 1922-1953, n.d.
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Folder 20.163
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The Curtain, 1922 (published)
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Folder 20.164
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The Garden of Wishes,
1923 (TS carbon)
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Folder 20.165
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The Garden of Wishes,
1923 (TS carbon)
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Folder 21.166
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Incense [written ca.
1923-1924], 1925 (TS carbon)
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Folder 21.167
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Incense [written ca.
1923-1924], 1925 (TS carbon w/ pencilled editing)
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Folder 21.168
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Incense [written ca.
1923-1924], 1925 (photocopy of TS w/ director's comments - original in
Yale School of Drama library)
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Folder 21.169
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Incense [written ca.
1923-1924], 1925 (mimeograph of TS - later note by HFD on title page ?)
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Folder 21.170
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Free [written summer
1924], 1924 (photocopy of TS)
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Folder 21.171
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Here Comes the Bridegroom
- Grinnell years (TS)
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Folder 21.172
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Here Comes the Bridegroom
- Grinnell years (TS carbon)
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Folder 22.173
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Can You Hear Their Voices,
by HFD and Margaret Ellen Clifford, 1931 (published)
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Folder 22.174
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Fear - Acting version by
HFD, 1933 (TS carbon)
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Folder 22.175
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The Sky Will Be Lit Up, by
HFD and Janet Hartman, 1933 (photocopy of TS - original at Library of Congress)
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Folder 22.176
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The Lost Aphrodite: [a Comedy on
Archaeology], 1934 (work copy - part TS, part TS carbon)
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Folder 22.177
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Chorus for the Delian
Apollo, ca. 1934 (published, 2c.)
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Folder 22.178
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Margaret Fuller, by HFD
and Nathalie Wolfe, ca. 1939 (TS)
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Folder 23.179
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Margaret Fuller,
ca. 1939 (TS carbon)
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Folder 23.180
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No Time for Tears,
1940 or 1944? (TS)
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Folder 23.181
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E = mc2: a Living Newspaper About
the Atomic Age , 1947 (published - autographed by HFD for Joanne Davis
Bentley)
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Folder 23.182
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Heritage: a Play in Honor of the
75th Anniversary of the Founding of Smith College , 1953 (published - autographed by HFD for Eric Bentley)
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Folder 23.183
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Trust Emily, n.d. (TS carbon)
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Folder 23.184
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Introduction for unidentified play or series of scenes,
n.d. (TS carbon)
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Writings of HFD: Essays / articles, 1924-1952, n.d.
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Folder 24.185
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Essays/articles, 1924-1927 (7 items, published) |
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Folder 24.186
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Essays/articles, 1927-1929 (2 items, TS carbons) |
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Folder 24.187
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Essays/articles, 1931-1939 (12 items, TS, TS carbons) |
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Folder 24.188
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Essays/articles, 1929-1930 (5 items, published) |
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Folder 24.189
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Essays/articles, 1931-1932 (2 items, published) |
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Folder 24.190
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Essays/articles, 1934 (4 items, published) |
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Folder 24.191
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Essays/articles, 1936 (1 item, published) |
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Folder 25.192
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Essays/articles, 1937 (3 items, published) |
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Folder 25.193
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Essays/articles, 1938 (1 item, TS) |
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Folder 25.194
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Essays/articles, 1939-1940 (6 items, published) |
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Folder 25.195
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Essays/articles, [1947?] (1 item, TS) |
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Folder 25.196
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Essays/articles, 1947 (1 item, published) |
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Folder 25.197
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Essays/articles, 1952 (1 item, published) |
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Folder 25.198
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Essays/articles, [n.d.] (4 items, TS, TS carbons) |
Writings of HFD: Poetry and Fiction 1908-1935, n.d.
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Folder 25.199
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Undergraduate Poetry [photocopies from 1911 Grinnell
Annual], 1911 (10 pages, Published)
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Folder 25.200
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Fiction [photocopies from Unit, Grinnell's literary
magazine], 1908-1910 (6 items, published)
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Folder 25.201
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Fiction: The Ant and the Statue, 1925-1935 (19 pages, incomplete, TS carbon) |
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Folder 25.202
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Fiction: In His Image, 1925-1935? (TS carbon) |
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Folder 25.203
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Fiction: In His Image, 1925-1935? (TS carbon w/ pencilled editing |
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Folder 25.204
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Fiction: Maps of the Moon, 1929-1935? (TS carbon, 2 copies) |
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Folder 25.205
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Fiction: Pearls Found in a Bottle, 1925-1935? (TS carbon w/ pencilled editing) |
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Folder 25.206
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Fiction: Miscellaneous, 1925-1935 (TS and TS carbons, 3 items) |
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Folder 25.207
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Fiction: Miscellaneous Smith yrs (TS and TS carbons, 5 items) |
Writings of HFD: Speeches, 1937-1944
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Folder 26.208
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Federal Theatre Project, Oct 1935; May 1937 (TS notebooks, 4 items |
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Folder 26.209
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Federal Theatre Project, 1937 (TS notebooks, 4 items) |
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Folder 26.210
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Federal Theatre Project, 1938 (TS notebooks, 5 items |
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Folder 26.211
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Federal Theatre Project: "A Brief Delivered by HFD . .
. before the Committee on Parents," Feb 8, 1938 (TS mimeograph, 2 copies
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Folder 26.212
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Federal Theatre Project: speech at National Theatre
Conference, 1940 (Published; photocopy
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Folder 26.213
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Vassar: Chapel Talk to class of 1941, May 21, 1941 (Published) |
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Folder 26.214
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Smith College: assembly talks, Sep 1942; Jan 1944 (photocopy of TS) |
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Folder 26.215
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Smith Collge: The Drums of Taos, Jan 26, 1944 (photocopy of TS, 2 copies) |
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Boxes 60 - 91
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Shifting Scenes stereotype plates, 1928 (32 boxes) |
Writings of others
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Folder 27.216
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[William H. Bridge?]: essay on Ruth St. Denis and the
Society of Spiritual Art, n.d.
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Folder 27.217
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Whittaker Chambers: Can You Make Out Their Voices,
1931 (published; photocopy)
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Folder 27.218
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Kate Clugston: excerpts from her autobiography, re: HFD
and Federal Theatre Project, n.d. (photocopy of TS)
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Folder 27.219
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Kate Clugston: Very Like a Whale [excerpts],
n.d. (photocopy of TS)
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Folder 27.220
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Philip Davis: non-fiction/articles, 1934-1937 (published) |
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Folder 27.221
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Philip Davis: poetry, 1925-1931 (TS) |
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Folder 27.222
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Barbara Burnett Gratwick: travel notes/ diaries:
Russia, 1930 (MS diary)
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Folder 27.223
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Grace Lynn: Artef Theatre article, n.d. (TS) |
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Folder 27.224
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Henry N. MacCracken: commencement address [re: Federal
Theatre Project], 1939 (TS carbon, 2 copies)
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Folder 27.225
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Herbert A. Price: "WPA Players Brighten the Lot of
Refugees," 1937 (TS carbon)
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Folder 27.226
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Hilda W. Smith: "A Summary of Workers' Education Under
the WPA," 1938 (mimeograph)
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Folder 27.227
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Molly Day Thacher: Blocks, [1928?] (TS carbon) |
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Folder 27.228
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Iris Vinton: "Filling the Seats: a Report on Audience
Building," [1929] (TS carbon)
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Folder 27.229
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Hal Welles: Excerpt from novel [character based on
HFD], n.d. (photocopy of TS)
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Folder 27.230
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[s.n.]: "Analysis of Federal Theatre Plays Critized
[sic] on the Floors of the U.S. Senate and House," [1939?] (TS)
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Folder 27.231
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[unknown Congressman]: Report on investigation of
Federal Theatre Project, 1939 (TS carbon)
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Folder 27.232
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[s.n.]: Essay re: Federal Theatre Project in New York
City, 1939 (TS)
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SERIES III. PRINTED MATERIALS / CLIPPINGS
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Materials about HFD and her publications
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Folder 28.233
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Clippings re: HFD, ca. 1909, 1925-1935 (29 items) |
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Folder 28.234
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Clippings re: HFD, 1936-1942 (43 items) |
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Folder 28.235
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Clippings re: HFD, [1943-1988] (35 items) |
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Folder 28.236
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Review of HFD books (29 items) |
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Folder 28.237
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HFD: Awards/honors (6 items) |
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Folder 28.238
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HFD: Bookplate (1 item) |
Federal Theatre Project: General
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Folder 28.239
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Flyers/programs, 1937 (7 items) |
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Folder 28.240
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Clippings/articles, 1937 (41 items) |
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Folder 28.241
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Publications: "First Federal Summer Theatre -- A
Report," 1937 (2 copies)
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Folder 28.242
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Programs, 1936-1939 (10 items) |
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Folder 28.243
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Clippings/articles, 1936-1937 (23 items) |
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Folder 28.244
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Clippings/articles, 1938-1941 (26 items) |
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Folder 29.245
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Clippings/articles, 1961-1974, n.d. (14 items) |
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Folder 29.246
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Clippings/articles, "One-third of a Nation: a Handbook
of Source Materials," 1984 (1 item)
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Folder 29.247
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Congressional Record, Apr 20 and May 7 1936 |
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Folder 29.248
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Congressional Record, Jun 17 1936 |