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Scope	The WPA Federal Theatre Project [was a] national theatre project sponsored and funded by the U.S. government as part of the Works Projects Administration (WPA). The purpose was to create jobs for unemployed theatrical people in the Great Depression years of 1935-39.WPA Federal Theatre Project" Encyclopćdia Britannica Online. <http://www.eb.com:180/bol/topic ?eu=79610 &sctn=1>
General Print Sources	Bently, Joanne. Hallie Flanagan: a Life in the American Theatre. 1988. [On order] Buttitta, Tony. Uncle Sam Presents : a Memoir of the Federal Theatre, 1935-1939 / Tony Buttitta and Barry Witham ; with drawings by Don Freeman.Call No. : PN2270.F43 B8 1982 De Hart, Jane Sherron. The Federal Theatre, 1935-1939; Plays, Relief, and Politics. Call No. : PN 2266 .M33 Flanagan, Hallie. Arena: A History of the Federal Theatre. 1972. [On order] Fraden, Rena. Blueprints for a Black Federal Theatre, 1935-1939. Call No.: PN2270.F43 F73 1996 Kazacoff, Geroge. Dangerous Theatre: The Federal Theatre Project as a Forum for New Plays. Call No.: PN2270.F43 K39 1989 Melosh, Barbara. Engendering Culture : Manhood and Womanhood in New Deal Public Art and Theater. Call No. : NX504 .M44 1991
Subject Headings	Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) Flanagan, Hallie
Journals	Project Muse - Search JSTOR - Search Journal of American History is available as follows: [from 3/1/1988 to present in ProQuest Research Library] [from 1964 to 1999+ in JSTOR] Journal of American Studies Theater is available from 2000 to present in Project Muse. Print, 1997- Theatre History Studies is available as follows: [from 6/1/2001 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP] [from 6/1/1998 to present in Wilson Select Plus] [Print subscription, Burrow Library, 1986- ] Theatre Journal is available as follows: [from 3/1/1993 to 5/1/1995 in Expanded Academic ASAP] [from 1996 to present in Project Muse] Theatre Research International is available as follows: [from 3/22/1993 to 9/22/1998 in Expanded Academic ASAP] [from 10/1/1996 to 12/31/1999 in ProQuest Research Library] Theatre Survey is available as follows: [from 5/1/1998 to present in ProQuest Research Library] [from 5/1/1995 to present in Wilson Select Plus] Theatre Topics is available from 1996 to present in Project Muse.
Indexes & Databases	America: History and Life American National Biography ArticleFirst Books in Print ECO - OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online Database--OCLC Expanded Academic ASAP, 1980- FindArticles.com InfoTrac OneFile MLA International Bibliography ProQuest Direct WilsonSelectPlus WorldCat
Internet Resources	The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939 / Library of Congress Federal Theatre Project Links / Yahoo Federal Theatre Project Finding Aid / Library of Congress Federal Theatre Materials at George Mason University Library New Deal Cultural Programs / Adams and Goldbard "The Federal Theatre Project and the Living Newspaper" by Lijntje Zandee Hallie Flanagan Transcripts - excerpts from Flanagan's 1938 appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. TVA and the Federal Theatre Project Theatre History Web Sites Federal Theatre Project / North Virginia Community College

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