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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library, MS2FLEron Ackerman
There may be some restrictions. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Collection is open to research.
Most of the oral histories from this collection were digitized through a Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR) grant in 2019. To access the digitized recordings and learn more about the project, please visit https://vwpa.gmu.edu/audiocollection/.
Works Progress Administration oral histories collection, C0153, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Donated by the Institute on the Federal Theatre Project and New Deal Culture.
Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009. Series 2 added in November 2013 by Greta Kuriger Suiter. Finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in March 2022.
The interviews in the WPA Oral Histories Collection were conducted from between 1961 and 1984. The majority of the interviews were done in the 1970s and 1980s by Lorraine Brown and John O'Connor as part of the Institute on the Federal Theatre Project and New Deal Culture. Cassettes of cast recordings and conferences were also created by the Institute on the Federal Theatre Project and New Deal Culture.
This collection consists of oral history interviews with persons who were associated with various Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in the 1930s. These include the Federal Art Project, Federal Music Project, and Federal Writers Project.
Series 1: Transcripts consists of typewritten and handwritten photocopies of transcripts of oral histories created between 1961 and 1984 by the Research Center on the Federal Theatre Project. Some folders also contain correspondence and photographs of the interviewee. This series is arranged alphabetically by last name of interviewee.
Series 2: Audio Recordings consists of two subseries: Oral history interviews, and Plays, radio interviews, conferences. Subseries 2.1: Oral history interviews contains audio cassette tapes and reel-to-reel recordings. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by last name of interviewee. The oral histories were created between 1961 and 1984 by the Research Center on the Federal Theatre Project at George Mason University. Subseries 2.2: Plays, radio interviews, conferences contains audio cassette tapes and reel-to-reel recordings of various federal theatre performances, interviews, and conferences that date from 1938 to 1984 and is arranged alphabetically by title.
This collection is arranged in two series based on format - transcripts and recordings. Series 2 is divided into two subseries by content - oral histories; plays, radio interviews, and conferences.
Organized into two series:
Series Series 1: Transcripts, 1961-1984 (Boxes 1-11) Series 2: Audio Recordings, 1938-1984 (Boxes 12-41)The Special Collections Research Center also holds the Federal Theatre Project collection.
Series 1: Transcripts consists of handwritten and typewritten photocopies of transcripts of oral histories created between 1961 and 1984 by the Research Center on the Federal Theatre Project at George Mason University. Some folders also contain correspondence and photographs of the interviewee. This series is arranged alphabetically by last name of interviewee.
Widow of playwright Hughes Allison, whose work was produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
Stage manager and director with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Costume designer with the San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Actress who auditioned for Negro Unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Composer and director, San Francisco Federal Music Project.
Technician, marionette artist, and actor with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Conductor, Federal Music Project's Virginia Symphony Orchestra and North Carolina-Virginia Symphony.
Dancer and assistant to Charles Weidman, with New York City Federal Dance Theatre.
Dancer with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrative director of the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer with Federal Dance Project, New York City.
Worked with the Radio Division of Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Stage manager with the Manhattan City Projects, New York City.
Dancer and actor with New York City Federal Theatre Project units. Available in digital format.
Set designer for various New York City Federal Theatre Project productions.
Son-in-law of Hallie Flanagan; writer and critic of modern drama.
Step-daughter of Hallie Flanagan.
Artist, muralist. Unidentified interviewer may have residual rights to interview.
Actor with Children's Theatre and Living Newspaper units of New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Writer who worked with the National Play Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Novelist, film writer, journalist, New York City, Los Angeles. Approval of Sylviane Bessie required.
Costume designer with San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Administrator with New York City Federal Theatre Project Radio Division; also worked as publicist with New York City Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Composer, musician; wrote Swing It for New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright whose play, Battle Hymn, written with Michael Gold, was produced by various Federal Theatre Project units.
Artist, muralist with New York City Federal Art Project. Permission for publication required.
Philip Bolton is the son of Harold (director and choreographer with New York City Federal Theatre Project) and Rhoda Rammelkamp Bolton (costume designer, New York City Federal Theatre Project). This is an untaped interview from a visit Philip made to the Research Center. Includes some information about Harold.
Correspondence and notes from untaped interview.
Costume designer with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Director of Play Bureau; in charge of exhibits; head of Play Reading Bureau within the National Office of Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Robert Breen was a Director and actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project and Wilva Davis Breen was an actress with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Director of marionette unit of Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Artist with Federal Art Project. Permission for publication required.
Playwright whose work was produced by Seattle Federal Theatre Project; also a writer with Boston Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with Children's unit of New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Sound technician with Living Newspaper unit of New York City Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
Publicist with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Artist, muralist with Federal Art Project.
[see Mesa, Fernando] Playwright whose work, Reward, was produced by the Tampa Federal Theatre Project.
Director of Lafayette Theatre's Negro unit of New York City Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Personnel administrator with New York City and Florida Federal Theatre Project units.
Artist, administrator with Ohio Federal Art Project. Permission with interviewer required for publication.
Artist, New York. Permission to quote over 100 words required.
Actor, stage manager with Portland, Oregon Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright whose work was produced by Denver Federal Theatre Project.
Publicist with Federal Dance Theatre, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Writer and theater critic.
Director of marionette units, San Francisco and Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project; costume designer.
Choreographer and dancer with Federal Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Artist with the Illinois and District of Columbia Federal Art Project. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
With Children's Theatre unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Assistant stage manager with Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Concertmaster, Illinois Symphony Orchestra.
Director of Play Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Director of Play Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
District supervisor with San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Supervisor of copyists unit of Philadelphia Federal Music Project; conductor of Philadelphia Orchestra.
Director of Negro unit, Boston Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote required.
Director of Negro unit, Boston Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright whose works were produced by various Federal Theatre Project units.
Actor with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
Playwright whose work, Swamp Mud, was produced in Birmingham, Alabama.
Works Progress Adminstration administrative assistant and secretary, Washington, D.C. and New York.
Sculptor with the Federal Art Project. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
Administrative assistant to Ellen Woodward, Works Progress Administration's head of Woman's and Professional Division, Washington, D.C. Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Actress with Roslyn, New York unit of Federal Theatre Project.
Actress, dancer, playwright, and marionette manipulator with San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Actor and director with Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Worked with various productions of Federal Theatre Project in California. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
Actor with the Roslyn, New York Federal Theatre Project unit.
Writer with Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Finance administrator, Works Progress Administration arts projects, Washington, D.C.
Actor with Popular Price Theatre, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Music director with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer and choreographer with the dance unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer with the dance unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Play adapter and choreographer with Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Assistant to Hallie Flanagan at Smith College; playwright.
Playwright with Chicago Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote over 100 words required.
Assistant stage manager with Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Worked in Herbert Hoover's and Harry Hopkins's press offices.
Student of Hallie Flanagan; expert in children's theater.
Director of Vaudeville unit, Los Angeles, Federal Theatre Project.
Set designer with the Roslyn, New York unit of the Federal Theatre Project.
Actress with the Children's Theatre, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Set designer with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Actress with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Musical composer and director with various units, New York City Federal Theatre Project and Federal Music Project.
Musical composer and director with various units, New York City Federal Theatre Project and Federal Music Project.
Director of Negro unit and Children's unit, Chicago, Federal Theatre Project.
Director of Southwest Experimental unit, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Administrative assistant to Hallie Flanagan, national office, Federal Theatre Project.
Director, Midwest Federal Theatre Project; administrator for Federal Arts Projects in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
Lighting designer with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrator with the National Play Bureau; playwright, play reader, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Director of Miami unit, Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Actress with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
Actor with Children's Theatre, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Writer with Radio Division, Illinois Writers' Project.
Producer and Theatrical Director, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Wife of Ralph Freud, theatrical director and actor with Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Theatrical director and actor with Los Angeles and San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright and technical assistant with the Detroit Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer and assistant to Doris Humphrey with the Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Writer and Publicist with Federal Writers Project and the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project; play reader with Federal Theatre Project Play Bureau.
Dancer with the Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor and founder of Chicago Repertory Group, 1933.
Administrator, Bureau of research and Publications of Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
Actress and dancer with the Vaudeville unit, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project; director with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
State director of the Illinois Federal Music Project.
Publicist with New York City Federal Theatre Project; director, Department of Information, Federal Theatre Project.
Theatrical director with the Atlanta, Tampa, and Chicago units of the Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright, some of whose works were produced by various Federal Theatre Project units.
Musical director with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote more than 100 words required.
Musical director with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Art director with the Atlanta Federal Theatre Project.
Staff composer and arranger with Federal Theatre Project.
Stage manager and publicity director with the Living Newspaper unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Writer and researcher with the Living Newspaper unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Play reader and playwright with the New York City Federal Theatre Project. Permission required for commercial use.
Play reader and playwright with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Muralist with the Federal Art Project and SECT in New York and Ohio. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
Writer, critic, producer, designer with the New York theaters in the 1930s.
Producer and administrator with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
Participated in the Resettlement Administration. Available in digital format.
Son of Edith Isaacs, editor of Theatre Arts Magazine; friend of Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Lighting designer with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Theatrical director familiar with the Los Angeles and New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Publicist and promotion officer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Director of information with the New York City Federal Music Project.
Actor with the San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Songwriter and composer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Choreographer and dancer with the Dance Project, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project. Galea, Manuel.
Actress with the San Bernardino/Riverside and Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Stagehand with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrative director, Chicago and New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Concertmaster of the Grand Rapids, Michigan Federal Theatre Project orchestra.
Stage manager, administrator, theatrical director with the New York City Federal Theatre Project, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, WA.
Playwright whose works were produced by the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actress with the San Francisco and Oakland Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Dancer with the Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actress with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrator with the National Service Bureau of the Federal Theatre Project.
Director of Bureau of Research and Publication, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Bound with the January 4, 1976 transcript.
Actress with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Puppeteer with the Marionette Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Publicist with New York City and Chicago Federal Theatre Project. Interview not to be used for gain or profit without the consent of the interviewee.
Actor with the several units of the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Lyricist whose work was featured in the New York City Federal Theatre Project production of Sing For Your Supper.
Administrator with the New Orleans and Atlanta Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Set designer with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright whose Model Tenements was produced by the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer with the Dance Project, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Teacher and conductor with New York City Federal Music Project.
Interviewee's husband, Gerhardt Lindemulder, was a director with the Federal Theatre Project in Louisiana and Florida.
Dancer with the Children's unit and Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Puppet artist with the Marionette unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Living Newspaper unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Conductor with the Vermont Federal Music Project.
Father of Sidney Lumet, child actor with the Yiddish unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrative director with the Florida Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
Actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Jacksonville and Miami Federal Theatre Project.
Marionette artist with the San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright whose work was produced by New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actress with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Atlanta Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright and researcher with the National Play Bureau of the Federal Theatre Project.
Publicist with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actress and researcher with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project; researcher with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project. [see also Donald Murray]
Costume designer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Stage manager with the Tampa Federal Theatre Project.
Staff member with the Educational Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrative director with the West Coast units of Federal Theatre Project; deputy National Director of Federal Theatre Project.
Member of the Seattle Negro Repertory Theatre in the 1930s. Closed to any government agency.
Set designer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Worked with the New York City Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Director with the Federal Theatre Project in the South; later with the Detroit Federal Theatre Project.
Theatrical director with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor, director, writer with the Southwest Experimental unit of the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Director with the Negro unit, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Writer and playwright who submitted work to the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.This is an untaped interview.
Director with the Indiana Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer and choreographer with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
Writer with the Southwest Experimental unit of the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Actress and student of Hallie Flanagan at Vassar College. This is an untaped interview.
Actor; director with Suitcase Theatre; assistant director with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Director of casting with the Talent Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Director of the Vaudeville productions, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Actor in Yiddish theater and New York University repertory groups during the Federal Theatre Project era.
Conductor with the Michigan Works Progress Administration Symphony Orchestra.
Actor with the Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon Federal Theatre Project units. This is an untaped interview.
With the Works Progress Administration in Connecticut; also with the Civilian Conservation Corps; founded the Plymouth Playhouse; worked briefly on the set of Faustus.
Actor with the Children's unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Researcher of the Chinese theater, Research Department, San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
Choreographer with the Yiddish unit,New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Radio script writer, Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.This is an untaped interview.
Artist, muralist with the Federal Art Project in New York, New Jersey, and California. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
Actress and director with the marionette unit of the Miami Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright in New York and San Francisco; write with the Federal Writers Project.
Administrator and legal counsel for the National Service Bureau, Federal Theatre Project.
Hallie Flanagan's assistant who collected Flanagan's papers which were donated to the Theatre Collection, New York Public Library.
Actor with the Cleveland, Ohio Federal Theatre Project.
Composer for various productions, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Writer and director with the Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actress with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright, play reader with the Playwriting Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Prior consent required for publication.
Muralist with the Massachusetts and New York Federal Art Project. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
Administrator, Playwriting Bureau, Federal Theatre Project. Permission of interviewee required; copyright conditions.
Playwright in New York City whose works were produced by Federal Theatre Project.This is an untaped interview.
Actor with the Negro unit, Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Playwright and director with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
Director with the Experimental unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrative assistant with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actress with the Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrator, Delaware Federal Theatre Project; with Federal Theatre Project national office, Washington, DC; with the San Francisco World's Fair, 1939.
Administrative assistant to Philip Barber, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Assistant stage manager with the Living Newspaper unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrative assistant to Jasper Deeter, first director of the Pennsylvania/New Jersey Federal Theatre Project.
Audience member, New York City Federal Theatre Project productions.
Composer, New York City Federal Music Project.
Director of the Anglo-Jewish unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Puppeteer with the Marionette unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Writer and playwright in New York City at the time of the Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Actress, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Publicist, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Chicago, Peoria, and Miami Federal Theatre Project; worked with sets and costumes in Chicago.
Actor with the Children's and Negro units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Concertmaster with the Federal Music Project Illinois Symphony.
Composer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project; wrote the score for Federal Theatre Project's Created Equal.
Publicist with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrative director, New Jersey Federal Theatre Project; director of repertory unit, Roslyn, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Written permission of interviewee required for publication.
Playwright in New York City whose work was produced by the Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote required by interviewee.
Director, Denver Federal Theatre Project.
Worked with Composers's Forum and Copying Project of the Federal Music Project.
Choreographer, New York City Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
Artist, New York City Federal Art Project. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
Songwriter whose works were performed by New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Administrator with Iowa Federal Theatre Project; assistant to E.C. Mabie, regional director for the Midwest Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright whose work was produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
Composer and arranger with the Vaudeville unit, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Set designer, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the Anglo-Jewish unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Actor with the New Hampshire Federal Theatre Project.
Puppeteer in New York City familiar with the Marionette and Children's units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright in Chicago whose work was produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
Administrator, director, actor, and playwright involved with the Seattle and Tacoma Federal Theatre Project, and the Des Moines Federal Theatre Project.
Stage Manager with the Mercury Theatre, New York.
Theatrical director with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Musical director with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Musical director with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Worked with the National Youth Administration and the Works Progress Administration in Iowa.
Administrator, National Play Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Worked with the Resettlement Administration.
Actor with the Roslyn, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Dancer with Tamiris's group, Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Playwright based in Chicago whose works were produced by the Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote over 100 words required.
Playwright based in Chicago whose works were produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
Stage manager, actor, and lighting technician with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Stage manager, actor, and lighting technician, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
Administrator, Atlanta Federal Theatre Project.
Lawyer who represented Orson Welles and John Houseman. Available in digital format.
Director with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Muralist with the Illinois Federal Art Project. Permission needed to quote over 100 words.
Lighting director and technician with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
Administrator with the Marionette unit of the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Puppeteer and lighting designer with the Marionette unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Theatrical director with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
Stage manager with the Children's theater, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
Artist with the Illinois and New York Federal Art Project.
Worked with the GSA; recovered many Federal Art Project works and murals.
Series 2: Audio Recordings consists of two subseries: Oral history interviews, and Plays, radio interviews, conferences. Subseries 2.1: Oral history interviews contains audio cassette tapes and reel-to-reel recordings. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by last name of interviewee. The oral histories were created between 1961 and 1984 by the Research Center on the Federal Theatre Project at George Mason University. Subseries 2.2: Plays, radio interviews, conferences contains audio cassette tapes and reel-to-reel recordings of various federal theatre performances, interviews, and conferences that date from 1938 to 1984 and is arranged alphabetically by title.
Subseries 2.1: Oral history interviews contains audio cassette tapes and reel-to-reel recordings. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by last name of interviewee. The oral histories were created between 1961 and 1984 by the Research Center on the Federal Theatre Project at George Mason University.
1 cassette tape
6 cassette tapes; Hatch-Billops collection
1 cassette tape
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes. See also box 30 [need to change] tape with Salinger and Gordon Onstad on side 1 and Richard Bales on side 2.
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
9 cassette tapes
Four 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recordings
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
7 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
4 cassette tapes
8 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
6 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes. Access copy available on CD in box 43.
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
6 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
3 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
4 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording: Brown describes interviews with Vincent Sherman and Harry Lessin
4 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
7 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
5 cassette tapes (3 of which are from an interview with his son; these are possibly from 1974)
One 7" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
7 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
2 tapes (Herman Clebanoff also listed on Albert Goldberg tape)
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
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2 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
8 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
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5 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
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1 cassette tape
3 cassette tapes
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6 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
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1 cassette tape
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1 cassette tape
6 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
5 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
3 cassette tapes
1 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
4 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
5 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes with Jack Wilson
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
5 cassette tapes, 3 with Max Pollock and Frances Ward
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
One 7" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
5 tapes including "Negro songs of protest" collected by Gellert Available in digital format - 3 CDs
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
4 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 tapes; with "Clebanoff"
3 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape; "not an interview"
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
Three 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
7 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
1 cassette tape
1 cassette tape
6 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape of John Houseman speaking on the Federal Theatre at the University of Wisconsin Federal Theatre seminar
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
4 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes; "In memory of the life of Russell Jelliffe (1891-1980)"
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes; see also Leuning, Otto
1 cassette tape
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
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4 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
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One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
5 cassette tapes
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1 cassette tape
4 cassette tapes
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2 cassette tapes
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
6 cassette tapes
Three 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
5 cassette tapes
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
1 cassette tape
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
4 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
Two 7" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 tapes, 1 with Alan Kayes
1 cassette tape
5 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
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2 cassette tapes
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6 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
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4 cassette tapes
2 tapes, 1 with Virgil Thompson
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
6 cassette tapes: 2 from January 5, 1976, 2 from October 18, 1977, 2 from June 1, 1979
4 cassette tapes
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4 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
5 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
5 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
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2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
6 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
5 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
1 cassette tape
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
7 cassette tapes, "Schnitzer and M. Cisney" Available in digital format - 2 CDs
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
6 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
3 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
1 cassette tape
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
6 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes; Harry Lessin
6 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
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1 cassette tape
6 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
Three 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
8 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape. Smith to 124; Siegmeister 129 to end; Siegmeister II; then a strange tone.
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
3 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
6 cassette tapes Available in digital format.
3 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
White tape with no label. Unidentified interview with male interviewee and female interviewer.
White tape with a Memorex label, side 2 has been crossed out and replaced with a 3. Tape contains approximately 3 minutes of an interview with an unidentified man.
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording. Handwritten on box "George Kondolf" (strikethrough) "erase".
3 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
1 cassette tape
2 cassette tapes
12 cassette tapes
9 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape
1 cassette tape
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes. Access copy available on CD in box 43.
Three 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
2 cassette tapes. Access copy available on CD in box 43.
4 cassette tapes
4 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
Subseries 2.2: Plays, radio interviews, conferences contains audio cassette tapes and reel-to-reel recordings of various federal theatre performances, interviews, and conferences that date from 1938 to 1984 and is arranged alphabetically by title.
2 cassette tapes: Roundtable discussion with Leonard de Paur, John Silvera, Tommy Anderson and Ted Browne in New York City
One 5" reel to reel: collection of Black Federal Theatre interviews for a talk by Lorraine Brown
3 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape: 10 minutes, Kathleen Sykora, Mary Peterson, Goodman School
1 cassette tape: Ezell with Bowers, Krulak, John O'Connor, Walsh, and Wheeler
2 cassette tapes
1 cassette tape: Radio Theatre of the Air, Pittsburgh Theatre Company, written and produced by Ronald Hankerson, voices and characters by Mark Harlow, Wilson Hutton, M.M. Melosi
3 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
3 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes: as performed by the Theatre of St. John's Church in New York City
2 cassette tapes: as performed by the Theatre of St. John's Church in New York City
Two 7" reel to reels
1 cassette tape: WEEL radio program on the Federal Theatre Project Oral History program, interview with John O'Connor and selections from Oral History tapes
1 cassette tape: Radio interview on WPRW with Diane Bowers and Madalee Week; 8 minutes
1 cassette tape
8 cassette tapes
7 cassette tapes
2 cassette tapes
Bible story script produced by Mike Lodick; 30 minutes
One 7" reel to reel
1 cassette tape; 30 minutes
One 7" reel to reel