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Guide to the Francis Bosworth papers, 1933-1982 C0220

Francis Bosworth


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Greta Kuriger Suiter

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0220
Title
Francis Bosworth papers, 1933-1982 1933-1943
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/bosworth.html
Quantity
0.5 Linear Feet, (1 box)
Creator
Bosworth, Francis
Language
English .
Summary
The Francis Bosworth papers contain personal papers collected by Bosworth from the 1930s to the 1980s. About three-fourths of the material in this collection is about the Federal Theatre Project, other material consists of projects Bosworth worked on for the World's Fair in New York City in 1940, the National Council of Teachers of English 27th annual meeting, a "Report of an Experiment in the use of Documentary Playwriting for the teaching of Intercultural Education carried on in Selected Secondary Schools of Westchester County," and correspondence and papers about non-Federal Theatre Project employment.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation note

Francis Bosworth papers, Collection #C0220, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Francis Bosworth to Special Collections and Archives on October 21, 1978.

Processing Information

Processing and EAD markup completed in November 2012 by Greta Kuriger Suiter.

Biographical note

Francis Bosworth was born in St. Paul Minnesota on November 6, 1904. He attended the University of Minnesota before moving to New York City in 1929. In New York he was the author of several plays, the Head of the Drama Department of the New College at Columbia, and was the Director of the National Play Bureau of the Federal Theatre Project.

The Federal Theatre Project was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for large numbers of artists, writers, and performers during the Great Depression (1929-1939). The Federal Theatre began in 1935 and, until its end in 1939, flourished as the first and only federally sponsored and subsidized theater program in the United States. Directed by Hallie Flanagan (1880-1969), it was a way for theatrical professionals to gain employment during the Depression.

Scope and Content

The Francis Bosworth papers contain personal papers collected by Bosworth from the 1930s to the 1980s. About three-fourths of the material in this collection is about the Federal Theatre Project, other material consists of projects Bosworth worked on for the World's Fair in New York City in 1940, the National Council of Teachers of English 27th annual meeting, a "Report of an Experiment in the use of Documentary Playwriting for the teaching of Intercultural Education carried on in Selected Secondary Schools of Westchester County," and correspondence and papers about non-Federal Theatre Project employment. Federal Theatre Project material includes correspondence, memorandums, material on the production "It Can't Happen Here," articles written by Bosworth, a radio script, and a collection of National Youth Administration letters.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Related Material

The Works Progress Administration oral histories collection, the Federal Theatre Project collection, the Federal Theatre Project photograph collection, as well as numerous other personal papers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Theater -- United States

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bosworth, Francis
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Container List

Francis Bosworth papers
1933-1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
    Correspondence between Bosworth and Temple University
    1970-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
    Correspondence between Bosworth and RCA
    1939
    Scope and Content

    Victory co-plan

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
    Federal Theatre Project
    March 20, 1938
    Scope and Content

    Christ in Concrete radio script

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
    Federal Theatre Project
    1936-1938
    Scope and Content

    Correspondence and memorandums (original and photocopies)

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
    Federal Theatre Project
    1936-1939
    Scope and Content

    Correspondence, assignments, papers

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
    Federal Theatre Project
    1937
    Scope and Content

    National youth administration letters

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
    Federal Theatre Project
    1936-1938
    Scope and Content

    Newspaper clippings

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
    Federal Theatre Project,
    1936-1938
    Scope and Content

    Pittsburgh theatre; It Can't Happen Here; 80,000 theatres article

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
    Historical Society of Pennsylvania speech
    1975
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
    National Council of Teachers of English 27th annual meeting
    November 1937
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
    Synopsis of Rachel Davis DuBois's autobiography
    March 1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
    Personal papers and correspondence relating to non Federal Theatre Project employment
    1933-1943
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
    Report of an experiment: Documentary playwriting as a technique of intercultural education
    1941
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
    World's Fair - American common
    1940
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