Guide to the Works Progress Administration oral histories collection, 1961-1984 C0153
Works Progress Administration oral histories
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library, MS2FL4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Business Number: 703-993-2220
Fax Number: 703-993-8911
speccoll@gmu.edu
URL: https://scrc.gmu.edu
Eron Ackerman
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Alternative Form Available
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/.
Preferred Citation
Works Progress Administration oral histories collection, C0153, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by the Institute on the Federal Theatre Project and New Deal Culture.
Processing Information
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.
Historical Information
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Arrangement
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)Related Material
The Special Collections Research Center also holds the Federal Theatre Project collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Acting
- Dance -- United States
- Federal Art Project
- Federal Music Project (U.S.)
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Sound recordings
- Theater -- United States
- United States. Works Progress Administration
Container List
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.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Allison, EliteaNovember 10,1978Scope and Contents note
Widow of playwright Hughes Allison, whose work was produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Anderson, ThomasMay 24, 1978Scope and Contents note
Stage manager and director with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Andrus, ZorayFebruary 24, 1978Scope and Contents note
Costume designer with the San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Archer, OsceolaJanuary 3, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actress who auditioned for Negro Unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Bacon, ErnstApril 23, 1982Scope and Contents note
Composer and director, San Francisco Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Baird, BillNovember 8, 1976Scope and Contents note
Technician, marionette artist, and actor with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Bales, Richard CornerJune 2, 1982Scope and Contents note
Conductor, Federal Music Project's Virginia Symphony Orchestra and North Carolina-Virginia Symphony.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Bales, WilliamMay 23, 1978Scope and Contents note
Dancer and assistant to Charles Weidman, with New York City Federal Dance Theatre.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Banfield, BerylMay 22, 1978Scope and Contents note
Dancer with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Barber, PhilipNovember 11, 1975Scope and Contents note
Administrative director of the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Barlin, Anne LiefOctober 25, 1977Scope and Contents note
Dancer with Federal Dance Project, New York City.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Barnouw, EricMay 12,1976Scope and Contents note
Worked with the Radio Division of Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Baron, PaulDecember 5, 1979Scope and Contents note
Stage manager with the Manhattan City Projects, New York City.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Bates, AddNovember 30, 1976Scope and Contents note
Dancer and actor with New York City Federal Theatre Project units. Available in digital format.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Bay, HowardFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Contents note
Set designer for various New York City Federal Theatre Project productions.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
Bentley, EricMay 12, 1976Scope and Contents note
Son-in-law of Hallie Flanagan; writer and critic of modern drama.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 9
Bentley, Joanne DavisMay 13, 1976Scope and Content
Step-daughter of Hallie Flanagan.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
Benton, Thomas Hart1964Scope and Contents note
Artist, muralist. Unidentified interviewer may have residual rights to interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
Berenberg, BenAugust 16,1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with Children's Theatre and Living Newspaper units of New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
Berman, HaroldNovember 16,1977Scope and Contents note
Writer who worked with the National Play Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
Bessie, Alvah1979Scope and Contents note
Novelist, film writer, journalist, New York City, Los Angeles. Approval of Sylviane Bessie required.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
Birchenall, JackNovember 18, 1978Scope and Contents note
Costume designer with San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
Black, IvanMay 8, 1977Scope and Contents note
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.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
Blake, EubieJanuary 9, 1977Scope and Contents note
Composer, musician; wrote Swing It for New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
Blankfort, MichaelJuly 22, 1977Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose play, Battle Hymn, written with Michael Gold, was produced by various Federal Theatre Project units.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
Bolotowski, IlyaJanuary 30, 1977Scope and Contents note
Artist, muralist with New York City Federal Art Project. Permission for publication required.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
Bolton, Harold and PhilipNovember 1, 1977Scope and Contents note
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.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
Bolton, Rhoda Rammelkamp1976-1978Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and notes from untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
Borowski, MaxineJune 2, 1976Scope and Contents note
Costume designer with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
Bosworth, FrancisSeptember 29, 1978Scope and Contents note
Director of Play Bureau; in charge of exhibits; head of Play Reading Bureau within the National Office of Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
Brant, CarlMarch 16, 1979Scope and Contents note
Actor with Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
Breen, Robert and Wilva DavisNovember 27, 1978Scope and Contents note
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.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
Brocco, PeterJune 1, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 9
Bromley, RobertJune 30, 1977Scope and Contents note
Director of marionette unit of Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 10
Brook, AlexanderJanuary 2, 1979Scope and Contents note
Artist with Federal Art Project. Permission for publication required.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 11
Browne, TheodoreOctober 22, 1975Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose work was produced by Seattle Federal Theatre Project; also a writer with Boston Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 12
Bruskin, Perry10-22-76 October 22, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with Children's unit of New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13
Burris-Meyer, HaroldMarch 14, 1977Scope and Contents note
Sound technician with Living Newspaper unit of New York City Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 14
Buttitta, TonyJanuary 11, 1977Scope and Contents note
Publicist with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 15
Cadmus, PaulSeptember 1981Scope and Contents note
Artist, muralist with Federal Art Project.
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Cameniti, IdaMarch 15, 1977Scope and Contents note
[see Mesa, Fernando] Playwright whose work, Reward, was produced by the Tampa Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 16
Campbell, DickNovember 10, 1978Scope and Contents note
Director of Lafayette Theatre's Negro unit of New York City Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 17
Cardwell, LaurenceMarch 17, 1977Scope and Contents note
Personnel administrator with New York City and Florida Federal Theatre Project units.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 18
Carter, Clarence Holbrook1974Scope and Contents note
Artist, administrator with Ohio Federal Art Project. Permission with interviewer required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 19
Catlett, ElizabethDecember 8, 1981Scope and Contents
Artist, New York. Permission to quote over 100 words required.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 20
Chaivoe, NickJanuary 18, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actor, stage manager with Portland, Oregon Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 21
Chase, Mary CoyleAugust 9, 1979Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose work was produced by Denver Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 22
Chavkin, SamuelMay 22,1978Scope and Contents note
Publicist with Federal Dance Theatre, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 23
Cheney, SheldonDecember 29,1975Scope and Contents note
Writer and theater critic.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 24
Chesse, RalphJune 23, 1977Scope and Contents note
Director of marionette units, San Francisco and Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project; costume designer.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 10
Chilkovsky, NadiaMay 25, 1978Scope and Contents note
Choreographer and dancer with Federal Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 11
Cikovsky, NicolaiJuly 18, 1980Scope and Contents note
Artist with the Illinois and District of Columbia Federal Art Project. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
Clark, Helen Fisher and MauriceAugust 7, 1976Scope and Contents note
With Children's Theatre unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Clarke, DavidJuly 21, 1977Scope and Contents note
Assistant stage manager with Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 12
Clebanoff, HermanApril 21, 1982Scope and Contents note
Concertmaster, Illinois Symphony Orchestra.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
Clugston, Katherine T.December 28, 1984Scope and Contents note
Director of Play Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
Clugston, Katherine T.circa 1980sScope and Contents note
Director of Play Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
Cohen, Elizabeth ElsonJanuary 14, 1977Scope and Contents note
District supervisor with San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 13
Cohn, ArthurMay 6, 1982Scope and Contents note
Supervisor of copyists unit of Philadelphia Federal Music Project; conductor of Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
Coleman, RalfNovember 24, 1972Scope and Contents note
Director of Negro unit, Boston Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote required.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
Coleman, RalfNovember 21, 1975Scope and Contents note
Director of Negro unit, Boston Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
Connelly, MarcOctober 23, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose works were produced by various Federal Theatre Project units.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
Corey, JeffOctober 24, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
Cotten, JosephFebruary 22, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actor with Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11
Courlander, HaroldAugust 10, 1977Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose work, Swamp Mud, was produced in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 12
Cox, MargaretFebruary 5, 1976Scope and Contents note
Works Progress Adminstration administrative assistant and secretary, Washington, D.C. and New York.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 13
Cronbach, RobertFebruary 26, 1976Scope and Contents note
Sculptor with the Federal Art Project. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 14
Cronin, AnneOctober 29, 1977Scope and Contents note
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.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 15
Croydon, JoanDecember 16, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actress with Roslyn, New York unit of Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 14
Cunningham, Michele ElliottMay 28, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actress, dancer, playwright, and marionette manipulator with San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 16
Da Silva, HowardMay 24, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor and director with Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 17
Daggett, Helen CrossApril 18, 1983Scope and Contents note
Worked with various productions of Federal Theatre Project in California. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 18
Daly, FrankJune 11, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Roslyn, New York Federal Theatre Project unit.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 19
Danzig, FrankJuly 19, 1977Scope and Contents note
Writer with Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 20
Davidson, JuliusDecember 14, 1976Scope and Contents note
Finance administrator, Works Progress Administration arts projects, Washington, D.C.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 15
De Koven, RogerJanuary 8, 1980Scope and Contents note
Actor with Popular Price Theatre, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 21
De Paur, LeonardDecember 2, 1976, December 28,1976, January 11, 1977Scope and Contents note
Music director with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 22
Dehn, MuraApril 20, 1978Scope and Contents note
Dancer and choreographer with the dance unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 23
Del Bourgo, Fanya GeltmanDecember 16, 1977Scope and Contents note
Dancer with the dance unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
Denby, EdwinMarch 2, 1977Scope and Contents note
Play adapter and choreographer with Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
Dowell, George B.April 30, 1976Scope and Contents note
Assistant to Hallie Flanagan at Smith College; playwright.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
Du Bois, Shirley GrahamMay 28, 1975Scope and Contents note
Playwright with Chicago Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote over 100 words required.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
Dudley Jr., EdwardOctober 27, 1977Scope and Contents note
Assistant stage manager with Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
Durham, C.J.S. (Jack)June 23, 1983Scope and Contents note
Worked in Herbert Hoover's and Harry Hopkins's press offices.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
Ebsen, Nancy WolcottJune 1, 1976Scope and Contents note
Student of Hallie Flanagan; expert in children's theater.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
Edson, EdaMay 30, 1976Scope and Contents note
Director of Vaudeville unit, Los Angeles, Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
Edwards, BenDecember 28, 1976Scope and Contents note
Set designer with the Roslyn, New York unit of the Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9
Eldridge, ElaineNovember 27, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actress with the Children's Theatre, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
Elson, CharlesDecember 1, 1976Scope and Contents note
Set designer with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
Elson, Diane RiversDecember 1, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actress with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11
Engel, LehmanOctober 23, 1976Scope and Contents note
Musical composer and director with various units, New York City Federal Theatre Project and Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 16
Engel, LehmanMay 8, 1982Scope and Contents note
Musical composer and director with various units, New York City Federal Theatre Project and Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 17
Ewing, KayNovember 27, 1979Scope and Contents note
Director of Negro unit and Children's unit, Chicago, Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12
Farmer, VirginiaAugust 11, 1976Scope and Contents note
Director of Southwest Experimental unit, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 13
Farnsworth, WilliamMarch 16, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrative assistant to Hallie Flanagan, national office, Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 14
Farran, DonJanuary 3, 1976Scope and Contents note
Director, Midwest Federal Theatre Project; administrator for Federal Arts Projects in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 15
Feder, AbeMay 13, 1976Scope and Contents note
Lighting designer with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 16
Fishel, H.L. (Bud)October 26, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrator with the National Play Bureau; playwright, play reader, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 17
Fisher, GranvilleMarch 19,1977Scope and Contents note
Director of Miami unit, Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 18
Forbes, Leon and Jack WilsonJuly 19, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 19
Francis, ArleneApril 17, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actress with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 20
Frank, AllanOctober 25, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with Children's Theatre, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 21
Frankel, Lillian BersonOctober 10, 1977Scope and Contents note
Writer with Radio Division, Illinois Writers' Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 22
Freeman, Charles K.February 20, 1976Scope and Contents note
Producer and Theatrical Director, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
Freud, MayfairJanuary 5-8, 1976Scope and Contents note
Wife of Ralph Freud, theatrical director and actor with Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
Freud, RalphNovember 1, 1961Scope and Contents note
Theatrical director and actor with Los Angeles and San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
Friar, KimonMay 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright and technical assistant with the Detroit Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
Garnet, Eva DescaOctober 26, 1977Scope and Contents note
Dancer and assistant to Doris Humphrey with the Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
Geer, WillJune 1, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 18
Gellert, LawrenceOctober 22, 1976Scope and Contents note
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.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6
Gerrard, SaidaFebruary 21, 1978Scope and Contents note
Dancer with the Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7
Gilbert, LouApril 17, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor and founder of Chicago Repertory Group, 1933.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8
Gilder, RosamondNovember 16, 1975 and February 19, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrator, Bureau of research and Publications of Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9
Gilman, Harold and Ida GallerNovember 30, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10
Glidden, Patty NeedermanJuly 23, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actress and dancer with the Vaudeville unit, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 11
Glyer, RichardJuly 19, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project; director with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 19
Goldberg, AlbertApril 19, 1982Scope and Contents note
State director of the Illinois Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 12
Goodman, FrankJune 9, 1977Scope and Contents note
Publicist with New York City Federal Theatre Project; director, Department of Information, Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 13
Graham, Hedley GordonFebruary 27, 1977Scope and Contents note
Theatrical director with the Atlanta, Tampa, and Chicago units of the Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 14
Green, PaulDecember 1, 1975Scope and Contents note
Playwright, some of whose works were produced by various Federal Theatre Project units.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 15
Hairston, JesterDecember 27, 1971Scope and Contents note
Musical director with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote more than 100 words required.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 16
Hairston, JesterMay 29, 1976Scope and Contents note
Musical director with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 17
Harris, Julian H.October 22, 1978Scope and Contents note
Art director with the Atlanta Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 18
Haufrecht, HerbertJuly 18, 1981Scope and Contents note
Staff composer and arranger with Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 19
Hauser, Ethel AaronFebruary 20, 1976Scope and Contents note
Stage manager and publicity director with the Living Newspaper unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 20
Hays, Hoffman R.June 8, 1977Scope and Contents note
Writer and researcher with the Living Newspaper unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 21
Hill, AbramFebruary 27, 1977Scope and Contents note
Play reader and playwright with the New York City Federal Theatre Project. Permission required for commercial use.
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 22
Hill, AbramMarch 30, 1978Scope and Contents note
Play reader and playwright with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
Horn, AxelJanuary 3, 1975Scope and Contents note
Muralist with the Federal Art Project and SECT in New York and Ohio. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
Houghton, NorrisMay 13, 1976Scope and Contents note
Writer, critic, producer, designer with the New York theaters in the 1930s.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
Houseman, JohnMay 11, 1976Scope and Contents note
Producer and administrator with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
Hurwitz, LeoSeptember 27, 1975Scope and Contents note
Participated in the Resettlement Administration. Available in digital format.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
Isaacs, LewisNovember 9, 1978Scope and Contents note
Son of Edith Isaacs, editor of Theatre Arts Magazine; friend of Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6
Izenour, GeorgeFebruary 1976Scope and Contents note
Lighting designer with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7
Johnson, LamontMay 28, 1976Scope and Contents note
Theatrical director familiar with the Los Angeles and New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 8
Jonas, HallieMay 29, 1976Scope and Contents note
Publicist and promotion officer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 20
Kayes, AlanMay 11, 1982Scope and Contents note
Director of information with the New York City Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 9
Kennedy, Donald ScottAugust 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 10
Kent, CharlotteDecember 15, 1977Scope and Contents note
Songwriter and composer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 11
Kinch, MyraFebruary 21,1976Scope and Contents note
Choreographer and dancer with the Dance Project, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project. Galea, Manuel.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 12
Kingston, LenoreOctober 24, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actress with the San Bernardino/Riverside and Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 13
Kinnard, HenryJanuary 3, 1977Scope and Contents note
Stagehand with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 14
Koch, HowardOctober 26, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 15
Kondolf, GeorgeFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrative director, Chicago and New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 21
Krakow, LeoApril 30, 1982Scope and Contents note
Concertmaster of the Grand Rapids, Michigan Federal Theatre Project orchestra.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 16
Lane, Esther PorterSeptember 7, 1976 and July 11, 1977Scope and Contents note
Stage manager, administrator, theatrical director with the New York City Federal Theatre Project, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, WA.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 22
Lantz, LouisMay 26, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose works were produced by the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 17
Larsen, Agnete JohansenNovember 18,1978Scope and Contents note
Actress with the San Francisco and Oakland Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 18
Laub, Lili MannMay 24, 1978Scope and Contents note
Dancer with the Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 19
Laurence, PaulaApril 20, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actress with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 20
Lavery, EmmetJanuary 5, 1976 and October 17, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrator with the National Service Bureau of the Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 21
Lawson, Kathryn DrainJanuary 3-4, 1976Scope and Contents note
Director of Bureau of Research and Publication, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Bound with the January 4, 1976 transcript.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 22
LeNoire, RosettaJanuary 8, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actress with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 23
Leavitt, MaxNovember 28, 1978Scope and Contents note
Puppeteer with the Marionette Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 24
Lee, J. EdwardJuly 20, 1977Scope and Contents note
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.
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 25
Lee, WillOctober 22, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the several units of the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1
Lehac, NedJune 1977Scope and Contents note
Lyricist whose work was featured in the New York City Federal Theatre Project production of Sing For Your Supper.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 2
Lentz, JosefApril 7, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrator with the New Orleans and Atlanta Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3
Lessin, HarryJanuary 6, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4
Leve, SamuelFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Contents note
Set designer with New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5
Levin, MeyerJanuary 4, 1978Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose Model Tenements was produced by the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 6
Lewitsky, BellaMarch 12, 1979Scope and Contents note
Dancer with the Dance Project, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 7
Lief, ArthurJune 7, 1977Scope and Contents note
Teacher and conductor with New York City Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 8
Lindemulder, NelOctober 28, 1984Scope and Contents note
Interviewee's husband, Gerhardt Lindemulder, was a director with the Federal Theatre Project in Louisiana and Florida.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 9
Litvinoff, ValentinaNovember 29, 1978Scope and Contents note
Dancer with the Children's unit and Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 10
Lloyd, JoelNovember 14, 1978Scope and Contents note
Puppet artist with the Marionette unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 11
Lloyd, NormanJanuary 5, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Living Newspaper unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 23
Luening, OttoMay 10, 1982Scope and Contents note
Conductor with the Vermont Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 12
Lumet, BaruchJanuary 25, 1973Scope and Contents note
Father of Sidney Lumet, child actor with the Yiddish unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 13
Lynch, DorotheaMarch 14, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrative director with the Florida Federal Theatre Project. Available in digital format.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 14
McDermott, ThomasOctober 23, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 15
McLean, Scott R.March 20, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Jacksonville and Miami Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 16
Macchiarini, PeterFebruary 23, 1978Scope and Contents note
Marionette artist with the San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 17
Maltz, AlbertMay 27, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose work was produced by New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 18
Mann, Dulce FoxMarch 11, 1980Scope and Contents note
Actress with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 19
Marshall, E.G.March 3, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 20
Maxwell, GilbertMarch 3, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Atlanta Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 24
Meadow, HerbAugust 7, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright and researcher with the National Play Bureau of the Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 21
Meltzer, AllanMarch 18, 1977Scope and Contents note
Publicist with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 22
Meredith, Betty ArdenJuly 18, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actress and researcher with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project; researcher with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project. [see also Donald Murray]
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 23
Merrill, MaryMarch 8, 1976Scope and Contents note
Costume designer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 25
Mesa, FernandoMarch 15, 1977Scope and Contents note
Stage manager with the Tampa Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 26
Miller, CarlMay 13, 1982Scope and Contents note
Staff member with the Educational Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 24
Miller, J. HowardJanuary 5, 1976 and October 18, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrative director with the West Coast units of Federal Theatre Project; deputy National Director of Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 25
Monroe, CharlesNovember 9, 1978Scope and Contents note
Member of the Seattle Negro Repertory Theatre in the 1930s. Closed to any government agency.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 26
Morcom, James S.May 10, 1977Scope and Contents note
Set designer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 27
Morris, Lawrence S.January 1977Scope and Contents note
Worked with the New York City Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 28
Morrow, Fredcirca 1970s-1980sScope and Contents note
Director with the Federal Theatre Project in the South; later with the Detroit Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1
Moss, CarltonAugust 6, 1976Scope and Contents note
Theatrical director with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 2
Murray, Donald and Betty Arden MeredithJuly 20, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor, director, writer with the Southwest Experimental unit of the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 3
Muse, ClarenceJanuary 4, 1976Scope and Contents note
Director with the Negro unit, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 4
Nadel, Sue Ramos and Paula Bass PerlowinOctober 23, 1977Scope and Contents note
Dancer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 5
Norford, George T.October 25, 1976Scope and Contents note
Writer and playwright who submitted work to the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 6
Norvelle, Lee R.July 11, 1979Scope and Contents note
Director with the Indiana Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 7
Ottenheimer, Albert M.January 10, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 8
Page, RuthApril 24, 1979Scope and Contents note
Dancer and choreographer with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 9
Peterson, ArthurJuly 22, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 10
Pezman, TheodoreOctober 26, 1977Scope and Contents note
Writer with the Southwest Experimental unit of the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 11
Phelps, EleanorDecember 13, 1975Scope and Contents note
Actress and student of Hallie Flanagan at Vassar College. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 12
Phillips, WendellMay 27, 1975Scope and Contents note
Actor; director with Suitcase Theatre; assistant director with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 13
Pierce, EvelynNovember 10, 1978Scope and Contents note
Director of casting with the Talent Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 14
Pinska, KlarnaFebruary 24, 1978Scope and Contents note
Dancer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 15
Pollock, Max, Frances Warde, and Mayfair FreudJanuary 8, 1976Scope and Contents note
Director of the Vaudeville productions, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 16
Ponch, Martin with Nancy PonchMay 26, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor in Yiddish theater and New York University repertory groups during the Federal Theatre Project era.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 17
Poole, ValterApril 28, 1983Scope and Contents note
Conductor with the Michigan Works Progress Administration Symphony Orchestra.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 18
Porter, DonJanuary 8, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon Federal Theatre Project units. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 19
Price, HerbertJuly 31, 1980Scope and Contents note
With the Works Progress Administration in Connecticut; also with the Civilian Conservation Corps; founded the Plymouth Playhouse; worked briefly on the set of Faustus.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 20
Randolph, JohnMay 28, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Children's unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 21
Rather, Lois RodecapAugust 24, 1979Scope and Contents note
Researcher of the Chinese theater, Research Department, San Francisco Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 22
Rauch, Lillian ShaperoJune 10, 1977Scope and Contents note
Choreographer with the Yiddish unit,New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 23
Reese, AmosJuly 20, 1977Scope and Contents note
Radio script writer, Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 24
Refregier, AntonJanuary 2, 1975Scope and Contents note
Artist, muralist with the Federal Art Project in New York, New Jersey, and California. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 25
Reich, MolkaMarch 19, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actress and director with the marionette unit of the Miami Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 26
Rella, EttoreNovember 13, 1975Scope and Contents note
Playwright in New York and San Francisco; write with the Federal Writers Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 27
Rhodes, IrwinFebruary 26, 1977 and May 10, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrator and legal counsel for the National Service Bureau, Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 28
Rich, ShirleyNovember 9, 1976Scope and Contents note
Hallie Flanagan's assistant who collected Flanagan's papers which were donated to the Theatre Collection, New York Public Library.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1
Roberts, GordonOctober 30, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Cleveland, Ohio Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2
Robinson, EarlAugust 1976Scope and Contents note
Composer for various productions, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3
Robson, William N.September 13, 1977Scope and Contents note
Writer and director with the Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4
Romano, AmeliaMarch 4, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actress with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 5
Rosten, NormanNovember 14, 1975Scope and Contents note
Playwright, play reader with the Playwriting Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project. Prior consent required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 27
Rubenstein, LewisDecember 14, 1978Scope and Contents note
Muralist with the Massachusetts and New York Federal Art Project. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 6
Russak, BenFebruary 19, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrator, Playwriting Bureau, Federal Theatre Project. Permission of interviewee required; copyright conditions.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 7
Saul, OscarJune 2, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright in New York City whose works were produced by Federal Theatre Project.This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 8
Saunders, WardellOctober 27, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Negro unit, Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 9
Savage, George and Gladys, and Guy WilliamsJanuary 6, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright and director with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 10
Saxe, AlMarch 18, 1977Scope and Contents note
Director with the Experimental unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 11
Schenker, Augusta WeissbergerMarch 2, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrative assistant with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 12
Schnitzer, Marcella Cisney and RobertNovember 17, 1975Scope and Contents note
Actress with the Radio Division, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 13
Schnitzer, RobertNovember 7, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrator, Delaware Federal Theatre Project; with Federal Theatre Project national office, Washington, DC; with the San Francisco World's Fair, 1939.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 14
Schoolman, Mary SacklerJune 22, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrative assistant to Philip Barber, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 15
Schrager, PhilipFebruary 28, 1979Scope and Contents note
Assistant stage manager with the Living Newspaper unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 16
Schulman, RoseApril 15, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrative assistant to Jasper Deeter, first director of the Pennsylvania/New Jersey Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 17
Schulman, SolJanuary 22, 1976Scope and Contents note
Audience member, New York City Federal Theatre Project productions.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 28
Schuman, WilliamMay 3, 1982Scope and Contents note
Composer, New York City Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 18
Scooler, ZveeApril 19, 1977Scope and Contents note
Director of the Anglo-Jewish unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 19
Shaw, ZacharyAugust 27, 1979Scope and Contents note
Puppeteer with the Marionette unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 20
Sherman, HiramApril 18, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 21
Sherman, VincentJanuary 7, 1976Scope and Contents note
Writer and playwright in New York City at the time of the Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 22
Shibley, Eleanor ScherrAugust 5, 1976 and September 22, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actress, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 23
Shohet, MaxJanuary 26, 1978Scope and Contents note
Publicist, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 24
Shrewsbury, RobertJune 11, 1977Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Chicago, Peoria, and Miami Federal Theatre Project; worked with sets and costumes in Chicago.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 25
Sidney, P. JayOctober 25, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Children's and Negro units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 29
Siegal, FritzApril 27, 1982Scope and Contents note
Concertmaster with the Federal Music Project Illinois Symphony.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 26
Siegmeister, ElieMay 8, 1982Scope and Contents note
Composer with the New York City Federal Theatre Project; wrote the score for Federal Theatre Project's Created Equal.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 27
Silvera, JohnJuly 11, 1977Scope and Contents note
Publicist with the Negro unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 28
Simon, LouisOctober 25, 1976Scope and Contents note
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.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 29
Sklar, GeorgeJanuary 2, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright in New York City whose work was produced by the Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote required by interviewee.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 1
Slane, Michael AndrewMay 1979Scope and Contents note
Director, Denver Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 30
Smith, Carlton SpragueApril 8, 1982Scope and Contents note
Worked with Composers's Forum and Copying Project of the Federal Music Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 2
Sokolow, AnnaNovember 9, 1976Scope and Contents note
Choreographer, New York City Federal Theatre Project. This is an untaped interview.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 3
Solman, JosephJanuary 1975Scope and Contents note
Artist, New York City Federal Art Project. Permission of interviewer required for publication.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 4
Sour, RobertOctober 31, 1977Scope and Contents note
Songwriter whose works were performed by New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 5
Spayde, Sydney H.July 19, 1982Scope and Contents note
Administrator with Iowa Federal Theatre Project; assistant to E.C. Mabie, regional director for the Midwest Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 6
Staton, JosephJanuary 7, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 7
Stavis, BarrieNovember 8, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright whose work was produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 8
Stone, GeneJuly 21, 1977Scope and Contents note
Composer and arranger with the Vaudeville unit, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 9
Stover, FrederickJune 8, 1977Scope and Contents note
Set designer, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 10
Strassberg, MauriceJanuary 24, 1973Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Anglo-Jewish unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 11
Stuckmann, EugeneFebruary 23, 1976Scope and Contents note
Actor with the New Hampshire Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 12
Suib, LeonardApril 19, 1978Scope and Contents note
Puppeteer in New York City familiar with the Marionette and Children's units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 13
Sundgaard, ArnoldSeptember 5, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright in Chicago whose work was produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 14
Talbot, ClarenceJuly 21, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrator, director, actor, and playwright involved with the Seattle and Tacoma Federal Theatre Project, and the Des Moines Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 15
Teichmann, HowardApril 18, 1977Scope and Contents note
Stage Manager with the Mercury Theatre, New York.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 31
Thomas, TedOctober 19, 1977Scope and Contents note
Theatrical director with the Classical unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 16
Thomson, VirgilNovember 5, 1976Scope and Contents note
Musical director with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 32
Thomson, VirgilMay 11, 1982Scope and Content
Musical director with the Negro and Classical units, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 17
Tilton, Mary SeekJanuary 24, 1978Scope and Contents note
Worked with the National Youth Administration and the Works Progress Administration in Iowa.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 18
Tyler, ConverseDecember 15, 1976Scope and Contents note
Administrator, National Play Bureau, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 33
Valiant, MargaretApril 14, 1979Scope and Contents note
Worked with the Resettlement Administration.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 19
Velie, JayMay 24, 1978Scope and Contents note
Actor with the Roslyn, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 20
Wallace, LeaJune 13, 1980Scope and Contents note
Dancer with Tamiris's group, Dance Project, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 21
Ward, TheodoreApril 7-8, 1974Scope and Contents note
Playwright based in Chicago whose works were produced by the Federal Theatre Project. Permission to quote over 100 words required.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 22
Ward, TheodoreAugust 13, 1976Scope and Contents note
Playwright based in Chicago whose works were produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 23
Wasserman, DaleJanuary 23, 1973Scope and Contents note
Stage manager, actor, and lighting technician with the Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 24
Wasserman, DaleMay 30, 1976Scope and Contents note
Stage manager, actor, and lighting technician, Los Angeles Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 25
Weisberg, Sara ThomasApril 6, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrator, Atlanta Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 26
Weissberger, ArnoldApril 19, 1977Scope and Contents note
Lawyer who represented Orson Welles and John Houseman. Available in digital format.
- Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 27
Welles, HalstedNovember 17, 1975Scope and Contents note
Director with the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 1
White, CharlesDecember 29, 1971Scope and Contents note
Muralist with the Illinois Federal Art Project. Permission needed to quote over 100 words.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 2
Whiteside, DuncanAugust 13, 1978Scope and Contents note
Lighting director and technician with the Chicago Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 3
Wilder, GraceJuly 15, 1977Scope and Contents note
Administrator with the Marionette unit of the New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 4
Wilkes, NathanNovember 28, 1978Scope and Contents note
Puppeteer and lighting designer with the Marionette unit, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 5
Williams, GuyJanuary 6-7, 1976Scope and Contents note
Theatrical director with the Seattle Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 6
Williams, JaySeptember 8, 1975Scope and Contents note
Stage manager with the Children's theater, New York City Federal Theatre Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 7
Wilson, EllisFebruary 25, 1975Scope and Contents note
Artist with the Illinois and New York Federal Art Project.
- Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 8
Yasko, Karel1983Scope and Contents note
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 interviews1961-1983Scope and Content
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.
- Audio box: 40
Abelman, IdaundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 43
Access copies1976-1978
- Audio box: 40
Alston, CharlesJanuary 27, 1975Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes; Hatch-Billops collection
- Audio box: 41
Anderson, ArthurundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 12
Anderson, ThomasMay 23, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 12
Andrus, ZorayFebruary 24, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 12
Archer, OsceolaJanuary 3, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 12
Bacon, ErnstApril 23, 1982Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 12
Baird, BillNovember 8, 1976Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 12
Bales, Richard HornerJune 2, 1982Scope and Content
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.
- Audio box: 12
Bales, WilliamMay 23, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 12
Banfield, BerylMay 22, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 12
Barber, PhilipNovember 11, 1975Scope and Content
9 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Barber, PhilipNovember 11, 1975Scope and Content
Four 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recordings
- Audio box: 13
Barlin, Anne LiefOctober 25, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 13
Baron, PaulDecember 5, 1979Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 13
Bates, AddNovember 30, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 13
Bay, HowardFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Content
7 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Bay, HowardFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 13
Bentley, EricMay 12, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 13
Bentley, Joanne DavisMay 13, 1976Scope and Content
8 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 13
Benton, Thomas Hart1964Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 13
Berenberg, BenAugust 16, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 13
Berman, HaroldNovember 16, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 14
Berman, HaroldNovember 16, 1977Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 14
Bessie, Alvah1979Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 13
Birchenall, JackNovember 18, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes. Access copy available on CD in box 43.
- Audio box: 14
Blake, EubieJanuary 9, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 14
Blankfort, MichaelJuly 22, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 14
Bolotowski, IlyaJanuary 30, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 14
Borowski, MaxineJune 2, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 14
Bosworth, FrancisSeptember 29, 1978Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 14
Breen, Robert and Wilva DavisNovember 27, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 14
Brocco, PeterJune 1, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 15
Brocco, PeterJune 1, 1976Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 15
Bromley, RobertJune 30, 1977Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 15
Brook, AlexanderJanuary 2, 1979Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 39
Brown, LorraineJanuary 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording: Brown describes interviews with Vincent Sherman and Harry Lessin
- Audio box: 15
Browne, TheodoreOctober 22, 1975Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 15
Bruskin, PerryOctober 22, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 15
Burris-Meyer, HaroldMarch 14, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 15
Buttitta, TonyJanuary 11, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 15
Cardwell, LaurenceMarch 17, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 15
Carter, Clarence Holbrook1974Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 15
Catlett, ElizabethDecember 8, 1981Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 15
Chaivoe, NickJanuary 18, 1978Scope and Content
7 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Chase, Mary CoyleAugust 9, 1979Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Chavkin, SamuelMay 22, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Chesse, Ralph1974?Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Chesse, RalphJune 23, 1977Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes (3 of which are from an interview with his son; these are possibly from 1974)
- Audio box: 39
Chesse, RalphJune 23, 1977Scope and Content
One 7" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 16
Chilkovsky, NadiaMay 25, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Cikovsky, NicolaiJuly 18, 1980Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Clark, MauriceAugust 7, 1976Scope and Content
7 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 37
Clark, Maurice and Helen FisherAugust 7, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 16
Clarke, DavidJuly 21, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Clebanoff, HermanApril 21, 1982Scope and Content
2 tapes (Herman Clebanoff also listed on Albert Goldberg tape)
- Audio box: 40
Clugston, KateDecember 28, 1984Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Cohen, Elizabeth ElsonJanuary 14, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Cohn, ArthurMay 6, 1982Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 16
Coleman, RalfNovember 21, 1975Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 37
Coleman, RalfNovember 21, 1975Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 42
Coleman, RalfNovember 21, 1975Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 17
Coleman, RalfNovember 24, 1972Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 17
Corey, JeffOctober 24, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 17
Cotten, JosephFebruary 22, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 17
Courlander, HaroldAugust 10, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 17
Cox, MargaretFebruary 5, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 37
Cox, MargaretFebruary 5, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 17
Cronbach, RobertFebruary 26, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 17
Croydon, JoanDecember 16, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 17
Cunningham, Michele ElliottMay 28, 1976Scope and Content
8 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 17
Da Silva, HowardMay 24, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Da Silva, HowardMay 24, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 17
Daly, FrankJune 11, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 17
Danzig, FrankJuly 19, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 17
Davidson, JuliusDecember 14, 1976Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Davidson, JuliusDecember 14, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 40
Deeter, JasperundatedScope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Deeter, JasperundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 41
Deeter, Jasper on directing and actingundatedScope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
DeKoven, RogerJanuary 8, 1980Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
De Paur, LeonardDecember 2, 1976Scope and Content
7 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Dehn, MuraApril 20, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Del Bourgo, Fanya GeltmanDecember 16, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Denby, EdwinMarch 2, 1977Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Dowell, George B.April 30, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Du Bois, Shirley GrahamMay 28, 1975Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Dudley Jr., EdwardOctober 27, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Durham, C.J.S. (Jack)June 23, 1983Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 18
Ebsen, Nancy WolcottJune 1, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 19
Ebsen, Nancy WolcottJune 1, 1976Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 19
Edwards, BenDecember 28, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 19
Eldridge, ElaineNovember 27, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Elliott, RossundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 19
Elson, Charles and Diane RiversDecember 1, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 19
Engel, LehmanOctober 23, 1976 and May 8, 1982Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 19
Ewing, KayNovember 27, 1979Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Farley, MorganundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 19
Farmer, VirginiaAugust 11, 1976Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
Farmer, VirginiaAugust 20, 1976Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
Farmer, VirginiaJune 1983Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
Farmer, VirginiaundatedScope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Farmer, Virginiaundated
- Audio box: 19
Farnsworth, WilliamMarch 16, 1976Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 19
Farran, DonJanuary 3, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 37
Farran, DonJanuary 3, 1976Scope and Content
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 39
Farran, DonJanuary 3, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 19
Feder, AbeMay 13, 1976Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 20
Feder, AbeMay 13, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Feder, AbeMay 13, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 20
Fishel, H.L. (Bud)October 26, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Fishel, H.L. (Bud)October 26, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 20
Fisher, GranvilleMarch 19, 1977Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Fogel, SeymourSeptember 24, 1982Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 20
Forbes, LeonJuly 19, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes with Jack Wilson
- Audio box: 20
Francis, ArleneApril 17, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 20
Frank, AllanOctober 25, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 20
Frankel, Lillian BersonOctober 10, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 20
Freeman, Charles K.February 20, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 37
Freeman, Charles K.February 20, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 42
Freud, MayfairJanuary 5, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 20
Freud, MayfairJanuary 5-8, 1976Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes, 3 with Max Pollock and Frances Ward
- Audio box: 41
Freud, MayfairJanuary 5-8, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 20
Freud, RalphNovember 1, 1961Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 39
Freud, RalphNovember 1, 1961Scope and Content
One 7" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 20
Friar, KimonMay 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 20
Garnet, Eva DescaOctober 26, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 20
Geer, WillJune 1, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 21
Gellert, Lawrence (Larry)October 22, 1976Scope and Content
5 tapes including "Negro songs of protest" collected by Gellert Available in digital format - 3 CDs
- Audio box: 21
Gerrard, SaidaFebruary 21, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 21
Gilbert, LouApril 16, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 21
Gilder, RosamondNovember 16, 1975 and February 19, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 37
Gilder, RosamondFebruary 19, 1976Scope and Content
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 21
Gilman, Harold and IdaNovember 30, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 21
Glidden, Patty NeedermanJuly 23, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 21
Glyer, RichardJuly 19, 1977
- Audio box: 21
Goldberg, AlbertApril 19, 1982Scope and Content
2 tapes; with "Clebanoff"
- Audio box: 21
Goodman, FrankJune 9, 1977Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
Gordon, EricundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape; "not an interview"
- Audio box: 21
Graham, Hedley GordonFebruary 27 and May 27, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 21
Green, PaulDecember 1, 1975Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 22
Green, PaulDecember 1, 1975Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Green, PaulundatedScope and Content
Three 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 22
Hairston, JesterDecember 27, 1971 and May 29, 1976Scope and Content
7 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 39
Hansel, Evacirca 1970s-1980sScope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 22
Harris, Julian H.October 22, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 22
Haufrecht, HerbertJuly 18, 1981Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 22
Hauser, Ethel AaronFebruary 20, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 37
Hauser, Ethel AaronFebruary 20, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 41
Hauser, Ethel AaronFebruary 20, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 22
Hays, Hoffman R.June 8, 1977
- Audio box: 41
Heider, FredundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 22
Hill, AbramFebruary 27, 1977 and March 30, 1978Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Holland, JoeundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 22
Horn, AxelJanuary 3, 1975Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 22
Houghton, NorrisMay 13, 1976
- Audio box: 22
Houseman, JohnMay 11, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 23
Houseman, JohnOctober 31, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape of John Houseman speaking on the Federal Theatre at the University of Wisconsin Federal Theatre seminar
- Audio box: 23
Hurwitz, LeoSeptember 27, 1975Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 23
Izenour, GeorgeFebruary 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 40
Jelliffe, RowenaApril 23, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
Jelliffe, RowenaDecember 30, 1982Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
Jelliffe, Russell Memoriumcirca 1980Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes; "In memory of the life of Russell Jelliffe (1891-1980)"
- Audio box: 23
Johnson, LamontMay 28, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Johnson, LamontMay 28, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 23
Jonas, HallieMay 29, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 23
Kayes, AlanMay 11, 1982Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes; see also Leuning, Otto
- Audio box: 23
Kennedy, Donald ScottSeptember 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 37
Kennedy, Donald ScottAugust 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 23
Kent, CharlotteDecember 15, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 23
Kinch, Myra and Manuel GaleaFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Kinch, Myra and Manuel GaleaFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 37
Kinch, Myra and Manuel GaleaFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 23
Kingston, LenoreOctober 24, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 23
Kinnard, HenryJanuary 3, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 23
Koch, HowardOctober 26, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 23
Kondolf, GeorgeFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 37
Kondolf, GeorgeFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 23
Krakow, LeoApril 30, 1982
- Audio box: 23
Lane, Esther PorterSeptember 7, 1976 and July 11, 1977Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 24
Lane, Esther PorterJuly 11, 1977Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Lane, Esther PorterundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 24
Lantz, LouisMay 26, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 24
Laub, Lili MannMay 24, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 24
Laurence, PaulaApril 20, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Lavery, EmmetJanuary 5, 1976Scope and Content
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 24
Lavery, EmmetJanuary 5, 1976 and October 17, 1977Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 37
Lavery, EmmetJanuary 5, 1976 and October 17, 1977Scope and Content
Three 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 24
Lawson, Kathryn DrainJanuary 3-4, 1976Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Lawson, Kathryn DrainJanuary 3-4, 1976Scope and Content
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 24
LeNoire, RosettaJanuary 8, 1977
- Audio box: 24
Leavitt, MaxNovember 28, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 24
Lee, J. EdwardJuly 20, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 24
Lee, WillSeptember 22, 1976
- Audio box: 25
Lee, WillSeptember 22, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 25
Lehac, NedMay-June 1977Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 25
Lentz, JosefApril 7, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 25
Lessin, HarryJanuary 6, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 25
Leve, Samuel (Sam),February 21, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 38
Leve, SamuelFebruary 21, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 25
Levin, MeyerJanuary 4, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 25
Lewitsky, BellaMarch 12, 1979Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 39
Lewitsky, Bellacirca 1970s-1980sScope and Content
Two 7" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 25
Lief, ArthurJune 7, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 25
Lipe, HowardDecember 5, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 25
Litvinoff, ValentinaNovember 29, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 25
Lloyd, JoelNovember 14, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 25
Lloyd, NormanJanuary 3-5, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Lloyd, NormanJanuary 3-5, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 42
Lloyd, NormanJanuary 5, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 25
Luening, OttoMay 10, 1982Scope and Content
2 tapes, 1 with Alan Kayes
- Audio box: 25
Lumet, BaruchJanuary 25, 1973
- Audio box: 41
Lurie, Helen CoulerundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 25
Lynch, DorotheaMarch 14, 1977Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Lynch, DorotheaMarch 14, 1977Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
MacDonald, NormanundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 26
McDermott, ThomasOctober 23, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
McDermott, ThomasOctober 23, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 26
McLean, Scott R.March 20, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
McMahon, AudreyDecember 14, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 26
Macchiarini, PeterFebruary 23, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 26
Maltz, AlbertMay 27, 1976Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 26
Mann, Dulce FoxMarch 11, 1980Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 26
Marshall, E.G.March 3, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 26
Maxwell, GilbertMarch 3, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 26
Meadow, HerbAugust 7, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 26
Meltzer, AllanMarch 18, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 26
Meredith, Betty ArdenJuly 18, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 27
Mesa, FernandoMarch 15, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 27
Miller, CarlMay 13, 1982Scope and Content
2 tapes, 1 with Virgil Thompson
- Audio box: 42
Miller, J. HowardJanuary 5, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 27
Miller, J. Howard1976-1979Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes: 2 from January 5, 1976, 2 from October 18, 1977, 2 from June 1, 1979
- Audio box: 27
Monroe, CharlesNovember 9, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 27
Morcom, James SMay 10, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 27
Morrow, Fredcirca 1970s-1980sScope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 27
Moss, CarltonAugust 6, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Moss, CarltonAugust 6, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 27
Murray, Donald and B. MeredithJuly 20, 1977Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 27
Muse, ClarenceJanuary 4, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Muse, ClarenceJanuary 4, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 27
Nadel, Sue RamosOctober 23, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Nadel, Sue Ramos and Paula Bass PerlowinOctober 23, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
Neff, EarlundatedScope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Norvelle, Lee R.July 11, 1979Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
O'Brien, Peggy GoodwinundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 28
Ottenheimer, Albert M.January 10, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Page, RuthApril 24, 1979Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Peterson, ArthurJuly 22, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Pezman, TheodoreOctober 26, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Phillips, WendellMay 27, 1975Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Pierce, EvelynNovember 10, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Pinska, KlarnaFebruary 24, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Pollock, MaxJanuary 8, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Pollock, MaxundatedScope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 28
Ponch, Martin and Nancy PonchMay 26, 1976Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 28
Randolph, JohnMay 28, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 29
Randolph, JohnMay 28, 1976Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 29
Rather, Lois RodecapAugust 24, 1979Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 29
Rauch, Lillian ShaperoJune 10, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 29
Refregier, AntonJanuary 2, 1975Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 29
Reich, MolkaMarch 19, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Reid, ElliottundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 29
Rella, EttoreNovember 13, 1975Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Rella, EttoreNovember 13, 1975Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 29
Rhodes, IrwinFebruary 26 and May 10, 1977Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 29
Rich, ShirleyNovember 9, 1976Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 29
Roberts, GordonOctober 30, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 29
Robinson, EarlAugust 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 38
Russak, BenFebruary 19, 1976Scope and Content
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 29
Robson, William N.September 13, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 29
Romano, AmeliaMarch 4, 1977Scope and Content
5 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 30
Rosten, NormanNovember 14, 1975Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Rosten, NormanundatedScope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 30
Rubenstein, LewisDecember 14, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 30
Russak, BenFebruary 19, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 40
Salinger and Gordon Onstad I; Goldberg IundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 40
Salinger and Gordon Onstad II "176-433"; Richard BalesundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 30
Saxe, AlMarch 18, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 30
Schenker, Augusta WeissbergerMarch 2, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 30
Schnitzer, RobertNovember 17, 1975 and November 7, 1976Scope and Content
7 cassette tapes, "Schnitzer and M. Cisney" Available in digital format - 2 CDs
- Audio box: 42
Schnitzer, RobertundatedScope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 30
Schoolman, Mary SacklerJune 22, 1976Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Schoolman, Mary SacklerJune 22, 1976
- Audio box: 30
Schrager, PhilipFebruary 28, 1979Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 30
Schulman, RoseApril 15, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Schulman, RoseApril 15, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 30
Schulman, SolJanuary 22, 1976Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 42
Schulman, SolJanuary 22, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 30
Schuman, WilliamMay 3, 1982Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 31
Schuman, WilliamMay 3, 1982Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 31
Scooler, ZveeApril 19, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Shaw, ZacharyAugust 27, 1979Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Sherman, HiramApril 18, 1978Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Sherman, VincentundatedScope and Content
2 cassette tapes; Harry Lessin
- Audio box: 31
Shibley, Eleanor ScherrAugust 5 and September 22, 1976Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Shohet, MaxJanuary 26, 1978Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Shrewsbury, RobertJune 11, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Sidney, P. JayOctober 25, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Siegal, FritzApril 27, 1982Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Siegmeister, ElieMay 8, 1982Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Silvera, JohnJuly 11, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 31
Simon, LouisOctober 25, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 32
Simon, LouisOctober 25 and December 28, 1976Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 32
Sklar, GeorgeJanuary 2, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 38
Sklar, GeorgeJanuary 2, 1976Scope and Content
Three 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 32
Slane, Michael AndrewMay-June 1979Scope and Content
8 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 40
Smith and SiegmeisterundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape. Smith to 124; Siegmeister 129 to end; Siegmeister II; then a strange tone.
- Audio box: 32
Smith, Carlton SpragueApril 8, 1982Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 32
Solman, JosephJanuary 1975Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 32
Sour, RobertOctober 31, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 32
Staton, JosephJanuary 7, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 38
Staton, JosephJanuary 7, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 42
Staton, JosephJanuary 7, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 32
Stavis, BarrieNovember 8, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 32
Stone, GeneJuly 21, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 32
Stover, FrederickJune 8, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 32
Strassberg, Maurice (Morris)January 24, 1973Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 33
Strassberg, Maurice (Morris)January 24, 1973Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 33
Stuckmann, EugeneFebruary 23, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 38
Stuckmann, EugeneFebruary 23, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 33
Suib, LeonardApril 19, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 33
Sundgaard, ArnoldSeptember 5, 1976Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Sundgaard, ArnoldSeptember 5, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 33
Talbot, ClarenceJuly 21, 1977Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 33
Teichmann, HowardApril 18, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Teichmann, HowardApril 18, 1977Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 33
Thomas, TedOctober 19, 1977
- Audio box: 33
Thomson, VirgilOctober 5 and November 5, 1976; May 11, 1982Scope and Content
6 cassette tapes Available in digital format.
- Audio box: 33
Tilton, Mary SeekJanuary 24, 1978Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 33
Tyler, ConverseDecember 15, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 38
Tyler, ConverseDecember 15, 1976Scope and Content
Two 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 42
Tyler, ConverseDecember 15, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 41
Unidentified interviewundatedScope and Content
White tape with no label. Unidentified interview with male interviewee and female interviewer.
- Audio box: 41
Unidentified interviewundatedScope and Content
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.
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Unidentified interviewScope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording. Handwritten on box "George Kondolf" (strikethrough) "erase".
- Audio box: 33
Valiant, MargaretApril 14, 1979Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 33
Velle, JayMay 24, 1978Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 34
Velle, JayMay 24, 1978Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 34
Wallace, LeaJune 13, 1980Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 34
Ward, TheodoreApril 7-12, 1974 and August 13, 1976Scope and Content
12 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 34
Wasserman, DaleJanuary 23, 1973 and May 30, 1976Scope and Content
9 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 41
Wasserman, DaleMay 30, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 34
Weisberg, Sara ThomasApril 6, 1977
- Audio box: 34
Weissberger, ArnoldApril 19, 1977
- Audio box: 34
Welles, HalstedNovember 17, 1975Scope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 38
Welles, HalsteadNovember 17, 1975Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 34
White, CharlesDecember 29, 1971Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 34
Whiteside, DuncanAugust 13, 1978Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 35
Whiteside, DuncanAugust 13, 1978Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 35
Wilder, GraceJuly 15, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 35
Wilkes, Nathan (Nat)November 28, 1978Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 35
Williams, Guy (with George and Gladys Savage)January 6, 1976Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes. Access copy available on CD in box 43.
- Audio box: 38
Williams, Guy, Blanche Morgan, George Savage,January 6, 1976Scope and Content
Three 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 42
Williams, Guy, Blanche Morgan LoseyJanuary 8, 1976Scope and Content
One 5" reel-to-reel audio tape recording
- Audio box: 35
Williams, GuyJanuary 8, 1976Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes. Access copy available on CD in box 43.
- Audio box: 35
Williams, JaySeptember 8, 1975Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 35
Wilson, EllisFebruary 25, 1975Scope and Content
4 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 35
Yasko, Karel1983Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
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Subseries 2.2: Plays, radio interviews, conferences1938-1984Scope and Content
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.
- Audio box: 35
Black MacBethMay 29, 1977Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes: Roundtable discussion with Leonard de Paur, John Silvera, Tommy Anderson and Ted Browne in New York City
- Audio box: 39
Audio tape for ATAAugust 1977Scope and Content
One 5" reel to reel: collection of Black Federal Theatre interviews for a talk by Lorraine Brown
- Audio box: 35
Cradle Will Rock1938Scope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 35
Dramatized Federal Theatre Project storyJune 9, 1980Scope and Content
1 cassette tape: 10 minutes, Kathleen Sykora, Mary Peterson, Goodman School
- Audio box: 35
John Ezell at George Mason UniversityNovember 22, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape: Ezell with Bowers, Krulak, John O'Connor, Walsh, and Wheeler
- Audio box: 35
Harms, Carl: CETA speechMarch 23, 1981Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 35
Iron Clad AgreementFebruary 17, 1984Scope and Content
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
- Audio box: 36
Labor Theatre: Everyday is ChristmasundatedScope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 36
Labor Theatre: Help YourselfundatedScope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 36
Labor Theatre: Voice in the DarkundatedScope and Content
3 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 36
Liberty DeferredMarch 12, 1980Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes: as performed by the Theatre of St. John's Church in New York City
- Audio box: 36
No Help Wanted1939Scope and Content
2 cassette tapes: as performed by the Theatre of St. John's Church in New York City
- Audio box: 39
No Help Wanted1939Scope and Content
Two 7" reel to reels
- Audio box: 36
Oral History ProgramJanuary 9, 1977Scope and Content
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
- Audio box: 36
Oral History ProgramFebruary 27, 1976Scope and Content
1 cassette tape: Radio interview on WPRW with Diane Bowers and Madalee Week; 8 minutes
- Audio box: 36
Robeson, Paul (The House I live in) Ballad for AmericansundatedScope and Content
1 cassette tape
- Audio box: 36
Robinson, Earl (concert at George Mason University)undatedScope and Content
8 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 36
Setting the Stage and BeyondAugust 22-23, 1979Scope and Content
7 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 36
Spirochete: "Dark Harvest" and "Innkeeper's Song"circa 1930sScope and Content
2 cassette tapes
- Audio box: 36
The Story of JosephundatedScope and Content
Bible story script produced by Mike Lodick; 30 minutes
- Audio box: 39
The Story of Swing1939Scope and Content
One 7" reel to reel
- Audio box: 36
Women in the Making of AmericaMay 19, 1939Scope and Content
1 cassette tape; 30 minutes
- Audio box: 39
WQXR Music Makers: Black Musicals on the Great White Way, Leonard de Paur1969Scope and Content
One 7" reel to reel
- Audio box: 35
- Audio box: 40