Federal Theatre Project - Administrative Documents

The following list describes documents selected from the Administrative Records - Background File (Boxes 1-4) and the Production Records - Administrative File (Boxes 963-967). Box numbers refer to the box numbers listed in the Federal Theatre Project Collection Finding Aid.

The Administrative Records - Background File (1935-40 and undated) consists of 10 containers (Boxes 1-10) and comprises correspondence, memoranda, reports, inventories, reorganization plans, operations manuals, briefs, speeches, and administrative forms relating to the background, organization, policies, services, and procedures of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP). Included are charts and miscellany dealing with the administrative organization, weekly receipts, attendance records, and information for a House of Representatives committee.

The Production Records - Administrative File (1934-40 and undated) consists of 8 containers (Boxes 960-967) and is comprised of advertising and publicity, correspondence, personnel activities, photographic division information, rehearsals and performance schedules, reports, and scrapbooks. Subjects covered are caravan theater, children's theater, circus, classical unit, marionettes, popular price theater, vaudeville, and productions in general.

Administrative Records - Background File

Box 1

Hallie Flanagan - Director of Federal Theatre - "Is This the Time and Place?" - Delivered October 8, 1935, Washington, D. C. - First Meeting of Regional Directors-Federal Theatre Project

Hallie Flanagan - Instructions - Federal Theatre Projects

Manual for Federal Theatre Projects, October 1935

Hallie Flanagan - Memoranda on Lines of Authority, January 15, 1936

Instructions for Federal Theatre Projects - Play Rentals, Non-Royalty, and Choice of Plays - May 6, 1936

Federal Theatre Project - Reorganization of the Play Bureau (formerly Bureau of Research and Publication) - September 1936

Photographic Department - Space Assignments, 1991 Broadway, New York City

Photographic Department - Supplies, Maintenance Memoranda, Instructions, Space Use at 1991 Broadway, New York City

Federal Theatre Project - First Six Months-Report; Third Year-Report

Memorandum Re: Theatre Project Letterheads (San Francisco)

Federal Theatre Project-San Francisco - Change of Address - March 1937

Box 2

Play Policy Board Meeting - Washington, D. C. - April 8, 1937 - c. 1

Play Policy Board Meeting - Washington, D. C. - April 8, 1937 - c. 2

Play Policy Board Meeting - Washington, D. C. - April 8, 1937 - c. 3

Public Relations Department - Organization - Report - June 15, 1937

Theatres - Booking - Report

Educational Aspects of the Federal Theatre Project, copy 1

Educational Aspects of the Federal Theatre Project, Supplementary Volume B - Special Report on Summer Session, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1937

The Christmas Program for the Federal Theatre - To the Regional Directors - October 14, 1937

Correspondence, Memoranda - 1937-38 - Catalog and Review of Productivity - Southwestern Research and Play Bureau

Correspondence, Memoranda - 1937-38 - Origin and Chronology of Drama Relief in New York City From January 1934 to January 1937

Correspondence, Memoranda - 1937-38 - A Review of the Productivity and Service of the Play Bureau From January 1936 to December 1936

Correspondence, Memoranda - 1937-38 - Regional Dramatic Material

Box 3

City Director's Letter No. 5

Memoranda - (procedure) - Planning Board

Administrative Memoranda - Federal Project No. 1 - Nos. 1 - 122 (some missing)

Box 4

Special Bulletins - Federal Project No. 1 - Nos. 53 - 131 (many missing

Brief delivered by Hallie Flanagan before the Committee on Patents, House of Representatives, February 8, 1939

Audience - Attendance

Eastern Region - Weekly Report; Hartford Retraining Laboratory

Box 5

Correspondence, Memoranda - Procedures - Changes of FTP locations

Production Records - Administrative File

Box 963

Correspondence, Memoranda - 1937 - John Kennedy - Publicity, Newspaper Coverage, Productions(folder 2)

Publicity Reviews - 1936 - Summary of Press Criticisms

Publicity - 1937 - Newspaper Reviews - NYC

Publicity - 1937-1938 - Favorable and Adverse - NYC Newspapers - Lineage, Summaries(folder 1)

Publicity - 1937-1938 - Favorable and Adverse - NYC Newspapers - Lineage, Summaries(folder 2)

Publicity - 1938 - Productions - Press Reviews

Publicity - 1937 - Productions - Personel Activities Report - Cohn, Walter

Publicity Reports - 1938 - Seligman, Jack - NYC

Publicity Reports - 1938 - Productions - Shohet, Max - NYC

Publicity Reports - 1938-1939 - Productions - Robbins, Gertrude - NYC

Publicity Reports - 1939 - Labor Press(Big Blow, Awake and Sing, Swing Mikado) - Curtis, Irvin - Nyc

Publicity Reports - Magazine Dept. - Powell, Anne

Publicity Reports - Holway, Bernard

Publicity - 1938 - Press Books - Patience, No More Peace, Professor Mamlock, Singing and the Gold

Publicity - 1939 - FTP Radio Division Presentations - NYC Schedules

Publicity - 1937 - Press Release - Weekly News Bulletin - NYC

Publicity Material - 1937-1938 - Productions - Press Releases - NYC

Publicity - 1938 - News Release - NYC

Publicity - 1939 - Newspaper Releases

Publicity - May-Jun 1939 - NY World's Fair 1938-1939 - Entertainment - NYC

Publicity - Jun 1939 - NY World's Fair 1938-1939 - Entertainment - NYC

Radio Broadcast Schedules - 1938

Radio Division Schedules - 1938

Productions - 1939 - Calendar U.S. - Advertising and Publicity - Weekly - Feb. Mar. Apr. 1939

Advertising and Publicity - Mar 1939 - Productions, Major - Weekly Bulletin U.S. - McIlvaine, Ellan

Advertising and Publicity - Apr 1939 - Productions, Major - Weekly Bulletin U.S. - McIlvaine, Ellan

Advertising and Publicity - May 1939 - Productions, Major - Rentals and Requisitions Dept. - Weekly Bulletin, U.S.

Advertising and Publicity - Jun 1939 - Productions, Major - Rentals and Requisitions Dept. - Weekly Bulletin, U.S.

Box 964

Advertising and Publicity - Jan 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Feb 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Mar 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Apr 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - May 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Jun 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Jul 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Aug 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Sep 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Oct 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Nov 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Dec 1937 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Jan 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Feb 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Mar 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Apr 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - May 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Jun 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Jul 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Aug 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Sep 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Oct 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Nov 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Dec 1938 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Jan 1939 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Feb 1939 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Mar 1939 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Apr 1939 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - May 1939 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Advertising and Publicity - Jun 1939 - WPA-FTP Presentations - Weekly Schedules - NYC

Auditions - Index for Readings - Various Productions

Correspondence - 1939 - American Historical and Regional Plays - Tyler, Converse

Correspondence - 1937 - Circus - Costumes

Correspondence - 1937 - Circus - H. Flannagan/Jon B. Mack

Correspondence - 1937 - RE: Publicity - Neighborhood Playhouse Circuit

Correspondence - 1937 - Production Schedules, Passes, Billboard Designs, etc.

Correspondence - 1938 - Productions, Plays Approved For - Fink, Georgia - San Francisco

Correspondence - 1938-1939 - RE: Productions and Planned Productions - Emmet, Lavery

Correspondence - 1937 - Promotion - Pidgeon, Ed - NYC

Vaudeville - 1937 - Memo RE: Pit Orchestra for Alcazar Theatre

Children's Repertory Theatre - 1938 - Personal Assignment - Seligman, Jack

Classical Repertory - 1938 - Personal Assignment - Goodman, Frank

Dance Repertory - 1938 - Personal Assigment - Edwards, Morton

Gilbert and Sullivan Repertory - 1938 - Personal Assignment - Riorden, Vincent

Haiti, Androcles and the Lion - 1938 - Personal Assignment - Mercer, Anne

Marionette Repertory - 1938 - Personal Assignment - Sladdin, Charles

Productions - 1938-1939 - Typing Order Forms - Personal Assignments

Variety Repertory - 1938 - Personal Assignment - Cohn, Walter

Yiddish Repertory - 1938 - Personal Assignment - Chavkin, Sam

Box 965

Photographic Division - 1938 - Delivery of Photographic Equipment - Memos - NYC

Photographic Division - 1939 - Delivery of Photographic Equipment - Memos - NYC

Photographic Division - Negatives - Titles and File Numbers - NYC

Photo Orders - 1938-1939 - For Display and Publicity - Dept. of Information - NYC

Photo Orders, Assignments - Jan 1939 - Photo Division - NYC

Photo Orders, Assignments - Feb 1939 - Photo Division - NYC

Photo Orders, Assignments - Mar 1939 - Photo Division - NYC

Assignment Schedules - Photographers - Jan-Mar 1939 - Photographic Division - NYC

Photo Orders, Assignments - Apr 1939 - Photo Division - NYC

Photo Orders, Assignments - May 1939 - Photo Division - NYC

Photo Orders, Assignments - Jun 1939 - Photo Division - NYC

Memos - Photo Orders RE: Various Productions - Jan-May 1939 - Photographic Division - NYC

Photo Orders, Cost Sheets - Jan-Jun 1939 - Photo Division - NYC

Assignment Schedules - Apr-Jul 1939 - Photo Division - NYC

Photographic Material - 1937 - Scrapbook Placement of FT Activities - Bently, W.R. and Rose, Richard - NYC

Box 966

Productions - Availability of Production Bulletins

Productions - Availability of Production Bulletins - 2nd Set

Productions - Availability of Production Bulletins - 3rd Set

Children's Theatre - 1935 - Skits[?] Given in Manhatten, Brooklyn, Queens

Children's Theatre - FTP Productions

Productions - 1938 - FTP - Introduction From Triple-A Plowed Under, Power, Spirochete - Flanagan, H. - Washington, D.C.

Productions - 1938 - FTP - Introductions From Prologue to Glory, 1/3 of a Nation, Haiti - Flanagan, H. - Washington D.C.

Productions - 1938 - FTP - From Inception to August 1938 - NYC

Productions - 1939 - All Plays Presented in the U.S. - From Inception of FTP - NYC

Productions - Dec 1937-Jun 1938 - FTP - Lists - In U.S.

Productions - FTP - Lists - in NYC to Sep 15, 1938

Productions - 1936? - Lists - New Plays

Productions - Plays for Special Bulletins - Title - # of Productions

Productions - 1936 - Plays Suggested by the Reading Dept. for Consideration - Hull, Elizabeth

Synopsis of Plays - A-H - Region of the West - L.A.

Box 967

Synopsis of Plays - I-P - Region of the West - L.A.

Synopsis of Plays - Q-Z - Region of the West - L.A.

Registrations - 1936 - Contacts Dept.

Proposed University Tour - WPA Federal Theatre - Nat'l Collegiate Advisory Committee

Rehearsals and Performances - Jul 1936 - Schedules - Fed. Music Dept. - NYC

Rehearsals and Performances - Aug 1936 - Schedules - Fed. Music Dept. - NYC

Rehearsals and Performances - Sep 1936 - Schedules - Fed. Music Dept. - NYC

Rehearsals and Performances - Jan 1937 - Schedules - Fed. Music Dept. - NYC

Rehearsal Schedules - Jan 1939 - NYC

Rehearsal Schedules - Feb 1939 - NYC

Rehearsal Schedules - Mar 1939 - NYC

Rehearsal Schedules - Apr 1939 - NYC

Rehearsal Schedules - May 1939 - NYC

Rehearsal Schedules - Jun/Jul 1939 - NYC

Rehearsal Schedules - 1939 - List of Players - Classic Unit - Northern District, CA

Vaudeville Unit - 1937 - Activity for the Year

Classical Program - 1938 - NYC

Classical Unit - 1938-1939 - WPA FTP - Fagon, Add

Classical Unit - 1939-1940 - Report - NYC

Federal Theatre Marionette Division - Production Plan - Curriculum

Publicity - 1937-1938 - Posters - Silk Screen Division - Productions - Beavers, Tipp - NYC

Production Conference Report - 1039 - Wasching, Philip - NYC

Productions - 1937 - Promotion Reports - Promotion Dept. - Wilson, Sue Ann

Sound Department - Report - Installations, Difficulties, Various Productions Named - Philips, Leslie