Hallie Flanagan papers 1923-1963

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Hallie Flanagan papers 1923-1963

The Hallie Flanagan papers span the years 1923-1963 and reflect many aspects of her career: teaching and directing, writing and speech-giving, and her leadership of the Federal Theatre Project. Correspondence makes up a large part of the collection and has been arranged in three series: general correspondence, Federal Theatre prject, and Vassar/Smith correspondence. Other correspondence can be found in the files on the closing of the Federal Theatre Project. The strength of the collection lies in the materials on the Federal Theatre Project and her college theater materials. The files on the Federal Theatre touch on almost every aspect of the project from beginning to end through memos, reports, production files, correspondence, speeches, articles, scripts and scrapbooks. The Vassar and Smith materials consist of notes used for her classes, articles and speeches, production files, photographs, clippings and correspondence.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6317612

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Lavery, Emmet, 1902-1986

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Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980

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Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984

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Hughes, Gareth, 1894-1965

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Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969

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Hopkins, Harry.

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