Papers, 1934-1956.

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Papers, 1934-1956.

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Included are scripts of plays and Bosworth's personal copies of correspondence, memoranda, conference reports, manuals and other publications of the Federal Theatre Project. There are also letters and reports, 1940-1942, on the Community Arts Workshop, sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee; carbon copies of letters, 1943, to Everett McCarter who was stationed in Iceland, reporting stateside events and personal activities in New York City, and his opinions on the war; correspondence and progress reports, 1948-1951, on his ward, John Rybczyk; and Bosworth's own letters, 1955, sent while traveling in North Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Bosworth, Francis

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Bosworth was long involved with the theatre and the arts. He worked with the Federal Theatre Project, established under the Works Progress Administration in 1935. Bosworth acted as director of the Play Bureau which reviewed scripts offered by American authors. He remained associated with the Theatre Project until 1938. From the description of Papers, 1934-1956. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122579599 ...

Rybczyk, John

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John M. Rybczyk WWU faculty member, 2000- ; BS (Wildlife Biology), Michigan State University; MS (Ecosystem Biology), Eastern Michigan University; PhD (Oceanography and Coastal Science), Louisiana State University. From the description of John M. Rybczyk collection, 2002-[ongoing]. (Western Washington University). WorldCat record id: 52777995 ...

American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...