Papers, 1928-1939.

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Papers, 1928-1939.

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Scripts, yearbooks, leaflets, musical scores, programs, and other items used by Sloan in the Marionette Theatre of San Francisco (1920s) and during his involvement with Federal Theatre Project (1930s); and materials relating to his activities with an art and professions unemployment association in Los Angeles (1934). Includes information on history of U.S. Work Projects Administration (earlier name: U.S. Works Progress Administration) and programs, including Federal Theatre Project; puppet and marionette programs throughout the U.S.; and marionette stage design and creation.

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Wayne State University

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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...

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

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The Federal Theatre Project was a theatre program established during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal to fund live artistic performances and entertainment programs in the United States. It was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration, created not as a cultural activity but as a relief measure to employ artists, writers, directors, and theater workers. It was shaped by national director Hallie Flanagan into a federation of regional...

United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Marionette Theatre of San Francisco

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Sloan, Blanding, 1886-1975

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Architect, puppeteer, playwright, and director of marionette theater; of San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Papers, 1928-1939. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28413022 ...