Creator:

Falk, Sawyer, 1898-1961  Search this

Names:

Federal Theater Project (N.Y.)  Search this

Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969  Search this

Extent:

1 Reel (ca. 160 items (on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New York (State)

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- New York (State)

Date:

1935-1939

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence with Falk regarding the Federal Theater Project in New York, particularly at the Civic University Theater in Syracuse. Correspondents include Hallie Flanagan, National Director of FTP. Also, programs, clippings, miscellaneous printed material, and a copy of INJUNCTION GRANTED, a play published in 1938.

Biographical / Historical:

Educator; Syracuse, New York. Director of the Drama Department at the University of Syracuse. Active in the Federal Theater Project.

Provenance:

The lender, Syracuse University Library and Archives, has Falk's papers. Falk was a professor of drama at the University.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Actors  Search this

Educators  Search this

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State)  Search this

Federal aid to the theater -- New York (State)  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- New York (State)  Search this

Theater and state -- New York (State)  Search this

Playwriting  Search this

Drama in education -- New York (State)  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.falksawy

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92b314476-ad5c-469e-bd08-8ea775112d3d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-falksawy