Collection Information
Size: 1 v. (on partial microfilm reel).
Summary: A scrapbook of clippings, programs, and photographs relating to the Indiana Federal Theater Project.
Norvelle, Lee Roy, 1892-1984
Author, Arts administrator
Size: 1 v. (on partial microfilm reel).
Summary: A scrapbook of clippings, programs, and photographs relating to the Indiana Federal Theater Project.
The Federal Theater Project (FTP) was a program established under the Federal Project No. One of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935. It sought to create employment for actors and others involved in the performing arts during the Depression. Dr. Lee Norvelle was the director of the Indiana Federal Theater Project.
Lent for microfilming 1964 by Dr. Lee Norvelle.
Microfilm reel NDA10 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Lee Norvelle scrapbook on the Federal Theater Project (Ind.), 1936-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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