Collection Information
Size: 1 v. (on partial microfilm reel).
Summary: A scrapbook of clippings, programs, and photographs relating to the Indiana Federal Theater Project.
Lee Norvelle scrapbook on the Federal Theater Project (Ind.), 1936-1937
Norvelle, Lee Roy, 1892-1984
Author, Arts administrator
Overview
Biographical/Historical Note
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.
Provenance
Lent for microfilming 1964 by Dr. Lee Norvelle.
Location of Originals
- Originals returned to Dr. Norvelle after microfilming.
How to Use This Collection
Alternative Forms Available
Microfilm reel NDA10 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Restrictions on Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
How to Cite This Collection
Lee Norvelle scrapbook on the Federal Theater Project (Ind.), 1936-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Tags
- Norvelle, Lee Roy, 1892-1984
- Works Progress Administration
- Federal Theater Project (Ind.)
- United States.Work Projects Administration
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Federal aid to the arts
- Scrapbooks
- Public officers
- Federal aid to public welfare
- Federal aid to the performing arts
- Federal aid the the theater
- Arts administrators
- Theater and state
- Art and state