George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Dorothea Thomas Lynch papers
Lynch, Dorothea Thomas
C0242
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2 Linear Feet
3 boxes
1936-1979
1936-1940
The Dorothea Thomas Lynch papers contains correspondence, issues of the Federal Theatre bulletin, issues of the Federal Theatre in the South, production notes, scripts, and set designs for the production The Girl of the Golden West, class outlines for the History of drama, newsclippings about the Florida Federal Theatre Project, and scrapbooks containing programs, photographs, and newsclippings about Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida Federal Theatre Project productions.
English
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Preferred Citation
Dorothea Thomas Lynch papers, C0242, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Dorothea Thomas Lynch on March 14, 1977.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Greta Kuriger Suiter in September 2013. EAD markup completed by Greta Kuriger Suiter in September 2013.
Biographical Information
Dorothea Thomas Lynch was the State Director of the Federal Theatre Project in Florida. Before joining the FTP she worked for eight years as the Head of the Rollins College dramatic department.
The Federal Theatre Project was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for large numbers of artists, writers, and performers during the Great Depression (1929-1939). The Federal Theatre began in 1935 and, until its end in 1939, flourished as the first and only federally sponsored and subsidized theater program in the United States. Directed by Hallie Flanagan (1880-1969), it was a way for theatrical professionals to gain employment during the Depression.
Scope and Content
The Dorothea Thomas Lynch papers contains correspondence, issues of the Federal Theatre bulletin, issues of the Federal Theatre in the South, production notes, scripts, and set designs for the production The Girl of the Golden West, class outlines for the History of drama, newsclippings about the Florida Federal Theatre Project, and scrapbooks containing programs, photographs, and newsclippings about Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida Federal Theatre Project productions.
Related Materials
The Works Progress Administration oral histories collection, the Federal Theatre Project collection, the Federal Theatre Project photograph collection, as well as numerous other personal papers.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically with oversize materials at the end.
Theater -- United States
New Deal, 1933-1939
Scrapbooks
Performing arts
Actors -- United States
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
Lynch, Dorothea Thomas
Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/981561938-194011Scope and ContentIncludes correspondence between Lynch and Hallie Flanagan.
Correspondence between Lynch and Robert F. Mardis/repositories/2/archival_objects/981571969-197912Federal Theatre bulletin (It Can't Happen Here) (vol. 2 no. 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/98158circa 1936-193713Federal Theatre bulletin (National Policy Board Agenda)/repositories/2/archival_objects/98159193814Federal Theatre Project in general/repositories/2/archival_objects/981601936-193915Federal Theatre in the South (vol. 1, no. 1)/repositories/2/archival_objects/98161June 193616Federal Theatre in the South (vol. 1, no. 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/98162October 193617Florida Federal Theatre Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/981631936-194018The Girl of the Golden West production notebook/repositories/2/archival_objects/98164193819The Girl of the Golden West script and set designs/repositories/2/archival_objects/981651938110The Girl of the Golden West script with annotations/repositories/2/archival_objects/981661938111History of the drama, class outlines/repositories/2/archival_objects/981671937-1938112History of the drama, class outlines/repositories/2/archival_objects/981681938-1939113If Ye Break Faith/repositories/2/archival_objects/981691938114Scope and ContentCorrespondence and general information, photocopies.
Miles Gloriousus script and set design/repositories/2/archival_objects/981701930s115Newsclippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/981711938-1939116Photographs: copy negatives of Ninth Guest/repositories/2/archival_objects/981721936117Twelfth Night production notebook/repositories/2/archival_objects/98173March 1937118Uncle Tom's Cabin script/repositories/2/archival_objects/98174April 1939119Scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/981751936-19392Scope and ContentPrograms, photographs, and clippings from Jacksonville productions. Includes programs and photographs of "Animated History of Drama" series performed by Florida State Touring CO. Music and synopsis of If Ye Break Faith. Biography of playwritght Maria Coxe. Clippings and correspondence on termination of the FTP.
Scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/981761936-19393Scope and ContentPrograms, photographs, newspaper clippings about the Miami and Tampa, Florida Federal Theatre. Some material in Spanish.