The Federal Theatre program was put in place in 1935, and ended in 1939. Some problems that the program faced were railroads costing too much. Individuals could not pay the fee of the trains and then the cost of the tickets to see the plays. Another problem is movies, they started to take over the theatres. There was no need for actors, directors, stage crew, etc. Due to budget cuts, lack of employees, and lack of an audience the Federal Theatre Program ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tThe goal of the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is to document and preserve documents and collections. They also make them available to the general public. Archivists digitize certain items\/ collections to save the information, for example a piece of paper from over a hundred years ago may start to disintegrate. Or a tape or record may get scratched or destroyed over the years. Though not every piece of material is digitize due to many factors. These collections are extremely old and important, they need to be handled with care. The process of scanning has to be done with extreme caution. Then the Archivists have to ensure the quality and maintain it over time. George Mason University\u2019s SCRC has over 70 digitize collections from the Federal Theatre Project. Being able to look at physical artifacts from the era the Federal Theatre program was active helped me see how impactful it was. Being able to look at the actual documents\/ collections from that time was more impactful to me than reading articles about them.
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\u201cFederal Theatre: Melodrama, Social Protest, and Genius : Articles and Essays : Federal Theatre Project, 1935 to 1939 : Digital Collections : Library of Congress.\u201d The Library of Congress<\/em>, https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/federal-theatre-project-1935-to-1939\/articles-and-essays\/federal-theatre-melodrama-social-protest-and-genius\/<\/a>. \u201cThe Play That Electrified Harlem : Articles and Essays : Federal Theatre Project, 1935 to 1939 : Digital Collections : Library of Congress.\u201d The Library of Congress<\/em>, https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/federal-theatre-project-1935-to-1939\/articles-and-essays\/play-that-electrified-harlem\/<\/a>. The Federal Theatre program was put in place in 1935, and ended in 1939. Some problems that the program faced were railroads costing too much. Individuals could not pay the fee of the trains and then the cost of the tickets to see the plays. Another problem is movies, they started to take over the … Continue reading “Blog Post #8”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1684,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions\/1684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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