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Cornell University. Department of Speech and Drama

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

[Cornell theater production photographs]

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064924982]
Identifier: 14-24-1302
Scope and content

Photographs from productions of plays by the Department of Speech and Drama and, before that, the Department of Public Speaking. Most of the photographs are identified with the name of the play, and many are dated.

Dates: 1925 - 1962; Undated

Federal Theatre records

 Collection — Manuscript box 26 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924070595834]
Identifier: 14-24-1459m
Scope and content

Typewritten play titled "A place called freedom" (10 pages), by Howard Fast and Robert Ardrey, distributed by the Council for Democracy. The play is about a farmer in Pennsylvania who decides to join the Continental Army and convinces his wife that the colonists' cause is worthwhile. Also, a typewritten list of the contents of a collection (2 pages), including articles, catalogs, and plays, with the title "A Place Called Freedom" pencilled in.

Dates: 1943.

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Subject
College theater -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Pictorial works. 1
Drama -- United States -- 1941-1950 1
Photographs 1
Theater -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Pictorial works. 1
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama. 1