Lee Norvelle scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Norvelle, Lee Roy, 1892-
label: Names
content: Federal Theater Project (Ind.)
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Indiana
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was lent for microfilming in 1964 by Dr. Lee Norvelle and was returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Norvelle, Lee Roy, 1892-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lee Norvelle scrapbook
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scrapbook of Lee Norvelle dates from 1936 to 1937. Clippings, photographs, and theater programs concern the Federal Theater Project, Works Progress Administration in Indiana. Norvelle served as state director of the project.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dr. Lee Norvelle (1892- ) was the director of 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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.norvlee
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels NDA10 and was returned to Lee Norvelle after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was microfilmed onto reel NDA10. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Dr. Norvelle after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scrapbook of Lee Norvelle dates from 1936 to 1937. Clippings, photographs, and theater programs concern the Federal Theater Project, Works Progress Administration in Indiana. Norvelle served as state director of the project.