Reader's collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
Subjects: Rich people; Immigrants; Farce; Stories, plots; Vaudeville; Melodrama; Satire; American drama; Drama; Inventions; City and town life; Poor; Foreign influences; Musicals; Ethnic groups; Discovery and exploration
Description: Typewritten or handwritten play scripts deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office as unpublished and subsequently transferred to the Manuscript Division.  Reflects the interests of early researchers and the desire of later curators to preserve rare samples of early drama.  Genres include farce, melodrama, musicals, satire, and vaudeville.  Subjects include city life, ethnic and immigrant groups, exploration, foreign influences, inventions, plight of the poor, theater, and style of the wealthy.
Notes: Open to research.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Transfer, Library of Congress General Collections, 1992.

Transfer, Library of Congress Copyright Office, 2006.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.

Forms part of: Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits collection.

Some play scripts were transferred from the Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits (1901-1991).