Primary Sources - U.S. History Digital Collections

Digitized and catalogued items, including early 20th-century theatrical scripts, sound recordings, and motion-picture prints that trace the intersection of live performance and media production in American entertainment.

Collections of letters, diaries, sketches, photographs, audio-visual materials, and oral histories documenting the history of American visual arts from the 18th century to the present.

Play scripts, production records, posters, and photographs from the New Deal program that created public theater performances across the United States between 1935 and 1939.

Brings together digitized materials on music theater dance and film including scores audio and video recordings photographs playbills posters manuscripts and related archives with tools to search and browse by collection and format.