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Bibframe Work

Title

Reader's collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits

Type

Mixed Material

Collection

Contribution

Library of Congress. Copyright Office (contributor)

Subject

American drama--Foreign influences (LCSH)

City and town life (LCSH)

Drama--Stories, plots, etc. (LCSH)

Ethnic groups (LCSH)

Immigrants (LCSH)

Inventions (LCSH)

Melodrama (LCSH)

Musicals (LCSH)

Rich people (LCSH)

Vaudeville (LCSH)

America--Discovery and exploration (LCSH)

Language

Content

text (txt)

Note

language: Collection material in English.

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

Summary

Typewritten or handwritten play scripts deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office as unpublished and subsequently transferred to the Manuscript Division.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.

Origin Date(s)

1863-1928

(bulk 1880-1900)

Authorized Access Point

Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Reader's collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits

Collection Arrangement

Collection Organization: Arranged alphabetically by author and therein by title of drama, with year of registration noted

Admin Metadata

Status: new

Date: 2005-06-09

Agent: United States, Library of Congress

Admin Metadata

Status: changed

Date: 2025-05-21T11:53:51

Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress

Admin Metadata

Generation Process: https://github.com/lcnetdev/marc2bibframe2/tree/v2.10-dev

Status: changed

Date: 2025-05-22T01:38:08.395754-04:00

Agent: United States, Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office

Admin Metadata

Encoding Level: full

Description Level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-5-0/

Description Conventions: ISBD: International standard bibliographic descriptionDescribing archives: a content standard

Identified By: bf:Local, 13997526

Description Language: English

Note: 040 $aDLC$beng$edacs$cDLC$dDLC

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