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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
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Arnold Goldman Living Newspaper collection, C0173, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Donated by Arnold Goldman in 2009.
Processing and EAD markup completed by Hal Barthold in 2011. Finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in February 2019.
Arnold Goldman was a writer and professor of English and American literature. Born in Swampscott, MA, Goldman received degrees from both Harvard University and Yale University. Goldman taught at the Universities of Manchester, Sussex, and Keele in the United Kingdom, where he also served as Professor of American Studies. Much of Goldman's work focused on the writings of author James Joyce.
Consists of research materials, mainly photocopies, of research on "Injunction Granted" published in Minnesota Review in 1973. Includes correspondence with Living Newspaper actors and interviews with Arthur Arent and Joseph Losey which occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s. There is also other correspondence about the research, scripts, and research notes. Also, there are 3 black and white 8 x 10" prints of a "Injunction Granted" performance, probably in the 1930s.
Arranged by subject into one series.
The Special Collections Research Center also holds the Federal Theatre Project collection.
Documents and correspondence about Arthur Arent. Material includes a photocopy of the play "Can You Hear Their Voices?", photocopies of The Living Newspaper, newspaper advertisement for Arthur Arent "The Laying On of Hands", a biography of Arthur Arent, "The Technique of the Living Newspaper" by Arthur Arent, transcripts of an interview between Arnold Goldman and Arthur Arent, notes, abstracts of nationwide reviews of Arthur Arent, scene scripts and an issue of Federal Theatre Magazine.
Documents and correspondence about a 1970s project dealing with the 1930s Federal Theatre Project play "Injunction Granted". Material includes 8 x 10" prints of "Injunction Granted", notes, a script for "Injunction Granted", a series of correspondence between Roger Mitchell and Arnold Goldman and the original score of "Injunction Granted".
Documents and correspondence about a play by Andre Van Gyseghem about Adolf Hitler. Materials include notes on the "Injunction Granted" scrapbook, press releases on Federal Theatre Project plays, memos, scripts and information from a play about Adolph Hitler, an interview with Andre Van Gyseghem, a newspaper article, "The Dies Committee and the Federal Theatre Project" and an article about the Living Newspaper.
A thesis by Sally Smith Potter titled "A Study of the Form, History and Influence of the Living Newspaper".
Documents and correspondence about Joseph Losey's work with the Living Newspaper. Material includes correspondence with Joseph Losey, interview questions for Joseph Losey, notes, an interview with Joseph Losey, notes by Joseph Losey about "Injunction Granted", an article for Encore by Joseph Losey titled "The Individual Eye", biofilmographies, a list of reviews, a list of books on the Federal Theatre project and the Living Newspaper, a microfilm order form and information about the New York Public Library photographic services.
The Minnesota Review Fall 1973 issue.