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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Reader's collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits, 1863-1928 (bulk 1880-1900)</title>
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    <namePart>Library of Congress</namePart>
    <namePart>Copyright Office.</namePart>
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  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>600</extent>
    <extent>39</extent>
    <extent>15.6</extent>
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  <abstract>Typewritten or handwritten play scripts deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office as unpublished and subsequently transferred to the Manuscript Division.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.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012076">Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012076</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits collection.</note>
  <note>Selected play scripts were transferred from Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits (LCCN mm 85061908).</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>American drama</topic>
    <topic>Foreign influences</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>City and town life</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Drama</topic>
    <topic>Stories, plots, etc</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Ethnic groups</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Farce</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Immigrants</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Inventions</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Melodrama</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Musicals</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Poor</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Rich people</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Satire</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Vaudeville</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>America</geographic>
    <topic>Discovery and exploration</topic>
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  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.</accessCondition>
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