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    <title>Reader's collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits, 1863-1928 (bulk 1880-1900)</title>
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    <note type="arrangement">Arranged alphabetically by author and therein by title of drama, with year of registration noted.</note>
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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Typewritten or handwritten play scripts deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office as unpublished and subsequently transferred to the Manuscript Division.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>
  <accessCondition type="restriction on access">Open to research.</accessCondition>
  <accessCondition type="restriction on access">Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.</accessCondition>
  <note type="acquisition">Transfer, Library of Congress General Collections, 1992.</note>
  <note type="acquisition">Transfer, Library of Congress Copyright Office, 2006.</note>
  <note type="language">Collection material in English.</note>
  <note type="action">Selected play scripts were transferred from Library of Congress Copyright Office drama deposits (LCCN mm 85061908).</note>
  <note>Related collection: Manuscript Plays Collection, Library of Congress Copyright Office Drama Deposits, 1863-1973. Available in the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.</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>
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    <topic>American drama</topic>
    <topic>Foreign influences</topic>
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    <topic>City and town life</topic>
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    <topic>Inventions</topic>
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    <topic>Melodrama</topic>
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    <topic>Musicals</topic>
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    <topic>Poor</topic>
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    <topic>Rich people</topic>
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    <topic>Satire</topic>
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  <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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