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TAC

Title
TAC : vol. 1, nos. 1, 3-12 ; vol. 2, nos. 1-9 (July 1938-April, 1940)
Publication
New York : Theater Arts Committee, 1938-1940

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Additional Authors
  • Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
  • Caspary, Vera, 1899-1987.
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
  • Garfield, John, 1930-
  • Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
  • Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
  • Massey, Raymond.
  • Ocko, Edna.
  • Schulberg, Budd.
  • Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977.
Description
Multiple issues bound in 1 volume : col. ill.; 30 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Edited by Edna Ocko.
  • Contributors include: Paul Bowles, Vera Caspary, Duke Ellington, John Garfield, Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Massey, Budd Schulberg, Louis Untermeyer.
  • Profusely illustrated with photographs of theater and film actors.
  • The Theatre Arts Committee (TAC) was founded in 1937 as the Theatre Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy; it changed its name in 1938, as its concerns widened to include other leftist causes.
  • During its brief existence (1938-1940), TAC not only sponsored its own cabaret, but staged fundraisers, established a social center, and beginning in July 1938, published a monthly entertainment magazine, TAC, which along with political commentary and cartoons, featured articles on literature and the arts by an impressive assortment of writers; see: Howard Pollack. Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World (New York: Oxford university Press, 2012), p.211.
  • Advertisement for Carnegie Hall concert starring Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Big Bill Broonsie, Joe Turner, Sonny Terry, Albert ammons, Sister Tharpe, et al., Dec. 24, 1939, with photographs of Basie and Goodman.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access
Call Number
Berg Coll+ Tac 1938
OCLC
952046436
Title
TAC : vol. 1, nos. 1, 3-12 ; vol. 2, nos. 1-9 (July 1938-April, 1940)
Imprint
New York : Theater Arts Committee, 1938-1940
Access
Restricted access: request permission in holding division.
Local Note
Berg Collection set with two copies of vol. 1, no. 3; set lacks only vol. 1, no. 2.
Berg Collection set with illustrated wrappers intact, bound into brown cloth-covered boards (library binding), with titling stamped in gilt on spine.
Berg Collection copy with bookplate of NYU’s Elmer Homes Bobst Library/ Tamiment library affixed to front paste-down, and with Tamimemnt Library stamp on final paste-down; and with Bobst Library Withdrawn stamp affixed to final flyleaf, verso.
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Added Author
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. Contributor
Caspary, Vera, 1899-1987. Contributor
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Contributor
Garfield, John, 1930- Contributor
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. Contributor
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Contributor
Massey, Raymond. Contributor
Ocko, Edna. Editor
Schulberg, Budd. Contributor
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977. Contributor
Research Call Number
Berg Coll+ Tac 1938
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