The Arts Workshop of Rural America : : A Study of the Rural Arts Program of the Agricultural Extension Service / / Marjorie Patten.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Patten, Marjorie,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1937]; ©1937
• Year of Publication: 1937
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword /; Contents --; I. Introducing the Farmers' Leisure-Time Program --; II. How the Program Grew --; III. Patterns of Work --; IV. The Part That Drama Plays --; V. Drama Festivals in Wisconsin --; VI. The Little Country Theatre in North Dakota --; VII. Informal Drama in Community Planning in Ohio and New York --; VIII. The Making of Native Folk Drama in North Carolina --; IX. An Integrated Arts Program in the University of Colorado --; X. Corn, Hogs, and Opera in Iowa --; XI. The Part That Music Plays --; XII. A Leadership Training Center at Jackson's Mill, West Virginia --; XIII. An Experiment in Regional Planning at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia --; XIV. The Little Stringed People Play Their Parts --; XV. Farmers Write Their Own Plays --; XVI. The Importance of Folk Events --; XVII. Hobbies --; XVIII. Arts and Crafts --; XIX. Art Exhibits in Rural Galleries --; XX. Radio Has Its Place in the Program --; XXI. Some of the Problems --; XXII. Conclusion
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231891974; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/patt93092
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Marjorie Patten.

Explains the cultural contributions of the Rural Arts Program of the Agricultural Extension Service. Includes the story of the rise of a host of home-spun leisure-time activities among farm people during the early 20th century.