The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress

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Zora Neale Hurston holding the book "American Stuff", standing next to a bookshelf
Zora Neale Hurston at the New York Times Book Fair.
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The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress present a selection of ten plays written by Hurston (1891-1960), author, anthropologist, and folklorist. Deposited as typescripts in the United States Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944, most of the plays remained unpublished and unproduced until they were rediscovered in the Copyright Deposit Drama Collection in 1997. The plays reflect Hurston's life experience, travels, and research, especially her study of folklore in the African-American South. Totaling 1,068 images, the scripts are housed in the Library's Manuscript, Music, and Rare Book and Special Collections divisions.

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Zora Neale Hurston Chronology: 1891-1960