- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2013-118", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22446", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20767198", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1936-1967", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1936/1967"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1936
- date_inclusive_end
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1967
- keydate
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1936
- date_start
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1936
- date_end
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1967
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Kermit Bloomgarden professional files"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Kermit Bloomgarden (1904-1976) was an American theatrical producer. The Kermit Bloomgarden professional files document his work as a general manager under Herman Shumlin and his involvement with the Committee of Theatrical Producers."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Kermit Bloomgarden professional files, *T-Mss 2013-118. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bloomgarden, Kermit", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Kermit Bloomgarden (1904-1976) was an American theatrical producer. In his early career, he worked as a general manager for noted theater producer Herman Shumlin. In his ten years with Shumlin, he helped produce a number of plays, including <span class=\"title\">The Children's Hour</span> (1934) and <span class=\"title\">The Little Foxes</span> (1939). In the 1940s, Bloomgarden began producing shows independently.</p> <p>Bloomgarden was a founding member of the Committee of Theatrical Producers, which was formed in 1949 to address ticket scalping, production accounting practices, and other financial and logistical issues facing Broadway producers. Bloomgarden served as the treasurer for the group from 1949 to 1952 and remained a member until the group's dissolution in 1967.</p> <p>Bloomgarden died at age 71 at home in New York City.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Kermit Bloomgarden professional files document his work as a general manager under Herman Shumlin and his involvement with the Committee of Theatrical Producers.</p> <p>General Manager files hold contracts, galleys, correspondence, photographs, weekly statements and other material relating to the production of various plays on which Bloomgarden worked. The type and amount of material available varies between productions. Shows include <span class=\"title\">The Children's Hour</span>, <span class=\"title\">Kiss Them for Me</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Male Animal</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Little Foxes</span>. <span class=\"title\">The Little Foxes</span> is the most thoroughly documented production. Some of the correspondence is addressed to Shumlin and was forwarded on to Bloomgarden for response.</p> <p>The Committee of Theatrical Producers files consist of Committee correspondence, lists of productions mounted by members, and financial material such as bills, dues, and check registers. The bulk of the financial material and correspondence dates from Bloomgarden's time as treasurer, but there is also correspondence and files from Committee chairman Leland Hayward relating to his 1966 production of <span class=\"title\">Hot September</span> and his dissolution of the Committee in 1967.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical by file type.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Unknown source.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Lea Jordan</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.</p>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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2.1 linear feet (6 boxes)