Frederick Fox designs

id
10054
origination
Fox, Frederick B.
date statement
1880-1959 [bulk 1950s]
key date
1880
identifier (local_mss)
22576
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Vim 1990-027
b-number
b20792763
total components
16
total series
3
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2015-09-15 20:15:18 UTC
updated
2022-01-21 21:30:15 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"22576", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1990-027", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b20792763", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1880-1959", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1880/1959"}
{"value"=>"1950s", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1950/1959"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Frederick Fox designs"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.6 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Frederick Fox (1910-1991) was a scenic designer for theater, opera, and television. The Frederick Fox design files date from 1880 to 1959 and consist of designs, scale drawings, paint elevations, blueprints, photographs, and slides that document his work."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Fox, Frederick B.", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Frederick Fox (1910-1991) was a scenic designer for theater, opera, and television. Fox designed scenery and lighting for Broadway shows and Metropolitan Opera House productions. He was a pioneer in television design, working on shows such as Admiral Broadway Revue (1949) and the Your Show of Shows (1950-1954) series. Fox was a member of the United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829. He died in 1991 after a stroke in New Jersey.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Frederick Fox designs date from 1880 to 1959 (bulk dates 1950s) and consist of designs, scale drawings, paint elevations, blueprints, photographs, and slides that document his work as a scenic designer.</p> <p>The bulk of the collection relates to Fox's television design work on the Your Show of Shows (1950-1954) series. There are four volumes of labeled designs and scale drawings that convey the visual concepts. The blueprints and paint elevations detail the set construction, and the photographs and slides reveal the completed scenes. Most of Fox's work includes a United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 stamp.</p> <p>There are materials from a few other productions such as paint elevations for the television show Admiral Broadway Revue (1949), and slides for the theater production of The Merry Widow (1944).</p> <p>There are also carte de visite photographs of performing artists collected by Fox.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Frederick Fox designs are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/22576#c1276057'>Designs and Scale Drawings</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/22576#c1276060'>Paint Elevations and Blueprints</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/22576#c1276067'>Photographs and Slides</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The materials are arranged by file type: designs and scale drawings; paint elevations and blueprints; and photographs and slides.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Frederick Fox, 2013.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Joyce Joseph</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}
userestrict
{"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>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Component description and container for Box 7 added and extents in front matter revised accordingly; authorized agents and subjects added from Sierra bib record - Annemarie van Roessel, Billy Rose Theatre Division", "date"=>"2021-10"}
date_start
1880
keydate
1880
date_end
1959
date_inclusive_start
1880
date_inclusive_end
1959
date_bulk_start
1950
date_bulk_end
1959
prefercite
{"value"=>"Frederick Fox designs, *T-Vim 1990-027. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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