- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1969-001", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22474", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20613394", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1960-2000", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1960/2000"}
{"value"=>"1990s", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1990/1999"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1960
- date_inclusive_end
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2000
- keydate
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1960
- date_start
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1960
- date_end
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2000
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Alexander H. Cohen papers, Additions"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.6 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"11 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"782.336 kb (2 computer files)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Alexander Henry Cohen (1920-2000) was a theater and television producer. The Alexander H. Cohen papers, Additions date from 1960 to 2000 and contain legal documents and case files that supported his successful arbitration against the American Theatre Wing Inc., and contracts, agreements, and clearances related to a few theater productions."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Alexander H. Cohen papers, Additions, *T-Mss 1969-001. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Cohen, Alexander H., 1920-2000", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Alexander Henry Cohen (1920-2000) was a theater and television producer who put on more than 100 productions in both New York and the United Kingdom during his career.</p> <p>Cohen was introduced to theater at a young age by an uncle. By the time he was twenty-one, he had spent most of his inheritance on unsuccessful theater projects, such as running two summer theaters on Long Island. Cohen's first success came when he invested $5,000 in Angel Street (1941) by Patrick Hamilton, which later became the film Gaslight (1944).</p> <p>Cohen honed his producing skills under veteran Broadway producer Herman Levin, working as the company manager for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) and as the general manager for My Three Angels (1954).</p> <p>In 1956, Cohen married Hildy Parks, an actress who became his professional partner, both as a producer and a scriptwriter. Through his production company, Bentwood Television Corporation, Cohen created the first national Tony Awards telecast in 1967, and both he and Hildy Parks produced the awards until 1986.</p> <p>In 1999, Cohen filed a petition against the American Theatre Wing, Inc. concerning the Tony Awards name and logo. Cohen argued that he was the sole proprietor of the awards footage from the first 20 years of broadcasts. TAP productions (a teaming of the American Theatre Wing, Inc. and the League of American Theatres and Producers) worked with Cohen to produce the Tony Awards, and believed they were co-owners of the footage and entitled to consent on potential profitable usage. In 2000, Cohen won arbitration in the dispute, but he had died of respiratory failure weeks before it was resolved.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Alexander H. Cohen papers, Additions date from 1960 to 2000 (bulk dates 1990s) and contain legal documents and case files that supported his successful arbitration against the American Theatre Wing, Inc., and contracts, agreements, and clearances related to a few theater productions.</p> <p>The bulk of the collection relates to Cohen's arbitration against the American Theatre Wing, Inc. and consists of case files such as correspondence, notes and copies of documents used as exhibits to win the dispute; and legal documents such as official petitions, affirmations, memorandum and affidavits created during the case.</p> <p>There are some documents related to another arbitration case between Partners in Crime, Inc. and Cohen regarding a breach in the written agreement for the Accomplice production (1991). There are also financial records, budgets, contracts, agreements, and clearances related to a few productions such as Sacrilege (1995), Taking Sides (1996), and The Herbal Bed (1998).</p> <p>There are some photographs of Cohen, and a few bronze awards, a 1963 Shubert Foundation Award and two 1982 Christopher Awards each for Cohen and Parks.</p> <p>This collection shares the same provenance as the Alexander H. Cohen Papers, 1880-2003 [bulk 1938-2003] that document his career as a producer in theater and television. The Additions primarily document legal matters and are unique to this collection.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection will be arranged by file type: case files and production papers.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Chris Cohen, 2013</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Joyce Joseph</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</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>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Alexander H. Cohen papers, 1880-2003. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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4.6 linear feet (11 boxes); 782.336 kb (2 computer files)
- date_bulk_start
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1990
- date_bulk_end
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1999