- unitid
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{"value"=>"24472", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2017-036", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22058936", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1928-2017", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1928/2017"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Louise Kerz Hirschfeld collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes, 1 oversize folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.98 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Louise Kerz Hirschfeld is the founder and former president of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, and has worked as a historian, research consultant, production assistant, and curator in the film and theatre industries. Her collection contains artwork, posters, photographs, and memorabilia from film and theatre productions in Austria, Germany, Poland, and the United States."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Multiple languages"}
{"value"=>"Contains materials in English, German, Hebrew, and Polish."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hirschfeld, Louise Kerz, 1936-", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"col"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Louise Kerz Hirschfeld has worked in the theatre and film industries since 1960, where she has served as a historian, research consultant, production assistant, and curator. She began her career as a production assistant at Leo Kerz Productions in New York City, a position she held for fourteen years. Hirschfeld has also held various theatrical curator positions at such institutions as The New York Cultural Center, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and the California Museum of Science and Industry. Between 1987 and 1996 she worked as a research consultant at Smith-Hemion TV Productions in Los Angeles, California. Hirschfeld was married to caricaturist, Al Hirschfeld from 1996 until his death in 2003. In 2004, she founded the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, and served as the foundation's president until 2015. Beginning in 2007, Hirschfeld also worked as an ambassador of the Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and served as board director for the Martin E. Segal Theatre at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from 1928 to 2017, and contains Designs and Drawings; Photographs; Posters; and Programs and Memorabilia related to film and theatre productions in Austria, Germany, Poland, and the United States. Materials are arranged alphabetically by name, title, or subject matter within each category.</p> <p>Designs and Drawings include an assortment of illustrations dating from 1965 to 2015. There are four costume design sketches from a 1965 production of <span class=\"title\">Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan</span>, a reproduction of an Al Hirschfeld illustration, two unidentified Japanese drawings, a Robert Wilson <span class=\"title\">Peter Pan</span> sketch, and a set of three Tony Walton illustrations from <span class=\"title\">The Wiz</span>. Both the <span class=\"title\">Peter Pan</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Wiz</span> drawings are inscribed to Hirschfeld.</p> <p>The Photographs contain three images dating from 1940 to 1960, which depict Pierre Olaf, Erwin Piscator, and Max Reinhardt. The Olaf portrait is by Carl Van Vechten, the Piscator is by Robert Lackenback, and the Reinhardt was taken by Lotte Jacobi.</p> <p>The Posters date from 1928 to 2010, and comprise the largest portion of the collection. All the posters are arranged into the following categories: Film; Museum Exhibitions; American Theatre; Austrian Theatre; German Theatre; and Polish Theatre. Items are further arranged alphabetically by title within each category. There is a large selection of theatrical posters from Germany and Poland, as well as an original 1928 poster from the Salzburger Festspiele in Austria. Five of the German posters are from productions directed by Erwin Piscator that were performed in Berlin. There are also two posters present from the Volkstheater in Rostock, East Germany, one of which is for a production of Bertolt Brecht's <span class=\"title\">Mann ist Mann</span>. Posters from Polish theatrical productions mostly contain prints from performances in Warsaw between 1959 and 1963. More detailed information about each poster is located in the container list.</p> <p>The Programs and Memorabilia contain souvenir programs from productions of <span class=\"title\">Der Gute Mensch Von Sezuan</span>, <span class=\"title\">Samson and Delilah</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Tygrys Pietrek</span>. Of special interest is a 2017 handwritten letter from Julie Andrews to Hirschfeld.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Louise Kerz Hirschfeld collection is arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/24472#c1569866'>Designs and Drawings</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/24472#c1569872'>Photographs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/24472#c1569876'>Posters</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/24472#c1569918'>Programs and Memorabilia</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Louise Kerz Hirschfeld, October 2017.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Thea Constantine</span> and <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2019</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1928
- keydate
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1928
- date_end
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2017
- date_inclusive_start
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1928
- date_inclusive_end
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2017
- extent_statement
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0.98 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Louise Kerz Hirschfeld collection, *T-Vim 2017-036. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}