- unitid
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{"value"=>"30057", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2016-010", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1898-1989", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1898/1989"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Houdiniana"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes, 3 oversize folders, and one framed item", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.25 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Collection includes correspondence, ephemera, programs, police certificates, photographs, posters, and clippings related to the life and legacy of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926)."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, programs, police certificates, photographs, and posters related to the life and legacy of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Of particular note are several manuscript letters by Houdini to various colleagues, documentation about Houdini's death, and also a large group of \"police certificates\" that describe and attest to Houdini's escapes in front of groups of police, civic leaders, and journalists across the United States and Western Europe.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Houdiniana is arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/30057#c1572635'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/30057#c1684597'>Series II: Clippings and Ephemera</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/30057#c1572649'>Series III: Police Certificates</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/30057#c1572666'>Series IV: Photographs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/30057#c1572669'>Series V: Posters</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is organized into four series: I) Correspondence, Clippings and Ephemera; II) Police Certificates; III) Photographs; IV) Posters.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Materials were collected by the New York Public Library from various sources through purchase and gift. Materials related to Dr. Daniel E. Cohn were the gift of Shirley Cohn, July 2022.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See also related collections: Dr. Saram Ellison scrapbooks (*T-Mss 1915-001); Magic scrapbooks (*T-Mss 2011-031); and Houdini artwork (*T-Vim 2011-293).</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Re-structured the finding aid to separate correspondence and clippings/ephemera into separate series. Renumbered following series accordingly. Added Shirley Cohn gift materials to Series 1 and a re-classed oversized photograph (with new container) to Series 4. Also added new folder-level descriptions to legacy materials in Series 1 and 2.", "date"=>"2022-08"}
- date_start
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1898
- keydate
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1898
- date_end
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1989
- date_inclusive_start
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1898
- date_inclusive_end
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1989
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Houdiniana, *T-Mss 2016-010. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}