- unitid
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{"value"=>"25583", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 694", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b18029169", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1940-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/1996"}
{"value"=>"1960-1986", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1960/1986"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Alyce Webb papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.25 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"African American singer and actress Alyce Webb performed in several Broadway, Off-Broadway, and dinner theater productions. The Alyce Webb papers document Webb's career in theater, film, and television."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Webb, Alyce Elizabeth, 1930-2000", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>African American singer and actress Alyce Webb performed in several Broadway, Off-Broadway, and dinner theater productions, including <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span> (1962) and <span class=\"title\">Lost in the Stars</span> (1972). Webb also made recurring guest appearances on television's <span class=\"title\">All My Children</span> and appeared in films such as <span class=\"title\">Cotton Comes to Harlem</span> (1970), <span class=\"title\">Claudine</span> (1974), <span class=\"title\">Identity Crisis</span> (1989), and <span class=\"title\">Boomerang</span> (1992).</p> <p>In 1966, Webb toured South America with the U.S. State Department-sponsored Music Theater, USA and received rave reviews. Her other international experience included appearances with the New Zealand Opera Company in New Zealand and Australia; tours with Alvin Ailey and the Robert Shaw Chorale in Asia; as well as tours in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East with <span class=\"title\">Jazz Train</span> and <span class=\"title\">Free and Easy</span>. Webb died on December 12, 2000.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Alyce Webb Papers document Webb's career in theater, film, and television. The bulk of the collection consists of playbills and playscripts for productions in which Webb performed, or for which she was the stage manager (<span class=\"title\">The Royal Mass of Mogho</span>, <span class=\"title\">A Christmas Carol</span>, <span class=\"title\">Kiss Me Kate</span> and <span class=\"title\">Porgy and Bess</span>). There is also a folder of musical scores from some of these productions. The Personal materials folder records Webb's scholastic achievements and goals as well as her community service. The Professional materials folder contains copies of her resume and contracts. In the Tributes and obituaries folder are tributes to Martin Luther King, Jr., Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, W.C. Handy, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Asta Hairston, 2001.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: various books and periodicals</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Edwine Ashie-Nikoi, March 2009.</p>"}
- date_start
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1940
- keydate
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1940
- date_end
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1996
- date_inclusive_start
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1940
- date_inclusive_end
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1996
- date_bulk_start
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1960
- date_bulk_end
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1986
- extent_statement
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1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Alyce Webb papers, Sc MG 694, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}