- unitid
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{"value"=>"186228", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2023-004", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22975245", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1849-1918", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1849/1918"}
{"value"=>"1887-1915", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1887/1915"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Mrs. Harry A. Lee scrapbooks"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 volumes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7.22 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"=>"Mrs. Harry Lee (née Fay Elma Waterman, 1862-1916) was a theatre enthusiast. These scrapbooks contain theatre ephemera from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lee assembled these scrapbooks while traveling with her husband Harry A. Lee (1845-1919) a stage actor and manager. The scrapbooks hold broadsides, newspaper clippings, playbills, photographs, some letters, and ticket stubs."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lee, Mrs. Harry A.", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Mrs. Harry Lee (née Fay Elma Waterman, 1862-1916) was a theatre enthusiast, born on March 9, 1862 in Michigan. On August 20, 1884, she married Harry A. Lee (1851-1919), a stage actor and manager. Harry Lee began his career as a supporting actor, later transitioning to a theatrical director. An obituary stated that Lee was born in San Francisco and was the manager of <span class=\"title\">Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show</span>. He died in Atlantic City, New Jersey (August 1, 1919, <span class=\"title\">New York Herald</span>). The Lees traveled extensively throughout the United States and abroad. Mrs. Lee collected theatrical materials which she assembled into six large scrapbooks. She died on August 11, 1916 in Manhattan.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Mrs. Harry A. Lee scrapbooks, dated 1847 to 1918 (bulk dates 1887-1918) were created by Mrs. Lee as keepsakes of theatrical and popular entertainment. The scrapbooks hold broadsides, several letters, newspaper clippings, playbills, photographs and ticket stubs.</p> <p> The scrapbooks feature ephemera from comic operas, drama, historical plays, minstrel shows, musicals and traveling circuses. The Lees travelled extensively to many cities across the United States including Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and San Francisco. Some ephemera from the mid-1880s indicates that the Lees may have lived abroad for several years in London. The last scrapbook in the collection focuses on entertainment produced at the <span class=\"title\">Nixon's Apollo Theatre</span> (volume 6). Since the scrapbooks date to 1918, it is possible that her husband or another individual completed the volumes.</p> <p>Mrs. Lee usually arranged the pages with the playbill centered, surrounded by pictures of actors or a stage performance. Occasionally, a ticket stub was added. She would also annotate a playbill or photograph with additional information.</p> <p>It should be noted that Mrs. Lee created her first scrapbook with a two-page spread of Edwin Booth, the elder brother of John Wilkes Booth.</p> <p>The volumes retain the original call number.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Actors' Fund of America.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Valerie Wingfield</span> in <span class=\"date\">2023</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1849
- keydate
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1849
- date_end
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1918
- date_inclusive_start
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1849
- date_inclusive_end
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1918
- date_bulk_start
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1887
- date_bulk_end
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1915
- extent_statement
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7.22 linear feet (6 volumes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Mrs. Harry A. Lee scrapbooks, *T-Mss 2023-004. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}