- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1966-001", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21296", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1936-1965", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1936/1965"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1936
- date_inclusive_end
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1965
- keydate
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1936
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Dorothy Kilgallen papers and scrapbooks"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Dorothy Kilgallen Papers and Scrapbooks, *T-Mss 1966-001, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Dorothy Kilgallen, newswoman, Broadway columnist and TV panelist was born in Chicago on July 3, 1913. Emulating her father, noted newsman James L. Kilgallen, she began her journalism career at the age of 17. In 1936 <span class=\"title\">The New York Evening Journal</span> sent her on an around-the-world trip in competition with reporters from two other daily newspapers. Romanticized as a modern Nellie Bly her fame was secured, receiving not only a role in the 1937 movie <span class=\"title\">Winner Take All</span>, but also a daily column entitled The <span class=\"title\">Voice of Broadway</span>. In 1945, Ms. Kilgallen and her husband, Richard Kollmar, became the stars of a morning radio program, <span class=\"title\">Breakfast With Dorothy and Dick</span>. It ran from 1945 until 1963. Her television career began when she appeared on the first panel of the quiz show <span class=\"title\">What's My Line?</span> in 1950. Dorothy Kilgallen was known for her tough reporting style, her stylish dress and her caustic commentary on notables of the day. She died on November 8, 1965.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Dorothy Kilgallen Papers and Scrapbooks were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division by the family of Ms. Kilgallen in 1966.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Dorothy Kilgallen Papers and Scrapbooks consist of personal papers, photographs and scrapbooks documenting her versatile career as newswoman, actress, TV personality, radio hostess, wife and mother from 1930 to her death in 1965. The collection is a wealth of photographs and clippings but has virtually no correspondence. It reveals Ms. Kilgallen as a celebrity, even personal family photographs have the flavor of posed publicity settings. The collection gives no glimpse of Dorothy Kilgallen's private life.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Dorothy Kilgallen papers and scrapbooks are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21296#c293541'>Series I - Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1936-1945</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>.1 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes some correspondence and personal mementos from the early years of Ms. Kilgallen's career. Included is a souvenir passenger list from the <span class=\"corpname\">Hindenburg</span> [1936], and an invitation to funeral services for <span class=\"persname\">Jean Harlow</span> [1937].</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21296#c293547'>Series II - Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1936-1965</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>.3 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains loose photographs of Ms. Kilgallen's family and celebrity acquaintances. Included in the celebrity photographs are politicians, movie stars, baseball players, singers and the evangelist, <span class=\"persname\">Billy Graham</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21296#c293579'>Series III - Photograph Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1930-1965</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2.6 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of photograph albums arranged by <span class=\"persname\">Dorothy Kilgallen</span>. The albums are mostly thematic in content, with separate album for photographs of Dorothy and Dick, Jill, Dickie and Kerry Kollmar, her children and albums of publicity photographs of Ms. Kilgallen in all facets of her career.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21296#c293585'>Series IV - Clippings Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1936-1965</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of bound volumes of clippings documenting the career of Dorothy Kilgallen. The clippings and articles are written not by Ms. Kilgallen, but about her; and range from short gossip column references to full-length articles.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21296#c293597'>Series V - Richard Kollmar Scrapbook</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1940-1944</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of one bound volume of clippings on the stage career of <span class=\"persname\">Richard Kollmar</span>.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>I. Papers</li> <li>II. Photographs</li> <li>III. Photograph Scrapbooks</li> <li>IV. Clippings Scrapbooks</li> <li>V. Richard Kollmar Scrapbook</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Oversized group photograph of Dorothy Kilgallen's graduation class. Back of photograph is signed by classmates.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Materials were primarily scrapbooks and included 43 volumes of Ms. Kilgallen's newspaper columns from <span class=\"title\">The Journal-American</span>. These were discarded in 1983 since <span class=\"title\">The Journal-American</span> is available on microfilm. The remaining portion of the collection was fully processed in 1992. One oversized photograph of Dorothy Kilgallen's graduation class from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York was removed for conservation and separate oversized storage.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 lin. ft. (18 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Kilgallen, Dorothy", "type"=>"persname"}
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE920702"}
{"date"=>"1966", "source"=>"Kilgallen Family", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>"46 o", "value"=>"Gift, Kilgallen Family, 1966"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Dorothy Kilgallen Papers and Scrapbooks consists of personal papers, photographs, and clippings documenting her versatile career as newswoman, actress, TV personality, radio hostess, wife and mother from 1930 to her death in 1965. The collection is a wealth of photographs and clippings, but has virtually no correspondence. Photographs include such notables as: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Joe DiMaggio and Rex Harrison, among others. The materials reveal Ms. Kilgallen as a celebrity; even personal family photographs have the flavor of posed publicity settings. The collection gives no glimpse of Dorothy Kilgallen's private life."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- extent_statement
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8 linear feet (18 boxes)
- date_start
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1936
- date_end
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1965