Emerson collection on vaudeville

id
1835
origination
Mr. Emerson
date statement
1877-1928
key date
1877
identifier (local_mss)
21725
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Mss 1929-001
b-number
b15988358
total components
308
total series
3
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:18 UTC
updated
2017-05-24 03:07:37 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1929-001", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21725", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1877/1928", "value"=>"1877-1928"}
date_inclusive_start
1877
date_inclusive_end
1928
keydate
1877
date_start
1877
date_end
1928
unittitle
{"value"=>"Emerson collection on vaudeville"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.25 lin. ft. (3 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Mr. Emerson was a collector of material on vaudeville. The collection is primarily correspondence, mainly letters to theatrical booking agents from vaudeville actors. The main recipients are Al Fostell of New York City and Fred Sefton of Detroit. Many of the letters were written on stationery with elaborate pictorial designs promoting the entertainment offered. Also included in the collection are two notebooks including one that belonged to songwriter Billy Wylie, some loose pages of song lyrics, gags and skits for vaudeville acts, and some ephemera including a program, touring schedule and miscellaneous receipts and printed matter."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Emerson collection on vaudeville, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Mr. Emerson", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The Library has no biographical information on Mr. Emerson, a collector of material on vaudeville.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection is primarily correspondence, mainly letters to theatrical booking agents from vaudeville actors. The main recipients are Al Fostell of New York City and Fred Sefton of Detroit. Many of the letters were written on stationery with elaborate pictorial designs promoting the entertainment offered. Also included in the collection are two notebooks including one that belonged to songwriter Billy Wylie, some loose pages of song lyrics, gags and skits for vaudeville acts, and some ephemera including a program, touring schedule and miscellaneous receipts and printed matter.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Emerson collection on vaudeville is arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21725#c1133639'>Series I. Personalities: Vaudeville acts</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Primarily correspondence, mainly letters to theatrical booking agents especially Al Fostell of New York City, from vaudeville actors. Other recipients include J. M. Norcross, Fred Sefton of Detroit and Friese. Many of the letters are notes written on stationery or fliers advertising the acts.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21725#c1133937'>Series II. Material: Song lyrics and gags</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Two notebooks and some loose pages, all handwritten, most undated, of songs, rhymes, gags and other act ideas.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21725#c1133943'>Series III. Ephemera</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Consists of a program, touring schedule, handwritten receipts, autographs and miscellaneous printed material.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Arranged in three series: Series I. Personalities: Vaudeville acts; Series II. Material: Song lyrics and gags; Series III. Ephemera</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan and Elisabeth Elkind, July 2004; Encoded by Elisabeth Elkind; Revised by Annemarie van Roessel, 2011</p>"}
extent_statement
1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)

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