- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".21 linear feet (1 box)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1983-007", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21269", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Gertrude Lawrence collection"}
- 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>Gertrude Lawrence Collection, *T-Mss 1983-007, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lawrence, Gertrude", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Gertrude Lawrence, actress, was born Gertrud Alexandra Dagnar Lawrence Klasen in London, England on July 4, 1898. She was a musical star of stage and screen. She worked frequently with producer John Golden, and with actor and writer Noel Coward. Miss Lawrence's last stage appearance was with Yul Brynner in the musical, The King and I, in 1951. Gertrude Lawrence died on September 6, 1952.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Gertrude Lawrence Collection was donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 1983 by Timothy Morgan-Owen. The collection is entirely photocopies, the originals are held by Mr. Owen in England.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Gertrude Lawrence</span> Collection contains photocopies of personal and business correspondence, as well as other material related to her career. Of note is a diary of her 1946 <span class=\"title\">Pygmalion</span> tour and her recollections of <span class=\"persname\">George Bernard Shaw</span>. The collection also contains copies of her birth certificate, divorce decree, eulogy and funeral program.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Gertrude Lawrence collection is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21269#c292176'>Series I: Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1898-1952</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of photocopies of Gertrude Lawrence's birth certificate and divorce decree, her recollections of <span class=\"persname\">George Bernard Shaw</span>, a copy of a diary she wrote on the tour of <span class=\"title\">Pygmalion</span>, and her funeral program and eulogy.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21269#c292183'>Series II: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1924-1941</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>4 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains copies of letters Gertrude Lawrence wrote to <span class=\"persname\">Helen Converse Downes</span> and to her daughter Pam. There is also some correspondence written to Gertrude Lawrence. Of special interest is a note written to her mother, after her mother's death signed \"Gertie.\"</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Personal Papers</li> <li>Series II: Correspondence</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- 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>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1910-1952", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1910/1952"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1910
- date_inclusive_end
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1952
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"8-MWEZ 27583"}
{"date"=>"1983", "materials"=>"Gertrude Lawrence Collection", "source"=>"Timothy Mogan-Owen", "address"=>"7 London Road, Cheltenham, Gloucester, United Kingdom", "method"=>"Gift", "owner"=>"Timothy Morgan-Owen", "extent"=>".5 o", "value"=>"Gertrude Lawrence Collection: Gift, Timothy Mogan-Owen, 1983"}
- originalsloc
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{"value"=>"<p>Location of originals: Timothy Morgan-Owen, Cheltenham, Gloucester, United Kingdom</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Formerly: Gertrude Lawrence Papers (8-MWEZ 27583)</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Gertrude Lawrence Papers contain photocopies of personal and business correspondence, as well as other material related to her career. Of note are diaries of her 1946 PYGMALION tour and her recollections of George Bernard Shaw."}
- keydate
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1910
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
- date_start
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1910
- date_end
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1952