- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"53 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"43 flat boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1986-007", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21769", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1934-1985", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1934/1985"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1934
- date_inclusive_end
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1985
- keydate
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1934
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Howard Bay designs and technical drawings"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theater Division</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Howard Bay, set and lighting designer, theater architect, teacher and consultant. The collection consists of set and costume designs, technical drawings, elevations and whiteprints documenting the work of Howard Bay."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Howard Bay Designs, *T-VIM 1986-007. Billy Rose Theater Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bay, Howard", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Howard Bay was born May 3, 1912 in Centralia, Washington. Both his parents were schoolteachers; his father was an art teacher in particular. Bay's career in set and lighting design began in 1933 and he began working on Broadway productions as early as 1937, He would later be referred to as the \"dean of American stage designs\".</p> <p> Howard Bay's set and lighting arrangements were recreated in some 170 Broadway shows in a career spanning over fifty years. Bay won two Tony Awards as a Scenic Designer for his work on Toys in <span class=\"title\">The Attic</span> (1960) and <span class=\"title\">Man of La Mancha</span> (1966). His work also included designs for <span class=\"title\">Carmen Jones</span> (1943), <span class=\"title\">Show Boat</span> (1946), <span class=\"title\">The Would-Be Gentleman</span> (1946), <span class=\"title\">Come Back, Little Sheba</span> (1950), <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span> (1955), <span class=\"title\">Pal Joey</span> (1963) and <span class=\"title\">The Music Man</span> (1957). He is remembered for his technique of solving design problems with a practical and realistic approach. Bay designs have been used for operas, films, touring productions, and television productions. He also taught set design at various schools spending most of it at Brandeis University for fourteen years. Bay also contributed articles in his field to various reference books. He was last working on a production of <span class=\"title\">The Music Man</span> to be produced for the Peking Opera House when he died in New York City on November 21, 1986 of a heart attack.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Original designs help to form the bulk of this collection on Howard Bay's varied career as set designer and professor. The collection consists of designs from thirty-six productions, including technical drawings, painter's elevations, rough sketches, set renderings, light plots, detail drawings and preliminary drawings. Almost every play, musical, opera or project Bay worked on is represented. Bay also worked on numerous productions through various universities' theatre departments, often contributing to the formation and curriculum of their programs.</p> <p>The remainder of the collection consists of correspondence, office files, published articles, clippings and programs providing production information. The photograph series is largely production related but does include some portraits and snapshots of Bay, including one with Donald Oenslager and Laurence Olivier. The collection also includes awards received by Bay for his contributions to various causes and the artistic craftsmanship of his work.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Howard Bay designs and technical drawings are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21769#c453179'>Series I: Original Designs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1939 - 1983, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Original Designs series makes up the bulk of the collection. It includes initial pencil sketches and painted designs, which are separated into production designs and technical designs. The designs in the series span most of Bay's work from Broadway productions to his lesser-known college productions. This series includes the original designs for <span class=\"title\">Carmen Jones</span> (1943), <span class=\"title\">Cry for Us All</span> (1970), <span class=\"title\">Man of La Mancha</span> (1965), <span class=\"title\">The Music Man</span> (1957) and <span class=\"title\">Showboat</span> (1946).</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21769#c453321'>Series III: Office Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1934-1985</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes correspondence with theater organizations, programs of committees attended, pamphlets of theatre productions at various Universities, articles written on Bay, Bay's own published pieces and newspaper clippings. Included among the files are the patent papers for a chair design by Bay.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21769#c453415'>Series III: Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1937-1977</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The photographs series includes stage designs of productions, commercial displays, and publicity shots of Bay. Among the photographs are a group shot of Donald Oenslager & Laurence Olivier with Howard Bay among others. Also included are various prints from <span class=\"title\">Up In Central Park</span> the film with Vincent Price.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21769#c453465'>Series IV: Awards</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1943-1958</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The awards series includes various acknowledgements received by Bay for his work and contribution to various causes. Among them is Bay's Donaldson Award for the 1944 - 1945 season.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Original Designs, 1942-1964 <ul> <li>Sub series 1: Production Designs, 1942-1963, undated</li> <li>Sub series 2: Technical Designs 1939-1983, undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series II: Office Files 1934-1985</li> <li>Series III: Photographs 1937-1977</li> <li>Series IV: Awards 1943-1958</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Howard Bay Designs were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 1986 by Howard Bay.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theater Division</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Sisnur Araujo; Machine-readable finding aid created by Sisnur Araujo.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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53 linear feet (43 flat boxes)
- date_start
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1934
- date_end
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1985