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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1981-002", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21235", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1850-1977", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1850/1977"}
{"value"=>"1916-1977", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1916/1977"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Ilka Chase papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"13 lin. ft. (20 boxes, 20 scrapbooks)"}]}
- repository
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{"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
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{"value"=>"The Ilka Chase Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, scripts, scrapbooks and other material related to the career of Ilka Chase. There is also considerable material related to the career of her mother, Edna Woolman Chase, and to \"Vogue\" magazine. There is a large amount of personal correspondence, especially between Ilka Chase and her mother. The collection also contains the entire run of scripts from a radio program hosted by Ilka Chase from January 1951 to October 1951 and a complete run of articles for a syndicated newspaper column from 1955 to 1964. The photograph collection contains photos of Ilka Chase both in her professional career and private life, Edna Woolman Chase, and other celebrities, including Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O'Neill."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Ilka Chase papers, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Chase, Ilka, 1905-1978", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Ilka Chase, actress and author, was born in New York on April 8. According to <span class=\"title\">Who's Who in the Theatre</span>, she was born in 1905, but she disputed this date claiming that she was actually younger. Her mother was Edna Woolman Chase, editor-in-chief of <span class=\"title\">Vogue</span> magazine from 1914 to 1952. She began her stage career with the Stuart Walker Stock company and after a season she moved over to the company of actor-manager Henry Miller with whom she appeared in \"The Red Falcon\" and \"Bribers\". In 1926 she married and divorced actor Louis Calhern and went to Hollywood.</p> <p>On Broadway she did DAYS WITHOUT END by Eugene O'Neill, FORSAKING ALL OTHERS, WHILE PARENTS SLEEP, ON TO FORTUNE, CO-RESPONDENT UNKNOWN, and two musicals - REVENGE WITH MUSIC and KEEP OFF THE GRASS. She also played in the stage version of her own IN BED WE CRY. She is also remembered for her role as Sylvia Fowler in the stage version of Clare Boothe Luce's THE WOMEN. She left the stage in 1944 but made a comeback in 1966, appearing as the mother-in-law in Neil Simon's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK. Her last stage appearance was in PRESENT LAUGHTER by Noel Coward at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D. C. in 1975. Her films included FAST AND LOOSE, ONCE A SINNER, THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, THE FLORADORA GIRL, and NOW VOYAGER. Her last film was THE BIG KNIFE.</p> <p>She was also a radio and television personality, playwright, writer, New York panelist and highly regarded wit. Her works included <span class=\"title\">Past Imperfect</span>; <span class=\"title\">Always</span> <span class=\"title\">In Vogue</span>, a history of the magazine that she co-wrote with her mother; and <span class=\"title\">In Bed We Cry</span>. She wrote many books and articles on travel, and had a syndicated newspaper column. She also conducted a radio program, 'Luncheon at the Waldorf.</p> <p>After her divorce from Calhern she married and divorced radio ad agency executive William B. Murray, a former head of the radio department of the William Morris Agency. In 1945 she married Dr. Norton S. Brown. She died in 1977.</p> <p>Edna Woolman Chase was born in 1877 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. In 1895 she joined the staff of Vogue magazine which was then in its third year. From addressing envelopes she progressed upward in the art and editorial departments. In 1909 Conde Nast bought the struggling magazine and in 1911 he made her managing director. She was editor-in-chief of the magazine from 1914 until she resigned in 1952. She died in 1957.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Ilka Chase Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, scripts, scrapbooks, and other material related to the career of Ilka Chase. There is also considerable material related to the career of her mother Edna Woolman Chase and <span class=\"title\">Vogue</span> magazine. The collection has many strengths. There is a tremendous amount of personal correspondence, especially between Ilka Chase and her mother. The collection also contains the entire run of scripts from a radio program hosted by Ilka Chase from January 1951 to October 1951 and a complete run of articles for a syndicated newspaper column from 1955 to 1964. The photograph collection contains photos of Ilka Chase both in her professional career and private life, Edna Woolman Chase, and other celebrities including Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O'Neill.</p> <p>Researchers interested in the Edna Woolman Chase material will find the notes about the 1937 edition of <span class=\"title\">Vogue</span> (Box 28,076 Folder 3) useful. The Christmas cards designed by Claire Avery (Box 28,090 Folder 4) are also of interest.</p> <p>Another interesting item from the history of <span class=\"title\">Vogue</span> is a photograph with caption of the fashion do's and don'ts (Box 28,091 Folder 10). Of interest to researchers examining the life of Edna Woolman Chase or the life of Ilka Chase is the article about how Edna Woolman Chase balanced her career at <span class=\"title\">Vogue</span> magazine with mothering Ilka Chase (Box 28,090, Folder 3).</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ilka Chase papers are arranged in seven series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21235#c1896974'>Series I. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21235#c1897038'>Series II. Personal Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21235#c1897059'>Series III. Professional Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21235#c1897124'>Series IV. Photographs of Ilka Chase</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21235#c1897195'>Series V. Photographs and Documents Related to Ilka Chase's Father and Ancestors</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21235#c1897202'>Series VI. The Papers of Edna Woolman Chase</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21235#c1897248'>Series VII. Photographs of Norton Brown (Ilka Chase's Third Husband) and His Ancestors</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>I. Correspondence, 1916-1974; II. Personal Papers, 1914-1976; III. Professional Papers, 1920-1975; IV. Photographs of Ilka Chase, 1905-1977; V. Photographs and Documents Relating to Ilka Chase's Father and Ancestors, 1859-1925; VI. Papers of Edna Woolman Chase, 1902-1957; VII. Photographs of Norton Brown and His Ancestors, 1850-1952; VIII. Photographs of Other People, 1930-1941; IX. Scrapbooks, 1922-1952</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Ilka Chase Collection was donated to The New York Public Library, Billy Rose Theatre Collection in July of 1981 by her third husband Dr. Norton S. Brown. Overall the papers and photographs were received in good condition, although the scrapbooks and fragile items such as tintypes and paintings on ivory and ceramics were removed for conservation. Upon examination of the material it was found that the papers actually constituted two separate, although related, collections. The papers contained material related to the career of Edna Woolman Chase, Ilka Chase's mother, and her personal correspondence. For this reason, there will be two biographies and there is a separate series in which the Edna Woolman Chase Collection is kept intact. The material has been arranged into nine series measuring 13 linear feet.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Material removed for security reasons and placed in the CAGE catalog. Xeroxed copies of this material are filed in the collection and marked \"# READING COPIES\". Readers are asked to use the copies. Originals cannot be used except for special purposes and with permission of the curator. Originals are stored in the CAGE file under the collection name (ILKA CHASE COLLECTION).</p> <p>A. l. s. from Princess Grace to Ilka Chase 7-28-56 with envelope</p> <p>Menu from a dinner for Princess Grace and H. R. H. Prince Rainier</p> <p>Envelope with five cancelled stamps of Princess Grace and H. R. H. Prince Rainier</p> <p>Postcards of Monte Carlo and Princess Grace and H. R. H. Prince Rainier</p> <p>16 uncancelled stamps of Princess Grace and H. R. H. Prince Rainier</p> <p>2 cancelled stamps on an envelope of Princess Grace and H. R. H. Prince Rainier</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"Card catalog available."}
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1850
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1850
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1977
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1850
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1977
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1916
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1977