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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"2 linear feet (4 flat boxes)"}
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{"value"=>"*T Mss 1962-001", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21310", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"Julia Sanderson papers"}
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Julia Sanderson Papers, *T-Mss 1962-001, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Sanderson, Julia", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"persname\">Julia Sanderson</span>, musical comedy star of the early 1900s through the 1920s, was born in 1887 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Most of her childhood was spent in Philadelphia where her father, actor Albert Sackett, was a member of the Forepaugh Stock Company. Julia's stage debut was with her father's company when she was thirteen. Her interest in drama was replaced by musical theatre and in 1904, while appearing in the chorus of <span class=\"title\">Winsome Winnie</span>, she stepped in for the leading actress and met with great success. This led to a contract with the Shuberts. In <span class=\"title\">The Sunshine Girl</span> (1915), under the management of Charles Frohman, she became a star. She did several shows with comic Joseph Cawthorn and was also successfully paired with Donald Brian. Sanderson was known for her fresh and charming portrayals. She was \"without a trace of the artificial stage manner which marks so many musical comedy prima donnas\". Among her many hits were <span class=\"title\">The Girl From Utah</span>, <span class=\"title\">Rambler Rose</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Canary</span>. In 1921 she appeared in <span class=\"title\">Tangerine</span> opposite <span class=\"persname\">Frank Crumit</span> who had written her featured number \" Sweet Lady\". They went on to appear together in <span class=\"title\">No, No, Nanette</span>, <span class=\"title\">Queen High</span> and <span class=\"title\">Oh, Kay</span> and were married in 1927. [Sanderson had been married twice before: to jockey James T. Sloan in 1907 and to Lt. Bradford Barnette in 1916. Both marriages ended in divorce.] The Crumits attempted to retire in 1928 by moving to their estate \"Dunrovin\" in Longmeadow, Massachusetts only to be lured back to performing on the radio. They became a popular radio team in the 1930s and remained radio stars until Crumit's death in 1943. Sanderson retired once again to \"Dunrovin\". She died in Springfield in 1975 at the age of 87.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Julia Sanderson Papers were donated to The Billy Rose Theatre Division by Julia Sanderson in 1962.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Julia Sanderson</span> Papers consist of scrapbooks of clippings and photographs documenting Sanderson's career in musical comedy from 1913-1928. The scrapbooks also include information about her husband <span class=\"persname\">Frank Crumit</span>'s career. There is some correspondence. Most of the letters are to Crumit from his friends and colleagues. One wonderful \"fan letter\" from <span class=\"persname\">Jerome Kern</span> to Sanderson recalls an earlier time when they worked together: she introduced his first hit \"They Didn't Believe Me\".</p> <p>A number of photographs, many autographed, of colleagues and friends as well as professional and \"at home\" photographs of the Crumits were removed from the collection and placed in the appropriate Theatre Collection files [see list]. A few non-theatrical photos remain. Rounding out the collection are a <span class=\"persname\">Charles Frohman</span> autograph and a cartoon drawing of Sanderson and Crumit. The Julia Sanderson Papers are interesting for their documentation of the early days of the Broadway musical and of many of the great performers of that era.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Julia Sanderson papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21310#c295389'>Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1923-1927</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 folder</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes letters to Frank Crumit and related clippings [these were part of a scrapbook]; a letter from Jerome Kern to Ms. Sanderson.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21310#c295391'>Series II: Ephemera</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>4 folder</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes photographs of non-theatrical celebrities, <span class=\"persname\">Charles Frohman</span>'s autograph, an original drawing by <span class=\"persname\">Dorothy Edwards</span> and a halftone of <span class=\"persname\">Frank Crumit</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21310#c295396'>Series III: Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1913-1928</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3.5 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes clippings and photographs of Sanderson and Crumit shows.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Correspondence</li> <li>Series II: Ephemera</li> <li>Series III: Scrapbooks</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Barrymore, Ethel</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Barrymore, John</span> (with <span class=\"persname\">Dolores Costello</span> and baby)</li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Berlin, Irving</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Cobb, Irvin S.</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Cohan, George M.</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Cooper, Gladys</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Corbett, Jim</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Craven, Frank</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Crosby, Bing</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Drew, John</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Fairbanks, Sr., Douglas</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Farrell, Charles</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Gershwin, George</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Gillette, William</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Guest, Edgar</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Holmes, Burton</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Hopper, DeWolf</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Hubbell, Raymond B.</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Janis, Elsie</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Jolson, Al</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Kern, Jerome</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Kruger, Otto</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">McCormack, John</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Macdonald, Jeanette</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Meighan, Tom</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Menjou, Adolphe</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Morgan, Ralph</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Olsen, George</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Rambeau, Marjorie</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Russell, Lillian</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Skinner, Otis</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Taliaferro, Mabel</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Templeton, Fay</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Thomas, John Charles</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Tilden, William T.</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Warfield, David</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Waring, Fred</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Whiteman, Paul</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Wynn, Ed</span></li></ul> <ul> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Crumit, Frank</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Sackett, Albert</span></li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Sanderson, Julia</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Rambler Rose</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Sunshine Girl</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Tangerine</span></li></ul></p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Susan McArthur.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The collection was reprocessed in March, 1994.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"1913-1935", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1913/1935"}
{"value"=>"1913-1928", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1913/1928"}
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1913
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1935
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1962-001"}
{"date"=>"1962", "source"=>"Julia Sanderson", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>"2 o", "value"=>"Gift, Julia Sanderson, 1962"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Julia Sanderson papers consist of correspondence, ephemera and scrapbooks of clippings and photographs documenting the careers of Julia Sanderson and her husband, Frank Crumit. The papers span the years 1913-1935 and contain materials primarily from the theatrical careers. No material is included for their years in radio."}
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1913
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1913
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1935
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1913
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1928