Karl Bernstein scrapbooks

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{"value"=>"21275", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Bernstein, Karl, 1894-1983", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Karl Bernstein scrapbooks"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1925-1971", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1925/1971"}

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prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Karl Bernstein scarpbooks, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}

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{"accession_number"=>"THE91001"}

{"source"=>"Bernstein Gift", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"<p>Gift, Bernstein Gift</p>"}

{"extent"=>"13 o"}

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{"value"=>"MWEZ 22,037-070; 22,074-085", "type"=>"local_call"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Karl Bernstein Scrapbooks contain clippings, programs, press releases, reviews, halftones, and some photographs of theater productions spanning his career from 1925 to 1971. Included are scrapbooks for numerous musicals by such composers as Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Vernon Duke, Jule Styne, Morton Gould, Kurt Weill, and Sandy Wilson, as well as some plays and operettas. Among the many shows represented in this collection are ANYTHING GOES (1934); RED, HOT, AND BLUE! (1936); LEAVE IT TO ME (1938); CABIN IN THE SKY (1940); LET'S FACE IT (1941); BANJO EYES (1942); ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (1943); ON THE TOWN (1944); BILLION DOLLAR BABY (1945); HIGH BUTTON SHOES (1947); WHERE'S CHARLEY (1948); GUYS AND DOLLS (1950); CAN-CAN (1953); Victor Borge's COMEDY IN MUSIC (1953); THE BOY FRIEND (1954); SILK STOCKINGS (1955); A HATFUL OF RAIN (1955); MAJOR BARBARA (1956); and WAIT UNTIL DARK (1966).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Karl Bernstein was a theatrical publicist for New York theater productions from 1925 to 1970. Bernstein began his career as a vaudeville critic but soon became a theatrical publicist in the 1920s representing theatres in his native Brooklyn. Moving to Broadway he publicized such noted works as those written by Gershwin and Cole Porter. He was a founding member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. He died in New York in 1983.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1925

date_inclusive_end

1971

keydate

1925

extent_statement

13 linear feet (46 scrapbooks)

abstract

{"value"=>"Karl Bernstein was a theatrical publicist for New York theater productions from 1925 to 1970. Bernstein began his career as a vaudeville critic but soon became a theatrical publicist in the 1920s representing theatres in his native Brooklyn. Moving to Broadway he publicized such noted works as those written by Gershwin and Cole Porter. He was a founding member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. He died in New York in 1983. The Karl Bernstein Scrapbooks contain clippings, programs, press releases, reviews, halftones, and some photographs of theater productions spanning his career from 1925 to 1971. Included are scrapbooks for numerous musicals by such composers as Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Vernon Duke, Jule Styne, Morton Gould, Kurt Weill, and Sandy Wilson, as well as some plays and operettas. Among the many shows represented in this collection are ANYTHING GOES (1934); RED, HOT, AND BLUE! (1936); LEAVE IT TO ME (1938); CABIN IN THE SKY (1940); LET'S FACE IT (1941); BANJO EYES (1942); ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (1943); ON THE TOWN (1944); BILLION DOLLAR BABY (1945); HIGH BUTTON SHOES (1947); WHERE'S CHARLEY (1948); GUYS AND DOLLS (1950); CAN-CAN (1953); Victor Borge's COMEDY IN MUSIC (1953); THE BOY FRIEND (1954); SILK STOCKINGS (1955); A HATFUL OF RAIN (1955); MAJOR BARBARA (1956); and WAIT UNTIL DARK (1966).", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1925

date_end

1971

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