- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"75 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"179 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1976-003", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21803", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1880-1973", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1880/1973"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Lambs Club records"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Lambs Club records contain membership files, financial records, scripts and production notes, office files, scrapbooks and large reproductions. There is no personal materials in the collection. There are no photographs in the collection."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p> Lambs Club Records, *T-Mss 1976-003, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lambs (Theatrical club : New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lambs Club is the oldest professional theater club in the United States. The Club was established in New York City in 1874. It was named after a club in London, England. In 1877 the club was incorporated.</p> <p>The Lambs is a social club for people in the performing arts. It originally was a men’s only club, but women became members in the mid-20th century.</p> <p>The club has had over 6,000 members in its 134 year history. Famous past members include Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, John Philips Sousa, and Fred Waring.</p> <p>Membership to the Lambs is by invitation only from a member-in-good-standing. Current membership includes the following levels: theatrical, junior theatrical, non-theatrical, non-resident, associate, clergy, and life.</p> <p> The Lambs, Inc. is governed by a Council consisting of officers, which include; the President - styled Shepherd; Vice-president - styled Boy; Corresponding Secretary; Recording Secretary; Treasurer and Historian; and a Board of Directors. Elections are held annually as seat terms expire. Annual Membership Meetings are held in January. There have been 33 Shepherds including the current one, since the club began.</p> <p>The Lambs are well known for their response to the needs of the entertainment community. Percy Williams, a one time treasurer of the Club, is remembered for his great generosity. By his request, the handsome Williams estate in East Islip, Long Island, along with ample funds to maintain it, was established as a Home for actors and actresses in advanced years. Terms of his will required that six members of The Lambs and six members of the Actors’ Fund of America be elected to supervise the operation of the Home. Eventually the home merged with The Actors’ Fund of America.</p> <p>Winchell Smith, nephew of the eminent actor and author William Gillette, was himself a successful actor, playwright and producer. As a producer he was long associated with John Golden. At his death in 1933 it was disclosed that Smith had left a lasting memorial to his name, as well as a perpetual source of benevolence to his fellow actors, the Winchell Smith Fund.</p> <p>The Lambs Relief Foundation was formed in 1943 as an organized charity under the laws of the State of New York. Supported by donations, it dispenses funds for the benefit of the needy, sick or destitute members of the entertainment profession. By an action of the 1961-1962 Council, the corporate name was changed to the Lambs Foundation.</p> <p>The club has had three homes in its history. The first was in a room at Delmonico’s on West 14th Street. The second was on 44th Street in the heart of the theater district. In 1974 that building was sold and the current space was created on 3 West 51st Street, Manhattan.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p> The Lambs Club Records consist mainly of membership files and financial records of this performing arts social club. There are also meeting minutes from committees and the council at their monthly and yearly meetings. Scripts written by members of the Lambs Club, office files, and scrapbooks are also a part of this collection.</p> <p>Much of the material is from the 1930s and 1940s, although there is some material from as early as the 1880s. Those loose papers that were the most vulnerable were photocopied in order to prolong their availability.</p> <p>Much of the material concerning the membership is about payments not being made for dues. There is no personal material of its members in the collection.</p> <p>The collection is important for the inner workings and financial stability of the premiere social club for those in the performing arts in the early part of the twentieth-century.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Lambs Club records are arranged in seven series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21803#c478056'>Series I: Members</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1880 - 1970</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>This series contains information about the members of the Lambs Club. The information consists of when membership began and ended and any correspondence between the club and the member. Most of this information is about unpaid dues and other money collect</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21803#c478354'>Series II: Council and Committee Meeting Minutes</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1884 - 1969</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>This series consists of minutes of committee meeting and monthly council meetings. The committees got together to plan events for the membership</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21803#c478561'>Series III: Scripts, Lyrics, and Production Notes</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1891 - 1973</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>This series contains scripts plays and skits filed alphabetical by title. Also included are leather-bound volumes of scripts written by Charles de Lima Margaret Atwood Art Johnston and Mr. Kellogg. There are production notes for various musicals and plays</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21803#c478905'>Series IV: Financial</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1913 - 1970</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21803#c479346'>Series V: General Office Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1886 - 1969</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>This series consists of general office files including Children’s Christmas Party contracts certificates and citations estate settlements inquiries and requests donations reciprocal introductions menus negatives and West Coast Lambs</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21803#c479434'>Series VI: Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1905 - 1944</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>This series contains scrapbooks. The following are included among the scrapbook subjects Al Arons Frank Fay Margaret Hopkins Frigham the Memphis Open Air Theater and Frances Neilson</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21803#c479442'>Series VII: Oversized Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>This series consists of large reproductions of pages from the Candidates book programs and Gambol advertisements</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>The collection is organized into seven series. They are:</li> <li>Series I: Membership, 1880-1970</li> <li> Series II: Committee and Council Meetings, 1884-1969</li> <li>Series III: Scripts, Plays, Skits and Production Notes, 1891-1973</li> <li>Series IV: Financial, 1913-1970</li> <li>Series V: General Office Files, 1886-1969</li> <li>Series VI: Scrapbooks, 1905-1944</li> <li>Series VII Oversized, undated</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p> The Lambs Club Records were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 1976.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1880
- date_inclusive_end
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1973
- keydate
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1880
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Leslie Reyman; Machine-readable finding aid created by Leslie Reyman.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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75 linear feet (179 boxes)
- date_start
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1880
- date_end
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1973