- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".2 lf. (1 box)."}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1993-004", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21302", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1850-1973", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1850/1973"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1850
- date_inclusive_end
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1973
- keydate
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1850
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Laurence J. Gomme collection"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Laurence Gomme was a bookseller, appraiser, publisher and collector. His collection consists of letters, programs, clippings and photographs."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Laurence Gomme Collection, *T-Mss 1993-004, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Gomme, Laurence J. (Laurence James), b. 1882", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Gommes were collectors of performing arts ephemera. Laurence Gomme was a bookseller, publisher and also an appraiser who evaluated collections of performing artists. Florence Cornell Gomme, his wife was an actress.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is a smattering of materials collected by the Gommes and includes materials from actors, actresses, drama critics and musicians. The collection also contains an autographed program which included Florence Cornell Gomme in the cast. The materials span the years 1850 to 1973.</p> <p>Notables included in the collection are Rudolph Ganz, Fanny Kemble, Margaret Hamilton and Brooks Atkinson, among others.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was purchased in 1993 from Jens J. Christoffersen.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Alphabetical"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan; machine-readable finding aid created by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
- date_start
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1850
- date_end
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1973