Letters and ephemera to Fannie R. Brewer

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2000-003", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21466", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Letters and ephemera to Fannie R. Brewer"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1930-1933", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1930/1933"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 lin. ft. (1 portfolio)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10023-7498."}

date_inclusive_start

1930

date_inclusive_end

1933

origination

{"value"=>"Seymour, Anne, 1909-", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Anne Seymour, actress of stage, film, radio and television. Began her career with the Jitney Players in the late 1920s. She had a variety of roles on Broadway and played many leading roles in radio and televisionproductions. Her films include ALL THE KING'S MEN, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS and POLLYANNA.</p><p>Fannie R. Brewer was a fan who corresponded and visited regularly with Anne Seymour.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The letters and ephemera consist of correspondence, program cast lists and photographs and document an ongoing relationship between Anne Seymour and Fannie Brewer. The materials span the years 1930 to 1933 during which time Ms. Brewer lived in Hingham, Massachusetts and Anne Seymour was both in touring productions and one of the Copley Players at the Copley Theatre in Boston.|||The letters are general and are primarily filled with thank yous for gifts, invitations to visit and dine, and news of Anne Seymour's career. There is consistent reference to a person named Edith, another actress, who is obviously close to Anne Seymour and known by Fannie Brewer but not identified further.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 2000-003"}

{"date"=>"01/24/2000", "source"=>"ADS Autographs", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Purchase", "extent"=>".1 o", "value"=>"Purchase, ADS Autographs, 01/24/2000"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The letters and ephemera consist of correspondence, program cast lists and photographs and document an ongoing relationship between Anne Seymour and Fannie Brewer. The materials span the years 1930 to 1933 during which time Ms. Brewer lived in Hingham, Massachusetts and Anne Seymour was both in touring productions and one of the Copley Players at the Copley Theatre in Boston."}

keydate

1930

prefercite

{"value"=>"Letters and ephemera to Fannie R. Brewer, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 portfolio)

date_start

1930

date_end

1933

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