Letters from George Bernard Shaw

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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1941-001", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21230", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Letters from George Bernard Shaw"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1894-1927", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1894/1927"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"24 letters (52 leaves, in 1 portfolio)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1894

date_inclusive_end

1927

origination

{"value"=>"Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Richard Mansfield, actor, was born in Berlin in 1854. He began his career on the London stage but by 1882 he had migrated to the United States and was appearing in the New York theater. Mansfield was instrumental in introducing the works of George Bernard Shaw to the American stage. In his last theatrical performance he played the title role of PEER GYNT in the first English language production of that play.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

arrangement

{"value"=>"Chronological"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Transcribed letters, carbon copies, from George Bernard Shaw to Richard Mansfield and/or his wife, Beatrice Cameron, concerning Mr. Shaw's plays.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE"}

{"date"=>"1941", "source"=>"Harold Van Doren", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>".1 o", "value"=>"Gift, Harold Van Doren, 1941"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Formerly cataloged in Cage File</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1894

prefercite

{"value"=>"Letters from George Bernard Shaw, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Richard Mansfield, actor, was born in Berlin in 1854. He began his career on the London stage but by 1882 he had migrated to the United States and was appearing in the New York theater. Mansfield was instrumental in introducing the works of George Bernard Shaw to the American stage. In his last theatrical performance he played the title role of PEER GYNT in the first English language production of that play. Transcribed letters, carbon copies, from George Bernard Shaw to Richard Mansfield and/or his wife, Beatrice Cameron, concerning Mr. Shaw's plays.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

24 letters (52 leaves, in 1 portfolio)

date_start

1894

date_end

1927

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