Anita Loos papers

id
387
origination
Loos, Anita, 1893-1981
date statement
1917-1981
key date
1917
identifier (local_mss)
21261
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Mss 1983-004
b-number
b11484911
total components
52
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:54 UTC
updated
2017-05-23 23:06:07 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
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{"value"=>"21261", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Anita Loos papers"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1917-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1917/1981"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.75 lin. ft. (4 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library, 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY,10023."}
date_inclusive_start
1917
date_inclusive_end
1981
origination
{"value"=>"Loos, Anita, 1893-1981", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Anita Loos, screenwriter and novelist, was born on April 26, 1893, in Sisson, CA, the daughter of R. Beers and Minnie Ellen Loos. Miss Loos wrote the subtitles for D. W. Griffith's film, Intolerance, in 1916. Her best known work is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She died on August 18, 1981, at the age of 93.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Anita Loos Papers consist of scripts, essays and articles from her career as a screenwriter and novelist. The bulk of the collection dates from 1917-1969. There are also adaptations of her works, unfinished scripts and research notes.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"accession_number"=>"THE"}
{"method"=>"Gift"}
{"extent"=>"1.75 o"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Formerly cataloged as 8-MWEZ 26,575-26,578</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1917
prefercite
{"value"=>"Anita Loos papers, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}
extent_statement
1.75 linear feet (4 boxes)
abstract
{"value"=>"Anita Loos, screenwriter and novelist, was born on April 26, 1893, in Sisson, CA, the daughter of R. Beers and Minnie Ellen Loos. Miss Loos wrote the subtitles for D. W. Griffith's film, Intolerance, in 1916. Her best known work is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She died on August 18, 1981, at the age of 93. The Anita Loos Papers consist of scripts, essays and articles from her career as a screenwriter and novelist. The bulk of the collection dates from 1917-1969. There are also adaptations of her works, unfinished scripts and research notes.", "generated"=>true}
date_start
1917
date_end
1981

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