- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".41 linear feet (1 box)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2000-038", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21524", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Ann Andrews papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Ann Andrews was a stage actress. The papers consist of correspondence from her stage and screen friends."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Ann Andrews Papers, *T-Mss 2000-038, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Andrews, Ann, b. 1895", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p> Ann Andrews (1895?-1986), was a stage actress for the first half of the twentieth century with a wide range of friends in theatrical and motion pictures circles. Born in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 13, 1895 (some sources say 1890), Ann Andrews studied at Egan's Dramatic School in Los Angeles, and made her stage debut in the title role of <span class=\"title\">Nju</span> at the Little Theatre in Los Angeles in October 1916. She repeated this role for her New York stage debut the following March. Her subsequent stage appearances included <span class=\"title\">Seven Days Leave</span> (1917), <span class=\"title\">The Hottentot</span> (1920), <span class=\"title\">Her Temporary Husband</span> (1922), <span class=\"title\">The Captive</span> (1926), George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's <span class=\"title\">The Royal Family of Broadway</span> (1927), Preston Sturges' <span class=\"title\">Recapture</span> (1930), Kaufman & Ferber's <span class=\"title\">Dinner at Eight</span> (1932), <span class=\"title\">Dark Victory</span> (1934), <span class=\"title\">First Love</span> (1936), <span class=\"title\">When We Are Married</span> (1939) and <span class=\"title\">Spring Again</span> (1944). Ann Andrews also toured the United States and Canada in stock, and appeared in two motion pictures, <span class=\"title\">The Girl by the Roadside</span> (1917) and <span class=\"title\">The Cheat</span> (1931).</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was purchased in December of 2000.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Ann Andrews</span> papers span 1918-1963, and consist of letters from her many friends in show business. Among Ms. Andrews' well known friends and correspondents were <span class=\"persname\">Katharine Cornell</span> and her husband <span class=\"persname\">Guthrie McClintic</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Marc Connelly</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Dorothy Parker</span> and her husband <span class=\"persname\">Alan Campbell</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Grace George</span>, <span class=\"persname\">C. Aubrey Smith</span> and his wife <span class=\"persname\">Lady Isabel Smith</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Lenore Ulric</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Carl Van Vechten</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Evelyn Varden</span>. Of particular interest are the letters from actress <span class=\"persname\">Grace George</span> (1879-1962), wife of Broadway producer <span class=\"persname\">William Brady</span>, who writes about her husband's declining years and about working on the film <span class=\"title\">Johnny Come Lately</span> (1943) with James Cagney; and the letters from actor <span class=\"persname\">C. Aubrey Smith</span> (1863-1948) on a variety of topics. After Sir Aubrey's death his wife Lady Isabel picked up the correspondence and continued it for a number of years. Many of Ann Andrews' correspondents mention her <span class=\"subject\">cats</span>, of which she owned more than a dozen.</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>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1918-1963", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1918/1963"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1918
- date_inclusive_end
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1963
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE MSS 2000-038"}
{"date"=>"12/06/2000", "source"=>"Resnick, Stephen & Carol", "method"=>"Purchase", "extent"=>".41 o", "value"=>"Purchase, Resnick, Stephen & Carol, 12/06/2000"}
- keydate
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1918
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
- date_start
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1918
- date_end
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1963