- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2005-015", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21768", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1979-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1979/1996"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1979
- date_inclusive_end
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1996
- keydate
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1979
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Ann Shanks papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The 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"=>"Producer's files for two shows: <span class=\"title\">Lillian</span> and <span class=\"title\">S. J. Perelman in Person</span>."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Ann Shanks Papers, *T-Mss 2005-015. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Shanks, Ann Zane, 1927-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Producer and director for theater, film and television, Ann Shanks produced <span class=\"title\">Lillian</span>, a one-woman show about Lillian Hellman by William Luce starring Zoe Caldwell and directed and produced <span class=\"title\">S. J. Perelman in Person</span>, a one-man show written by her husband, Bob Shanks. She also directed and/or produced various TV movies of the week for CBS and NBC, produced and directed a PBS special on French impressionism and wrote, produced and directed various award-winning short films. Ann Shanks was also an author, photographer and photojournalist. Her photographs were published in magazines and exhibited in museums including the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, and she had a number of books published including <span class=\"title\">Busted Lives: Dialogues with Kids in Jail</span>, illustrated with her photographs.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of producer's files for two shows: <span class=\"title\">Lillian</span>, which opened at the Cleveland Playhouse in 1985, moved to the Kennedy Center and then opened on Brodway in January 1986 and <span class=\"title\">S. J. Perelman in Person</span>, which premiered in 1988. Most of the material is for <span class=\"title\">Lillian</span> and consists of producer's correspondence, contracts and notes; scripts; production materials; publicity including photos, programs and clippings; and financial materials consisting of budgets, bills, receipts and account summaries. Of particular interest are the letters by Lillian Hellman to Ann Shanks, and Hellman's autobiographical writings and transcripts of interviews with her. The series for <span class=\"title\">Perelman</span> is smaller and contains a stage manager's script, producer's correspondence, contracts, notes, production materials and publicity.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ann Shanks papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21768#c453109'>Series I. Lillian</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1979-1989</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Producer's files for <span class=\"title\">Lillian</span>which opened at the Cleveland Playhouse in October 1985 before moving to the Kennedy Center and then opening on Brodway in January 1986 contain correspondence, contracts, notes, scripts, publicity and finanacial materials. Includes letters by Lillian Hellman and Zoe Caldwell to Ann Shanks as well as playwright's research materials including autobiographical writings by Lillian Hellman and transcripts of interviews with her.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21768#c453164'>Series II. S. J. Perelman in Person</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>197?-1996</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 box (.25 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The one-man play by Bob Shanks was directed by Ann Shanks and starred Lewis J. Stadlen as S. J. Perelman.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I. <span class=\"title\">Lillian</span> <ul> <li>Sub-series 1. Scripts and other writings</li> <li>Sub-series 2. Producer's files</li> <li>Sub-series 3. Production materials</li> <li>Sub-series 4. Publicity</li> <li>Sub-series 5. Financial materials</li></ul></li></ul></p> <p> <ul> <li>Series II. <span class=\"title\">S. J. Perelman</span> <ul> <li>Sub-series 1. Scripts</li> <li>Sub-series 2. Producer's files</li> <li>Sub-series 3. Production materials</li> <li>Sub-series 4. Publicity</li></ul></li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Ann Shanks in August 2005.</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>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by ; Machine-readable finding aid created by.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by ; Machine-readable finding aid created\n by .</p>"}
- extent_statement
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1.5 linear feet (3.5 boxes)
- date_start
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1979
- date_end
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1996