- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5.96 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"24 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 85-78", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18598", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1950s-1975", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1975"}
{"value"=>"1957-1972", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1957/1972"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Lynne Carter collection"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Entertainer, actor, and female impersonator Lynne Carter (ca.1924-1985) was a prominent drag performer who stared in a long-running show with the Jewel Box Review in the 1950s and 1960s. The Lynne Carter collection consists of manuscript music arrangements (vocal scores, conductor scores, and parts), lyrics sheets, scripts, set lists and other materials related to his performances and repertoire."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Lynne Carter collection, Music Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Carter, Lynne", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Entertainer, actor, and female impersonator Lynne Carter (ca.1924-1985) was a prominent drag performer who stared in a long-running show with the Jewel Box Review in the 1950s and 1960s. Carter was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and served in the United States Navy during World War II. He began his performance career in 1947 in a Chicago nightclub where he met Pearl Bailey who became an early supporter of his act. Carter typically performed in clubs and small theaters, primarily on the East and West coasts. He worked with big bands (usually 15 musicians), small ensembles, and with a solo pianist, as well as other dancer groups, such as the Jewel Box Review Chorus Boys and the Four Cartiers. He impersonated many famous actresses and singers including Pearl Bailey, Josephine Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, Fanny Brice, Carol Channing, Cher, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Phyllis Diller, Hermione Gingold, Hildegarde, Eartha Kit, Ethel Merman, Barbara Streisand, Kay Thompson, and Mae West. He also created several original characters. Carter recorded one album entitled <span class=\"title\">She's a He</span> in 1957 on Fiesta Records. He appeared on the Merv Griffen and Mike Douglas TV Shows (1960s), in the Fun City Review (1968), and in the film <span class=\"title\">The Man from O.R.G.Y.</span> (1970). In 1971 Carter became the first female impersonator to perform at Carnegie Hall. Carter's final performances were at the St. Regis-Sheraton Hotel in New York City in 1984. After suffering declining health caused by multiple heart attacks and AIDS related complications, Carter died of pneumonia in Manhattan in 1985.</p> <p>References: Coleman, Bud. \"Carter, Lynne.\" In The Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy, edited by Billy J. Harbin, Kim Marra, and Robert A. Schanke. University of Michigan, 2005.</p> <p>Veasey, Jack. \"Impersonation a 'labor of love' for Lynne Carter.\" Philadelphia Gay News, December 15, 1978.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lynne Carter collection contains published and manuscript music arrangements (vocal scores, conductor scores, and parts), lyrics sheets, scripts, set lists, and other materials related to his performances and repertoire. The bulk of the collection documents Carter's performances at the height of his popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Lynne Carter collection is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/18598#c112929'>Series I: Scripts, Lyrics, and Set Lists</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1950s-1970s</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 box</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Scripts, Lyrics, and Set Lists series is comprised of Carter's miscellaneous writings relating to his performances. These include typed and handwritten lyric sheets (many with sketch notes), monologues and dialogs, stage directions, sketch notes, jokes, and set lists documenting the order of songs and sketches for particular performances. The series documents Carter's impersonations of Mae West, Cher, Bette Davis, Phyllis Diller, Hermione Gingold, Ethel Merman, \"Mrs. Onassis,\" and Pearl Bailey, among others. The script drafts and notes reveal Carter's humorous take on political and cultural topics of the 1960s and 1970s that often include comments on gender identity and gay issues.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/18598#c112931'>Series II: Scores and Parts</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1950s-1970s</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>23 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Scores and Parts series, which makes up the bulk of the collection, contains music from 294 songs and several miscellaneous and untitled scores. This material includes conductor scores and parts for big band ensembles (typically 15 musicians), scores for small combos, and vocal scores (piano and solo voice). Occasionally typed lyric sheets are mixed in with the music. While many scores list an arranger, composer, and lyricist, few are dated. Arrangers include Elman Anderson, Danny Hurd, David Morton, Guy Phillips, Ted Simons, and Paul Weirick, among others. Notable items include the music for: \"Bill Bailey Please Come Home\" (Bette Davis sketch); \"Be a Clown\" (Phyllis Diller sketch); \"In a Country Garden,\" \"Whistle,\" and \"Rule Brittanica\" (Gingold sketch); \"Sunshine\" (Pearl Bailey sketch); \"Down in the Depths\" (Hildegarde sketch); \"Steppin' Out-Hot Femininity\" (Mae West sketch); and \"Jubilee\" (Kay Thompson sketch). Almost the entire series is undated.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lynne Carter collection are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>Series I: Scripts, Lyrics, and Set Lists, [1950s-1970s]</li> <li>Series II: Scores and Parts, [1950s-1970s]</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by unknown, 2011</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Philip Heslip.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The scores have been organized alphabetically by song title with miscellaneous and oversized items (conductors scores) at the end.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Fred Ebb papers, 1927-2004. Music Division, New York Public Library.</span>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1950
- date_inclusive_end
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1975
- keydate
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1950
- extent_statement
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5.96 linear feet (24 boxes)
- date_start
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1950
- date_end
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1975
- date_bulk_start
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1957
- date_bulk_end
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1972