- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"50 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"112 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 06-26", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20424", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1935-2007", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1935/2007"}
{"value"=>"1970s-1990s", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1970/1999"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Margaret Carson papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Margaret Carson Papers document the work of one of New York City’s leading classical music publicists of the 20th century. They consist of clippings, correspondence, promotional material, press kits, photographs, concert programs and itineraries."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Margaret Carson Papers, JPB 06-26. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Margaret Carson was born in Salt Lake City in 1911, and lived in Ohio from approximately 1920-1939. She majored in political science at the University of Toledo, and received a master’s degree in social administration from Ohio State University. Carson’s publicity work began in Ohio for the Toledo Community Chest during the years 1937-1938. She married Charles Carson, a reporter and editor in Cleveland, with whom she had a son, also named Charles. They divorced, and she found work in New York City with Constance Hope Associates, the leading public relations firm in the city. In the early 1940s she created the Margaret Carson Agency, where one of her clients was the opera star Gladys Swarthout. Carson was the press representative for the Metropolitan Opera from 1944-1954. After a year off, in 1956 she handled press for her friend Margaret Truman’s wedding to Clifton Daniel.</p> <p>Carson’s major clients over the years included Leonard Bernstein, Barry Tuckwell, Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony, Benny Goodman, Neville Marriner, Mitch Miller, the Metropolitan Opera, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Music Festival and the New England Conservatory of Music, among many others.</p> <p>Her second husband, Carl Ruff, was a press agent and the father of her daughter, Carla. Ruff also adopted her son Charles, but the marriage ended in divorce. She married Robert Sherrod in 1961, editor for the Saturday Evening Post, but divorced him in 1972. Her son Charles, who died in 2000, led a successful career as a lawyer, including work with the Watergate trial and defending President Clinton during his impeachment hearing.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Margaret Carson Papers consist of files devoted to her publicity work with classical musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Barry Tuckwell; and organizations such as the Metropolitan Opera, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the New England Conservatory, and the New World Symphony. The majority of these materials date from the 1970s-1990s. Many of her early clients are not well documented. The Papers mainly consist of media clippings, correspondence, promotional material, press kits, photographs, concert programs and artist itineraries. Leonard Bernstein was one of Carson’s most important clients; papers concerning him make up the largest portion of the collection devoted to a single artist. There are few personal materials in the collection.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Margaret Carson papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20424#c618227'>Series I: General Office Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1938 - 2006 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>7 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of general files kept by the Carson Office, such as clippings and subject-specific folders used for research purposes. It documents Margaret Carson’s career primarily through her correspondence and photographs.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20424#c618362'>Series II: Leonard Bernstein Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1944 - 2006 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>39 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series documents Carson’s publicity work for Leonard Bernstein during the last twenty years of his life and details much of the effort behind maintaining his legacy. There are six sub-series: Biographical Materials, Correspondence, Concerts, Productions, Speeches and Writings, and Clippings.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20424#c619039'>Series III: Other Client files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1935 - 2007 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>59 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>A typical client file in this series consists of biographies, correspondence, press kits and releases, programs, promotional materials, schedules, photographs, and clippings. Much of the correspondence is between the Carson Office and people or organizations involved with the particular client, although some folders contain letters between Carson and her client. Some files are for artists who were only prospective clients, and never engaged Carson’s services. Clients with substantial documentation include Antonio de Almeida, Alfred Brendel, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Neville Marriner, Mitch Miller, the Metropolitan Opera, the New World Symphony, the New England Conservatory, the Pacific Music Festival, Paul Sperry, Michael Tilson Thomas and Barry Tuckwell.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20424#c620043'>Series IV: Oversized Materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1951 - 1997 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains photographs, publications, posters, promotional material and scrapbooks (composed mainly of clippings). Some items are inscribed and/or autographed.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is organized into four series and six sub-series. They are:<ul> <li>Series I: General Office Files, 1938-2006, undated</li> <li>Series II: Leonard Bernstein Files, 1944-2006, undated<ul> <li>Sub-series 1 – Correspondence, 1972-1995, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2 – Biographical Materials, 1945-2006, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3 – Concerts, 1966-1995, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4 – Productions, 1944-2004, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5 – Speeches and Writings, 1972-1992, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 6 – Clippings, 1957-2004, undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series III: Other Client Files, 1935-2007 and undated</li> <li>Series IV: Oversized Materials, 1951-1997 and undated</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Margaret Carson donated the Margaret Carson Papers to the Music Division in 1995. Additional files were received after her death in October 2007.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1935
- date_inclusive_end
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2007
- keydate
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1935
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Anastasia Karel and Jeffrey Stovich; Machine-readable finding aid created by Matthew Snyder.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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50 linear feet (112 boxes)
- date_start
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1935
- date_end
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2007
- date_bulk_start
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1970
- date_bulk_end
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1999