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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"2.5 linear feet (3 boxes)"}
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1956-001", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21337", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"Maude Adams collection"}
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Maude Adams Collection, *T-Mss 1956-001, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Adams, Maude, 1872-1953", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Actress <span class=\"persname\">Maude Adams</span> (nee Kiskadden) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 11, 1872. Her parents were James Kiskadden and stock actress Annie Adams. Maude was only a few months old when she made her stage debut during one of her mother's performances. From 1877-1887 she played children's roles in twenty-six plays. In 1890 Charles Frohman engaged both mother and daughter for his new stock company at New York's Empire Theatre. Under his tutelage Miss Adams eventually became John Drew's leading lady, made a great hit in <span class=\"title\">The Masked Ball</span>, and was fortuitously cast in J.M. Barrie's <span class=\"title\">The Little Minister</span>. She met with incredible success as Lady Babbie and went on to become the quintessential Barrie heroine in <span class=\"title\">What Every Woman Knows</span>, <span class=\"title\">Quality Street</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Legend of Leonora</span>, and, of course, <span class=\"title\">Peter Pan</span>. Among her many other successes were roles in <span class=\"title\">L'Aiglon</span>, <span class=\"title\">Chantecler</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Jesters</span>. For years Miss Adams not only performed in New York but also took many of her productions on tour. When she retired from the stage in 1918, she focused on perfecting stage lighting and became interested in color photography for motion pictures. She returned to the stage twice: in 1931 to play Portia in <span class=\"title\">The Merchant of Venice</span> and in 1934 to play Maria in <span class=\"title\">Twelfth Night</span>.</p> <p>In 1937, at the age of 65, she accepted a teaching position at Stephens College in Missouri where she developed an acting program and directed student productions. In 1950, when she was no longer physically able to continue her activities, she returned to her home in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. where she died in 1953 at the age of 81.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>In 1995 gifts from several sources were reprocessed to form this collection. The donors were: Phyllis Robbins and Mrs. Frederick Gore King in 1956, Mrs. Bruce W. Fordham in 1960, Kathryn Mulholland, and the sisters of the Cenacle of St. Regis.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Maude Adams</span> collection reflects many of the actress' varied interests: acting, directing, lighting, writing, sketching, and teaching. Included in the collection, which spans the years 1879-1956, is a small amount of correspondence; writings by Miss Adams and others; papers related to her teaching and directing at <span class=\"corpname\">Stephens College</span>; and programs, autographed material, portraits, clippings, and mementos from friends and colleagues.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Maude Adams collection is arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21337#c297004'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1899-1956</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Letters from Maude Adams include a thank you note to <span class=\"persname\">Robinson Locke</span> (1899), telegrams to the <span class=\"title\">Quality Street</span> company agent S. Goodfriend (1902), letters to her friends Marion and Paralee (1950's), and rough drafts of letters. Letters to Miss Adams include <span class=\"persname\">Julia Tompkins Pottle</span>'s suggestions for M.A.'s proposed film adaptation of <span class=\"title\">Kim</span> (1923) and a note from <span class=\"persname\">Burr McIntosh</span> (1937). Letters about Maude Adams include a copy of a note from <span class=\"persname\">Ruth Gordon</span> to <span class=\"persname\">Phyllis Robbins</span> re: her book <span class=\"title\">Maude Adams: An Intimate Portrait</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21337#c297007'>Series II: Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes Maude Adams' income statement for 1913, two handwritten notebooks, a handmade book by Miss Adams entitled <span class=\"title\">S'milestones</span>, a collection of humorous poems about cast members of <span class=\"title\">The Little Minister</span>, a handpainted birthday card from that same cast, and a bookplate with the initials MEK.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21337#c297014'>Series III: Stephens College Materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>These papers relate to Miss Adams' teaching experience. There are radio scripts for the Humanities course, a copy of her <span class=\"title\">Pamphlet On English Speech and English Verse</span> including handwritten notes, a speech concerning women and national defense, and miscellaneous teaching resource materials. In 1937 Miss Adams staged the college production of <span class=\"title\">Chantecler</span>. Included are her notes, script revisions, and remarks to her students.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21337#c297021'>Series IV: Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of two typescripts [author unknown but may have been written by Miss Adams]: one about the life of Christ and another about Jonah; poems about Peter Pan entitled <span class=\"title\">Betwixt and Between</span> by Katharine Irons Brett; a rough draft of <span class=\"title\">Mary of Des Moines</span> [original title <span class=\"title\">Our Lost World</span>], a play based on Henry James stories and written by Annie Austin Flint in collaboration with Miss Adams; a synopsis of <span class=\"title\">La Chanson de Roland</span>; part of a radio script based on Dicken's <span class=\"title\">Pickwick Papers</span>; and a synopsis entitled <span class=\"title\">Benjy</span> (possibly an idea for a screenplay).</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21337#c297028'>Series V: Art Work</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>A silhouette of Maude Adams in <span class=\"title\">Quality Street</span>, a pencil sketch [artist unknown], and three watercolors by Mary McAndrew based on the <span class=\"title\">Aladdin</span> story complete this series.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21337#c297032'>Series VI: Ephemera</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1879-1937</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>11 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains programs, autographed material, a few photographs, a disassembled scrapbook of portraits and articles about various Maude Adams productions, two Maude Adams calendars, halftones, clippings, and a poster-size memento from the 1937 <span class=\"corpname\">Stephens College</span> production of <span class=\"title\">Chantecler</span> signed by cast and crew. Among the clippings is a series of articles written by Miss Adams in 1926 and 1927 for <span class=\"title\">The Ladies' Home Journal</span> recounting her life in the theater.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Correspondence</li> <li>Series II: Personal Papers</li> <li>Series III: Stephens College Materials</li> <li>Series IV: Writings</li> <li>Series V: Art Work</li> <li>Series VI: Ephemera</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">Chantecler</span>- 1A</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">L'Aiglon</span>- 8A</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Legend of Leonora</span>- 3B</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Little Minister</span>- 3A, 1A, 1C</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Peter Pan</span>- 3B, 1C</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Quality Street</span>- 1A</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Romeo and Juliet</span>- 4A</li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Maude Adams</span>- 25A, 13B, 12C</li> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Ruth Draper</span>- 1A, 1B</li></ul></p> <p> <ul> <li>Friendship calendar presented to Maude Adams in 1912. Each page has a special saying, message, drawing, watercolor or photograph.</li></ul></p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"1879-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1879/1956"}
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1879
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1956
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1956-001"}
{"date"=>"1995", "source"=>"See finding aid", "extent"=>"3 o", "value"=>"See finding aid, 1995"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Maude Adams collection reflects many of the actress' varied interests: acting, directing, lighting, writing, sketching and teaching. The collection spans the years 1879-1956 and includes correspondence, writings by Maude Adams and others; papers relating to her teaching and directing at Stephens College; and programs, autographed material, portraits, clippings, and mementos from friends and colleagues."}
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1879
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Susan McArthur.</p>"}
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1879
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1956