- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".25 linear feet (1 box)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2000-024", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21498", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Maurice Kurtz 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"=>"Maurice Kurtz, playwright and adapter, and one of the founders of International Theatre Institute (ITI). Papers include correspondence with notables of the international theater community."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Maurice Kurtz Papers, *T-Mss 2000-024, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Kurtz, Maurice, 1913-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Maurice Kurtz is a writer, playwright and adapter of plays. In his early career he was an assistant to Erwin Piscator in the Studio Theater. He was instrumental in starting the theater program in UNESCO and was a former secretary-general of the <span class=\"corpname\">International Theatre Institute</span> (ITI). He has also written about theater for <span class=\"title\">Arts</span>, <span class=\"title\">Le Monde</span> and <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span>.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library by Maurice Kurtz in July 2000.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Maurice Kurtz papers span the years 1965-1999 and include correspondence from playwrights and members of the international theatrical community. There is considerable correspondence between Maurice Kurtz and <span class=\"persname\">Arthur Miller</span>, and Kurtz and <span class=\"persname\">J. B. Priestley</span>. Kurtz's interest in international theater and his involvement and relationship with UNESCO and ITI is apparent in most of the correspondence. Letters from <span class=\"persname\">Eugène Ionesco</span>, <span class=\"persname\">René Maheu</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Rolland Romain</span> are in French. Other correspondents include <span class=\"persname\">Samuel Beckett</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Al Hirschfeld</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Arthur Miller</span> and <span class=\"persname\">J. B. Priestley</span>. The Arthur Miller correspondence is primarily about a French published version and later a French production of <span class=\"title\">Incident at Vichy</span>.</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"=>"1965-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1965/1999"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1965
- date_inclusive_end
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1999
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 2000-024"}
{"date"=>"07/--/2000", "source"=>"Kurtz, Maurice", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>".25 o", "value"=>"Gift, Kurtz, Maurice, 07/--/2000"}
- keydate
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1965
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
- date_start
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1965
- date_end
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1999