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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1987-008", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21407", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"Mike Kellin papers"}
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"2.3 linear feet (8 boxes"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10023-7498</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of item], Mike Kellin Papers, *T Mss 1987-008, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Kellin, Mike, 1922-1983", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"persname\">Myron Kellin</span>, known as <span class=\"persname\">Mike Kellin</span> was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 26, 1922. He attended several universities, eventually earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He served as a Lt. Commander in the US Navy during WWII. Afterwards, he enrolled at the Randall School of the Theatre of Hartford in 1946. He has appeared in more than 50 plays, 75 movies, and 200 TV show episodes, including:<span class=\"title\"> The Odd Couple</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fiddler on the Roof</span>, <span class=\"title\">Kojak</span>, <span class=\"title\">Lost in Space</span>, <span class=\"title\">Midnight Express</span>, and <span class=\"title\">So Fine</span>. He also wrote and directed his own productions; including <span class=\"title\">Riff Raff Revue</span>. He was an active volunteer in various Jewish organizations and several theaters. He won many awards, notably an Obie Award in 1976 for his performance in David Mamet's <span class=\"title\">American Buffalo</span>. He died in Nyack, New York in 1983 at age 61 from lung cancer.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p> The Mike Kellin Papers were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 1987. The materials are in good condition. All clippings have been photocopied onto acid-free paper for preservation purposes.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers of Mike Kellin document his personal life and acting career from the late 1940's to the early 1980's. The collection includes correspondence, biographical materials, scripts he wrote, awards, photos, press releases, writings, scripts of performances he acted in, speeches and poems and newsclippings. Newsclippings, photographs, and scripts of his performances make up the bulk of the collection.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Mike Kellin papers are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21407#c723849'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1946 - 1981</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>.21 linear feet (1 box)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><div class=\"arrangement\"> <p>Arranged chronologically</p></div> <p>This series includes correspondence sent and received by Mike Kellin. It spans the years from 1946 - 1983. There are letters, postcards, telegrams, and cards which are arranged chronologically by decade; and in each folder alphabetically by sender.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21407#c723855'>Series II: Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1940-1980</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>.21 linear feet (1 box)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><div class=\"arrangement\"> <p>Arranged alphabetically</p></div> <p>This series consists of Actor's Equity statements and contracts, awards, personal photographs, Kellin's directing photographs, television and news releases, cast photographs, and unidentified performance photographs.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21407#c723861'>Series III: Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1940-1980</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>.21 linear feet (1 box)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><div class=\"arrangement\"> <p>Arranged alphabetically</p></div> <p>This series contains scripts which Kellin wrote, <span class=\"title\">The Mermaid of Halong Bay</span>,<span class=\"title\"> Mr. Peepers</span> episode, <span class=\"title\">A Play- (the likes of which)</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Single Secret</span>. Also included are: biographical writings, speeches, poetry, and copies of an activist newsletter from Rockland County. Kellin's own letter (relating to civil rights issues) is included, along with a petition against NY police.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21407#c723865'>Series IV: Scripts</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1940- 1980</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1.1 linear feet (3 boxes)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><div class=\"arrangement\"> <p>Arranged alphabetically</p></div> <p>These are arranged alphabetically by title. All scripts are from performances in which Kellin appeared. All are annotated in Kellin's hand; including <span class=\"title\">The Odd Couple</span>, <span class=\"title\">Rhinoceros</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Winkelberg</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21407#c723882'>Series V: Clippings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1940-1983</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>.63 linear feet (2 boxes)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><div class=\"arrangement\"> <p>[Arranged alphabetically by production title]</p></div> <p>Arranged alphabetically by production title, this series contains preservation photocopies of newspaper and magazine clippings. They are about Kellin's performances, and about Kellin.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Series I: Correspondence</li> <li>Series II: Personal Papers</li> <li>Series III: Writings</li> <li>Series IV: Scripts</li> <li>Series V: Clippings</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<ul class=\"list\"> <div class=\"head\">\"B\" File Photographs</div> <li> <span class=\"title\">At War With The Army</span> (Motion picture) - 7</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Butterfingers Angel...</span> - 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Death of a Salesman</span>- 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Duck Variations</span> - 5</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Fiddler on the Roof</span> - 3</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Have Gun Will Travel</span> (Television program) - 6</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Hell is for Heroes</span>(Motion picture) - 2</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Hurricane Smith</span>(Motion picture) - 3</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Jazz Singer</span>(Motion picture) - 10</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Joan of Lorraine</span>- 2</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Lost in Space</span>(Television program) - 4</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Midnight Express</span>(Motion picture) -1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Mother Courage and her Children</span>- 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Mountain Road</span>(Motion picture) - 2</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Odd Couple</span>- 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">On the Yard</span>(Motion picture) - 3</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Riot</span>(Motion picture) - 12</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Ritz</span>- 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Pipe Dream</span>- 6</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Tchin-Tchin</span>- 3</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">There Was a Tribe of Indians</span>and <span class=\"title\">When Princes Could Be Waiters</span> - 6</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Teyva and His Daughters</span>- 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Three Sisters</span> - 2</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Wackiest Ship in the Army</span>(Motion picture) - 5</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Wackiest Ship in the Army</span>(Television program) - 6</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Winkelberg</span> - 7</li> <li>Head shots of<span class=\"persname\"> Mike Kellin</span> - 55</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <div class=\"head\">\"A\" File Photographs</div> <li> <span class=\"title\">Ankles Aweigh</span>- 3</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Bird Cage</span>- 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Pipe Dream</span>- 7</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">We Take the Town</span>- 5</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <div class=\"head\">\"C\" File Photographs</div> <li> <span class=\"title\">Hell is for Heroes</span>(Motion picture) - 6</li> <li>Head shots of <span class=\"persname\">Mike Kellin</span>- 29</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <div class=\"head\">Autographed Photographs</div> <li> <span class=\"persname\">Jessica Tandy</span> - 1</li></ul>"}
- 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>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Amy Danielien.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1946-1983", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1946/1983"}
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1946
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1983
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1987-008"}
{"date"=>"1987", "source"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>"4.51 o", "value"=>"Gift, See donor file, 1987"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The papers of Mike Kellin document his personal life and acting career from the late 1940's to the early 1980's. The collection includes correspondence, biographical materials, scripts he wrote, awards, photos, TV and news releases, writings, scripts of performances he acted in, speeches, poems and newsclippings. Newsclippings, photographs, and scripts of his performances make up the bulk of the collection."}
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1946
- date_start
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1946
- date_end
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1983