- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"1.42 lin. ft. (2 boxes)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1997-027", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21434", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Nana Bryant papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Nana Bryant Papers, *T-Mss 1997-027, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bryant, Nana, 1888-1955", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Nana Bryant was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1888. She began her acting career at the age of sixteen when she joined a repertory company that later toured in the West. Bryant was the leading lady in stock companies in San Francisco, Oakland, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine and appeared in <span class=\"title\">Topsy and Eva</span> with the Duncan Sisters. In 1924 she debuted on Broadway in <span class=\"title\">The Firebrand</span>and for the next several years appeared in musicals and comedies in New York.</p> <p> A contract with Columbia Pictures Corporation took her to Hollywood in 1935 and began a motion picture career that lasted twenty years. She played roles in over ninety films including <span class=\"title\">Mad about Music</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</span>, <span class=\"title\">Calling Dr. Gillespie</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Song of Bernadette</span>, <span class=\"title\">Brewster's Millions</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Virginian</span>, <span class=\"title\">Harvey</span>, <span class=\"title\">Bright Victory</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Private War of Major Benson</span>.</p> <p> Her television appearances included roles on <span class=\"title\">Robert Montgomery Presents</span>, <span class=\"title\">Studio One</span>, <span class=\"title\"> Life with Father</span>, <span class=\"title\">Make Room for Daddy</span>, <span class=\"title\">The First Hundred Years</span> and <span class=\"title\">Our Miss Brooks</span>.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>This small collection of Nana Bryant memorabilia was given to the Billy Rose Theatre Division by Helene MacLean in 1997 and 2004.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The focus of the collection is the early part of Bryant's career when she was a stock company leading lady. A scrapbook of clippings about performances in <span class=\"geogname\">California</span>, <span class=\"geogname\">Washington, D.C</span>. and <span class=\"geogname\">Maine</span>, a few fan letters and snapshots document this time. Her Broadway career is represented by opening night telegrams and a published script for <span class=\"title\">The Firebrand</span> in 1924 and a program from the 1945 production of <span class=\"title\">Marriage is for Single People</span>autographed by cast members. The papers also include publicity photos of Bryant from her early days until late in her career, but motion picture stills and unautographed programs were separated from the collection and added to the appropriate Theatre Collection files (see separation sheet). The collection merely touches on a career that spanned over fifty years.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Nana Bryant papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21434#c300338'>Series I: Personal Papers,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1917-1955</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>5 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series includes correspondence which consists of telegrams marking the Broadway opening of <span class=\"title\">The Firebrand</span> and fan mail; Bryant's speech to the <span class=\"corpname\">Portland Business and Professional Woman's League</span>, given when she was part of the <span class=\"corpname\">Jefferson Theatre Company</span>; 1930-1937 income statements; and biographical materials which include magazine articles, clippings, obituaries, and a tribute by <span class=\"persname\">David Hanna</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21434#c300344'>Series II: Ephemera,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1920-1931</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 box and 4 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Ephemera includes publicity photographs of Bryant and snapshots of Bryant and fellow actors in costume for productions of <span class=\"title\">Rollo's Wild Oat</span>, <span class=\"title\">Tiger Rose</span>, and what appears to be <span class=\"title\">Road to Rome</span>; Bryant's annotated copy of the operetta <span class=\"title\">Die Dubarry</span>; a published script of <span class=\"title\">The Firebrand</span>signed by the cast; an autographed program from the 1945 Broadway production of <span class=\"title\">Marriage is for Single People</span>; and a scrapbook of clippings about Bryant's career (1920-1931). The scrapbook also includes clippings about actress <span class=\"persname\">Emelie Melville</span>.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Series I: Personal Papers</p> <p>Series II: Ephemera</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">Always in Trouble</span> - 2</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Counsel for Crime</span> - 2</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Espionage Agent</span> - 5</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Her Husband's Affairs</span> - 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The King Steps Out</span> - 2</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Lincoln in the White House</span> - 3</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">A Little Bit of Heaven</span> - 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Mad About Music</span>- 4</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Man-Proof</span> - 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Nice Girl</span> - 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus</span> - 2</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Private War of Major Benson</span> - 1</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Sinners in Paradise</span> - 3</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">State Department - File 649</span> - 1</li></ul> <ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">Everywoman</span> - 1919</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Once in a Lifetime</span> - 1931</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Road to Rome</span> - 1931</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Roberta</span> - 1946</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Scarlet Pages</span>- 1931</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Song of Norway</span> - 1947 (playbill and souvenir program)</li></ul> <ul> <li>Nana Bryant portrait - C file</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>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1917-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1917/1955"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1917
- date_inclusive_end
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1955
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1997-027"}
{"date"=>"1997", "source"=>"MacLean, Helene", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>"1.42 o", "value"=>"Gift, MacLean, Helene, 1997"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Other programs and motion picture stills were separated from the collection and added to the appropriate Theatre Collection files</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Nana Bryant papers focus primarily on the early part of Bryant's career when she was a stock company leading lady. A scrapbook of clippings about performances in California, Washington, D.C. and Maine, a few fan letters and snapshots document this time. Her Broadway career is represented by opening night telegrams for the Firebrand in 1924 and a program from the 1945 production of Marriage Is for Single People autographed by cast members. The collection merely touches on a career that spanned over fifty years."}
- keydate
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1917
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Susan McArthur.</p>"}
- date_start
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1917
- date_end
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1955