Ona Munson papers

id
4722
origination
Munson, Ona, 1906-1955
date statement
1906-1949
key date
1906
identifier (local_mss)
21247
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Mss 1990-012
b-number
b11447992
total components
56
total series
3
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:07 UTC
updated
2017-05-24 12:30:17 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
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{"value"=>"21247", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Ona Munson papers"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1906-1949", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1906/1949"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 lin. ft (8 scrapbooks, 5 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
date_inclusive_start
1906
date_inclusive_end
1949
origination
{"value"=>"Munson, Ona, 1906-1955", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Ona Munson, an actress, was born June 16, 1906 in Portland, Oregon. She began her professional career in 1922 as a dancer in vaudeville in New York. Three years later she was a musical comedy star appearing in No, No, Nanette, Tip-Toes, Twinkle, Twinkle and Hold Everything. Miss Munson was soon discovered by Hollywood and appeared in several films, including Five Star Final with Edward G. Robinson. She returned to Broadway to appear in a number of dramatic plays, including As Husbands Go, The Silver Cord and Ghosts. Returning to Hollywood, she played in twenty more films, including Gone with the Wind, Wagons Westward, The Shanghai Gesture and Dakota.</p><p>Miss Munson was married to Edward Buzzell, 1926-1931, Stewart MacDonald, 19??-19?? and Eugene Berman, 1950-1955. She died February 11, 1955 in New York City.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"I. Scrapbooks, 1919-1943; II. Contracts and Programmes, 1924-1935; III. Photographs, 1906-1949", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Ona Munson collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, contracts and programs which document her life and career.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ona Munson papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21247#c1127625'>Series I. Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Clippings, photographs, reviews and telegrams re productions in which Miss Munson appeared.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21247#c1127635'>Series II. Contracts and Programmes</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21247#c1127643'>Series III. Photographs</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"accession_number"=>"the"}
{"materials"=>"3.5 lin. ft."}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1906
prefercite
{"value"=>"Ona Munson papers, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}
extent_statement
3 linear feet (8 scrapbooks, 5 boxes)
abstract
{"value"=>" The Ona Munson collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, contracts and programs which document her life and career.", "generated"=>true}
date_start
1906
date_end
1949

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