Papers of Marguerite and Reta Shaw

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1993-033", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21442", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Papers of Marguerite and Reta Shaw"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1954-1970", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1954/1970"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes and 2 reels of microfilm"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1954

date_inclusive_end

1970

origination

{"value"=>"Shaw, Marguerite, 1916-1983", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Marguerite Shaw, a character actress from South Paris, Maine, made her professional debut as Mabel in THE PAJAMA GAME (1955) and made her Broadway debut replacing her sister, Reta, in that role. She repeated this role on national tour and in various productions, including a tour of South Africa. She appeared again on Broadway as Nellie Burns in TENDERLOIN (1960) and also appeared in summer stock, regional theater and television commercials. Marguerite Shaw, a graduate of Bates College with a Masters degree from Columbia University, was a dean at American University at the time of her professional debut. She was later a professor at Sarah Lawrence College.</p><p>Reta Shaw, the older sister of Marguerite and also a character actress from South Paris, Maine, attended acting school after high school and had her first major appearance with the national touring company of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN. She was on Broadway in IT TAKES TWO, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, PICNIC and THE PAJAMA GAME. Her films include THE PAJAMA GAME, MARY POPPINS, POLLYANNA and BACHELOR IN PARADISE. Her best known roles were on television as the housekeeper in THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR and Aunt Lil in MR. PEEPERS.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection is mostly scrapbooks of photographs and clippings documenting the acting careers of the two Shaws. The scrapbooks also contain correspondence, programs and ephemera. The collection also has Marguerite's annotated actor's side for the part of Mabel in THE PAJAMA GAME and a doll dressed in the Cecil Beaton designed costume for Marguerite's role of Nellie Burns in TENDERLOIN which is stored in the Theatre Collection's T-cabinet, shelf #4.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE MSS 1993-033"}

{"date"=>"08/12/1993", "materials"=>"Papers", "source"=>"Mary Anne Wallace", "address"=>"Special Collections, Westbrook College, Portland, Maine", "method"=>"gift", "extent"=>"1 o", "value"=>"Papers: gift, Mary Anne Wallace, 08/12/1993"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>3 of the scrapbooks are available on microfilm; Billy Rose Theatre Collection, the New York Public Library; call number *ZC-540, 1-2</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>A cassette tape of the memorial service for Marguerite Shaw was transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1954

prefercite

{"value"=>"Papers of Marguerite and Reta Shaw, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" The collection is mostly scrapbooks of photographs and clippings documenting the acting careers of the two Shaws. The scrapbooks also contain correspondence, programs and ephemera. The collection also has Marguerite's annotated actor's side for the part of Mabel in THE PAJAMA GAME and a doll dressed in the Cecil Beaton designed costume for Marguerite's role of Nellie Burns in TENDERLOIN which is stored in the Theatre Collection's T-cabinet, shelf #4.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

2 boxes and 2 reels of microfilm

date_start

1954

date_end

1970

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