- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2013-052", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21903", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1880s-1940", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1880/1940"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1880
- date_inclusive_end
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1940
- keydate
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1880
- date_start
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1880
- date_end
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1940
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Randolph Somerville collection of autographed photographs"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".75 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"This collection includes photographs and prints of actors and actresses from the late 19th and early 20th century, especially those associated with Shakespearean theatre in New York City. The images were primarily collected by professor Randolph Somerville and most images are signed. Among the most prominent figures represented are Viola Allen, Henrietta Crosman, Walter Hampden, Lyn Harding, Adelaide Neilson, Julia Marlowe Southern, Helena Modjeska, Ada Rehan, E. H. Southern, and Herbert Beerbohm Tree."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Randolph Somerville collection of autographed photographs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Somerville, Randolph", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Randolph Somerville was a professor of dramatic art at New York University and also director of the Washington Square Players Repertory Company, which existed from 1914 to 1918.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of photographs and a few photomechanical reproductions of actors and actresses primarily known for roles in Shakespearean theatre. Most of the images show the performers in costume, often for roles on the New York stage. Among the most prominent figures represented are Viola Allen, Henrietta Crosman, Walter Hampden, Lyn Harding, Adelaide Neilson, Julia Marlowe Southern, Helena Modjeska, Ada Rehan, E. H. Southern, and Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Most of the images are autographed to Somerville, although others are autographed to other people, or are simply signed. Some images are not autographed at all. The earliest dated image is from 1887 and the latest is from 1940.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The images are arranged alphabetically by performer's last name.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division at an unknown time by an unknown donor, possibly Randolph Somerville. The collection was formerly cataloged as MWEZ+n. c. 18, 404 and 18, 406</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Processed by Annemarie van Roessel, February 2013</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.75 linear feet