Robert A. Wilson slides

id
5276
origination
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-
date statement
1956-1969
key date
1956
identifier (local_mss)
21560
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Vim 1985-004
b-number
b15078116
total components
20
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:16 UTC
updated
2026-08-16 02:26:03 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".63 linear feet (2 boxes)"}
unitid
{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1985-004", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21560", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Robert A. Wilson slides"}
repository
{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
abstract
{"value"=>"Robert A. Wilson, proprietor of the Phoenix Bookshop (New York, N.Y.). Color slides of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Robert A. Wilson Slides, *T-VIM 1985-004, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"persname\">Robert A. Wilson</span> was the third proprietor of the <span class=\"corpname\">Phoenix Bookshop</span> from 1962 to 1988. A great lover of literature, he not only sponsored new writers but collected rare books and manuscripts and published the work of many writers of his day.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The collection was donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library by Robert A. Wilson in 1985.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Robert A. Wilson</span> slides span the years 1956 to 1969 and include many notable Broadway and Off-Broadway shows of that era. Included are <span class=\"title\">The Ballad of the Sad Café</span>, <span class=\"title\">Cabaret</span>, <span class=\"title\">Camelot</span>, <span class=\"title\">Everything in the Garden</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flower Drum Song</span>, <span class=\"title\">Gypsy</span>, <span class=\"title\">Irma La Douce</span>, <span class=\"title\">Macbeth</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mame</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Miracle Worker</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mother Courage and Her Children</span>, <span class=\"title\">Night of the Iguana</span>, <span class=\"title\">Period of Adjustment</span>, <span class=\"title\">Porgy and Bess</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Price</span>, <span class=\"title\">Show Boat</span>, <span class=\"title\">South Pacific</span>, <span class=\"title\">Sweet Charity</span>, <span class=\"title\">Tovarich</span>, <span class=\"title\">A Very Rich Woman</span>, <span class=\"title\">Wildcat</span> and <span class=\"title\">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</span></p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The collection was reprocessed with a finding aid written in 2001.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1956-1969", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1956/1969"}
date_inclusive_start
1956
date_inclusive_end
1969
acqinfo
{"date"=>"1985", "materials"=>"Slides", "source"=>"Robert A. Wilson", "method"=>"gift", "extent"=>"2 o", "value"=>"Slides: gift, Robert A. Wilson, 1985"}
keydate
1956
date_start
1956
date_end
1969

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