Aviva Slesin collection of research and production materials for the ten-year lunch: the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table

id
583
origination
Slesin, Aviva
date statement
1920s-1988
key date
1920
identifier (local_mss)
22110
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Mss 2010-110
b-number
b18980535
total components
63
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:57 UTC
updated
2026-08-14 02:35:53 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Aviva Slesin collection of research and production materials for the ten-year lunch: the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1920s-1988", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1988"}
physdesc
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origination
{"value"=>"Slesin, Aviva", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Aviva Slesin (b.1943) is a documentary filmmaker based in New York City whose film The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature of 1987.</p><p>The Algonquin Round Table was a group of journalists, editors, actors and press agents that met on a regular basis at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. The group began having lunch together in June 1919 and continued on a regular basis for about eight years.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"Arranged in two series: Series I. Research materials; Series II. Production materials"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection documents the creation of the film The Ten Year Lunch. Slesin acquired significant materials from numerous sources about the core group of the Round Table including Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, Harold Ross, Robert Benchley, Ruth Gordon, and Edna Ferber, as well as satellite figures. Types of materials in this collection include photographs (both originals and copies), personal correspondence and ephemera, telegrams, sound recordings, a script, theatre programs, posters, and bound volumes. Includes the work of notable photographers such as James Abbe, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Nickolas Muray, and Carl Van Vechten. Slesin's production notebook includes a descriptive listing of 702 items that she consulted during her research, most of which are in this final collection. The final script for the film is accompanied by a promotional poster illustrated with a drawing by Al Hirschfeld of the Round Table members.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"internal"=>true, "method"=>"Donated by", "source"=>"Ava Slesin", "date"=>"in 2010", "value"=>"Donated by, Ava Slesin, in 2010"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Audiocassette tapes of oral history interviews with Round Table members were separated to the Library's Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Aviva Slesin collection of research and production materials for the ten-year lunch: the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}
date_inclusive_start
1920
date_inclusive_end
1988
keydate
1920
extent_statement
2 linear feet (4 boxes)
abstract
{"value"=>" This collection documents the creation of the film The Ten Year Lunch. Slesin acquired significant materials from numerous sources about the core group of the Round Table including Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, Harold Ross, Robert Benchley, Ruth Gordon, and Edna Ferber, as well as satellite figures. Types of materials in this collection include photographs (both originals and copies), personal correspondence and ephemera, telegrams, sound recordings, a script, theatre programs, posters, and bound volumes. Includes the work of notable photographers such as James Abbe, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Nickolas Muray, and Carl Van Vechten. Slesin's production notebook includes a descriptive listing of 702 items that she consulted during her research, most of which are in this final collection. The final script for the film is accompanied by a promotional poster illustrated with a drawing by Al Hirschfeld of the Round Table members.", "generated"=>true}
date_start
1920
date_end
1988

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