Susan Chute papers

id
5845
origination
Chute, Susan
date statement
1985-1996
key date
1985
identifier (local_mss)
21490
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Mss 1999-022
b-number
b14903165
total components
11
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:26 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 20:09:23 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".75 linear feet (2 boxes)"}
unitid
{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1999-022", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21490", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Susan Chute papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Susan Chute Papers, *T-Mss 1999-022, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Chute, Susan", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Susan Chute is a stage lighting designer who has created her own designs and worked as an assistant or associate to several prominent designers, notably Richard Nelson, Stephen Strawbridge, James F. Ingalls, and special effects designer Gergory Meeh of Jauchem & Meeh, Inc.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The collection was donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library by Susan Chute in 1999.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of production materials from nine plays reflecting the work of Susan Chute as well as her work as a design associate/assistant. It includes scripts, lighting plots, notes, schedules, scenic breakdowns, contact sheets and equipment lists. The productions, arranged alphabetically by title, are: Scarlatti's opera, <span class=\"title\">La Caduta de' Decemviri</span>, The National Actors Theatre 1994 production of Clifford Odets' <span class=\"title\">The Flowering Peach</span>, <span class=\"title\">Gray's Anatomy</span> by Jim Leonard, Jr., the musical, <span class=\"title\">Jekyll and Hyde</span> in its pre-Broadway tour, <span class=\"title\">Rum and Coke</span> by Keith Reddin (script only), <span class=\"title\">Shoeman</span> by Jeff Daniels (lighting plot only), <span class=\"title\">Swinging on a Star</span> by Michael Leeds, Shakespeare's <span class=\"title\">Timon of Athens</span> (script only), and <span class=\"title\">Translations</span> by Brian Friel (script only).</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1985-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1985/1996"}
date_inclusive_start
1985
date_inclusive_end
1996
acqinfo
{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1999-022"}
{"date"=>"10/12/1999", "materials"=>"Scripts", "source"=>"Susan Chute", "method"=>"gift", "value"=>"Scripts: gift, Susan Chute, 10/12/1999"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Collection consists of production material from nine plays reflecting the work of Susan Chute, as well as her work as design associate/assistant. Includes scripts, lighting plots, notes, schedules, scenic breakdowns, contact sheets, equipment lists, etc. While some titles consist of the script alone, or script and a single lighting plot, the titles with extensive lighting documentation are LA CADUTA DE' DECEMVIRI, THE FLOWERING PEACH and JEKYLL & HYDE."}
keydate
1985
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Elisabeth Elkind.</p>"}
date_start
1985
date_end
1996

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