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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"1.3 linear feet (2 boxes)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1981-011", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21412", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Suzanne Caubaye papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Suzanne Caubaye Papers, *T-Mss 1981-011, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Caubaye, Suzanne, d. 1981", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"persname\">Suzanne Caubaye</span> [originally Caubet] was born in Algeria to French parents. Apparently her mother was a doctor working for the French government. Her father was an actor. The family returned to Paris when Caubaye was still an infant. Both her father and her uncle, George Deneubourg were members of Sarah Bernhardt's company.</p> <p>Caubaye made her acting debut at the age of three in a production of <span class=\"title\">Rip Van Winkle</span>. She began playing roles in Bernhardt productions when she was eleven. From 1917 to 1919 Caubaye played ingenue leads in Bernhardt's one-act plays and in single acts from full-length successes during three farewell tours of America and Cuba. At the close of the 1919 tour, Caubaye remained in America. She had a brief film career in Hollywood, appeared in Morris Gest's <span class=\"title\">Midnight Whirl</span> in New York, did a season of French plays with Richard Herndon, and toured in several plays including <span class=\"title\">The Monster</span>.</p> <p> In 1926 she won rave notices for the role of Nubi in the Broadway production of <span class=\"title\">The Squall</span>. Among other Broadway plays in which she appeared were <span class=\"title\">The Stolen Lady</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ringside</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Imported Wife</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Great Barrington</span>. After Caubaye replaced Irene Bordoni in <span class=\"title\">Louisiana Purchase</span>, she played many of Bordoni's parts on the road.</p> <p>Caubaye appeared frequently on television in shows such as <span class=\"title\">The Goldbergs</span>, <span class=\"title\">I Spy</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Kraft Theatre</span> and was heard on the radio in <span class=\"title\">The Fat Man</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fred Allen</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Ma Perkins</span>, to name only a few.</p> <p>As a writer, Caubaye collaborated with Anne Partridge on the play <span class=\"title\">Sarah</span> and wrote articles about her experiences with Bernhardt. She also collaborated on several plays with her husband Crane Wilbur (they divorced in 1928).</p> <p>Suzanne Caubaye died at the Actors' Fund Home in New Jersey in 1981.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers were given to the Billy Rose Theatre Division by the Actors' Fund upon Suzanne Caubaye's death in 1981. She had been a resident of the <span class=\"corpname\">Actors' Fund Home</span> in New Jersey.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers range from 1919 to 1979 and include a newsy thank you note from <span class=\"persname\">James Mason</span>, a script by <span class=\"persname\">Crane Wilbur</span>, and a script and drafts of Caubaye's articles about <span class=\"persname\">Sarah Bernhardt</span>. Among the Bernhardt ephemera are a violet from her grave, a translation of her baptismal certificate, and photostats of Bernhardt's letter introducing Caubaye to the American public. The scrapbook contains clippings, programs, and photographs documenting Caubaye's stage career beginning with her first hit <span class=\"title\">The Squall</span> in 1926 and ending with a 1966 published article about Bernhardt.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Suzanne Caubaye papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21412#c299878'>Series I: Personal Papers,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1924-1979</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains three letters, including one from <span class=\"persname\">James Mason</span> (1959), and a typescript of Crane Wilbur's play <span class=\"title\">The Imported Wife</span> [ca. 1924].</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21412#c299881'>Series II: Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Drafts of articles about <span class=\"persname\">Sarah Bernhardt</span> by Caubaye and <span class=\"title\">Sarah</span>, a play based on Bernhardt's life by Caubaye in collaboration with <span class=\"persname\">Anne Partridge</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21412#c299884'>Series III: Sarah Bernhardt materials,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1919-1923</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>An assortment of Bernhardt ephemera including photostats of Bernhardt's letter of introduction for Caubaye.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21412#c299886'>Series IV: Scrapbook</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1924-1966</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 volume</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The scrapbook consists of clippings, programs, and photographs documenting the life and career of Suzanne Caubaye.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Personal Papers</li> <li>Series II: Writings</li> <li>Series III: Sarah Bernhardt Materials</li> <li>Series IV: Scrapbook</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1919-1979", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1919/1979"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1919
- date_inclusive_end
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1979
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1981-011"}
{"date"=>"1981", "source"=>"Actor's Fund Home", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>"1.3 o", "value"=>"Gift, Actor's Fund Home, 1981"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Suzanne Caubaye papers range from 1919 to 1979 and document her career as an actress and a writer. The collection includes a note from James Mason, a script by Crane Wilbur and a script and drafts of Caubaye's articles about Sarah Bernhardt. Among the Bernhardt ephemera are a violet from Bernhardt's grave, a translation of her baptismal certificate and photostats of Bernhardt's letter introducing Caubaye to the American public. The scrapbook contains clippings, programs and photographs documenting Caubaye's stage career beginning with her first hit THE SQUALL in 1926 and ending with a 1966 published article about Sarah Bernhardt."}
- keydate
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1919
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Susan McArthur.</p>"}
- date_start
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1919
- date_end
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1979