- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.88 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1975-006", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21818", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1956-1963", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1956/1963"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1956
- date_inclusive_end
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1963
- keydate
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1956
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Theatre Guild United States Steel Hour records"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Theatre Guild <span class=\"title\">United States Steel Hour</span> Records are comprised of correspondence, financial records, casting, rehearsal, and recording notes, as well as some scripts for productions that were telecast as part of <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span> television series. <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span>, which was a continuation of the Guild's earlier radio anthology series, <span class=\"title\">Theatre Guild of the Air</span> (1945-1953), ran for two seasons (1953-1955) on the ABC Television Network. In 1955, it moved to the CBS television network, where it remained through 1963."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Theatre Guild <span class=\"title\">United States Steel Hour</span> Records, *T-Mss 1975-006. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Theatre Guild", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>By the 1940s, the Theatre Guild, a prestigious theatrical production company, had evolved from its more radical beginnings in 1919 to become established as an almost <span class=\"emph\">de facto</span> national theater for the United States. In 1945, as part of an effort to reach a broader audience, the Guild developed a radio program, <span class=\"title\">The Theatre Guild on the Air</span>. This anthology series initially presented live broadcasts of adaptations of plays which had been produced originally by the Guild, such as Ferenc Molnár's <span class=\"title\">The Guardsman</span> (1945) with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. It also occasionally offered dramatic works which had been staged by other producers. First broadcast on the ABC Radio Network (1945-1949), the program's sponsor was the United States Steel Corporation. Arminia Marshall (wife of one of the Guild's original founders, Lawrence Langner) was responsible for coordinating the administrative aspects of the radio program for the Guild.</p> <p><span class=\"title\">Theatre Guild on the Air</span> was heard on the NBC Radio Network from the fall of 1949 to the spring of 1953, when it was revamped as a television series, <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span>. The show, which presented a mixture of original plays for television and adaptations of other works, ran for two seasons on the ABC Television Network. In September 1955, <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span> moved to the CBS Television Network, where it remained through 1963. Notable productions over the years included Ira Levin's adaptation of <span class=\"title\">No Time for Sergeants</span> (1955), Rod Serling's <span class=\"title\">Noon on Doomsday</span> (1956), <span class=\"title\">Bang the Drum Slowly</span> (1956) by Arnold Shuman, <span class=\"title\">Survival</span> (1957) by Alfred Brenner, and James Yaffe's version of <span class=\"title\">The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon</span> (1959). The final episode of the series, another adaptation of J. M. Barrie's <span class=\"title\">The Old Lady Shows Her Medals</span>, starring Lunt and Fontanne, aired on June 12, 1963.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Theatre Guild <span class=\"title\">United States Steel Hour</span> Records are comprised of correspondence, financial records, casting, rehearsal, and recording notes, as well as some scripts for productions that were telecast as part of <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span> television series. Most of the material concerns productions which aired during 1961-1963, the final years in which the program was broadcast on CBS Television. During this period, William B. (Bill) Nichols served as the Theatre Guild's producer for the series. Much of the correspondence is addressed either to Nichols or to casting director Caro Jones. Also included with the collection are some production files and scripts for what appear to have been Off-Broadway projects optioned or produced independently by Nichols. Among these projects was the play, <span class=\"title\">Cockeyed Kite</span> (1961), by Joseph Caldwell, which ran for only seven performances at the Actor's Playhouse. Included in the collection is a <span class=\"title\">Cockeyed Kite</span> script, as well as related publicity materials such as press releases, headshots, and original publicity questionnaires completed by many members of the company, including one from Gene Hackman, who had been cast in a lead role, but who dropped out of the production before opening night.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Theatre Guild United States Steel Hour records are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21818#c492047'>Series I: Correspondence and Production Files, and</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1957 - 1963</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Correspondence and Production Files consist chiefly of correspondence and financial records, for televised plays mounted by <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span> during Bill Nichols’s tenure as a producer for the series. While some of the correspondence was found in separate files marked “personal,” these files contain only a few items concerning Nichols’s routine personal affairs; the majority of the correspondence relates to his work on <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span>. Also included are some files documenting Off-Broadway projects developed by Nichols. While the contents vary, production files on individual titles frequently include casting and rehearsal notes, invoices, and correspondence. The most extensively documented show in the collection is <span class=\"title\">The Duchess and the Smugs</span> (1962), which starred Patty Duke and Fritz Weaver.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21818#c492108'>Series II: Scripts, and</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1962 - 1963</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Scripts series contains only a few of the complete scripts for episodes in the television series, <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span>, including <span class=\"title\">The Duchess and the Smugs</span> (1962) and <span class=\"title\">The Soldier Ran Away</span> (1962). Other scripts included with this series are for works for the stage that were either produced or optioned by Bill Nichols, such as Joseph Caldwell's <span class=\"title\">The Cockeyed Kite</span> (1961).</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Correspondence and Production Files, 1957-1963 and undated</li> <li>Series II: Scripts, 1962-1963 and undated</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>The Theatre Guild Archive is held by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Helice Koffler; Machine-readable finding aid created by Helice Koffler.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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1.88 linear feet (5 boxes)
- date_start
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1956
- date_end
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1963