Abbey Theatre records

id
61
origination
Abbey Theatre
date statement
1910-1938
key date
1910
identifier (local_mss)
19204
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Abbey Theatre
b-number
b15929019
total components
68
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:48 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:35:45 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Abbey Theatre", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19204", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1910-1938", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1910/1938"}
date_inclusive_start
1910
date_inclusive_end
1938
keydate
1910
unittitle
{"value"=>"Records"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, financial and legal documents, and a portrait."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The Abbey Theatre in Dublin is an Irish theatrical company, founded in 1904 by William Butler Yeats and Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory. J. M. Synge and Lady Gregory were its first directors. It is devoted to Irish drama.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Some of the materials were among Ria Mooney's correspondence and with Lady Gregory's correspondence.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, financial and legal documents, and a portrait. The manuscripts and typescripts include stage directions, lists of actors, extracts of reviews of performances, schedules, and other matters related to the Theatre, as well as articles, notes, and reviews by Sean O'Casey, a lecture by Alfred Wareing, and addresses by W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and J. M. Synge. The correspondence, dating from 1910 to 1928, includes letters from the Theatre to Sean O'Casey, Lady Gregory, and W. B. Yeats, as well as letters relating to the Theatre between various correspondents, including Sara Allgood, Annie Elizabeth Fredericka Horniman, and Bertha June Lucas. The bulk of the collection consists of financial documents, specifically weekly returns dating from 1920 to 1931, financial statements, and lists of checks made out to various payees.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Abbey Theatre records are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19204#c215217'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19204#c215229'>Financial & Legal Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19204#c215268'>Manuscripts & Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19204#c215283'>Portraits</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, (212) 930-0803</p>"}
origination
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note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash.</p>"}
extent_statement
72 linear feet (items)
date_start
1910
date_end
1938

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