- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".8 linear feet (2 boxes)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1989-001", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21294", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1895-1952", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1895/1952"}
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1895
- date_inclusive_end
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1952
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1895
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Una Abell Brinker 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>Una Abell Brinker Papers, *T-Mss 1989-001, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Brinker, Una Abell, 1874-1952", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"persname\">Una Abell Brinker</span> was born in Wayne, Michigan in 1874. She made her debut in Newark, New Jersey at age 24 in <span class=\"title\">Blue Jeans</span>, a melodrama. She soon became an idol of the theater going public, performing in over 1000 roles and earning the distinction, First Lady of the Newark Theatre. Her first husband, H. Coulter Brinker, was her leading man in many productions of the Columbia Theater Stock Company. She later married theatrical producer Jacob H. Kahn. Miss Brinker conducted her own stock companies at the Neu Century, Orpheum and Newark Theatres in Newark, as well as the Lee Avenue Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. She played with Sarah Bernhardt, Modjeska and Rhea in repertoire, in addition to Maurice, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore in such plays as <span class=\"title\">Camille</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Prisoner of Zenda</span>, <span class=\"title\">Romany Rye</span> and <span class=\"title\">Under the City Lamps</span>. She made her farewell to the stage at age 50 in <span class=\"title\">The Ruined Lady</span>. She died in New York on November 12, 1952.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Joan Arbuse, daughter of Una Abell Brinker.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Una Abell Brinker</span> Papers consist of scrapbook clippings of her theatrical career, family photographs and personal effects, some correspondence and unpublished memoirs, spanning the years 1895-1952. The value of this collection is in its newspaper documentation of the Newark theatre in the early 20th century, as well as Miss Brinker's personal recollections of famous performers with whom she appeared. The collection also contains correspondence from <span class=\"persname\">Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Wendell L. Willkie</span>.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Una Abell Brinker papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21294#c293448'>Series I: Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1895-1952</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>.4 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Contains both professional and personal correspondence spanning the dates 1895-1952, including letters from such individuals as <span class=\"persname\">Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Wendell L. Willkie</span>.</p> <p>The majority of Una Abell Brinker's outgoing correspondence are handwritten letters to her daughter, Joan. The highlight of this section are her brief handwritten memoirs on performers with whom she collaborated, including <span class=\"persname\">Sarah Bernhardt</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.</span>, among others. Several manuscripts are also included: her grandfather's handwritten reminiscences and an autobiographical typescript. This series includes historic family photographs (tintypes), as well as stage portraits of the actress. Rounding out the collection are sheet music of the “Brinker-Abell March” and her baptismal cap.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21294#c293465'>Series II: Clipping and Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1900-1952</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>.4 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists mostly of clippings and scrapbooks pertaining to Una Abell Brinker's career in the Newark theatre. The range of dates covered is 1900-1952. There are obituary files for both Miss Brinker and her second husband, <span class=\"persname\">Jacob H. Kahn</span>, a theatre producer. One scrapbook remnant is devoted to the accidental death of her first husband and leading man, <span class=\"persname\">H. Coulter Brinker</span>, due to a fall in 1900.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Una Abell Brinker Papers are organized in two series. They are:</p> <ul> <li>I. Personal Papers</li> <li>II. Clippings and Scrapbooks</li></ul>", "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>"}
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE"}
{"date"=>"1989", "source"=>"Joan Arbuse", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>".8 o", "value"=>"Gift, Joan Arbuse, 1989"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The papers of Una Abell Brinker contain photographs, correspondence, personal mementos, unpublished writings and clippings of both her private life and career in the Newark theater and span the years 1895 to 1952."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Kenneth Schlesinger and Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
- date_start
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1895
- date_end
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1952