- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 214", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"214", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Victor Barnowsky papers"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1920-1949", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1949"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.8 linear feet (5 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- date_inclusive_start
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1920
- date_inclusive_end
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1949
- origination
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{"value"=>"Barnowsky, Victor, 1876-1952", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Victor Barnowsky was a German playwright and theater director. After emigrating to the U.S. from Europe in the 1930s, he taught theatre and dramatics at Fordham University and Hunter College in New York City.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Six series: I. Correspondence; II. Dramatic Production Papers; III. Writings - Non-fiction; IV. Writings - Fiction; V. Biographical Papers; VI. Photographs"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence and scripts of Barnowsky's plays including The Hand that Rocked the Cradle and Women at the Helm; outlines or synopses for adaptations of Ibsen's Ghosts, Schiller's Don Carlos and others; drafts of book entitled Matinée Idol; and Barnowsky's essays on Greek drama. Also, university lectures by Barnowsky on the history of theatre; reminiscences about his career in Germany; biographical papers; and photographs of Alexander Granach, an actor who worked with Barnowsky.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"MSS 61M42"}
{"date"=>"04/14/61", "source"=>"Theatre Collection", "method"=>"Transfer", "value"=>"Transfer, Theatre Collection, 04/14/61"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Collection consists of correspondence and scripts of Barnowsky's plays including The Hand that Rocked the Cradle and Women at the Helm; outlines or synopses for adaptations of Ibsen's Ghosts, Schiller's Don Carlos and others; drafts of book entitled Matinée Idol; and Barnowsky's essays on Greek drama. Also, university lectures by Barnowsky on the history of theatre; reminiscences about his career in Germany; biographical papers; and photographs of Alexander Granach, an actor who worked with Barnowsky."}
- keydate
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1920
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Victor Barnowsky papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}
- extent_statement
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2.8 linear feet (5 boxes)
- date_start
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1920
- date_end
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1949