- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1998-038", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21465", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Captain Kangaroo scripts"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Jon Stone winner of 18 Emmy awards for his work in television was the writer of the <span class=\"title\">Captain Kangaroo</span> program. <span class=\"title\">Captain Kangaroo</span> began in 1955 and was an award winner program for children. The scripts span the years 1959 to 1964. There are some gaps."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Jon Stone - Captain Kangarro Scripts, *T-Mss 1998-038, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Stone, Jon", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Jon Stone, who won 18 Emmy Awards for his work in television, was the writer, producer and director of <span class=\"title\">Captain Kangaroo</span>, and later wrote the pilot script for <span class=\"title\">Sesame Street</span> and was the original head writer and one of the three original producers of that program. He remained the principal director of Sesame Street until a year before his death in 1997. \"His reputation was that he was probably the most brilliant writer of children's television material in America,\" said Joan Ganz Cooney, a founder of the Children's Television Workshop, in his obituary published in the New York Times.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was a bequest to the Billy Rose Theatre Division from the estate of Jon Stone in 1998.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"title\">Captain Kangaroo</span>, CBS's award-winning series for children, began in 1955. The hour-long program aimed at a pre-school audience ran every weekday morning as well as on Saturdays and successfully combined education and entertainment. The collection consists of bound typescripts, incomplete, that include light and sound cues, props, and notations on timing, some handwritten. Dates covered are November 2, 1959 to October 23, 1964 for the weekday show with gaps: March 21, 1960-August 5, 1960 and May 13, 1961-July 23, 1961. Saturdays are complete from October 31, 1959-September 19, 1964.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Elisabeth Elkind.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The collection was processed and cataloged in 1999.</p>"}
- 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"=>"1959-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1959/1964"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"27 volumes"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- date_inclusive_start
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1959
- date_inclusive_end
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1964
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1998-038"}
{"date"=>"11/23/1998", "materials"=>"Scripts", "source"=>"Jon Stone", "method"=>"bequest", "extent"=>"27 o", "value"=>"Scripts: bequest, Jon Stone, 11/23/1998"}
- keydate
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1959
- extent_statement
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27 volumes
- date_start
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1959
- date_end
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1964