Westchester Playhouse negatives

id
8937
origination
Westchester Playhouse
date statement
1932-1940
key date
1932
identifier (local_mss)
18972
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Vim 2012-072
b-number
b19964357
total components
87
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-10-16 15:04:03 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:10:31 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2012-072", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1932-1940", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1932/1940"}
date_inclusive_start
1932
date_inclusive_end
1940
keydate
1932
unittitle
{"value"=>"Westchester Playhouse negatives"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.52 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Westchester Playhouse in Mount Kisco, New York (1932-1940) was one of the first prominent summer stock theaters in the United States. One of the founders was Frank Day Tuttle."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Westchester Playhouse negatives, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Westchester Playhouse", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The Westchester Playhouse in Mount Kisco, New York (1932 - 1940) was one of the first prominent summer stock theaters in the United States. It helped launch the careers of many successful actors, including Henry Fonda, Vincent Price, Anna May Wong, Jose Ferrer, Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof and Frances Farmer. Frank Day Tuttle (1902-1989), was one of the founding directors. The play <span class=\"title\">Margin for Error</span> by Clare Booth Luce was the 105th production and the last show produced by Tuttle and Richard Skinner at the Westchester Playhouse. After the Westchester Playhouse closed, Tuttle had a long career in theater and radio.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains negatives of shows produced by the Westchester Playhouse. Original photographs were taken by Kenneth Bloomer. The negatives in the collection were used for an un-published book, written by Tuttle circa 1974, about summer stock theater in the early 20th Century. Each group of negatives is housed in envelopes that have production title, date of performance, list of performers and other production notes.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Negatives are arrange alphabetically by production title.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Leslie Reyman.</p>"}
extent_statement
2.52 linear feet (6 boxes)
date_start
1932
date_end
1940

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