- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2012-021", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18826", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20281667", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1910s-1976", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1910/1976"}
{"value"=>"1930s-1976", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1930/1976"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1910
- date_inclusive_end
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1976
- keydate
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1910
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Louise Larabee papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.17 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Louise Larabee was a theater, television, and film actor. The Louise Larabee papers (1910s-1976, bulk 1930s-1976) contain scrapbooks and scripts documenting her acting career."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Louise Larabee papers, *T-Mss 2012-021. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Larabee, Louise, 1916-2002", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Louise Larabee (1916-2002) was a theater, television, and film actor. She was born Alverta Louise Lowe in Bremerton, Washington. In the early 1930s, she appeared in films and on stage in Los Angeles. She first acted on Broadway in the play Angel Island in 1937. During World War II, Larabee toured in the Pacific with USO Camp Shows. She met her husband, actor John Baragrey, when they performed together in a camp show in New Guinea. Larabee toured with The Iceman Cometh in 1947, and with Carousel from 1947 to 1949, playing the part of Mrs. Mullin. She toured with Gloria Vanderbilt in Picnic in 1955. Beginning in the 1950s, Larabee appeared frequently on television. She also appeared in films such as Act One (1963), based on the autobiography of Moss Hart. Her acting career tapered off in the 1970s as she began to pursue a career as a ceramist.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Louise Larabee papers (1910s-1976, bulk 1930s-1976) consist of scrapbooks and scripts documenting Larabee's acting career. Scrapbooks primarily contain clippings, but also contain photographs, programs, telegrams, letters, membership cards, and other memorabilia. There is a particularly large amount of material concerning Carousel. One scrapbook documents Larabee's war work from 1944 to 1945, especially with USO Camp Shows; the scrapbook holds memorabilia such as show programs, servicemen's reviews of shows, letters from servicemen, and photographs from New Guinea and the Philippines. The scrapbooks also include some clippings related to the career of Larabee's husband, actor John Baragrey.</p> <p>The collection also contains drawings by George Verdak, a short letter from him, and invitations to an exhibit of his art. The earliest item in the collection is an unidentified photographic portrait of a boy, taken by E.W. Merrill in Sitka, Alaska, probably around the 1910s.</p> <p>The collection holds scripts for Act One, Carousel, and Smiling, the Boy Fell Dead (1961). The script for Smiling, the Boy Fell Dead has handwritten changes and additions, and also contains scores for two songs from the show.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is divided into two categories: Scrapbooks and Scripts.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of an unknown donor.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Scrapbooks were disassembled, and the pages were placed in folders. Scrapbooks also contained loose materials that were placed in folders.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatrediv@nypl.org.</p>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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1.17 linear feet (4 boxes)
- date_start
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1910
- date_end
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1976
- date_bulk_start
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1930
- date_bulk_end
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1976