S. J. Perelman collection of papers : 1924-1970 (bulk, 1928-1951)

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{"value"=>"23067", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"S. J. Perelman collection of papers : 1924-1970 (bulk, 1928-1951)"}

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{"value"=>"1924-1970]", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"inferred", "normal"=>"1924/1970"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>In 6 series: 1. Works by S. J. Perelman; 2. Works by Others; 3. Correspondence; 4. Scrapbooks; 5. Personal Documents; 6. Printed Material on S. J. Perelman and Nathaniel West</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

acqinfo

{"method"=>"Purchase", "source"=>"Glenn Horowitz", "date"=>"2011", "value"=>"<p>Purchase, Glenn Horowitz, 2011</p>"}

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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Perelman", "type"=>"local_call"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Perelman writings include carbon typescript of \"Around the World in Eighty Days\" ; 3 carbon typescript drafts of \"Forty-Five Plus\" (a.k.a. \"Sweet Bye and Bye,\" the libretto co-written by Al Hirschfeld with dialogue by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke) ; ephemera and congratulatory cables related to \"The Night Before Christmas.\".</p><p>Works by others include the diary of Perelman's wife, Laura (nee Lorraine Weinstein/West) ; Nathaniel West's carbon copy typescript of a film treatment titled \"Osceola\" (1935) ; reviews of Perelman's works; and an original lithograph by Ben Shahn, signed, of a policeman singing \"Silent Night\" from sheet music.</p><p>Laura West met S. J. Perelman through her brother Nathanael West, Perelman's Brown University roommate, in 1928, when she was 17 years old, and married Perelman in 1929.</p><p>Correspondence by Perelman to Laura West (nee Weinstein) from 1928.</p>"}

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1924

date_inclusive_end

1970

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1924

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{"value"=>"S. J. Perelman collection of papers : 1924-1970 (bulk, 1928-1951), Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" Perelman writings include carbon typescript of \"Around the World in Eighty Days\" ; 3 carbon typescript drafts of \"Forty-Five Plus\" (a.k.a. \"Sweet Bye and Bye,\" the libretto co-written by Al Hirschfeld with dialogue by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke) ; ephemera and congratulatory cables related to \"The Night Before Christmas.\".", "generated"=>true}

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1924

date_end

1970

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