Jonathan Ned Katz papers on Coming Out!

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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1993-051", "type"=>"local_call"}

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{"value"=>"b20490385", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1972-1973", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1972/1973"}

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1972

date_inclusive_end

1973

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1972

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{"value"=>"Jonathan Ned Katz papers on Coming Out!"}

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repository

{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Jonathan Ned Katz (b. 1938) is an American playwright, historian, and gay rights advocate. His papers on his play, <span class=\"title\">Coming Out! A Documentary Play About Gay Life and Liberation in the USA</span>, date from 1972 to 1973 and include programs, fliers, posters, clippings, photographs, correspondence, and records of production expenses. The collection contains two copies of the script: an early version, which is unmarked, and a heavily annotated version used in the June 1972 production. The papers primarily document productions in New York and Boston."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Jonathan Ned Katz papers on Coming Out!, *T-Mss 1993-051. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"Katz, Jonathan, 1938-", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Jonathan Ned Katz (1938- ), author, playwright, historian, teacher, gay rights advocate, and textile designer, is a leading authority on homosexuality and gay and lesbian history. During the 1960s Katz worked in New York City as a free-lance textile designer. His writing career began in the late 1960s with the production of his plays about fugitive slaves and the publication of studies in black history. He became a founding member of the Gay Academic Union; wrote books, articles, reviews, and essays on gay and lesbian issues; and lectured and taught courses on gay and lesbian history.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Jonathan Ned Katz, 1993.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.</p>"}

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.42 linear feet (1 box)

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1972

date_end

1973

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