Arthur Arent scripts

id
9691
origination
Arent, Arthur
date statement
1943-1956
key date
1943
identifier (local_mss)
22428
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Mss 2013-102
b-number
b204978099
total components
48
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2014-12-29 19:41:37 UTC
updated
2026-06-18 20:09:30 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"22428", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"b204978099", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1943-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1943/1956"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Arthur Arent scripts"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.26 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Arthur Arent (1904-1972) was a writer for theatre, radio, television, and films. This collection includes numerous scripts written or adapted by Arent for American radio and television broadcast during the 1940s and 1950s."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Arent, Arthur", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Arthur Arent, born September 29, 1904 in Jersey City, New Jersey, was a writer for theatre, radio, television, and films. He authored many of the Federal Theatre Project's Living Newspaper plays in the 1930s, worked for the United States Office of War Information during World War II, and wrote or adapted plays for radio and television in the 1940s and 1950s. Arent died on May 18, 1972.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the collection is radio scripts for <span class=\"title\">The Theatre Guild on the Air</span>, presented by United States Steel Corporation, and <span class=\"title\">The Cavalcade of America</span>, presented by the Du Pont Company. There is also a script for a Columbia University bicentennial radio program, titled \"Socrates.\" There are multiple versions of some of the radio scripts, including \"The Philadelphia Story\" and \"Strange Interlude.\" The collection contains three television scripts: \"The Man in Possession\" and \"The Seventh Veil\" from <span class=\"title\">The United States Steel Hour</span>, and \"Reflected Glory\" from <span class=\"title\">The General Electric Theater</span>.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>This collection is organized alphabetically by title and contains only titles \"M\" through \"S.\"</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by the estate of Blanche Arent, 1984.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span> in <span class=\"date\">2014</span>.</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Overview and detailed description sections revised and expanded by John Calhoun, Billy\n Rose Theatre Division", "date"=>"2026-06"}
date_start
1943
keydate
1943
date_end
1956
date_inclusive_start
1943
date_inclusive_end
1956
prefercite
{"value"=>"Arthur Arent scripts, *T-Mss 2013-102. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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