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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1996-047", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1912-1988", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1912/1988"}
{"value"=>"1915-1953", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1915/1953"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Gustav Blum papers"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".63 linear foot (2 boxes)", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"boxes"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Gustav Blum (d. 1963) was an American theater director, producer, actor, and teacher. In 1916, he founded the East-West Players, a group that performed one-act plays, including English translations of Yiddish plays. The East-West Players won the Belasco Cup at the first Little Theater Tournament in 1923. Blum also produced and staged Broadway plays and worked as a drama teacher in high schools from 1909 until his retirement in 1958. The Gustav Blum papers (1912-1988, bulk 1915-1953) contain a scrapbook, contracts, scripts, photographs, clippings, correspondence, and other papers documenting Blum's career. The scrapbook dates from 1916 to 1923 and contains clippings and programs of the East-West Players. There are scripts for four plays that Blum produced: <span class=\"title\">The Shame Woman</span> (1923), <span class=\"title\">Gertie</span> (1926), <span class=\"title\">My Son</span> (1924), and <span class=\"title\">Walk Hard</span> (1946). The script for <span class=\"title\">Walk Hard</span> is a heavily annotated prompt copy; the other scripts have minimal or no annotation. There are also three scripts written or co-written by Blum: <span class=\"title\">Against the Current</span>, <span class=\"title\">Eden</span>, and <span class=\"title\">A Sleepless Night</span>. Contracts date from 1927 to 1946. The collection includes a statement of receipts and disbursements for Walk Hard and an estimated budget for Laughter in the Courtyard. Photographs consist of images of Blum, an unidentified production photograph, and signed photographs of Bertha Kalich and David Belasco. The collection also contains biographical information, clippings, and copyright records related to Blum's career, dating from 1912 to 1988."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- 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 theatre@nypl.org</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid expanded and revised by Annemarie van Roessel, Billy Rose Theatre Division", "date"=>"2021-08"}
- date_start
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1912
- keydate
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1912
- date_end
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1988
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1912
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1988
- date_bulk_start
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1915
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1953
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Gustav Blum papers, *T-Mss 1996-047. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Gustav Blum papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/22448#c1651274'>Papers and Photographs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/22448#c1651293'>Scripts</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}