Georgette Cohan photographs and memorabilia

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1992-036", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"22473", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20518229", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"33433112437821", "type"=>"local_barcode"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1895-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1895/1978"}

date_inclusive_start

1895

date_inclusive_end

1978

keydate

1895

unittitle

{"value"=>"Georgette Cohan photographs and memorabilia"}

physdesc

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repository

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

abstract

{"value"=>"Georgette Cohan (1900-1988) was an American actor, and daughter of George M. Cohan and musical comedy performer Ethel Levey. Her photographs and memorabilia (1895-1978) include images of Cohan, her mother, her husband J. William Souther, other family members, colleagues, and her longtime romantic partner George W. Brown. The collection includes a program from the Broadway play <span class=\"title\">Diplomacy</span> (1928) and a report card, photographs, and programs from Cohan's time as a student at the Institution de Mmes. Morel de Fos in Paris in the early 1910s. The collection contains a small number of notes and cards to Cohan, some in French. There is an original design of a dress for Jane Cowl as Juliet, drawn by Rollo Peters; the drawing was given to Cohan by Peters. Material concerning Ethel Levey includes a flier for a 1922 vaudeville performance and certificates of membership for Catholic associations. There are clippings about George Cohan, primarily from the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1978. A certificate conferred on George Brown by \"l'Ordre des Noctambules\" is also present."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Georgette Cohan photographs and memorabilia, *T-Mss 1992-036. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Cohan, Georgette", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Mildred E. Siegel, 1992.</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>"}

extent_statement

.42 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1895

date_end

1978

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