- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1986-012", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22436", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20591350", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1948-1980", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1948/1980"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1948
- date_inclusive_end
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1980
- keydate
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1948
- date_start
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1948
- date_end
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1980
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Jay Barney papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Jay Barney (1913-1985) was an actor, writer, and active Actor's Equity member. The Jay Barney papers hold correspondence, diaries, programs, and files relating to his military service and involvement with performers unions."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Jay Barney papers, *T-Mss 1986-012. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Barney, Jay", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Jay Barney (1913-1985) was an actor, writer, and active Actor's Equity member. Barney was born John B. Kleinschmidt in Chicago and served in the Army before and during World War II, continuing as an Army Reservist until the late 1960s. During World War II, he directed and produced training films for the military as well as being an active member of the Signal Corps.</p> <p>He performed in more than 20 Broadway shows, including <span class=\"title\">Eugenia</span> (1957) and <span class=\"title\">The Immoralist</span>,(1954). His film career included roles in <span class=\"title\">Return of Jesse James</span> (1950) and <span class=\"title\">The Shrike</span> (1955) among others. He also appeared in more than 20 television shows. He often worked in radio and originated the role of Kurt Bonine on CBS's <span class=\"title\">The Romance of Helen Trent</span>, which at the time was the oldest continuous serial on the air.</p> <p>Barney was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Actors, and Actor's Equity. He was especially active in Actor's Equity and often served as deputy representative to various shows. Later in his career, he authored a column for Backstage Magazine titled \"Theatre News\" from 1973 to 1985. At the time of his death in 1985, he was living in New York City and Columbus, New Jersey.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Jay Barney papers hold correspondence, diaries, programs, and files relating to his military service and involvement with performers unions.</p> <p>Correspondence includes copies of letters sent to casting agencies as well as correspondence from fellow actors, military servicemen, agents, producers, and movie studio staff. There is also a file of clipping acknowledgments from casting agents and producers.</p> <p>Barney's diary details his unexpected cover of the lead in the Broadway show <span class=\"title\">The Immoralist</span> for the final two performances, his work in television and radio, filming <span class=\"title\">The Shrike</span> and balancing his military reserve duty with his acting jobs. The diary was composed on a typewriter and entries often include copies of letters Barney sent to family and friends with news.</p> <p>Photographs consist of various head shots and production promotional shots, including many images from <span class=\"title\">The Shrike</span>. Most promotional shots are unidentified. There is also a set of images taken for a \"Day in the Life\" feature about Barney which ran in the \"Radio TV Mirror\" in 1957. Many of the photographs were ultimately not used in the article.</p> <p>Military service files hold certificates of promotion, army correspondence, forms, and training materials for Barney's time with the military, both as a full-time soldier and as a reservist.</p> <p>Union files include handbooks, correspondence, meeting notes, and other material relating to Barney's various union memberships. The Actor's Equity files hold correspondence and notes from his service as union deputy on many shows.</p> <p>Programs date from 1948 to 1973 and are from Broadway, off-Broadway, regional, and dinner theater productions in which Barney was a participant, as well as Equity showcase performances and acting class presentations.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical by file type.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Unknown, 1986.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Lea Jordan</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}
- 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>"}
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combined
- extent_statement
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2.1 linear feet (5 boxes)