- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2002-026", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18921", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20591353", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1921-1995", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1921/1995"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1921
- date_inclusive_end
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1995
- keydate
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1921
- date_start
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1921
- date_end
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1995
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Carmen Mathews papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.96 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes, 2 oversized folders", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Carmen Mathews (1911-1995) was an American actress in theater, film, and television. The collection (1921-1995) documents her stage career through scripts, scores, correspondence, photographs, programs, articles, and posters."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Carmen Mathews papers, *T-Mss 2002-026. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Mathews, Carmen", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Carmen Mathews (1911-1995) was an American actress in theater, film, and television. She trained at Bennett Junior College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She made her Broadway debut in a 1938 revival of Hamlet at the St. James Theatre. Her other notable Broadway productions include Harriet, The Cherry Orchard, Man and Superman, and a 1980 revival of Mornings at Seven. Mathews also performed in several regional theater productions. She performed in film and television from 1950 to 1990</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Carmen Mathews papers date from 1921 to 1995 and consist primarily of scripts and scores. There is also a small amount of correspondence and printed material.</p> <p>Scripts are largely unannotated and document Mathews' stage career from 1952 to 1995, with the majority dating after 1980. The script for The Road to Mecca is accompanied by articles and congratulatory letters. Scores are for songs from musicals Mathews performed in, such as The Seventh Trumpet, The Yearling, In Someone Else's Sandals, Candide, Sunday in the Park with George, and Copperfield. Scores for The Seventh Trumpet are manuscripts; all other scores are either printed or published versions. One of the scores for Sunday in the Park with George is autographed to Mathews from Steven Sondheim.</p> <p>Incoming letters are from friends and colleagues. There are several letters from American dramatist Charles Rann Kennedy that date from 1932 to 1944 and discuss his writing and other personal matters. The collection also contains a letter book written by Kennedy in 1946, and a collection of sonnets entitled Sonnets for Armageddon.</p> <p>Photographs consist of portraits of Charles Rann Kennedy and Edith Wynn Matthison, as well as photographs of Matthison for some of her productions in the 1920s. Portraits of Carmen Mathews are also present.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged by format.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Sally Trippe in 2002.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Robyn Hjermstad</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</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>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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1.96 linear feet (5 boxes, 2 oversized folders)