- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1994-011", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18677", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20591357", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1922-1985", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1922/1985"}
{"value"=>"1950s-1980s", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1950/1989"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1922
- date_inclusive_end
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1989
- keydate
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1922
- date_start
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1922
- date_end
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1989
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Paul Osborn papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.2 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"10 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Paul Osborn (1901-1988) was an American playwright and screenwriter. In 1930, Osborn achieved early success on Broadway with The Vinegar Tree. Other writings include screen adaptations of novels. In 1980, Osborn received a Tony Award for best revival for Morning's at Seven. The collection, dating from 1922 to 1985, contains typescripts of plays and screenplays, correspondence, contracts, writings of others, two scrapbooks of newspaper clipping reviews of The Vinegar Tree, contracts, programs of Osborn's plays and several photographs."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Paul Osborn papers.*T-Mss 1994-011. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Osborn, Paul, 1901-1988", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Paul Osborn (1901-1988) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Osborn achieved early success with the Broadway comedy The Vinegar Tree in 1930. In 1980, Osborn received a Tony Award for Morning's at Seven for best play revival. This play originally opened on Broadway in 1939. Critics noted that Osborn's strongest characters were drawn from his own life growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, such as in his play Morning's at Seven. Outside of Osborn's original plays, he dramatized novels.</p> <p>Not all of Osborn's works reached Broadway. For example, Film of Memory, later retitled La Contessa was produced for the London stage with Vivien Leigh. Osborn also wrote several unpublished works including The Darkest Bough. After a lengthy illness, Osborn died on May 12, 1988, in New York City. He was survived by his wife, Millicent.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection, dates from 1922 to 1985 and reflects Paul Osborn's career as a playwright and screenwriter. The collection is primarily typescripts, some annotations of plays and screenplays by Osborn. Prominent works in the collection are The Vinegar Tree, Hot September, and Film of Memory, later titled La Contessa. There is also a first draft of Morning's at Seven. The files include several lesser-known plays and some unpublished works. The Darkest Bough and The Little Elephant are examples of two full-length plays that were not produced.</p> <p>There are several versions of the musical Hot September based on William Inge's work Picnic. For his background research, Osborn retained a copy of Picnic. This version of Picnic differs significantly from the published version of Inge's work with the same name.</p> <p>The remaining material includes some letters to Osborn from friends and colleagues, including S. N. Behrman, Al Hirschfeld, Joshua Logan and Sophie Treadwell; congratulatory telegrams on winning the Tony in 1980; contracts, and two scrapbooks of reviews of The Vinegar Tree.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged in three sections: Typescripts (arranged alphabetically), Correspondence and Printed Material.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Millicent Osborn, circa 1994.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Valerie Wingfield</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 theatrediv@nypl.org</p>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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4.2 linear feet (10 boxes)
- date_bulk_start
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1950
- date_bulk_end
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1989