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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"46 linear feet (32 boxes, 18 v.)"}
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{"value"=>"MssCol 813", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"813", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1903-1931", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1903/1931"}
{"value"=>"1910-1927", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1910/1927"}
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1903
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1931
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1903
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{"value"=>"Charles B. Dillingham papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Collection consists of correspondence, stage managers'reports, receipt books, roster and salary records, and some personal papers of Dillingham. Correspondence, 1903-1927, of Dillingham and his associates Bruce Edwards and Fred G. Latham with theatrical people relates mainly to the casting and production of shows at the Globe Theatre and at the Hippodrome. Some of the correspondence concerns the management of the road shows on tour in the United States. Records include stage managers' reports, 1910-1911 and 1926- 1927; receipt books, 1906-1907, 1913-1914 and 1920-1928, recording box office receipts for shows at the Globe Theatre; and roster and salary records, 1908-1909. Also, personal and miscellaneous papers, some of which were removed from the R.H. Burnside Papers, containing Dillingham's memoirs of his life in the theater, last will and testament, notebook, and research notes."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Bancroft Dillingham Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Bancroft Dillingham (1868-1934) was one of the leading theatrical producers in New York City during the first three decades of the 20th century. With his own company, the Dillingham Theatre Corp., and in partnership with A.L. Erlanger and Florenz Ziegfeld, he produced more than 200 comedies, musical comedies, operettas and vaudeville shows for the Broadway stage. He built and owned <span class=\"emph\">The Globe Theatre</span>(at Broadway and 46th St.) and for many years he managed <span class=\"emph\">The Hippodrome,</span>reputed to be the largest theatrical house in the world.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The correspondence series is arranged alphabetically in over-lapping two-, three-, and four year intervals in the period 1903-1927 with some unsorted correspondence of various dates at the end of the series. It consists of correspondence of <span class=\"persname\">Dillingham</span> and of his associates <span class=\"persname\">Bruce Edwards</span>and <span class=\"persname\">Fred G. Latham</span> of the <span class=\"corpname\">Dillingham Theatre Corp.</span> with actors, actresses, theatrical managers, theatrical agents and producers, impresarios, literary agents, playwrights, song writers, musicians, band leaders, costumers and others. The correspondence relates mainly to the casting and production of plays, musical comedies, operettas, and vaudeville shows at <span class=\"corpname\">The Globe Theatre</span> and at <span class=\"corpname\">The Hippodrome</span>.Some of the correspondence relates to the management of the road shows on tour in the U.S.. Substantial correspondence is present with <span class=\"persname\">George Ade</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Hans Bartsch</span>, <span class=\"persname\">David Belasco</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Irving Berlin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Col. E.A. Braden</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sir Alfred Butt</span>, <span class=\"persname\">George M. Cohan</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Francis W. Crowinshield</span>, <span class=\"corpname\">Carrère and Hastings</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Haddon Chambers</span>, <span class=\"persname\">A.L. Erlanger</span>, <span class=\"persname\">W.C. Fields</span>, <span class=\"persname\">James Forbes</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Chares Frohman</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Daniel Frohman</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sam H. Harris</span>, <span class=\"persname\">J. Clarence Hyde</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Arthur Houghton</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Elsie Janis</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Frederick Lonsdale</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Cyril Maude</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Louis Nethersole</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Florenz Ziegfeld</span>.</p> <p> There are also stage managers' reports (1910-11, 1926-27) for <span class=\"title\">Over the River</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Old Town</span>, <span class=\"title\">Criss-Cross</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Sunny.</span>There are 9 receipt books (1906-07, 1913-14, 1920-28) recording box office receipts for shows mainly at the <span class=\"corpname\">Globe Theatre</span>. There are also roster and salary records (1908-09) for <span class=\"corpname\">The Top O' Th' World Company</span> which provide the names of the principals, staff, chorus and orchestra and the amount of their weekly salaries. There are a few personal and miscellaneous papers of <span class=\"persname\">Dillingham</span> (some of which is labelled as having been removed from the R.H. Burnside Papers) consisting of <span class=\"persname\">Dillingham's</span> memoirs of his life in the theater in carbon typescript (104 p.), a copy of his last will and testament, a notebook labelled `Options and Expirations', and research notes made from the letters in the unsorted section of the correspondence series.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Charles B. Dillingham papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/813#c154833'>General Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/813#c154869'>Stage Manager's Reports, Accounting Records, Routing Books and other materials</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Received, <date>1952-1953</date></p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Dillingham, C. B. (Charles Bancroft), 1868-1934", "type"=>"persname"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by John Stinson; machine readable finding aid created by Apex Data Services and revised by Chatham Ewing.</p>"}
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1903
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1931
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1910
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1927