- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2012-046", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18948", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20608238", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1964-1974", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1964/1974"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1964
- date_inclusive_end
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1974
- keydate
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1964
- date_start
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1964
- date_end
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1974
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Bernard Simon papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.7 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Bernard Simon was a theatrical press representative and provider of theatrical management services. The Bernard Simon papers, dating from 1964 to 1974, document Simon's promotional and/or management work on behalf of 29 touring or original Broadway and Off-Broadway productions."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Bernard Simon papers, *T-Mss 2012-046. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Simon, Bernard", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Bernard Simon was a theatrical press representative and provider of theatrical management services. Active from the 1930s to the early 1970s, he was a press representative for over 30 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. From the mid-1960s onward, he provided promotional, production, and management services for touring productions of Broadway and Off-Broadway plays and musicals.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Bernard Simon papers, dating from 1964 to 1974, document Simon's promotional and/or management work on behalf of 29 touring or original Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. They contain handbills; press releases; cast and creator biographies; production and cast photographs; program copy; advertisements; and letters to presenters and vendors.</p> <p>Touring productions represented in the papers include 1776, Barefoot in the Park, Fiddler On The Roof, George M, Hadrian VII, Never Too Late, No No Nanette, Plaza Suite, Promises, Promises, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and Zorba.</p> <p>The single file of letters are from Simon's office to presenters and vendors, many of them form letters. They include a boilerplate of Simon's standard promotional contract with producers.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers are in two divisions: Letters and Production Files. Production files are arranged alphabetically by title.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Unknown.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Matthew Snyder</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>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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2.7 linear feet (7 boxes)