- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1996-049", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22736", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20617474", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"ca. 1902-1989", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1902/1989", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
{"value"=>"1932-1978", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1932/1978"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1902
- date_inclusive_end
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1989
- keydate
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1902
- date_start
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1902
- date_end
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1989
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Herman Shumlin papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.2 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes, 1 oversized folder", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Herman Shumlin papers contain correspondence, photographs, contact sheets, negatives, programs, financial papers, contracts, sheet music, and some personal papers documenting the career and life of producer and director Herman Shumlin."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Herman Shumlin papers, *T-Mss 1996-049. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Shumlin, Herman, 1898-1979", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Producer and director Herman Shumlin was born December 6, 1898 in Atwood, Colorado. He produced and directed over forty productions on Broadway from 1928 to 1974, most notably <span class=\"title\">The Little Foxes</span> (1939), <span class=\"title\">The Corn Is Green</span> (1940), <span class=\"title\">Watch on the Rhine</span> (1941), <span class=\"title\">Inherit the Wind</span> (1955), and <span class=\"title\">The Deputy</span> (1964, for which he won a Tony Award as Best Producer). Shumlin also directed the motion picture version of <span class=\"title\">Watch on the Rhine</span> (1943). He died of heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, at the age of 80.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains correspondence, photographs, contact sheets, negatives, programs, financial papers, contracts, sheet music, and some personal papers documenting the career and life of producer and director Herman Shumlin from ca. 1902 to ca. 1989 (bulk dates 1932-1978).</p> <p>Correspondence includes letters concerning professional projects and notes from celebrities such as Russell Baker, Agnes de Mille, Peter de Vries, Christopher Fry, Peter Sellers, Neil Simon, and Orson Welles. There is also a telegram regarding <span class=\"title\">Inherit the Wind</span>, signed \"Spence,\" March 13, 1956, possibly from Spencer Tracy. Some letters relate to Shumlin's professional and personal financial difficulties. One of Shumlin's creditors was Julie Clayburgh (actress Jill Clayburgh's mother, who mentions her daughter in two notes, August 18, 1964 and ca. 1964).</p> <p>Financial papers include bank statements for Shumlin's proposed production of a musical version of <span class=\"title\">All the King's Men</span> (1971-1972) and the play, <span class=\"title\">How to Be Hip Over Thirty</span>, as well as correspondence and papers relating to his personal finances. There are also contracts and agreements for productions such as <span class=\"title\">Spofford</span> (1967) and <span class=\"title\">The Deputy</span> (1964).</p> <p>There is also a piece of published sheet music for <span class=\"title\">Get Together</span> (1963) with an original sheet of music for a scene change inserted.</p> <p>Among Shumlin's personal papers are passports, membership and identification cards and appointment books. Also included is a command to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committees (January 24, 1957) and a copy of an undated memorandum submitted to the judge that appears to be related. There is also a copy of a letter and a typed memo regarding Shumlin's meeting with Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg (October, 1964) on Goldberg's opinion of <span class=\"title\">The Deputy's</span> portrayal of Pope Pius XII.</p> <p>Photos and contact sheets for productions include the National Theatre marquee of Tallulah Bankhead in <span class=\"title\">The Little Foxes</span> (1939), <span class=\"title\">The Corn Is Green</span> (1940), publicity photos with the 1954-1955 Outer Circle Award for <span class=\"title\">Inherit the Wind</span> (1955), <span class=\"title\">As You Like It</span> (1974), <span class=\"title\">The Deputy</span> set (1964), and unidentified rehearsal photos.</p> <p>Photos of <span class=\"title\">Watch on the Rhine</span> contain both the stage production (1941) and a few publicity photos for the motion picture (ca. 1943); Lillian Hellman and cinematographer James Wong Howe are also pictured. Oversized photos include <span class=\"title\">Inherit the Wind</span>, signed by some cast members with a note by Staats Cotsworth), and one of Paul Muni. There are also some portraits, personal photos and negatives (some color), including some of Shumlin fishing, and vacation photos.</p> <p>A folder of Shumlin's step-daughter, Lila Shumlin's, papers containing her resume and a manuscript titled \"The Circle,\" is included with the collection. Folder titles do not reflect the contents accurately.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical by folder title</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Irene and Richard Donohoe in Lola Shumlin's name, 2013.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">cdee</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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1.2 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- date_bulk_start
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1932
- date_bulk_end
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1978