- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1993-048", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18942", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20625329", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1965-1993", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1965/1993"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1965
- date_inclusive_end
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1993
- keydate
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1965
- date_start
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1965
- date_end
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1993
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Peter Mark Schifter papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9.9 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"23 boxes, 2 oversized folders, 3 tubes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Peter Mark Schifter (1949-1993) was an American theater, opera, and television director and writer. The Peter Mark Schifter papers hold production files, correspondence, photographs, and other material documenting his career as a director, designer, and writer."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Peter Mark Schifter papers, *T-Mss 1993-048. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Schifter, Peter Mark, 1949-1993", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Peter Mark Schifter (1949-1993) was an American theater, opera, and television director and writer. He was an artist who often designed sets and costumes for his productions and created artwork for friends and family. He received his early training at Juilliard, followed by studies at Ohio University and Yale, where he earned his Master's of Fine Arts.</p> <p>On Broadway, he directed <span class=\"title\">Welcome to the Club</span> (1989), which earned him a Tony Award nomination. Notable Off-Broadway productions included <span class=\"title\">Gemini</span> (1976) and <span class=\"title\">Titanic</span> (1978). He staged new productions for regional opera companies including <span class=\"title\">Falstaff</span> (1982) and <span class=\"title\">The Merry Widow</span> (1988). Schifter directed daytime dramas as well as industrial and short films. He also painted and wrote feature screenplays,many of which were never produced. Schifter passed away in 1993 at the age of 44.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Peter Mark Schifter papers hold production files, correspondence, photographs, and other material documenting his career as a director, designer, and writer.</p> <p>Production files vary in content and may contain annotated scripts and librettos, set and costume designs, photographs, production schedules, clippings, promotional material, and other items documenting Schifter's work in theater, film, and opera.</p> <p>The bulk of the correspondence consists of holiday cards and get well letters from his final illness in 1993. There is a limited amount of business correspondence with theatre companies and writers discussing potential productions.</p> <p>Photographs are Schifter's professional headshots, personal snapshots, and a limited amount of unidentified production photographs. Other materials include award certificates, Schiffer's art, appointment and address books, and work contracts degrees, and material related to his 1993 memorial service.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical by file type.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Esta Jo Schifter, 1993, 1996.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Lea Jordan</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span>.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Library policy on photography and photocopy will apply. Audiovisual materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</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>"}
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combined
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9.9 linear feet (23 boxes, 2 oversized folders, 3 tubes)