Albert Lawrence papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1997-051", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"22634", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20640638", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"33433116968185", "type"=>"local_barcode"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1908-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1908/1955"}

{"value"=>"1915-ca. 1926", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1915/1926", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

date_inclusive_start

1908

date_inclusive_end

1955

keydate

1908

date_start

1908

date_end

1955

unittitle

{"value"=>"Albert Lawrence papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Albert Lawrence papers contain clippings, programs, newsletters, photocopies of motion picture “dope sheets,” and ephemera documenting the career of actor Albert Lawrence."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Albert Lawrence papers, *T-Mss 1997-051. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Lawrence, Albert", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Albert Lawrence was an actor in theater and motion pictures in the early decades of the 20th Century.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains clippings, programs, newsletters, photocopies of motion picture “dope sheets,” and ephemera documenting the career of actor Albert Lawrence. The papers span from 1908 to 1955 (bulk dates 1915-ca. 1926).</p> <p>Included are photocopies of a motion picture \"dope sheet\" for <span class=\"title\">King Solomon's Mines</span> (ca. 1919) and the March 22, 1919 issue of <span class=\"title\">South African Pictoria</span>l, with a supplement on the film, <span class=\"title\">Allan Quatermain</span>. (Lawrence was featured in both films.) There are numerous programs, fragments of programs and clippings, mostly for regional theater stage productions (some in Canada) in which Lawrence appeared.</p> <p>A number of clippings are for <span class=\"title\">The Bat</span> (1923). Several issues of <span class=\"title\">The Princess Bulletin</span>, a newsletter for Philadelphia's Princess Theatre and Princess Players (in which Lawrence performed), are also included.</p> <p>A July 12, 1919 passenger list for the ocean liner <span class=\"title\">La Touraine</span> and a 1938 Actors' Equity Association card are also among the papers.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Muriel E. Brawner and Raymond Olsen, 2013.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">cdee</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}

userestrict

{"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>"}

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (1 box)

date_bulk_start

1915

date_bulk_end

1926

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