- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2011-260", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18877", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20641484", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1945-1975", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1945/1975"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1945
- date_inclusive_end
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1975
- keydate
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1945
- date_start
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1945
- date_end
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1975
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Rita Fredricks papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.4 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"=>"Rita Fredricks is an actor and producer. The Rita Fredricks papers date from 1945 to 1975 and primarily contain promotional material and administrative records for Viveca Lindfors' one-woman show, <span class=\"title\">I Am a Woman</span>."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Rita Fredricks papers, *T-Mss 2011-260. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Fredricks, Rita", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Rita Fredricks is an actor and producer. In the 1970s, she produced Viveca Lindfors' one-woman show, <span class=\"title\">I Am a Woman</span>. The show was composed of excerpts of writings by and about women, and toured the United States and Sweden. Fredricks was also a producer for the Broadway musical, <span class=\"title\">Boccaccio</span> (1975). She lives in New York City.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Rita Fredricks papers date from 1945 to 1975. The files contain promotional materials and administrative records from the United States tour of Viveca Lindfors' one-woman show, <span class=\"title\">I Am a Woman</span>. The files date from 1971 to 1975 and include agreements and correspondence with booking agents and local theaters; expense reports and financial statements; scripts; posters, fliers, and programs; clippings of reviews and articles; letters to investors and potential investors; and correspondence regarding rights and royalties for the excerpts used in the production. A small amount of material concerning efforts to create a broadcast or film version of the show is also present. Researchers can find further information about <span class=\"title\">I Am a Woman</span>, including administrative and creative files, in the Viveca Lindfors papers (*T-Mss 2012-067).</p> <p>The collection also contains one file of box office statements for <span class=\"title\">Boccaccio</span> (1975), and a mock-up of a poster for Geraldine Fitzgerald's one-woman show, <span class=\"title\">Singing in the Streets</span>, which toured in the 1970s.</p> <p>Lastly, the collection contains five original holiday cards from artist Angna Enters, framed together, sent between 1945 and 1960.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The files are arranged by production.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of an unknown donor.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Framed holiday cards can be viewed by appointment only.</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>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Viveca Lindfors papers, *T-Mss 2012-067. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</span>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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1.4 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 oversized folder)