- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1985-003", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22423", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20650900", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1917-1960", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1917/1960", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Louise Allbritton and Charles Collingwood papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.26 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes, 1 volume", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Louise Allbritton (1920-1979) was an actress who appeared on stage, screen, and television. Her husband, Charles Collingwood (1917-1985), was an American broadcast journalist. The Louise Allbritton and Charles Collingwood papers (circa 1917-1960) document the career of Louise Allbritton through a scrapbook, clippings, letters, photographs, programs, business papers, and an address book. The collection also contains photographs of Charles Collingwood, as well as his lecture notes."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Louise Allbritton and Charles Collingwood papers, *T-Mss 1985-003. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Allbritton, Louise, 1920-1979", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Louise Allbritton (1920-1979) was an actress who appeared on stage, screen, and television. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, she moved to California, where she studied at the Pasadena Playhouse before being hired by Universal Pictures in 1942. She toured Europe with the United Service Organization (USO) in 1943 before returning to the United States and resuming her film career. Among her film appearances were <span class=\"title\">Son of Dracula</span> (1943), <span class=\"title\">San Diego I Love You</span> (1944), <span class=\"title\">The Egg and I</span> (1947), and <span class=\"title\">Sitting Pretty</span> (1948). Allbritton married the radio and television journalist Charles Collingwood in 1946 and thereafter left the film industry. She continued to act on stage and television until the mid-1960s, including several plays in London in the 1950s. Louise Allbritton died of cancer in 1979.</p> <p>Charles Collingwood (1917-1985) was an American broadcast journalist. A protégé of Edward R. Murrow, he reported from the North African campaign and the Normandy landings during the Second World War, and became a well-known television reporter and analyst for CBS News.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Louise Allbritton and Charles Collingwood papers (circa 1917-1960) document the career of Louise Allbritton through a scrapbook, clippings, letters, photographs, programs, business papers, and an address book. The collection also contains photographs of Charles Collingwood, as well as his lecture notes.</p> <p>The scrapbook, dating mostly from 1943 to 1945, contains clippings, photographs, handbills, and congratulatory letters covering Allbritton's early career in Hollywood. The clippings date from 1943 to 1956, and document Allbritton's film and stage career.</p> <p>The programs are for Allbritton's stage appearances between 1944 and 1960. They also hold promotional material for films or television appearances.</p> <p>One folder documents Allbritton's United Service Organization (USO) tour of Europe in 1943. It contains an essay she wrote about the trip, clippings, and an apron that was part of her costume.</p> <p>The letters hold fan postcards to Allbritton and a few letters to Charles Collingwood from colleagues. They also contain typed notes by Collingwood titled \"Notes on Emanu-El Talk\" dating from the late 1950s or early 1960s. The topic is world affairs, particularly in France.</p> <p>The photographs are primarily from Collingwood's childhood and picture him and his family. Another set of prints is from a trip to Europe, probably from the 1950s. One print shows Collingwood and Allbritton with unidentified friends.</p> <p>Business papers consist of stage contracts from the mid-1950s. They also include Allbritton's birth certificate. Allbritton was active with the Henry Street Playhouse on the lower east side of Manhattan in the 1950s. Papers regarding her work there are filed under Henry Street Settlement.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers are arranged by format or topic.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by the Estate of Charles Collingwood, 1985</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Matthew Snyder</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
- date_start
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1917
- keydate
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1917
- date_end
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1960
- date_inclusive_start
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1917
- date_inclusive_end
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1960
- extent_statement
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1.26 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 volume)