Series II: Earl McGrath

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1602058
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1
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series
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3046599
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2020-11-25 00:51:09 UTC
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2020-11-25 00:53:02 UTC

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{"value"=>"3046599", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1950s-2015", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/2015"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Series II: Earl McGrath"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"20.5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Earl McGrath series includes files of writings; files relating to his time as a music executive; a few files on his career as an art dealer; and some personal files.</p> <p>Writings files document Earl's creative output and professional work as a screenwriter. These files are arranged alphabetically and date from the 1950s until about 1970, and include unpublished poems, unpublished prose, and screenplays. Screenplays are the result of Earl's work in New York for 20th Century Fox and freelance work in Los Angeles. These files hold notes, treatments, draft scripts, typescripts, contracts, invoices, and some business correspondence. Several files of manuscripts written by Earl's friend, author Terry Southern, are also included in this section.</p> <p>Music files, arranged alphabetically and dating from about 1970 to 1985, include files from Earl's tenure at Atlantic Records, where he worked with The Rolling Stones, Peter Tosh, and others. Numerous files document McGrath's efforts on behalf of Rolling Stones Records, a subdivision of Atlantic. His later independent music production work under the name Earl McGrath Music Company, where he continued to work with Jim Carroll, is also represented. Files hold business correspondence; publicity and paparazzi photographs; contracts and other legal papers; tour itineraries; invoices, invitations, documents about television appearances of musicians he managed; press releases; charts and radio airplay statistics; and record sales figures.</p> <p>The few files in the collection relating to the Earl McGrath Art Galleries in Los Angeles and New York City are incomplete and date from 1978 to 2013. They include legal documents, sales records, correspondence, invoices, and a few artists' resumes.</p> <p>Earl's personal files include an address book, miscellaneous ephemera, wills, medical information, and financial documents.</p>"}
date_start
1950
keydate
1950
date_end
2015
date_inclusive_start
1950
date_inclusive_end
2015
extent_statement
9.5 linear feet (20.5 boxes)

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  1. Writings [6/3]
  2. Music [11/4]
  3. Art Galleries
  4. Personal [5/1]