Series IV: Personal Files

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1862846
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152868
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unitid
{"value"=>"152868", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1915-2016", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1915/2016"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Series IV: Personal Files"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"39 boxes, 3 oversize folders", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6.09 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"20 moving image recordings", "unit"=>"moving image recordings"}]}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Personal files include materials dealing with honors and awards given to Prince, his travels, his family and civic matters in which he took an interest and his 1974 autobiography, <span class=\"title\">Contradictions: Notes on Twenty-Six Years in the Theatre</span>. Materials include personal correspondence, manuscript drafts and galleys, award certificates, photographs, and publicity materials.</p> <p>Artwork, production designs, and correspondence that decorated Prince's office walls are also present. Prince framed correspondence from George Abbott, Elaine Steinbeck, President Bill Clinton, and Vice President Al Gore; and costume and set designs from <span class=\"title\">Show Boat</span>, <span class=\"title\">Grind</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Great God Brown</span>, among others. Many of the production designs are inscribed by the designers to Prince.</p> <p>This series includes audio and visual materials, such as recordings of publicity pertaining to Prince, such as the BBC's <span class=\"title\">American Showmen</span> radio program on Prince.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Inquiries regarding audio and moving image materials in the collection may be directed to the Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatre@nypl.org). Audio and moving image materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
date_start
1915
keydate
1915
date_end
2016
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1915
date_inclusive_end
2016
extent_statement
6.09 linear feet (39 boxes, 3 oversize folders). 20 moving image recordings

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  1. Abbott, George
  2. Arts council
  3. Awards and honors [3/1]
  4. BBC Radio Show -- The American Showmen [6/1]
  5. Bissell, Richard
  6. Brach, Roger
  7. Bulletin board
  8. City Planning Commission
  9. Contradictions: Notes on Twenty-Six Years in the Theatre [7/1]
  10. Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  11. Dorothy Gordon's Youth Forum
  12. Family, Prince's children's education
  13. General personal files [3/1]
  14. Guevara, Nacha
  15. Implosion Radio Show -- Prince Speech and Interview
  16. International Theatre Institute of the United States
  17. Interviews, speeches, papers and articles
  18. League of New York Theatres
  19. Lloyd Webber, Andrew
  20. Mike Wallace At Large Interview with Hal Prince
  21. Meeting notes
  22. National Council on the Arts
  23. Manhattan Residence Artwork [3/3]
  24. Photograph of Prince
  25. Scrapbooks, general
  26. Smith, Harold, estate of
  27. Sondheim, Stephen
  28. Sound Recordings [9/1]
  29. Straight Voice Interview with Prince
  30. Summers, travels
  31. T
  32. Theatre Communications Group
  33. Theatre Critics Review
  34. The Theatre Guild
  35. Theatre groups
  36. Theatre projects
  37. Theatres -- Touring
  38. Tony Awards
  39. Triton Gallery
  40. University of Pennsylvania
  41. Xerox Corporation
  42. Youth programs