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{"value"=>"1893-1932", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1893/1932"}
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1893
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1932
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{"value"=>"Series IV: Speeches"}
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{"value"=>"49 folders (1.5 boxes)", "format"=>"simple"}
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{"value"=>"<p> This series includes manuscript and typescript drafts for speeches, as well as notes, fragments and partial speeches. It is arranged alphabetically by topic or title. Includes speeches given before the <span class=\"corpname\">Actors' Equity Association</span> and the <span class=\"corpname\">Players Club</span>, opening night speeches at the 1893 revival of <span class=\"title\">Erminie</span> and at the opening of the <span class=\"corpname\">Repertory Theatre of Boston</span>, and his <span class=\"title\">Rip Van Winkle</span> speech made nightly in Boston in 1925. Other topics include the issue of child labor law as it pertains to stage children, various subjects of his research such as <span class=\"persname\">Eugene Field</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Joseph Jefferson</span>, and liberty bonds and theater's contribution to the war effort during <span class=\"subject\">World War I</span>. Wilson also spoke at honorary dinners for fellow actors, at graduations and gave miscellaneous addresses on topics such as laughter.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical</p>"}
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1893
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1932
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1893