{"value"=>"<p>Research Files include the photographs that Benney used to help him sketch theater productions, and stage actors and actresses. The files contain roughly 1500 black and white photographs. Most of the photographs are 8\"x 10\", but some are over-sized. The files keep to Benney's original organization. They are arranged alphabetically by production title. Within the alphabetically structure, some files were created specifically for choreographers, directors, magicians, musicians, playwrights and producers. These files exist under their corresponding letter. Under most letters, Benney had created miscellaneous folders containing various photographs of actors and actresses with last names corresponding with that letter section. This organizational structure was kept for the collection. Notable stars seen in the research files include Al Jolson, Alfred Lunt, Barbara Stanwyck, Bela Lugosi, Brian Ahern, Dorothy Gish, Eartha Kit, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Barrymore, Eugene O'Neill, Eva Le Gallienne, Gloria Swanson, Helen Hayes, Jimmy Durante, John Barrymore, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Lynn Fontanne, Margalo Gilmore, Paul Robeson, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Notable productions represented in the research files include: <span class=\"title\">Arsenic and Old Lace</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mary of Scotland</span>, <span class=\"title\">Tobacco Road</span>, <span class=\"title\">Grand Hotel</span>, <span class=\"title\">Vaudeville</span>, <span class=\"title\">Dracula</span>. There is also information regarding radio stations WNBC, WEAF, WJZ.</p>"}