Series II. Manuscripts

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{"value"=>"1890s-1940s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1890/1949"}
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1890
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1949
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1890
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{"value"=>"<p>Manuscripts and typescripts, both loose and in notebooks, are of shows, theatrical spectacles, brief plot sketches and ideas, song lyrics, and some non-theatrical writings. Many are incomplete or fragmentary. Notes, memoranda, and stage diagrams accompany some. Some manuscripts are attributed to Burnside either by himself or with collaborators; some are attributed to others; most are unattributed. Manuscripts or portions of manuscripts of <span class=\"title\">The Bauble Shop</span>, by Henry Arthur Jones; <span class=\"title\">The Caliph</span>; <span class=\"title\">Crook Farm</span>; <span class=\"title\">Lady of Luzon</span>; <span class=\"title\">Miss Millions</span>; <span class=\"title\">Ten Minutes in a Lunch Room</span>, a play by Burnside with an anti-Prohibition theme; <span class=\"title\">The Three Romeos</span>; and Burnside's spectacle for <span class=\"corpname\">Rotary International</span>, are among those included. A few “cinema scenarios” written by Burnside in Hollywood, 1930s, are included. Also included is a series, numbered 1-50 (some are missing), 1910s-1920s, of synopses of plays and stories. These appeaar to have been properties of <span class=\"corpname\">Famous Players-Lasky Corp.</span> <span class=\"persname\">Zoe Akins</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Clemence Dane</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Richard Harding Davis</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Mary Roberts Rinehart</span> are among the authors of these.</p>"}
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1890
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1949

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  2. Synopses; Cinema scenarios miscellaneous
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