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Nila Mack papers

Title
Nila Mack papers, 1910-1953.
Author
Mack, Nila, 1891-1953.
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Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1953-002 Box 1Offsite
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1953-002 Box 2Offsite

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Additional Authors
Nazimova, 1879-1945.
Description
.63 lf. (2 boxes).
Summary
The Nila Mack papers contain correspondence, personal papers and ephemera, photographs, clippings and scrapbooks.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Photographic prints.
  • Correspondence.
  • Printed ephemera.
  • Scrapbooks.
Access (note)
  • Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Source (note)
  • Elaine Ivans
Biography (note)
  • Nila Mack, actress and radio writer, director and producer was born in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1891.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
*T-Mss 1953-002
OCLC
NYPW95-A89
Author
Mack, Nila, 1891-1953.
Title
Nila Mack papers, 1910-1953.
Restricted Access
Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Biography
Nila Mack, actress and radio writer, director and producer was born in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1891. She began her career in vaudeville and as a leading lady in a traveling repertory company. When her husband, Roy Briant, joined Paramount Pictures as a writer, she became a member of Nazimova's company. Nila Mack was in the film WAR BRIDES and also wrote scenarios for screen shorts during this time. In the 1930's she took over creative responsibility for the radio program THE ADVENTURES OF HELEN MARY which became LET'S PRETEND and which she produced for the next 23 years. Nila Mack won awards for LET'S PRETEND and other works and was known as the "Fairy Godmother of Radio". She died in 1953.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
Local Note
Some materials in this collection previously cataloged as MWEZ+ n.c. 20246-20247.
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Finding Aid
Added Author
Nazimova, 1879-1945.
Research Call Number
*T-Mss 1953-002
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