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Flo Ziegfeld-Billie Burke papers

Title: Flo Ziegfeld-Billie Burke papers, 1907-1984.
Author: Burke, Billie, 1885-1970.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 3	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 4	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 5	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 6	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 7	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 8	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 9	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 10	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 11	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 12	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 13	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 13	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 14	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 14	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 15	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 15	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 16	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 16	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 17	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 17	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 18	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1987-010 Box 18	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Additional Authors

Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932.

Description

8.25 lf. (17 boxes + 1 oversized envelope and 1 slipcased albumn)

Summary

The Flo Ziegfeld-Billie Burke papers span 1907-1984, and consist of stage, radio, and film scripts, and a relatively small amount of clippings, photographs, and business papers.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Radio scripts.
Scripts.
Clippings.
Photographs.
Business records.

Note

Incorporates materials previously cataloged as 8-MWEZ + n.c. 23701-23708.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography (note)

Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld was a theatrical impressario who perfected a form of the musical comedy revue, the Follies, regarded as the pinnacle of the field, while he himself became a legendary figure, making and losing several fortunes, and marrying two of his biggest stars, Anna Held and Billie Burke.

Processing Action (note)

Processed

Call Number

*T-Mss 1987-010

OCLC

NYPW01-A113

Author

Burke, Billie, 1885-1970.

Title

Flo Ziegfeld-Billie Burke papers, 1907-1984.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld was a theatrical impressario who perfected a form of the musical comedy revue, the Follies, regarded as the pinnacle of the field, while he himself became a legendary figure, making and losing several fortunes, and marrying two of his biggest stars, Anna Held and Billie Burke. Born in Chicago in 1869, son of a classical musician and a music teacher, "Flo" Ziegfeld chose a career in popular entertainment, first as a booker of vaudeville acts and later as a producer of plays designed mainly to showcase the talents of his first wife Anna Held. He found his niche as producer of the Follies, beginning in 1907 and offering new editions annually or semi-annually until 1931. Although the Follies was best known for its lavish sets and beautiful women, Ziegfeld was adept at discovering and developing comic talent, and presented such top comedians as Fanny Brice, Bert Williams, Will Rogers, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, and many others.

Ziegfeld's second wife, Billie Burke, was born into a theatrical family in Washington, D.C., in 1885, and made her stage debut at 18. Soon a star, Billie Burke alternated between the stage and films, and married Florenz Ziegfeld in 1914. She retired from acting in 1921 to raise their daughter Patricia, but resumed work after her husband was wiped out in the 1929 stock market crash, appearing in such films as DINNER AT EIGHT (1933), TOPPER (1937), and THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939), as Glinda. Billie Burke died in 1970 at the age of 85.

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Added Author

Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 1987-010

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