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Arthur Hopkins papers
- Title
- Arthur Hopkins papers, 1908-1954.
- Author
- Hopkins, Arthur, 1878-1950.
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 1992-017 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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 1992-017 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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 1992-017 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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 1992-017 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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 1992-017 Box 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Not available - In use until 2024-05-28 - Please for assistance. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1992-017 Box 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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 1992-017 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Not available - In use until 2024-05-28 - Please for assistance. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1992-017 Box 8 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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 1992-017 Box 9 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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 1992-017 Box 10 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 5.25 lin.ft. (10 boxes)
- Summary
- Collection consists of promptbooks and scripts for shows produced and/or directed by Arthur Hopkins; his writings, including plays, articles and speeches; a few letters and legal papers; programs; photographs; scrapbooks of clippings; and research materials of his granddaughter Rosemary Sprague who worked on a biography about him.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Promptbooks.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography (note)
- Arthur Hopkins, theatrical producer and director for the New York stage, was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 4, 1878, the youngest of ten children.
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1992-017
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A102
- Author
- Hopkins, Arthur, 1878-1950.
- Title
- Arthur Hopkins papers, 1908-1954.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Arthur Hopkins, theatrical producer and director for the New York stage, was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 4, 1878, the youngest of ten children. His began his career in newspapers, then press agentry and booking vaudeville acts. His first Broadway production was POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL, 1913. This was the start of a successful career in which he produced over seventy plays and directed scores of well-known theater personalities including Lionel, John and Ethel Barrymore. Among his most famous productions were HAMLET with John Barrymore, THE JEST, ANNA CHRISTIE and WHAT PRICE GLORY. As a director, he was known for his light touch and for valuing artistic over commercial merit. A writer as well, he published plays, books and articles. Arthur Hopkins died on March 22, 1950.
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- *T-Mss 1992-017