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Langston Hughes and Marjones Productions power of attorney to Joseph P. Bickerton Jr. : printed form signed.
- Title
- Langston Hughes and Marjones Productions power of attorney to Joseph P. Bickerton Jr. : printed form signed.
- Author
- Authors' League of America. Dramatists' Guild, creator.
- Publication
- 1935 September 2.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Request in advance | Berg Coll MSS 186356 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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- Description
- 1 item (1 page); 59 x 21 cm
- Summary
- The item is a printed power of attorney form issued by The Dramatists' Guild of The Authors' League of America, Inc., signed by Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright Langston Hughes and Martin Jones for Marjones Productions, Inc., on September 2, 1935. Martin Jones (Martin B. Jones, 1902-1983) was a theatrical producer. The document appoints Joseph P. Bickerton Jr., Arbiter, as attorney-in-fact to carry out the terms of the Minimum Basic Agreement between The Dramatists' Guild, and producing managers Langston Hughes (Author) and Marjones Productions, Inc. (Manager), for the negotiation of motion picture rights. The play's title is left blank, but extant documents signed by the parties that day identify Langston Hughes's play Mulatto, which opened on Broadway in 1935.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Powers of attorney.
- Drama.
- Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS 186356
- OCLC
- 1428166423
- Author
- Authors' League of America. Dramatists' Guild, creator.
- Title
- Langston Hughes and Marjones Productions power of attorney to Joseph P. Bickerton Jr. : printed form signed.
- Production
- 1935 September 2.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Dramatists.Theatrical producers.
- Added Author
- Bickerton, Joseph P., 1878-1936, associated name.Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, signer.Jones, Martin, 1902-1983, signer.Marjones Productions, associated name.
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS 186356