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Michel Mok papers

Title
  1. Michel Mok papers, ca. 1947-ca. 1959, bulk (1953-1955).
Author
  1. Mok, Michel, 1889?-1961

Collection information

Finding aid

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Halliday, Richard, 1905-1973
  2. Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954
  3. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
  4. Van Druten, John, 1901-1957
Description
  1. 1.3 linear feet (2 boxes).
Summary
  1. Collection consists of correspondence, business files, typescripts of writings and translations, photographs, and printed matter.
Subject
  1. Mok, Michel, 1889?-1961
  2. Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Genre/Form
  1. Photographs.
Call number
  1. MssCol 2029
Language
  1. English
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  1. Michel Mok (1889?-1961) was a theatrical press agent and journalist.
Processing action (note)
  1. Cataloged
Author
  1. Mok, Michel, 1889?-1961.
Title
  1. Michel Mok papers, ca. 1947-ca. 1959, bulk (1953-1955).
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
  1. Michel Mok (1889?-1961) was a theatrical press agent and journalist. Born in the Netherlands, he immigrated to Canada and later to the U.S. where he worked as a reporter for the New York Post. In the mid-1940s he associated himself with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for whom he handled publicity, public relations and scheduling of major productions. He also translated The Works of Anne Frank for Doubleday.
Finding aids
  1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
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Occupation
  1. Press agents.
  2. Translators.
Added author
  1. Halliday, Richard, 1905-1973.
  2. Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954.
  3. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
  4. Van Druten, John, 1901-1957.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 2029
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