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Sigrid Astrom collection of ephemera

Title
  1. Sigrid Astrom collection of ephemera, 1930-1938.
Author
  1. Astrom, Sigrid Marguerite
Format
  1. Archival mix

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Description
  1. .84 linear foot (1 box, 3 volumes)
Summary
  1. The Sigrid Astrom collection of ephemera (1930-1938) primarily contains clippings on the theater and film careers of actors Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt, and Walter Huston. There are also clippings about set designer and director Robert Edmond Jones and his work with the Central City Opera House in Colorado. Many of the clippings are in scrapbooks. The collection includes scrapbooks on The Guardsman, Elizabeth the Queen, and Reunion in Vienna, all starring Lunt and Fontanne, and Dodsworth, starring Huston. The Reunion in Vienna scrapbook includes a promotional booklet and a small amount of clippings concerning the film adaptation of the play. The collection also contains transcripts of 1935 radio interviews with Jones, Huston, and Nan Sunderland.
Subject
  1. Fontanne, Lynn. - [Browse in index]
  2. Huston, Walter, 1884-1950. - [Browse in index]
  3. Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954. - [Browse in index]
  4. Lunt, Alfred. - [Browse in index]
  5. Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.) - [Browse in index]
Genre/Form
  1. Clippings (information artifacts)
  2. Scrapbooks.
Call number
  1. *T-Mss 1988-003
Language
  1. English
Access (note)
  1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Terms of use (note)
  1. The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.
Source (note)
  1. Donated by the estate of Sigrid Marguerite Astrom, 1988.
Author
  1. Astrom, Sigrid Marguerite.
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