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Gertrude Lawrence papers

Title
Gertrude Lawrence papers, 1917-1958.
Author
Lawrence, Gertrude.

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StatusContainerFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Folder (oversize) 1 (Portrait photographs, MWEZ +++ 18,063)Mixed materialBy appointment only *T-Mss 1959-001 Folder (oversize) 1 (Portrait photographs, MWEZ +++ 18,063)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 1 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,029)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 1 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,029)Offsite
Box 2 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,030)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 2 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,030)Offsite
Box 3 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,031)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 3 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,031)Offsite
Box 4 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,035)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 4 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,035)Offsite
Box 5 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,036)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 5 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,036)Offsite
Box 6 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,037)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 6 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,037)Offsite
Box 7 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,038)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 7 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,038)Offsite
Box 8 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,039)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 8 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,039)Offsite
Box 9 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,040)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 9 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,040)Offsite
Box 10 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,041)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 10 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,041)Offsite
Box 11 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,042)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 11 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,042)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 12 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,043)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 12 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,043)Offsite
Box 13 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,044)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 13 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,044)Offsite
Box 14 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,045)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 14 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,045)Offsite
Box 15 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,046)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 15 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,046)Offsite
Box 16 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,047)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 16 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,047)Offsite
Box 17 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,048)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 17 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,048)Offsite
Box 18 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,049)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 18 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,049)Offsite
Box 19 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,050)Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Mss 1959-001 Box 19 (MWEZ + n.c. 18,050)Offsite

Details

Description
6.5 lin. ft. (36 boxes and 1 oversize folder).
Summary
Collection is primarily large scrapbooks of "press cuttings" documenting the career of Gertrude Lawrence.
Subjects
Note
  • Previously cataloged as MWEZ+ n.c. 18029-18064.
Biography (note)
  • English-born actress Gertrude Lawrence (July 4, 1898-September 6, 1952) made her stage debut at the age of twelve, and had her first outstanding success in New York and London as Amanda Prynne in Noel Coward's PRIVATE LIVES, playing opposite Mr. Coward, 1930-1931.
Call Number
*T-Mss 1959-001
OCLC
NYPW96-A160
Author
Lawrence, Gertrude.
Title
Gertrude Lawrence papers, 1917-1958.
Biography
English-born actress Gertrude Lawrence (July 4, 1898-September 6, 1952) made her stage debut at the age of twelve, and had her first outstanding success in New York and London as Amanda Prynne in Noel Coward's PRIVATE LIVES, playing opposite Mr. Coward, 1930-1931. She was a revue star in England in the 1920s and then a leading lady in plays and films in England and the United States. At the time of her death she was starring as Anna in THE KING AND I in New York opposite Yul Brynner.
Finding Aids
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Occupation
Actresses.
Research Call Number
*T-Mss 1959-001
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