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Clara Rotter papers

Title: Clara Rotter papers, 1961-1984.
Author: Rotter, Clara.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Archival Mix	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1993-011 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Archival Mix	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1993-011 Box 1	Offsite

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Description

1.75 linear feet (2 boxes )

Summary

The Clara Rotter papers consist mainly of correspondence from Brooks Atkinson and his wife, the writer Oriana Atkinson, to Clara Rotter, as well as two scrapbooks of Atkinson's Critic at Large columns.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Correspondence.
Scrapbooks.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Berg Collection, New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

Long time secretary for the drama department of the New York Times, Clara Rotter, (1910-1992), was an influential fixture within the New York theatrical community for many years.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

*T-Mss 1993-011

OCLC

123906708

Author

Rotter, Clara.

Title

Clara Rotter papers, 1961-1984.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

Long time secretary for the drama department of the New York Times, Clara Rotter, (1910-1992), was an influential fixture within the New York theatrical community for many years. Rotter started working for the newspaper in 1945. She developed a close professional relationship with Brooks Atkinson, who was the chief drama critic of the Times throughout much of her own career. Among her many duties was the compilation of an annual list of Broadway and Off-Broadway theater productions, which was published under her byline for nine years. Atkinson, who died in 1984, bequeathed $2,500 to Miss Rotter, who donated the money to a fund to help emerging playwrights, which had been named in the critic's honor. In addition to her relationship with Atkinson, Rotter's position enabled her to develop friendships with many other notable figures, including the playwright Sean O'Casey, with whom she maintained a lengthy correspondence. She lived in Woodside, Queens, and retired from the Times in 1980, when she was 70. An interview with Rotter is included in The Line King (1997), a documentary about the theater caricaturist, Al Hirshfeld.

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