Robert Benney research materials

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Description: The Robert Benney research materials include photographs, clippings, posters, playbills, and ephemera relating to his career as a portraitist of stage and screen personalities. The bulk of the material spans 1926 to 1947, and consists of photographs, and clippings of Benney's work depicting New York stage performers in their roles. Many photographs and clippings depict entire stage scenes, and, in addition to stage actors, there are photographs and clippings of musicians, dancers, comics, and radio personalities, and a small number of items relating to films of the period.
Names: Benney, Robert L., b. 1904 (Collector)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1926 - 1978
Library locations: Billy Rose Theatre Division; Shelf locator: *T-Mss 1984-005
Topics: Theater -- New York (State) -- New York; Actors; Actresses
Genres: Photographs; Ephemera
Physical Description: Extent: 5.2 linear feet (19 boxes)
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15425509; MSS Unit ID: 21610; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e0bc4220-c6ce-012f-13d5-58d385a7bc34

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