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John A. Chapman Papers
Collection
Identifier: M039
Abstract
John Chapman (1900-1972), nicknamed ''Old Frostface'' by the press and ''The Curmudgeon'' by affectionate colleagues, was a drama critic for the New York Daily News in the 1930s through the 1950s. Chapman spent some time reviewing movies in Hollywood, but his base was always in Manhattan. He and his wife Georgia also maintained a home in Westport, Connecticut. He was the son of Arthur Chapman, a Denver, Colorado newspaperman best known for his poem ''Out Where the West Begins.'' The bulk...
Dates:
1874-1979
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
May Arno Schwatt Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: B296
Abstract
May Arno Schwatt was born in Pltava, Russia to Saul and Chaya Shamus Charsky. May Arno Charsky immigrated to America in the 1880s and developed an interest in singing and acting. Under the stage name May Arno, she traveled as an actress and singer with a theater company in the early years of the twentieth century. May Charsky married Jacob Marinoff, who was the Superintendent at JCRS in 1906. After divorcing, she married Dr. Herman Schwatt, who served as the Medical Superintendent of the...
Dates:
1911-1930
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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