Imogene Coca Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Coca, Imogene
label: Former owner
content: Basile, Mark
topic: label: Topic
content: Awards
label: Topic
content: Comedians -- United States
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content: Interviews
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content: Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
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content: Sound recordings -- Discs
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content: Television personalities
label: Topic
content: Variety shows (Television programs) -- Production and direction
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated to the Archives Center in 2019 by Mark Basile.
creator: label: Creator
content: Coca, Imogene
setName: label: See more items in
content: Imogene Coca Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents the life and career of comedian Imogene Coca.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 4 framed items, 12 accordion folders,  two loose stacks)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1879-2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1479
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
label: Type
content: Magazines (periodicals)
label: Type
content: Musical scores
label: Type
content: Newspaper clippings
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Playbills
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sheet music
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
label: Genre/Form
content: Magazines (periodicals) -- 20th century
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content: Musical scores
label: Genre/Form
content: Newspaper clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Playbills
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection documents the life and career of comedian Imogene Coca.  It includes family documents and photographs, including some from the 19th century; a family history written by Imogene Coca; several photograph albums; several scrapbooks, including such things as articles and clippings, advertisements for shows, notes, playbills, and photographs; correspondence; diaries; scripts; original scores; sheet music; clippings; transcripts of interviews; awards; and miscellany.