Hyla Roberts collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"24566", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"*MGZMD 485", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b21617144", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1930-2000", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1930/2000"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Hyla Roberts collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 container", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Hyla Roberts (1917-2001) was an American modern dancer who performed with noted modern dance choreographer Doris Humphrey from 1930 to 1934. The Hyla Roberts collection documents Roberts's brief dance career through correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and programs."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Roberts, Hyla (1917-2001)", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Hyla Roberts was born Hyla Rubin on January 31, 1917 in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1930, at just 13 years old, she moved to New York City, to perform under the stage name Hyla Roberts with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. She studied and danced with their modern dance troupe until 1934. Her credits include <span class=\"title\">The Dream of Sganarelle</span> (1933) and <span class=\"title\">Revenge with Music</span> (1934). She left the dance world to marry Victor Samrock with whom she raised two children, Carl and Ellen Samrock. She died in New York City on October 19, 2001.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Hyla Roberts collection documents Roberts's brief dance career through correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and a work contract. The correspondence file includes a letter and a postcard from Doris Humphrey; letters between Roberts and Eleanor King, a fellow dancer of the era, who, in the 1970s, wrote a memoir about her time performing with the Humphrey/Weidman group; as well as a postcard from her daughter Ellen, dated 2000. The photographs file includes a set of publicity portraits of Roberts taken in 1930 and two headshots dated 1951. Newspaper clippings chiefly consist of reviews of Doris Humphrey group performances. The collection also includes Roberts's work contract for <span class=\"title\">Revenge with Music</span> and a few programs.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Hyla Roberts's son, Carl Samrock in 2018.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Halliday</span>, 2018.</p>"}

date_start

1930

keydate

1930

date_end

2000

date_inclusive_start

1930

date_inclusive_end

2000

extent_statement

0.21 linear feet (1 container)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Hyla Roberts collection, *MGZMD 485. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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