- unitid
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{"value"=>"185491", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 540", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22508183", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1966-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1966/1981"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Andrew Wentink papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.83 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Andrew Mark Wentink (1948- ) was an archivist and researcher for the New York Public Library Jerome Robbins Dance Division in the 1970s. His office files contain research for processing archives and his writing projects. During his tenure as an archivist, Wentink processed the archives of Doris Humphrey and Ruth Page. Wentink also wrote and published several books and articles on dance, specifically on ballet and Humphrey's and Page's careers."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Wentink, Andrew Mark", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Andrew Mark Wentink (1948 - ) is a dance historian and writer. After graduating from Middlebury College, he received his Master's in Library Science from Columbia University. He began working as Manuscript Archivist at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library in the 1970s.</p> <p>Wentink arranged and wrote the register, or finding aid, for two significant dance collections: the Doris Humphrey collection and the Ruth Page collection. Through his arrangement, Wentink also conducted extensive research on Humphrey and Page, publishing several books and articles on their careers. These publications include <span class=\"title\">The Doris Humphrey collection: an introduction and guide</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Ruth Page collection: an introduction and guide to manuscript materials through 1970</span>, and several articles for dance magazines about their career and findings while processing their papers.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Wentink collection dates from 1966 to 1981. Most items are dated and identified. The collection comprises two boxes of paper materials created during his time working as an archivist at the New York Public Library.</p> <p> Materials related to Wentink's publishing include research, interviews with dancers, reproductions of photographs, notes, and drafts. Most of Wentink's publishing is related to the archives that he stewarded at the New York Public Library, but also include some writing on dancing for the choerographer, George Balanchine and the 50th anniversary of the Rockettes. The drafts of writing sent to Wentink are related to dance, particularly ballet in Poland, and an outline for a dance encyclopedia and background on the theatre critic H. T. Parker.</p> <p>The Doris Humphrey collection has much of its planning documentation, including detailed planning papers that describe the collection from the subseries level, and at times the folder level. There is an inventory of Humphrey's correspondence from 1891 to 1958, also included in the register. The register functions as a very detailed finding aid. It provides scope and content notes, biographical information, a detailed chronology of events from Humphrey's correspondence, a description of the series and its organization, a folder list, and an index of all people, titles, and subjects mentioned in the collection. Besides the Humphrey collection, the only other research in this grouping is related to dance notation. There are no materials related to the Ruth Page collection.</p> <p>A large portion of the collection consists of subject indexes from other books about dance and ballet. These were then used as reference information for an extensive set of alphabetized index cards with dance terminology, performances, and artists. It is unclear if this work was for general reference or research for a book titled <span class=\"title\">Balletomania: a quizzical potpourri of ballet facts, stars, trivia, and lore</span>. <span class=\"title\">Balletomania</span> was published in 1981 and features, as the title suggests, quizzes and answers to assorted ballet trivia. Subject cards are in alphabetical order but subdivided by size. Not all cards have added information beyond the subject heading.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>These papers were created while Wentink was an employee of the New York Public Library.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Emily P. Dunne</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span>.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Doris Humphrey collection, 1811-1958.</p>"}
- date_start
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1966
- keydate
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1966
- date_end
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1981
- date_inclusive_start
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1966
- date_inclusive_end
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1981
- extent_statement
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2.83 linear feet (4 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Andrew Wentink papers, *MGZMD 540. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}