Agnes De Mille transcripts for Martha Graham biography

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11413
origination
De Mille, Agnes
date statement
1972-1989
key date
1972
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185489
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 550
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b22629188
total components
25
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0
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1
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created
2021-11-02 19:54:28 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
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{"value"=>"Agnes De Mille was a dancer, choreographer, and author who wrote a 1993 biography of Martha Graham entitled <span class=\"title\">Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham</span>. The Agnes De Mille transcripts for Martha Graham biography dates from 1972 to 1989, and contains transcripts of the interviews De Mille conducted while writing and researching the book."}
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bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Agnes George de Mille (1905-1993) was an American dancer, choreographer, writer, and author of the Martha Graham biography <span class=\"title\">Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham</span>. A lifelong friend of Graham's, De Mille researched the book for over thirty years, and conducted numerous interviews with dancers, performers, writers, and friends who knew and collaborated with Graham. The biography was published in 1992, and chronicles the entire life and career of Graham. De Mille is also the author of <span class=\"title\">And Promenade Home</span> (1958), <span class=\"title\">To A Young Dancer</span> (1962), <span class=\"title\">The Book of Dance</span> (1963), <span class=\"title\">Lizzie Borden: A Dance of Death</span> (1968), <span class=\"title\">Speak To Me, Dance With Me</span> (1973), and <span class=\"title\">Portrait Gallery</span> (1990). De Mille also wrote her own memoir <span class=\"title\">Dance to the Piper</span> (1952), an autobiography entitled <span class=\"title\">And Promenade Home: An Autobiography</span> (1980), and a second memoir, <span class=\"title\">Reprieve: A Memoir</span> (1993), about her experience having a stroke in 1975 . De Mille died from a stroke in New York City in 1993.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Agnes De Mille transcripts for Martha Graham biography date from 1975 to 1989, and contain typed interview transcripts, as well as some manuscript drafts, notes, and clippings from De Mille's work researching and writing the Martha Graham biography <span class=\"title\">Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham</span>. The interview transcripts are arranged alphabetically by interviewee name, and often include the texts of multiple interviews from different years. Many of the interview transcripts are interfiled with manuscript drafts, clippings, and notes, some of which are annotated.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Agnes De Mille.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span>.</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Early drafts and papers relating to Martha: The life and work of Martha Graham, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library *MGZMD 80, contain correspondence, interview notes, research materials, drafts, and manuscripts from De Mille's work on <span class=\"title\">Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham</span>.</p>"}
date_start
1972
keydate
1972
date_end
1989
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1972
date_inclusive_end
1989
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1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Agnes De Mille transcripts for Martha Graham biography, *MGZMD 550. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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