Carmelita Maracci photographs

id
11432
origination
Maracci, Carmelita, 1911-1987
date statement
1940s-1950s
key date
1940
identifier (local_mss)
185493
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZEB 21-0021
b-number
b22629226
total components
2
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2022-01-26 20:57:14 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
{"value"=>"185493", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 21-0021", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22629226", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1940s-1950s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/1959"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Carmelita Maracci photographs"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Carmelita Maracci (1911-1987) was a dancer, choreographer, and teacher best known for incorporating Spanish techniques into her ballet performances. The Carmelita Maracci photographs comprise prints by Marcus Blechman that include both portraits and stills from <span class=\"title\">The Nightingale and the Maiden</span>."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Maracci, Carmelita, 1911-1987", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Carmelita Maracci was born in Nevada in 1911 and raised in Fresno, California, where she began studying dance as a child. She performed for the first time as a soloist in 1928, and soon after began experimenting with her own choreography, often blending classical ballet with Spanish dance styles. She debuted a program of her own works in 1930, and continued to tour and perform for the next decade. Beginning in the 1950s, Maracci began to focus more on teaching, where she worked with such dancers as William Carter, Geraldine Chaplin, Agnes de Mille, Cynthia Gregory, Allegra Kent, Bella Lewitsky, Julie Newmar, Jerome Robbins, Janice Rule, Donald Saddler, and Christine Sarry. Carmelita Maracci died in Los Angeles on July 26, 1987.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains twenty-three prints of Carmelita Maracci photographed by Marcus Blechman. Nine of the images are portraits, and fourteen are stills of Maracci performing her dance <span class=\"title\">The Nightingale and the Maiden</span>. None of the photographs are dated, and there is no additional identifying information about the images. Box 2, folder 1 contains a short note from Marcus Blechman wishing Maracci a happy new year.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchased in 1991.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Photographs separated from the Carmelita Maracci papers, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library *MGZMD 73.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span>.</p>"}
date_start
1940
keydate
1940
date_end
1959
date_inclusive_start
1940
date_inclusive_end
1959
extent_statement
0.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Carmelita Maracci photographs, *MGZEB 21-0021. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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