Edward Effron photographs

id
11434
origination
Effron, Edward
date statement
1965-1971
key date
1965
identifier (local_mss)
185576
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZEB 21-0024
b-number
b22629238
total components
3
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2022-01-26 21:05:09 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"185576", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 21-0024", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22629238", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1965-1971", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1965/1971"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Edward Effron photographs"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.33 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Edward Effron is a lighting designer, photographer, and former dancer. His collection consists of contact sheets and negatives depicting many professional dancers and dance companies between 1965 to 1971."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Effron, Edward", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Edward Effron earned a biology degree from the University of Wisconsin, before embarking on a career in dance. He graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City, and worked as a dance photographer to supplement his income. A knee injury ended Effron's dance career, and he shifted his focus and career to lighting design. Effron is the author of the 1986 book, <span class=\"title\">Planning and Designing Lighting</span>. He has done lighting design for numerous dance companies throughout the United States and Europe.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from 1965 to 1971, and holds contact sheets and negatives that depict dancers and dance companies. This includes Juilliard productions choreographed by Anna Sokolow, José Limón, and Richard Englund, as well as performances and choreography by James Cunningham, Yvonne Rainer, Judith Dunn, Paul Sanasardo, Eleo Pomare, Fred Benjamin, Irene Feigenheimer, Bill Dunas, and Art Bauman. Effron had a detailed numbering and filing system, and each contact sheet and negative is labeled with a letter and number that corresponds to the descriptive index located in box 2, folder 3.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Edward Effron in 1992.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span>.</p>"}
date_start
1965
keydate
1965
date_end
1971
date_inclusive_start
1965
date_inclusive_end
1971
extent_statement
1.33 linear feet (4 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Edward Effron photographs, *MGZEB 21-0024. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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