Dance Printing Blocks

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unitid

{"value"=>"185592", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"*MGZEB 22-0020", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b22719182", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1963-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1963/1964"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Dance Printing Blocks"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

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

abstract

{"value"=>"The Dance Printing Blocks, dating from 1963 to 1964, contains twenty-eight photo lithographs depicting dancers. Most of the printing blocks are mounted on wood blocks, and were likely designed for newspaper printing."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains no details about the origin of the printing blocks, who created them, or how they were used.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from 1963 to 1964, and contains twenty-eight photo lithographs, most of which are mounted on wood blocks, and likely used for newspaper printing. The lithographs, some of which are labeled, depict an assortment of dancers. Among those depicted are Isadora Duncan, Jean Erdman, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, José Limón, Ruth St. Denis, and Charles Weidman.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Acquired in 1978. Source of acquisition is unknown.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2022</span>.</p>"}

date_start

1963

keydate

1963

date_end

1964

date_inclusive_start

1963

date_inclusive_end

1964

extent_statement

1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Dance Printing Blocks, *MGZEB 22-0020. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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