John Goldston photographs

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unitid

{"value"=>"186039", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"*MGZEB 22-0023", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b22828815", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"circa 1940-1959", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/1959", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"John Goldston photographs"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.71 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

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

abstract

{"value"=>"John Goldston (died 1972) was an American photographer based in St. Louis. The John Goldston photographs date from approximately 1940 to 1959 and primarily document the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Ballet Theatre (now the American Ballet Theatre). The collection consists entirely of ninety black-and-white 8x10-inch photographic prints."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Goldston, John (photographer)", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>John Goldston (died 1972) was a ballet enthusiast and American photographer based in St. Louis, Missouri. Goldson photographed live performances and rehearsals of the the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre).</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The John Goldston collection consists entirely of ninety 8x10-inch black-and-white photographic prints shot by him. The photographs were taken between the 1940s and 1950s and depict dancers in rehearsals or live performances. Most photographs are of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo or Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre). Notable dancers featured in the collection include Mary Ellen Moylan, Nathalie Krassovska, Rosella Hightower, Nora Kaye, and Alicia Markova. <span class=\"title\">Capriccio Espagnol</span> by Leonide Massine, <span class=\"title\">Ballet Imperial</span> by George Balanchine, <span class=\"title\">Helen of Troy</span> by David Lichine, <span class=\"title\">Les Patineurs</span> by Frederick Ashton, and <span class=\"title\">Fancy Free</span> by Jerome Robbins are among the works depicted in the collection. Images of one of the few ballets choreographed by a woman in this era, Ruthanna Boris's <span class=\"title\">Cirque de Deux</span> and a previously unknown American production of Kurt Jooss's <span class=\"title\">The Green Table</span>, are also included in the collection.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>The photographs are numbered one through ninety.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>The collection of photographs was a gift from Valerie Goldston, daughter of John Goldston, in 2022.</p>"}

processinfo

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

otherfindaid

{"value"=>"<p>Prior to donating the collection to New York Public Library, Valerie Goldston enlisted the help of Joy Williams Brown, a dancer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the 1940s, and dance critics Alastair Macaulay and Robert Greskovic to compile a numbered inventory of the photographs. In the process of conferring to identify individuals and works in the images, Macaulay, Greskovic, and Brown continually reference the image numbers 1 to 90, which are found on in the lower left corner of the back of each print.</p>"}

date_start

1940

keydate

1940

date_end

1959

date_inclusive_start

1940

date_inclusive_end

1959

extent_statement

0.71 linear feet (1 box)

prefercite

{"value"=>"John Goldston photographs, *MGZEB 22-0023. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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