Grant Hyde Code negatives

id
11584
origination
Code, Grant Hyde
date statement
1912-1938
key date
1912
identifier (local_mss)
185541
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZEB 21-0035
b-number
b22692945
total components
612
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2023-02-27 18:14:36 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
{"value"=>"185541", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 21-0035", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22692945", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1912-1938", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1912/1938"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Grant Hyde Code negatives"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.33 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Grant Hyde Code was a writer, lecturer, and founder of the Brooklyn Museum Dance Center. His collection holds approximately 500 dance publicity negatives dating from 1912 to 1938, as well a small selection of glass plate negatives and prints."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Code, Grant Hyde", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Grant Hyde Code was a writer and lecturer on theatre and dance. He worked as an editor at <span class=\"title\">Dance Observer</span> before founding the Brooklyn Museum Dance Center in 1935. Code managed the Dance Center, which hosted recitals and exhibitions, until its dissolution in 1938. Code was also an actor, teacher, and worked in public relations. He died in New York City in 1974.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>In 2013, the Brooklyn Museum received this collection from Laurence McGilvery, a rare book dealer. McGilvery acquired the materials while cleaning out a storage unit, and sent the collection to the Museum since the materials were labeled with the institution's name. The Brooklyn Museum donated the collection to the library because the majority of the images do not depict events hosted at the Museum.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from 1912 to 1938, and contains approximately 500 acetate negatives compiled by Grant Hyde Code during his tenure at the Brooklyn Museum Dance Center. Many of the negatives are dance publicity stills depicting performances in New York City. The negatives are arranged alphabetically by name or title. Some of the dancers pictured include Lew Christensen, Alexandra Danilova, William Dollar, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, Eleanor King, Harold Kreutzburg, Annabelle Lyon, Sophie Maslow, Anna Pavlova, Elise Reiman, Ted Shawn, Daphne Vane, Heidi Vosseler, Charles Weidman, Helga Weigert, and Mary Wigman. Some of the companies represented include American Ballet Company, Ballet Caravan, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and Dora Menzler Dance Group. The negatives are all numbered and housed in sleeves that include detailed information about each image. There are also ten glass plate negatives and fourteen prints depicting Alexandra Danilova, Anna Pavlova, Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Mary Wigman. Additionally, there is group of dance negatives from <span class=\"title\">National Geographic Magazine</span> which are arranged chronologically.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by the Brooklyn Museum in 2014.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2022</span> and <span class=\"date\">2023</span>.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Access to the physical negatives is restricted. As a preservation measure, researchers must view the digitized images rather than the originals.</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Grant Hyde Code Papers, *MGZMD 8, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
date_start
1912
keydate
1912
date_end
1938
date_inclusive_start
1912
date_inclusive_end
1938
extent_statement
3.33 linear feet (8 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Grant Hyde Code negatives, *MGZEB 21-0035. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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  1. American Ballet Company [30/1]
  2. The Ballet Caravan [7/1]
  3. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo [13/1]
  4. Dorothy Barrett, Dancer (Brooklyn Museum Dance Center)
  5. Bloch Dance Group (Choreography) [7/1]
  6. Chalif Ballet (Brooklyn Museum Dance Center)
  7. The Country Dance Book [14/1]
  8. Jane Dudley [6/1]
  9. Jane Dudley and Sophie Maslow in Evacuation
  10. Dutch National Ballet in an Etude by Beethoven
  11. Grant Hyde Code [2/1]
  12. Dance Group (Choreography)
  13. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Duryea (Brooklyn Museum Dance Center)
  14. Dora Menzler Dance Group (Choreography) [9/1]
  15. El Amor Brujo [4/1]
  16. Angna Enters
  17. Ailes Gilmour, Dancer
  18. Guderian
  19. Phoebe Guthrie [2/1]
  20. Haus von Heuttluis Burse
  21. Hanya Holm [14/1]
  22. Louis Horst -- Pre-Classic Dance Forms [6/1]
  23. Doris Humphrey [6/1]
  24. Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman [8/1]
  25. Joos Ballet [5/1]
  26. Kaiser's Giles
  27. Eleanor King - The Dancing Foot [13/1]
  28. Louise Kloepper [3/1]
  29. Harold Kreutzberg [24/1]
  30. La Argentina [2/1]
  31. Lil Liandre, Dancer (Brooklyn Museum Dance Center)
  32. Martha Graham Dance Company [18/1]
  33. Sophie Maslow [3/1]
  34. Mordkin Ballet [5/1]
  35. Yeichi Nimura [4/1]
  36. Naid: Nikitina and Gueldy
  37. National Geographic Images [64/1]
  38. Anna Pavlowa [6/1]
  39. Mary Radin [2/1]
  40. Russian American Ballet [4/1]
  41. Crystal Rose
  42. Saki [2/1]
  43. Uday Shankar [6/1]
  44. Ted Shawn Group [3/1]
  45. Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers [13/1]
  46. Ted Shawn [9/1]
  47. Alexander Shealer - Russia Petrograde
  48. Mary Starks, Dancer
  49. Helen Tamiris [6/1]
  50. Rudolf Von Laban (Choreography) [16/1]
  51. Charles Weidman [7/1]
  52. Helga Weigert [18/1]
  53. Mary Wigman [6/1]
  54. [Unidentified Glass Plate Negative]
  55. [Unidentified Glass Plate Negative]
  56. [Partial Handwritten inventory of Collection - Lined Paper]
  57. [Partial Handwritten inventory of Collection - Lined Paper]