- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1523 items in 198 folders", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 61", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19704", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1936-1958", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1936/1958"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"David Libidins papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"persname\">David Libidins</span> Papers document his professional life from 1936 to 1958. Although primarily concerned with his roles as administrator and artists' manager, <span class=\"persname\">Libidins'</span> correspondence reflects frequent crossovers between professional relationships and personal friendships. He was widely known as a man for whom there was no separation between the two spheres."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"David Libidins papers, *MGZMD 61. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Libidins, David, ca. 1899-1958", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>David Savelevich Libidins was born in c. 1899in Istanbul (then Constantinople) of Russian parents. He studied voice in Moscow, and after serving in the Russian army in World War I, toured Europe performing with opera companies and in other theatrical shows. In the early 1930's, Libidins took an administrative position with Sol Hurok, handling the U.S. tours of the de Basil Ballet Russe.</p> <p>In 1938, he became administrative director of the newly formed Denham-Massine Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and retained this position until 1943 when he became an independent manager. Except for a brief period in 1943 when he served as administrative director for Ballet Theatre, Libidins maintained his own firm until his death, with a clientele that included the Ballet Russe, Alicia Alonso in her guest appearances with Igor Youskevitch, Teresa and Luisillo's Ballet Espagnol, Vladimir Horowitz, and the harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. In 1946, Libidins began a long-standing professional and personal relationship with Igor Youskevitch, as his manager and deep-sea fishing partner.</p> <p>David Libidins died on December 22, 1958.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">David Libidins</span> Papers document his professional life from 1936 to 1958. Although primarily concerned with his roles as administrator and artists' manager, <span class=\"persname\">Libidins'</span> correspondence reflects frequent crossovers between professional relationships and personal friendships. He was widely known as a man for whom there was no separation between the two spheres.|||In English, French and Russian with some Italian and German.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The David Libidins papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19704#c361024'>I. World Art/Universal Art</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>622 items</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The first series of the collection (622 items) contains papers relating to World Art, Inc., later known as Universal Art, Inc. Correspondence with and between <span class=\"persname\">Sergei Denham</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Leonide Massine</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Rene Blum</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sol Hurok</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Jacques Rubinstein</span> and others, documents the purchase of <span class=\"persname\">Blum's</span> Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the formation of the new Ballet Russe in 1938. As all papers are arranged chronologically, an alphabetical list of frequent and/or important correspondents is included in the register. It should be noted that the correspondents frequently use nicknames: “<span class=\"persname\">Libby</span>”, “<span class=\"persname\">Smith</span>” and “<span class=\"persname\">Clifford Smith</span>” for <span class=\"persname\">Libidins</span>; and “<span class=\"persname\">Clyde</span>” for <span class=\"persname\">Sergei Denham</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19704#c361057'>II. Igor Youskevitch</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>886 items</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The second series of papers (886 items), relating to <span class=\"persname\">Igor Youskevitch</span>, trace the long personal and professional relationship between the two, from 1941 to 1958. The correspondence, while largely relating to tours, contracts, etc., often has updates on <span class=\"persname\">Youskevitch's</span> family, including his wife, the dancer <span class=\"persname\">Anna Scarpova</span>. The financial papers include many exchanges with the accountant <span class=\"persname\">Isador Magidoff</span>, and income tax preparations for <span class=\"persname\">Youskevitch</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19704#c361126'>III. Manuscripts/Diaries</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 items</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes A manuscript and diary written by <span class=\"persname\">Libidins</span> (the third series of the collection, 2 items), present a more anecdotal description of the Ballet Russe, as well as offering insights into <span class=\"persname\">Libidins'</span> own character.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19704#c361129'>IV. Miscellaneous</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>13 items</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The fourth series contains 13 miscellaneous items.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. World Art/Universal Art</li> <li>II. Igor Youskevitch</li> <li>III. Manuscripts/Diaries</li> <li>IV. Miscellaneous</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Mrs. Lincoln J. Herzeca (niece of Libidins). Received: 1989.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li>63 duplicate manuscript items - Location: Discarded</li> <li>2 souvenir programs - Location: To Bazaar</li> <li>4 music scores</li> <li>4 rolls 35mm film - Location: To film archive</li> <li>1 roll 8mm film</li> <li>1 piano score of <span class=\"emph\">Tortoni</span> - Location: Added to *MGZMD 52 (Ballet Foundation scores)</li> <li>2 11½×17½ photostats of 1942 drawings of company life - Location: Conservation; to be processed</li></ul> <ul> <li> <span class=\"emph\">Box #1 - Location: <span class=\"emph\">Manuscript area shelves</span></span> <ul> <li>ca. 425 stage and portrait photos with xeroxed list from Libidins' diary identifying some photos - Location: To be processed *MGZEA</li> <li>ca. 45 envelopes of negatives - Location: To be processed</li></ul></li></ul> <ul> <li> <span class=\"emph\">Box #2</span> - Location: <span class=\"emph\">Manuscript area shelves</span> <ul> <li>2 scrapbooks with snapshots (Libidins, Youskevitch, fishing, family) - Location: To be processed *MGZEB</li> <li>ca. 85 house programs--Ballet Russe in U.S. appearances - Location: To be processed</li> <li>9 folders clippings (mostly on Youskevitch) - Location: Added to *MGZR Youskevitch, Igor</li> <li>1 fabric insignia with eagle and “A” - Location: To be processed</li></ul></li></ul>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1936
- date_inclusive_end
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1958
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is divided into four series: I. World Art/Universal Art (622 items); II. Igor Youskevitch (886 items); III. Manuscripts/Diaries (2 items); IV. Miscellaneous (13 items)</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- langmaterial_code
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eng
fre
rus
ita
ger
- keydate
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1936
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"In English, French, and Russian with some Italian and German. The papers document Libidins' career as administrator for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1938 to 1943 and manager for individual performers, including Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch. The collection includes correspondence with Sergei Denham, Leonide Massine, René Blum, Sol Hurok, Jacques Rubinstein and others relating to the purchase of Blum's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the formation of the new Ballet Russe in 1938. Much of the collection documents the long personal and professional relationship between Libidins and Youskevitch"}
{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Sally Bomer.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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1523 items in 198 folders
- date_start
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1936
- date_end
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1958