- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"77 items in 8 folders", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 67", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19715", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1952-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1952/1978"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Donald Weissmuller 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 papers of <span class=\"persname\">Donald Weissmuller</span> consists almost completely of correspondence, letters and telegrams written between 1952 and 1978."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Donald Weissmuller papers, *MGZMD 67. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Weissmuller, Donald", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Donald Weissmuller, American dancer and choreographer, was born in Kentucky. He studied many forms of dance, including ballet, jazz and tap.</p> <p>Weissmuller began dancing professionally with the St. Louis Municipal Opera. He performed in New York in musicals such as <span class=\"title\">Kismet, On the Town, Pipe Dream</span>and <span class=\"title\">What's Up.</span>He appeared in films including <span class=\"title\">Can Can</span>and <span class=\"title\">Let's Make Love.</span>He has also danced on television in the Dinah Shore Show, the Real McCoys and Shirley Temple specials.</p> <p>Weissmuller was the choregrapher and leading dancer for the Garden Court Dinner Theater in San Francisco. He choreographed for several seasons for the Sacramento Music Circus. He toured Italy with Phyllis Gehrig.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers of <span class=\"persname\">Donald Weissmuller</span> consists almost completely of correspondence, letters and telegrams written between 1952 and 1978.|||The collection is divided into 2 series, correspondence and financial documents. The largest group in the collection consists of 55 letters to his mother from <span class=\"persname\">Weissmuller</span> while he was on tour in Italy in 1952-1953. There are also letters and telegrams to <span class=\"persname\">Weissmuller</span>. The financial documents consists of one receipt.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Donald Weissmuller papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19715#c363146'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19715#c363171'>II. Financial Documents</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Correspondence</li> <li>II. Financial Documents</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Received: August 1989.</p>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1952
- date_inclusive_end
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1978
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Dancer and choreographer for musicals, film, and television. The papers consist primarily of letters to the dancer's mother written during a 1952-53 tour of Italy</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- keydate
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1952
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Injoo Hwang.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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77 items in 8 folders
- date_start
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1952
- date_end
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1978