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{"value"=>"Early drafts and papers relating to Martha: The life and work of Martha Graham"}
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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>"}
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{"value"=>"After years of gathering material and working on the manuscript, <span class=\"persname\">Agnes de Mille</span> published her book<span class=\"title\"> Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham</span> <span class=\"emph\">:The Life and Work of</span> in 1991. This collection, containing material related to the book, is divided into four series:"}
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{"value"=>"Early drafts and papers relating to Martha: The life and work of Martha Graham, *MGZMD 80. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
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{"value"=>"De Mille, Agnes", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Agnes George de Mille, dancer, choreographer, writer and spokesperson for the arts, was born September 18, 1905 in New York. She was the daughter of playwright William Churchill de Mille (1879?-1955) and Anna George de Mille (1878-1947), who was in turn the daughter of writer and single-tax advocate, Henry George (1839-1897). Agnes' uncle was the film producer/director, Cecil B. de Mille (1881-1959). She had a younger sister, Margaret (1908-1978).</p> <p>In 1914, the de Milles moved to Hollywood where William was joining forces with Cecil in the motion picture industry. Agnes attended the Hollywood School for Girls, graduating in 1922, and went on to graduate from University of California in 1926 with a degree in English. William and Anna separated that year, being divorced in 1927, and Agnes spent that summer after graduating traveling in western Europe with her mother and sister. William married Clara Beranger, a colleague in the movie industry, in 1928 and lived with her in California for the remainder of his life.</p> <p>Agnes' formal dance training did not begin until early adolescence in California with Theodore Kosloff. She did some performing in college shows although she did not train continuously during her college years. Soon after graduating, she began to give solo recitals and later with Warren Leonard in her own works. Her mother helped her produce these and accompanied her to concerts in various cities in the United States and in Europe. During this period, she settled once again in New York, at first living with her mother and sister, and then on her own.</p> <p>Agnes moved to England in 1932 where she continued her dance training in ballet with Marie Rambert. She performed in her own work and those of her peers such as Antony Tudor under the auspices of Rambert.</p> <p>Upon her permanent return to New York ca. 1939, she met Walter Prude (1909-) through Martha Graham who was under Prude's management. Agnes and Walter were married on June 14, 1943, in Hobbs, New Mexico during the time when Prude was in military service. The two were separated-except for infrequent visits-due to the war until 1945. Their son, Jonathan de Mille Prude, was born in 1946.</p> <p>It was in this time in the early 1940's that de Mille's work as a choreographer began to be recognized in the United States. Her ballet “Rodeo” in 1942, created for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, brought her immediate acclaim and popularity as did her choreography for the Broadway show “Oklahoma!” the following year. She worked steadily for the next two decades both on Broadway and in the ballet, creating over a dozen works in each field. She had a long-enduring relationship with Ballet Theatre (American Ballet Theatre) and The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, for whom she created many of her ballets.</p> <p>In 1953 she formed the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre (Heritage Dance Theatre), which functioned most actively in 1953-1954 and 1973-1975. She strove to represent in its repertoire indigenious American dance forms by native choreographers and composers as well as folk forms.</p> <p>On the eve of a major New York performance of her company in her lecture/performance of “Conversations About the Dance,” she suffered a serious cerebral hemorrhage. From the day of the stroke, May 15, 1975, onward, she has remained partially paralyzed on the right side of her body although she recovered from some of the other initial losses of her faculties. On November 9, 1977, she went on stage to realize the performance of “Conversations About the Dance,” and resumed an active, if limited, life in dance.</p> <p>Agnes de Mille has long been a dominant figure in dance and the arts-as a creator as well as a spokesperson and writer. Before and since her appointment as a founding member of the National Council for the Arts in 1965, she took the cause of dance and the arts to millions of readers and viewers, hundreds of organizations and political conventions. She continues to do so.</p> <p>In 1980, Agnes de Mille received the Kennedy Center Award - the highest nonmilitary award in the United States.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>After years of gathering material and working on the manuscript, <span class=\"persname\">Agnes de Mille</span> published her book<span class=\"title\"> Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham</span> <span class=\"emph\">:The Life and Work of</span> in 1991. This collection, containing material related to the book, is divided into four series:|||In the attached Folder List, AdM refers to <span class=\"persname\">Agnes de Mille</span>.|||Headings in quotes (i.e “Prizes”) are the exact headings used by <span class=\"persname\">de Mille</span>.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Early drafts and papers relating to Martha: The life and work of Martha Graham is arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19725#c363708'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series I. [58 items] contains mainly letters from people with remembrances of <span class=\"persname\">Graham, Horst</span> and <span class=\"persname\">St. Denis</span>, and copies of some letters from <span class=\"persname\">Graham</span>, herself. Of particular interest are letters from <span class=\"persname\">June Hamilton Rhodes Gordon</span> relating to <span class=\"persname\">St. Denis</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Shawn</span>, sections of transcripts of audiotapes made by <span class=\"persname\">Ted Shawn</span> for his memoirs, and two lengthy memos from <span class=\"persname\">de Mille's</span> editor, <span class=\"persname\">Kate Medina</span>, relating to the book.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19725#c363732'>II. Interview notes</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series II. contains notes on interviews with 12 people about <span class=\"persname\">Graham</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19725#c363756'>III. Research materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series III. contains material used by <span class=\"persname\">de Mille</span> with respect to subjects in the manuscript. The files contain biographical information, obituaries, reviews, articles, programs and clippings.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19725#c363843'>IV. Early drafts and manuscript material</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series IV. contains sections of manuscript and various early drafts of the book.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<ol> <li> I. Correspondence</li> <li> II. Interview notes</li> <li> III. Research materials</li> <li> IV. Early drafts and manuscript material</li></ol>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchase. Agnes de Mille. Received: January 1990, July 1991.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The following items were received with the original gift but have been separated from the manuscript collection. The current location (classmark) of these items is indicated.</p> <ul> <li>3 programs, Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Oct. 11,16,21, 1984 - Location: *MGZB</li> <li>1 souvenir book, Bat Dor Dance Company, 1987? - Location: *MGZB</li> <li>1 souvenir book, Martha Graham Dance Company, 1985 - Location: *MGZB</li> <li>clippings [reviews of performances and articles] for: <ul> <li>Martha Graham - Location: *MGZR</li> <li> Martha Graham Dance Company - Location: &MGZR</li> <li>Erick Hawkins - Location: *MGZR</li></ul></li></ul>"}
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{"value"=>"196?-1991", "type"=>"inclusive"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Contains correspondence, interview notes, research material, early drafts and manuscript material for the book pubished by Random House, New York, in 1991. Of particular interest are letters from June Hamilton Rhodes relating to Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, autobiographical material by Ted Shawn, and memoranda from Agnes de Mille's editor, Kate Medina</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Henley Haslam.</p>"}
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7 document boxes 121 folders