Eleanor Frampton papers

id
1761
origination
Frampton, Eleanor
date statement
1920-1971
key date
1920
identifier (local_mss)
19681
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 31
b-number
b12178831
total components
70
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:17 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitdate
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Eleanor Frampton papers"}
repository
{"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
{"value"=>"Her papers begin with 74 letters written to her; correspondents include <span class=\"persname\">Agnes DeMille</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Martha Graham</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Doris Humphrey</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence</span>, <span class=\"persname\">José Limón</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ruth St. Denis</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Charles Weidman</span>. Section II of the <span class=\"persname\">Frampton</span> Papers contain 101 contracts from 1920-1936, mostly for vaudeville tours with <span class=\"persname\">Helen Hewett</span>. The remaining sections include two essays by <span class=\"persname\">Eleanor Frampton</span>, 16 miscellaneous items, and 27 snapshots."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Eleanor Frampton papers, *MGZMD 31. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Frampton, Eleanor", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Eleanor Frampton was a vaudeville dancer of the 1920s, dance teacher, dance critic of the <span class=\"emph\">Plain Dealer</span>(Cleveland), and director of the Karamu Dancers. Her early dance training and associations include Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman (with whom she travelled to Los Angeles from Nebraska in order to join Denishawn).</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Her papers begin with 74 letters written to her; correspondents include <span class=\"persname\">Agnes DeMille</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Martha Graham</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Doris Humphrey</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence</span>, <span class=\"persname\">José Limón</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ruth St. Denis</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Charles Weidman</span>. Section II of the <span class=\"persname\">Frampton</span> Papers contain 101 contracts from 1920-1936, mostly for vaudeville tours with <span class=\"persname\">Helen Hewett</span>. The remaining sections include two essays by <span class=\"persname\">Eleanor Frampton</span>, 16 miscellaneous items, and 27 snapshots.|||If there is more than one item for an entry in the folder list, the number of items is given in parentheses.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift. John D. Baldwin. Material received: 30 May 1975.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1920
date_inclusive_end
1971
note
{"value"=>"<p>Letters and contracts of Eleanor Frampton, vaudeville dancer of the 1920s, dance teacher, dance critic of the Plain Dealer (Cleveland), and director of the Karamu Dancers. Correspondents include Agnes De Mille, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Pauline Lawrence, José Limón, Ruth St. Denis, and Charles Weidman. The contracts pertain mostly to vaudeville tours with Helen Hewett</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Special handling. Inquire at reference desk for register and folder list</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1920
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Nancy M. Shawcross.</p>"}
extent_statement
220 28 folders Items items
date_start
1920
date_end
1971

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