Fé Alf papers

id
1966
origination
Alf, Fé
date statement
circa 1928-circa 1933
key date
1928
identifier (local_mss)
19728
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 90
b-number
b12180836
total components
19
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:20 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 90", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19728", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"circa 1928-circa 1933", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1928/1933"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Fé Alf papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This collection of papers of <span class=\"persname\">Fé Alf</span> contains material from c.1928 in Germany to c.1933 in the United States. It contains primarily a diary and course papers written while <span class=\"persname\">Alf</span> was a student at the Wigman School in Germany, course papers written while she was a student at the Hagemann Schule in Hamburg, and lectures given at the Wigman School in New York. These materials were organized and identified by <span class=\"persname\">Joan Griffin</span>."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Fé Alf papers, *MGZMD 90. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Alf, Fé", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Fé Alf [the professional name of Felicitas Ahlff] was born in Germany c.1910 and received her early dance training with Kurt Jooss in Hamburg. She later studied the Mensendieck method and then entered the Wigman School in Dresden, graduating in 1931. She came to New York City in November 1931 as assistant teacher to Hanya Holm at the New York Wigman School. She opened her own studio where she taught modern dance and she performed as a concert dancer until c.1939 primarily performing her own works. In 1938 she joined with Louise Allen, William Bales, George Bockman, Kenneth Bostock, Elizabeth Colman, Alice Dudley, Eleanor King, William Miller and Sybil Shearer to form the Theatre Dance Company, a cooperative group.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection of papers of <span class=\"persname\">Fé Alf</span> contains material from c.1928 in Germany to c.1933 in the United States. It contains primarily a diary and course papers written while <span class=\"persname\">Alf</span> was a student at the Wigman School in Germany, course papers written while she was a student at the Hagemann Schule in Hamburg, and lectures given at the Wigman School in New York. These materials were organized and identified by <span class=\"persname\">Joan Griffin</span>.|||Material is written in German and English.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Fé Alf papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19728#c363995'>I. Personal Diary</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19728#c363997'>II. Course Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19728#c364007'>III. Lectures</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19728#c364010'>IV. Miscellaneous</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>4 Items</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>I. Personal Diary</li> <li>II. Course Papers</li> <li>III. Lectures</li> <li>IV. Miscellaneous</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Mrs. Alfred Fippinger [Fé Alf]. Received: 1988.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Received with the collection were 9 books which have been separated from the manuscript material:</p> <ul> <li> Fritz Giese and Hedwig Hagemann. <span class=\"emph\">Weibliche Korperbildung und Bewegungskunst.</span>Munich, Delphin-Verlag, 1924.</li> <li> Bess M. Mensendieck. <span class=\"emph\">Funktionelles Frauenturnen.</span>Munich, F. Bruckmann, 1923.</li> <li> ------. <span class=\"emph\">Korperkultur der Frau.</span>Munich, F. Bruckmann, 1919.</li> <li> Hedwig Hagemann-Boese. <span class=\"emph\">Uber Korper und Seele der Frau.</span>Leipzig, Grethlein & Co., 1927.</li> <li> Wolfgang Graeser. <span class=\"emph\">Korpersinn: Gymnastic-Tanz-Sport.</span>Munich, C.H. Beck, 1927.</li> <li> Ludwig Klages. <span class=\"emph\">Vom Wesen des Rhythmus.</span>Kampen auf Sylt, Niels Kampmann, 1934.</li> <li> Ludwig Pallat and Franz Hilker. <span class=\"emph\">Kunstlerische Korperschulung.</span>Breslau, Ferdinand Hirt, 1926.</li> <li> <span class=\"emph\">Brockhaus' kleines Konversations-Lexikon.</span>2 v. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1906.</li> <li> <span class=\"emph\">Der Kreis,</span>IX/12, December 1932. Mary Wigman issue.</li></ul>"}
date_inclusive_start
1928
date_inclusive_end
1933
note
{"value"=>"<p>Includes a diary and course papers written while a student at the Wigman School in Germany, course papers while a student at the Hagemann School in Hamburg, and lectures given at the Wigman School in New York</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1928
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English German"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Henley Haslam.</p>"}
extent_statement
1 document box 17 items in 11 folders
date_start
1928
date_end
1933

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