Gertrude Lippincott papers

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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"=>"Description: Memoirs and writings"}

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{"value"=>"Gertrude Lippincott papers, *MGZMD 114. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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{"value"=>"Lippincott, Gertrude Lawton", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Modern dancer, choreographer, educator, and founder of the Modern Dance Center in Minneapolis. Gertrude Lippincott was born in 1913 and developed an interest in dance at an early age. She was educated at University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, in Mary Wigman technique in London, Bennington College, in classes with Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, Louis Horst, Ella Daganova, and received a Master's degree from New York University. She began her performing career with the University of Minnesota Dance Group in the early 1930s and later toured the country with groups and as a soloist. She taught at Mt. Holyoke College, Louisiana State University, Mills College and other institutions. In 1937 she established the Modern Dance Center of Minneapolis. She was co-editor of <span class=\"title\">Dance Observer</span>and wrote articles for <span class=\"title\">Journal of Health and Physical Education, Impulse</span>and other periodicals. Gertrude Lippincott died June 2, 1996.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Description: Memoirs and writings|||The papers of <span class=\"persname\">Gertrude Lippincott</span> include memoirs, published and unpublished articles on choreography and dance education, tributes to various individuals, music for dance, her M.A. thesis, <span class=\"title\">Aesthetics and the dance,</span>and information about her homes in <span class=\"persname\">Minneapolis</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Cape Cod</span>.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Estate of Gertrude Lippincott.</p>"}

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1943

date_inclusive_end

1990

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1943

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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Dorothy Lourdou.</p>"}

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.5 linear feet (18 folders in 1 box)

date_start

1943

date_end

1990

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1. Memoirs: [2/1]
2. Drafts of Memoirs. (typescripts with corrections in ink)
3. Published Articles: [10/1]
4. Unpublished articles Minneapolis. [2/1]
5. Articles on Touring. [2/1]
6. Articles on Teaching (3)
7. Lippincott and Robert Moulton [2/1]
8. On Carroll Russell [1/1]
9. On Jeanne and Richard Beaman. [1/1]
10. On Louis Horst
11. On Eleanor Lauer (1915-1986) Reminiscences
12. On Donald N. Hatfield (Tribute to the photographer. Typescript)
13. Various colleagues. Correspondence, tributes, etc. [3/1]
14. Music (Various lists and programs) [5/1]
15. Articles about Lippincott's homes [2/1]
16. M.A. Thesis. [4/1]
17. Memoirs of Mount Holyoke College. Lippincott, Gertrude Lawton. Personal memoirs: [1/1]
18. 50 years of dance in higher education: New York University, Department of Dance and Dance Education, New York: New York University, 42 p. ill. 28 cm. Souvenir program, April 2, 1982 benefit concert. Includes “Nostalgia for N.Y.U., 1942-1943,” by Gertrude