Grant Hyde Code papers

id
2431
origination
Code, Grant Hyde
date statement
1936-1941
key date
1936
identifier (local_mss)
19649
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 8
b-number
b12177601
total components
339
total series
7
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:28 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitdate
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Grant Hyde Code 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>"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Grant Hyde Code papers, *MGZMD 8. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Code, Grant Hyde", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Grant Hyde Code was a well-known writer and lecturer on theater and dance. A 1918 graduate of Harvard University, he, after World War I service, taught English at Harvard, Radcliff and other institutions of higher education. A former editor of <span class=\"emph\">Dance Observer,</span>he was the founder and manager of the Brooklyn Museum Dance Center (1935-1938) which sponsored recitals and exhibitions. Mr. Hyde was also an actor, teacher, and public-relations person. Among his movie credits are <span class=\"emph\">The Miracle Worker</span>and <span class=\"emph\">Serpico.</span>He died, age 78, on June 28, 1974 in New York City.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Holographs and typescripts, including letters, notes, miscellaneous documents, lectures, articles, chapters for a proposed book, and poetry. The material dates primarily from 1936-1941, when <span class=\"persname\">Grant Code</span> was working as an editor at the Brooklyn Museum and attempting to organize a dance program there. Many of the letters refer to his attempts to collaborate with the Federal Theater Project of the WPA in setting up a workshop for young choreographers.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Grant Hyde Code papers are arranged in seven series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19649#c338174'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>31 folders</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19649#c338434'>II. Miscellaneous Documents: Dance Activities at the Bklyn Museum</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>5 folders</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19649#c338440'>III. Miscellaneous Documents: Non-Museum Activities</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 folders</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19649#c338444'>IV. “Published Articles and Reviews”</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>7 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This is a group of typescripts and carbon copies originally contained in a single file folder bearing the title given above. The order here is as found in the original folder. See also folder 56.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19649#c338463'>V. Lectures (A Group of Typescripts)</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>8 folders</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19649#c338482'>VI. Typescripts, Apparently for a Book (9 folders)</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>See also folders 52-53</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19649#c338495'>VII. Drafts, Notes, Poetry</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 folders</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Correspondence</li> <li>II. Miscellaneous documents: dance activities at the Brooklyn Musuem</li> <li>III. Miscellaneous documents: non-Musuem activities</li> <li>IV. Published articles and reviews</li> <li>V. Lectures</li> <li>VI. Chapter drafts for a proposed book</li> <li>VII. Drafts, notes, poetry</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Unknown.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1936
date_inclusive_end
1941
note
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{"value"=>"<p>Letters, notes, miscellaneous documents, lectures, articles, chapters for a proposed book, and poetry. The material dates primarily from 1936 to 1941, when Grant Code was working as an editor at the Brooklyn Museum and attempting to organize a dance program there. Many of the letters refer to his attempts to collaborate with the Federal Theater project of the WPA in setting up a workshop for young choreographers</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>The collection is in seven groups: Correspondence (31 folders); dance activities at the Brooklyn Museum (5 folders); non- museum activities (3 folders); published articles and reviews (7 folders); lectures (7 folders); chapter drafts for a proposed book (6 folders); drafts, notes, and poetry (6 folders)</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>See register and folder list at reference desk: *R-MGP</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1936
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by [unknown].</p>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Grant Hyde Code was a well-known writer and lecturer on theater and dance. A 1918 graduate of Harvard University, he, after World War I service, taught English at Harvard, Radcliff and other institutions of higher education. A former editor of <span class=\"emph\">Dance Observer,</span>he was the founder and manager of the Brooklyn Museum Dance Center (1935-1938) which sponsored recitals and exhibitions. Mr. Hyde was also an actor, teacher, and public-relations person. Among his movie credits are <span class=\"emph\">The Miracle Worker</span>and <span class=\"emph\">Serpico.</span>He died, age 78, on June 28, 1974 in New York City. Holographs and typescripts, including letters, notes, miscellaneous documents, lectures, articles, chapters for a proposed book, and poetry. The material dates primarily from 1936-1941, when <span class=\"persname\">Grant Code</span> was working as an editor at the Brooklyn Museum and attempting to organize a dance program there. Many of the letters refer to his attempts to collaborate with the Federal Theater Project of the WPA in setting up a workshop for young choreographers.", "generated"=>true}
extent_statement
69 folders ca. 500 items
date_start
1936
date_end
1941

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