- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"67 folders ca. 250 items", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMC-Res. 15", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19641", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1922-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1922/1956"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Allan Ross Macdougall collection"}
- repository
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{"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
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{"value"=>"The major portion of the collection is comprised of research materials and drafts for <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Macdougall's</span> biography of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>, published in 1960 as <span class=\"title\">Isadora: a revolutionary in art and love,</span>and correspondence (1953-1956) regarding his efforts to have the work published. It also includes letters to <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Macdougall</span> from <span class=\"persname\">Irma Duncan</span> concerning the <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> School in Moscow (1928) and its continued devotion to the memory of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>. Other correspondents include <span class=\"persname\">Maria Theresa</span> <span class=\"persname\">(Duncan)</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Rupert Doone</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Henriette Sauret</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ted Shawn</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sergei Essenine</span> (typewritten copy), and copies of the original <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> letters found in the <span class=\"persname\">Irma Duncan</span> Collection of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> Materials."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Allan Ross Macdougall collection, *MGZMC-Res. 15. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Macdougall, Allan Ross, 1893-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Allan Ross Macdougall, an American writer born in 1893, lived and worked in Paris in the 1920's His subjects were wide in range, from the performing arts to the decorative arts for the periodical <span class=\"title\">Arts and Decoration,</span>and sometimes perfume and make-up for the magazines <span class=\"title\">Charm</span>and <span class=\"title\">Beauty.</span>A member of Isadora Duncan's circle, he wrote an essay entitled “Isadora: an essay in the biography of an American dancer” which was eventually published in 1960 as <span class=\"title\">Isadora; a revolutionary in art and love.</span>With Irma Duncan, he co-wrote a partial biography of Isadora Duncan entitled <span class=\"title\">Isadora Duncan's life in Soviet Russia and her last years,</span>published in 1929.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The major portion of the collection is comprised of research materials and drafts for <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Macdougall's</span> biography of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>, published in 1960 as <span class=\"title\">Isadora: a revolutionary in art and love,</span>and correspondence (1953-1956) regarding his efforts to have the work published. It also includes letters to <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Macdougall</span> from <span class=\"persname\">Irma Duncan</span> concerning the <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> School in Moscow (1928) and its continued devotion to the memory of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>. Other correspondents include <span class=\"persname\">Maria Theresa</span> <span class=\"persname\">(Duncan)</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Rupert Doone</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Henriette Sauret</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ted Shawn</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sergei Essenine</span> (typewritten copy), and copies of the original <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> letters found in the <span class=\"persname\">Irma Duncan</span> Collection of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> Materials.|||Language: English, Russian.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Isadora Duncan - Correspondence and other documents (folders 1-8)</li> <li>II. Irma Duncan - Correspondence (folders 9-15)</li> <li>III. Gordon Craig[?]- Correspondence and photograph (folders 16-17)</li> <li>IV. Maria Theresa - Correspondence and other documents (folder 18)</li> <li>V. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence, research notes, and drafts of Isadora Duncan biography (folders 19-39</li> <li>VI. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence and writings (folders 40-54)</li> <li>VII. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence with publishers and agents (folders 55-63)</li> <li>VIII. Grant proposals (folders 64-66)</li> <li>IX. Misc. (folder 67)</li></ul>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift. American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Material received on 3/10/69.</p>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1922
- date_inclusive_end
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1956
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Holographs, typescripts, and photographs</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>This collection is part of a large collection including manuscripts, clippings, and photographs, now dispersed throughout the holdings of the Dance Collection. The major portion of the collection is comprised of notes and drafts for Mr. Macdougall's biography of Isadora Duncan, Isadora: a revolutionary in art and love (Cf. *MGYB (Duncan) Macdougall. Isadora), and correspondence (1953-1956) regarding his efforts to have the work published</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Includes letters to Mr. Macdougall from Irma Duncan concerning the Isadora Duncan School in Moscow (1928) and its continued devotion to the memory of Isadora Duncan</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Also includes letters from Maria Theresa (Duncan), Rupert Doone, Henriette Sauret, Ted Shawn, Sergei Essenine (typewritten copy), and copies of the original Isadora Duncan letters found in the Irma Duncan Collection. Cf. *MGZMC-Res. 23. Duncan, Irma, collector. Irma Duncan Collection of Isadora Duncan materials</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- keydate
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1922
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English Russian"}
- extent_statement
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67 folders ca. 250 items
- date_start
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1922
- date_end
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1956