Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova Collection

id
3442
origination
Lewitan, Joseph D., 1894-1976
date statement
1918-1974
key date
1918
identifier (local_mss)
19656
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 14
b-number
b12178100
total components
46
total series
0
max depth
N/A
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:45 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 14", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19656", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova Collection"}
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"=>"The collection consists of personal correspondence; passports, visas and official documents including many from Nazi Germany and Occupied France; dance reviews by <span class=\"persname\">Joseph Lewitan</span> which were published in the New York Russian language paper “Novoe russkoe slovo”; a ballet exercise notebook of <span class=\"persname\">Eduardova's</span>; clippings and programs relating to the work of <span class=\"persname\">Aurel Milloss</span>; photographs, including some of <span class=\"persname\">Eduardova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Lewitan</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Alexander von Swaine</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Lisa Czobel</span>."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova Collection, *MGZMD 14. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Lewitan, Joseph D., 1894-1976", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Part of the bequest of Joseph D. Lewitan, dance critic and founder of Der Tanz, and his wife, the former Maryinsky ballerina and ballet teacher Eugenia Eduardova. Emigres from Russia, the political situation in Europe in the 1930's and later, the Second World War, resulted in their moving from Germany to France, then Casablanca and finally the United States, where Mr. Lewitan was employed by the United Nations.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of personal correspondence; passports, visas and official documents including many from Nazi Germany and Occupied France; dance reviews by <span class=\"persname\">Joseph Lewitan</span> which were published in the New York Russian language paper “Novoe russkoe slovo”; a ballet exercise notebook of <span class=\"persname\">Eduardova's</span>; clippings and programs relating to the work of <span class=\"persname\">Aurel Milloss</span>; photographs, including some of <span class=\"persname\">Eduardova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Lewitan</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Alexander von Swaine</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Lisa Czobel</span>.|||In English, French, German, Spanish and Russian.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova Collection is arranged in nine series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339054'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339058'>II. Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339060'>III. Manuscripts</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Reviews by Joseph D. Lewitan published in “Novoe russkoe slovo”</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339079'>IV. Notebooks</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339081'>V. Program materials</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339083'>VI. Periodicals</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339086'>VII. Miscellaneous</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339092'>VIII. Photographs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19656#c339098'>IX. Scrapbooks</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Correspondence</li> <li>II. Papers</li> <li>III. Manuscripts</li> <li>IV. Notebooks</li> <li>V. Program Materials</li> <li>VI. Periodicals</li> <li>VII. Miscellaneous</li> <li>VIII. Photographs</li> <li>IX. Scrapbooks</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Estate of Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova. Material received: 1976.</p>"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1918-1974", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1918/1974"}
date_inclusive_start
1918
date_inclusive_end
1974
note
{"value"=>"<p>Holographs, typescripts, official documents, clippings, programs, periodicals and photographs</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Joseph D. Lewitan, dance critic and founder of Der Tanz, and his wife, the former Maryinsky ballerina and ballet teacher Eugenia Eduardova emigrated from Russia to Western Europe. The political climate and World War II resulted in their moving from Germany to France, then Casablanca and finally the United States, where Mr. Lewitan was employed by the U. N</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Their collection includes personal correspondence; passports, visas and documents, including many from Nazi Germany and Occupied France; dance reviews by Joseph Lewitan which were published in the Russian language paper \"Novoe russkoe slovo\"; a ballet exercise notebook of Eduardova's; clippings and programs relating to the work of Aurel Milloss; photographs including some of Eduardova, Lewitan, Alexander von Swaine and Lisa Czobel</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>See register and folder list at reference desk</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
langmaterial_code
eng
fre
rus
spa
ger
keydate
1918
langmaterial
{"value"=>"In English, French, Russian, Spanish and German"}
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Ruth Carr.</p>"}
extent_statement
211 items 39 folders
date_start
1918
date_end
1974

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