Letters from Martha Graham to David Zellmer

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unitid

{"value"=>"19744", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"*MGZMD 117", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"Graham, Martha", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Letters from Martha Graham to David Zellmer"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1942-1945", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1942/1945"}

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{"value"=>"Arranged chronologically"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"DAN"}

{"date"=>"06/28/96", "source"=>"David Zellmer", "address"=>"100 Hastings Pond Road, Warwick, MA 01378", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"<p>Purchase, David Zellmer, 06/28/96</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Typescript and holograph letters written by Martha Graham to a member of her dance company during his military service in World War II.</p><p>The letters, written mainly from New York City and Bennington College, candidly discuss Martha Graham's creative activities, interests, and associates during the three year period. Subjects of the letters include dance works, \"Deaths and entrances,\" \"Salem Shore,\" \"Herodiade,\" and \"Appalachian Spring.\".</p><p>Individuals mentioned in the letters include Charlotte Trowbridge, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith, Katharine Cornell, Carlus Dyer, Lincoln Kirstein, Merce Cunningham, Ethel Butler, Robert Horan, and Pearl Lang.</p><p>The letters also give insight into Martha Graham's interest in Buddhism and 20th century poetry. Preliminary material includes an Apologia (5 leaves), list of dates and origins of letters (2 leaves), and index to the letters by subject and name (5 leaves), all by David Zellmer.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>American modern dancer and choreographer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1942

keydate

1942

date_end

1945

date_inclusive_start

1942

date_inclusive_end

1945

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.2 linear feet (30 letters)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Letters from Martha Graham to David Zellmer, *MGZMD 117. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

abstract

{"value"=>"American modern dancer and choreographer. Typescript and holograph letters written by Martha Graham to a member of her dance company during his military service in World War II.", "generated"=>true}

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