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{"value"=>"19800", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 163", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1923-1997", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1923/1997"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Lotte Goslar papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"17 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"27 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Lotte Goslar, a clown-mime, was known for her eccentric and whimsical comedy. She performed throughout Europe and the United States. Her most famous solo was Grandma Always Danced."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"The Programs/publicity series contain items in German, Dutch, and French; the Clippings/scrapbooks series includes items in German; the Oversized material series has some German posters"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Goslar, Lotte", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Lotte Goslar was born Charlotte Goslar, February 27, 1907 in Dresden, Germany. Her parents were Hermann Goslar and Emilie Mueller. She was the third of five children.</p> <p>Goslar studied at the Mary Wigman School of Dance in the early 1930s, but left because the style didn't suit her. She auditioned for Gret Palucca, who accepted Goslar into her company. While in the company, Goslar began creating her own dances, but only after much urging from friends did she show them to Palucca, who was so impressed that she included <span class=\"title\">Disgruntled</span> into the program. After two years in the company, Goslar left to begin a solo career. In 1933, while on tour in Prague with Palucca, she left Germany in protest when Hitler and the Nazis seized power.</p> <p>Erika Mann created a part in <span class=\"title\">Peppermill Revue</span> specifically for Goslar, who accepted the role and toured Europe, then toured in the United States in 1934. The show failed in the United States, Goslar was a hit and began fielding offers from agents and producers. In 1943 Goslar began an eight-week engagement with Elsa Lancaster, at the Turnabout Theater in Hollywood; it lasted ten years. During this time she taught movement classes for budding actors, including Marilyn Monroe, who became a friend. In 1947, Goslar served as choreographer for the premiere of Bertolt Brecht's <span class=\"title\">Galileo</span>, starring Charles Laughton.</p> <p>Goslar met her husband Bill Seehaus in 1943. The couple settled in Connecticut. In 1954 she created Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus. The group toured the United States and Europe for over thirty years. Her husband Bill, died unexpectedly in 1959 while she was on tour in Europe.</p> <p>Goslar died at age 90 in Great Barrington, MA, on October 16, 1997.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lotte Goslar papers span the years 1923-1997 and consist of correspondence, writings, programs, clippings and artwork. Also included is financial and tax information about the dance/mime company. In addition, there are extensive clippings and programs from her work at the Turnabout Theatre in Hollywood during the 1940s and her many concert tours of Europe (mainly Germany and Holland) and the United States. Also included are artists' sketches of Goslar in costume and sketches that Goslar created for a play. The collection does not include much personal material.</p> <p>There is no information (marriage license) about her marriage to Bill, ca. 1943-1959. She did not reveal his last name in interviews. The correspondence is mainly concerned with professional matters.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Lotte Goslar papers are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19800#c391920'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1940 - 1995</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains correspondence to and from Lotte Goslar. The correspondence is both personal and professional. Several famous people, including Butterfly McQueen, Marilyn Monroe and Gertrude Lawrence, were correspondents.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19800#c391980'>Series II: Professional Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains material related to Goslar's professional career. It includes choreography notes, drafts of articles, materials for books, and photographs. Also included are grant applications and awards, company tax records, and material about management of the dance company.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19800#c392095'>Series III: Programs and Publicity</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains programs and publicity from all aspects of solo and company performances. They include her foreign tours and many are in other languages--German, Dutch, and French.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19800#c392152'>Series IV: Clippings/Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains newspaper clippings and scrapbooks. They are mostly of reviews of solo and company performances, as well as feature articles about Goslar. Many of these clippings are in German and Dutch.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19800#c392240'>Series V: Oversized Materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains magazines and photographs. Also included are Posters of performances by Goslar and her company. These posters are mostly in English, with some being in German. There are sketches of Goslar by three different artists (Bonnie Johnson, Malcolm McCormick and R. Roth) and costume sketches by Goslar</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19800#c1393886'>Series VI: Photographs</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lotte Goslar Papers were donated to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 1998 by Ken Keskinen and Lance Wetergard of the Lotte Goslar Foundation.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>2 video tapes of Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus, filmed July 1985, NYC</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Leslie Reyman; Machine-readable finding aid created by Leslie Reyman.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division</p>"}
- date_start
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1923
- keydate
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1923
- date_end
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1997
- date_inclusive_start
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1923
- date_inclusive_end
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1997
- extent_statement
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17 linear feet (27 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Lotte Goslar papers, *MGZMD 163. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}