Maria Bonfanti Collection

id
4085
origination
Bonfanti, Maria, 1847-1921
date statement
1867-1960
key date
1867
identifier (local_mss)
19660
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMC-Res. 30
b-number
b12178157
total components
14
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 15:04:56 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"=>"*MGZMC-Res. 30", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19660", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Maria Bonfanti 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>"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Maria Bonfanti Collection, *MGZMC-Res. 30. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Bonfanti, Maria, 1847-1921", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Maria Bonfanti (1847-1921), an Italian born and trained ballerina, toured the United States and Europe with great success between 1869 and 1894. She also danced as prima ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, from 1885-1886 and maintained a ballet school in New York following her retirement.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection, a gift of <span class=\"persname\">Miss Bonfanti's</span> granddaughter, <span class=\"persname\">Gwendolyn Ruddel</span>, consists primarily of personal and business correspondence, contracts, programs, playbills and sheet music (hand-written copies, specially compiled and arranged for Miss <span class=\"persname\">Bonfanti's</span> performances). It also includes posters for performances featuring Miss<span class=\"persname\"> Bonfanti</span>; a photo scrapbook (*MGZEB-Res, <span class=\"persname\">Bonfanti, Maria</span>); and a clippings scrapbook (*MGZRS-Res, <span class=\"persname\">Bonfanti, Maria</span>). These items span nearly all of Miss Bonfanti's active career and document her impact on American dance and American theatre.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Maria Bonfanti Collection is arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19660#c342490'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19660#c342492'>II. Business Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19660#c342496'>III. Programs & Playbills</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19660#c342500'>IV. Periodicals & Booklets</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19660#c342502'>V. Sheet Music</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The Collection is divided into five series:</p> <ul> <li>I. Correspodence</li> <li>II. Business Correspondence</li> <li>III. Programs and Playbills</li> <li>IV. Periodicals and Booklets</li> <li>V. Sheet Music</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Gwendolyn Ruddel. Material received: 1965.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Permission of Miss Ruddel <div class=\"note\"> d. 1983</div>.</p>"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1867-1960", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1867/1960"}
date_inclusive_start
1867
date_inclusive_end
1960
note
{"value"=>"<p>Holographs, typescripts, programs, periodicals, and sheet music</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Maria Bonfanti (1847-1921), Italian ballerina, studied with Carlo Blasis and at the ballet school of Teatro alla Scala, Milan. In 1866 she made her American debut in \"The Black Crook.\" Her career included many American and European tours, and she eventually opened a ballet school in New York. Ruth St. Denis was one of her pupils</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>See register and folder list at reference desk</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
langmaterial_code
eng
fre
ita
keydate
1867
langmaterial
{"value"=>"In English (mostly), French, and Italian"}
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Nancy M. Shawcross.</p>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Maria Bonfanti (1847-1921), an Italian born and trained ballerina, toured the United States and Europe with great success between 1869 and 1894. She also danced as prima ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, from 1885-1886 and maintained a ballet school in New York following her retirement. This collection, a gift of <span class=\"persname\">Miss Bonfanti's</span> granddaughter, <span class=\"persname\">Gwendolyn Ruddel</span>, consists primarily of personal and business correspondence, contracts, programs, playbills and sheet music (hand-written copies, specially compiled and arranged for Miss <span class=\"persname\">Bonfanti's</span> performances). It also includes posters for performances featuring Miss<span class=\"persname\"> Bonfanti</span>; a photo scrapbook (*MGZEB-Res, <span class=\"persname\">Bonfanti, Maria</span>); and a clippings scrapbook (*MGZRS-Res, <span class=\"persname\">Bonfanti, Maria</span>). These items span nearly all of Miss Bonfanti's active career and document her impact on American dance and American theatre.", "generated"=>true}
extent_statement
91 items 33 folders
date_start
1867
date_end
1960

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