- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"91 items 33 folders", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMC-Res. 30", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19660", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Maria Bonfanti Collection"}
- repository
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{"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
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{"value"=>"Maria Bonfanti Collection, *MGZMC-Res. 30. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bonfanti, Maria, 1847-1921", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"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
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{"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
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{"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
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Gwendolyn Ruddel. Material received: 1965.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Permission of Miss Ruddel <div class=\"note\"> d. 1983</div>.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1867-1960", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1867/1960"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1867
- date_inclusive_end
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1960
- note
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{"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
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eng
fre
ita
- keydate
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1867
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"In English (mostly), French, and Italian"}
{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Nancy M. Shawcross.</p>"}
- abstract
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{"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
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91 items 33 folders
- date_start
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1867
- date_end
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1960