- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"109 items 66 folders", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 43", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19620", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1868-1917", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1868/1917"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Maria Bonfanti papers"}
- 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>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"This collection, a gift from the estate of <span class=\"persname\">Gwendolyn Ruddell</span> (<span class=\"persname\">Miss Bonfanti's</span> granddaughter), consists primarily of correspondence with her Italian relatives and accounts of her ballet school in New York."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Maria Bonfanti papers, *MGZMD 43. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bonfanti, Maria", "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 in New York from 1885 to 1886 and maintained a ballet school in New York following her retirement.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection, a gift from the estate of <span class=\"persname\">Gwendolyn Ruddell</span> (<span class=\"persname\">Miss Bonfanti's</span> granddaughter), consists primarily of correspondence with her Italian relatives and accounts of her ballet school in New York.|||In Italian and English.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is organized in 10 series: Correspondence, Autographs, Intinerary for Tour, Contract, Financial Accounts, Names and Addresses, Bonfanti Advertisements, Prayer Book, Wills, and Materials Related to Internments and Cemetaries.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Estate of Gwendolyn Ruddell. Material received: December 1983.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li>*MGZMD 44 - Ruddell, Gwendolyn, d 1983. Research materials on Maria Bonfanti. 2 volumes</li> <li>*MGZMB 83-4759 - Barker, Barbara Mackin. [First Generation American Ballerinas: Rita Sangalli, Giuseppina Morlacchi, and Maria Bonfanti. n.p., c1981] 1 volume</li></ul>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1868
- date_inclusive_end
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1917
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the estate of Gwendolyn Ruddell, 1983.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Register and folder list at reference desk</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
- langmaterial_code
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ita
eng
- keydate
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1868
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"In Italian and English"}
{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Nancy M. Shawcross.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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109 items 66 folders
- date_start
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1868
- date_end
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1917