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{"value"=>"1924-1998", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1924/1998"}
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1924
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1998
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{"value"=>"Nancy Van Norman Baer papers"}
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{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
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{"value"=>"Nancy Van Norman Baer, (1944-1998) was a curator of theater and dance for Moscow and San Francisco museums. The Nancy Van Norman Baer papers (1924-1998) document the research, planning, and execution of many of her dance and theater museum exhibitions."}
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{"value"=>"Nancy Van Norman Baer papers, *MGZMD 275. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
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{"value"=>"Baer, Nancy Van Norman", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Nancy Van Norman Baer, (1944-1998) was a curator of theater and dance for Moscow and San Francisco museums. Born in San Diego, California, Baer started dancing at age 6 and studied dance at Mills College and University of California, Berkeley. After dancing professionally with Northern California companies, she earned a master's degree in museum management from Lone Mountain College in San Francisco.</p> <p>In the 1970s and 1980s, Baer curated major exhibitions on dancers Loie Fuller, Anna Pavlova and Bronislava Nijinska for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum. She was particularly interested in the Russian avant-garde, spoke Russian and traveled to Russia several times. In 1991, one of her exhibitions, <span class=\"title\">Theater in Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde Stage Design, 1913-1935</span>, traveled to Los Angeles' Armand Hammer Museum of Art. In 1994, she curated the exhibition <span class=\"title\">Paris Seasons of the Ballets Russes</span> for the Museum of the Revolution in Moscow.</p> <p>Baer was a consultant to the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum and assisted Irina Nijinska, the daughter of the dancer and choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, in restaging Nijinska's ballets. At the time of her death, Baer had been working on a book about the Ballets Russes and an exhibition on Vaslav Nijinsky.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Nancy Van Norman Baer papers (1924-1998) document the research, planning, and execution of many of her dance and theater museum exhibitions. Her exhibition materials are primarily logistical, concerning the loan of art, different set ups within different venues, press, and opening parties. Baer's research material contains subject folders with secondary source research material as well as correspondence with historians, other curators, and in some cases the subject themselves.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Nancy Van Norman Baer papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/18489#c1330103'>Series I: Exhibitions</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series I contains the paperwork, correspondence, and other documents related to the logistical work behind mounting Baer's various exhibitions. The three exhibitions featured prominently in this series are <span class=\"title\">Paris Modern: The Swedish Ballet</span>, <span class=\"title\">La Nijinska: A Dancer's Legacy</span> and <span class=\"title\">Theatre in Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde Stage Design 1913-1935</span>. Exhibition files may contain correspondence, both with other institutions and with Baer's colleagues, plans and photographs of exhibits set up in various spaces, slides, press materials, clippings, posters, and letters of congratulations. Some of the files contain object lists, graphics, and funding and budgetary information. Alphabetical by exhibit title. 9 boxes.</p> <p>This series also contains audio and video cassettes used for exhibitions - most created to be played during exhibitions, and some used for research purposes.</p> <p>Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Audio/visual materials may be subject to preservation and migration prior to access.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/18489#c1330131'>Series II: Research</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series II consists of research files kept by Baer while developing many of her projects. There are files concerning notable dancers and artists, including Henri Matisse, Leon Bakst, and Michel Fokine as well as research on other institutions and notes made in preparation for various lectures. The bulk of the documents are secondary sources. Folders may contain highlighted articles with notes, correspondence with other historians or curators, lists of biographical resources, and clippings. The material on Bronislava Nijinksa is especially thorough. Baer used these files to produce her 1985 <span class=\"title\">La Nijinska</span> exhibit, and later used them again when assisting Nijinska's daughter Irina in recreating her dances for a modern ballet audience. A few files, such as those of Irina Nijinska and Tamara Toumanova, contain correspondence with the subject of the file. Baer was working on an exhibit on Vaslav Nijinsky at the time of her death and the beginning of her Nijinsky research files are contained within this series. Alphabetical by subject. 17 boxes.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Alan Baer, April 1999.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Lea Jordan</span>, <span class=\"date\">2011</span>.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Collection arranged by subject, original folders retained where present. Slides rehoused.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>To request materials, contact the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org) in advance. Inquiries regarding audio/visual materials in the collection may be directed to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Audio/visual materials may be subject to preservation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Donor retains copyright of materials. Library policy on photocopying will apply. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division.</p>"}
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11.05 linear feet (26 boxes, 1 tube)