- unitid
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{"value"=>"20805", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 224", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1939-1990", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1939/1990"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Black dance collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.63 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Joe Nash was a dancer, black dance historian, coordinator of black dance history courses at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater School in New York, and director and founder of the Multiethnic Christian Education Resources Center of the National Council of Churches. The Black dance collection consists of correspondence, contracts, scripts, and descriptions of dances based on African themes."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Nash, Joe, 1919-2005", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Joe Nash was a dancer, black dance historian, coordinator of black dance history courses at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater School in New York, and director and founder of the Multiethnic Christian Education Resources Center of the National Council of Churches. Born in New York City, Nash came from a musical family and trained to become a secretary. He began dancing in 1940 with the National Youth Administration, then spent four years in the Army in Europe. Following World War II, he enrolled in the dance division of the American Theatre Wing. He studied ballet and modern dance, making his first professional appearance with the Charles Weidman Dance Group.</p> <p>Nash's dance career includes such Broadway shows as <span class=\"title\">Show Boat</span>, <span class=\"title\">Finian's Rainbow</span>, <span class=\"title\">Bless You All</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flahooley</span>, <span class=\"title\">My Darlin' Aida</span>, <span class=\"title\">Livin' the Life</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Inside the U.S.A.</span>. His concert performances include New York City Center's production of <span class=\"title\">Carmen Jones</span> and <span class=\"title\">Love for Three Oranges</span>. His television credits include <span class=\"title\">Omnibus</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Hit Parade</span>, T<span class=\"title\">he Paul Whiteman Show</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Ed Sullivan Show</span>, and the Canadian production of <span class=\"title\">Portfolio</span>.</p> <p>Joe Nash's role with dance moved into the area of art administration with such organizations as the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Foundation, where he served as a dance panelist and a member of the Board of Trustees, respectively. He also worked as a lecturer, dance teacher, and exhibition coordinator. In the role of researcher of black dance history, Nash compiled an extensive collection of photographs, manuscripts, programs and flyers, news clippings, decoupage art, books, and dissertations documenting black dance and dancers from the 1920s through the l980's.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of correspondence, contracts, scripts, and descriptions of dances based on African themes. Material about the following dancers and choreographers includes: Asadata Dafora's storyline and press release for <span class=\"title\">Kykunkor</span>, a ballet-drama choreographed by Dafora; Al Bledger's contracts for the plays <span class=\"title\">La Belle Helene</span>, <span class=\"title\">Swingin' the Dream</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Spring in Brazil</span>; and Hemsley Winfield's script and description of the ballet <span class=\"title\">The Jungle Wedding</span>, which he choreographed. There is also information pertaining to the organization of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Additionally, the collection contains flyers announcing Nash's speaking engagements on black dance. Correspondence mostly consists of letters of thanks to Nash for his assistance on a dance related project or a lectures.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Joe Nash, 1984-2007.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: posters and decoupage</p> <p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed with Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.</p>"}
- date_start
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1939
- keydate
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1939
- date_end
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1990
- date_inclusive_start
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1939
- date_inclusive_end
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1990
- extent_statement
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0.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Black dance collection, Sc MG 224, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}