Arnold Genthe correspondence and writings

id
476
origination
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942
date statement
1928-1942
key date
1928
identifier (local_mss)
19763
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 107
b-number
b14454419
total components
25
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:55 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 107", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19763", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1928-1942", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1928/1942"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Arnold Genthe correspondence and writings"}
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>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The collection of papers of <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Genthe</span> consists of letters, and some drafts for his published autobiography, as well as writings by other people."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Arnold Genthe correspondence and writings, *MGZMD 107. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Arnold Genthe, 1869-1942, photographer, classical scholar, and collector. A celebrated social photographer, he was also a pioneer dance photographer, he depicted Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, Ruth St.Denis, and many other legendary dancers of his day.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection of papers of <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Genthe</span> consists of letters, and some drafts for his published autobiography, as well as writings by other people.|||Of a special interest is an unsigned carbon copy to one of <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Genthe's</span> clients from photographer's Executor, informing the client that he had only three months to purchase the glass negatives of his photographs, before the negatives should have been destroyed.|||Correspondence, writings in English and Italian.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Arnold Genthe correspondence and writings are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19763#c369881'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Correspondence is arranged in three groups: letters from <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Genthe</span>, letters to <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Genthe</span>, and letters about him. Within the groups letters are arranged alphabetically.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19763#c369899'>II.Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Writings are arranged in two groups: writings by <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Genthe</span>, and writings by other people.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<ol> <li> I. Correspondence</li> <li> II. Writings</li></ol>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donor unknown.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1928
date_inclusive_end
1942
keydate
1928
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Irina Klyagin.</p>"}
extent_statement
16 folders in 1 letter size document box
date_start
1928
date_end
1942

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