Autograph letters of 19th century ballet notables

id
4811
origination
Migel, Parmenia
date statement
1806-1907
key date
1806
identifier (local_mss)
19722
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 78
b-number
b12180800
total components
69
total series
0
max depth
N/A
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:09 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"49 items 1 box, 1 portfolio", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 78", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19722", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1806-1907", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1806/1907"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Autograph letters of 19th century ballet notables"}
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"=>"This collection of 48 items consists primarily of autograph letters from dancers and choreographers of the Romantic period in ballet history. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically under each correspondent."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Autograph letters of 19th century ballet notables, *MGZMD 78. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Migel, Parmenia", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Collector", "role_code"=>"col"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Parmenia Migel Ekstrom was interested in dance as a young woman and during the period 1939-1942 she became a founder of the Ballet Guild and an active supporter of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She later became interested in the history of dance and began a career as a scholar and collector. In 1972, she published a book, <span class=\"emph\">The Ballerinas: from the Court of Louis XIV to Pavlova.</span></p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection of 48 items consists primarily of autograph letters from dancers and choreographers of the Romantic period in ballet history. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically under each correspondent.|||Language of Material French, German, Danish, English</p>"}
{"value"=>"<ul> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">ALS</span> <span class=\"expan\">autograph letter, signed</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">AL</span> <span class=\"expan\">autograph letter, not signed</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">ANS</span> <span class=\"expan\">autograph note, signed</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">AN</span> <span class=\"expan\">autograph note, not signed</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">LS</span> <span class=\"expan\">letter, signed</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">ADS</span> <span class=\"expan\">autograph document, signed (by the writer of the text)</span></li></ul>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Autograph letters of 19th century ballet notables are arranged in eighteen series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363542'>BECK</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363544'>BIGOTTINI</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363546'>BOURNONVILLE</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363548'>CERRITO</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363551'>DUTHÉ</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363553'>ELSSLER</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363558'>GARDEL</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363560'>GAUTIER</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363563'>GRISI</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363572'>MAURI</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363578'>MAYWOOD</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363581'>MONTEZ</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363583'>PETIPA</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363587'>ROSATI</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363589'>SANGALLI</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363591'>TAGLIONI</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363602'>UHLENDORFF</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19722#c363605'>GARDEL</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchase. Received: 8/23/91.</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"Beck, Hans (1861-1952): 1 item Bigottini, Emilie (1784-1858): 1 item Bournonville, August (1805-1879): 1 item Cerrito, Fanny (1817-1909): 2 Items Despréaux, Jean Etienne (1748-1820): 1 item (co-sign with Gardel document of 8/11/1811) Duthé (Du Thé), Rosalie (1748-1830?): 1 item Elssler, Fanny (1810-1884): 4 Items Gardel, Pierre (1758-1840): 5 Items Gautier, Judith (1850-1917): 1 item (daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi) Gautier, Théophile (1811-1872): 1 item Grisi, Carlotta (1819-1899): 3 Items Grisi, Ernesta: 5 Items (sister of-Carlotta) Mauri, Rosita (1849-1923): 5 Items Maywood, Augusta (1825-1876/77): 1 item (letter TO Maywood) Maywood, Robert C.: 1 item (father of Augusta) Montez, Lola (1818-1861): 1 item (letter written and signed by secretary) Petipa, Lucien (1815-1898): 2 Items Rosati, Carolina (1827-1905): 1 item Sangalli, Rita (1851-1909): 1 item Taglioni, Emilia: 1 item (possibly Amalia, 1801-1881, wife of Paul Taglioni) Taglioni-Fuchs, Louise (1823-1893): 1 item (daughter of Salvatore Taglioni, an uncle of Marie) Taglioni, Marie (1804-1884): 5 Items Taglioni, Paul (1808-1884): 2 Items (brother of Marie) Taglioni, Sophie: 1 item (mother of Marie) Uhlendorff, Gustav (1875-1962): 2 Items"}
date_inclusive_start
1806
date_inclusive_end
1907
langmaterial_code
fre
keydate
1806
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Henley Haslam.</p>"}
extent_statement
49 items 1 box, 1 portfolio
date_start
1806
date_end
1907

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