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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"250 folders and 14 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 15", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19657", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Pauline Lawrence Limón collection"}
- 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"=>"The <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span> Collection mainly documents the early years of the José Limón Dance Company and the years immediately preceding the company's inception. There is almost no information beyond 1958. The material is arranged into five major categories: Personal Correspondence, Professional Correspondence, Professional Life, Private Life, and Banking Records."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Pauline Lawrence Limón collection, *MGZMD 15. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lawrence, Pauline", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Pauline Lawrence Limón (1900-1971) was born in Los Angeles, California. Upon graduation from Hollywood High School in 1917, she joined the Denishawn Company as pianist and also danced minor roles for the Company. She was pianist for Martha Graham and joined the Humphrey-Weidman Company when its leaders broke away from Denishawn. With the Humphrey-Weidman Company Pauline served as pianist, conductor of the orchestra, business manager, and costume designer.</p> <p>She met José Limón while he was a student with the Humphrey-Weidman Company and married him in California on October 4, 1941. Pauline Lawrence was involved with the José Limón Company since its inception. Her major functions were costume designing and representing José Limón and the company. She served as costume designer and business manager throughout the 1940's and the first half of the 1950's--a period which includes the establishment and growth of José Limón's choreography and the company's success not only in the United States but in Mexico, South America, and Western and Eastern Europe.</p> <p>Pauline Lawrence Limón continued to design costumes for her husband's dances until her death but relinquished her role as José Limón's representative in the mid-1950's. She died on July 16, 1971, in New Jersey, followed shortly by her husband in December, 1972.</p> <p>(Per Charles Tomlinson July 1997)</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span> Collection mainly documents the early years of the José Limón Dance Company and the years immediately preceding the company's inception. There is almost no information beyond 1958. The material is arranged into five major categories: Personal Correspondence, Professional Correspondence, Professional Life, Private Life, and Banking Records.|||Material is primarily in English with some Spanish.|||The following abbreviations are used throughout the folder list:</p> <ul> <li>JL: <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span></li> <li>PLL: <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span></li> <li>HMR: <span class=\"persname\">Helen Mary Robinson</span></li> <li>CHW: <span class=\"persname\">Charles Humphrey Woodford</span></li> <li>Misc: Miscellaneous</li> <li>n.d.: No date</li></ul> <p>When noting the correspondents, the name of the individual or individuals writing the letter is listed first followed by a slash (/). Following the slash is the name of the individual or individuals to whom the letter is written.|||Example: PLL/JL indicates a letter written by <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span> to <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span>.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Pauline Lawrence Limón collection is arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19657#c339100'>I. PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Personal Correspondence consists of 535 letters written to or by <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span> and/or <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span>. They are arranged as follows:</p> <ul> <li> 127 letters by various correspondents to <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span>, 1941 - 1958.</li> <li> 112 letters by <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span> to <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span>, 1939 - 1953.</li> <li> 75 letters by various correspondents to <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span>, 1935 - 1957.</li> <li> 84 letters by <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span> to <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span>, 1934 - 1953.</li> <li> 59 letters by <span class=\"persname\">Helen Mary Robinson</span> to <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span>, 1941 - 1958.</li> <li> 20 letters by <span class=\"persname\">Charles Humphrey Woodford</span> to <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span>, 1941 - 1957.</li> <li> 6 letters by <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span> to various correspondents, n.d.</li> <li> 2 letters by <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span> to various correspondents, n.d.</li> <li> 32 letters by various correspondents to the <span class=\"persname\">Limóons</span>, 1941 - 1958.</li> <li> 18 letters by the <span class=\"persname\">Lawrences</span> to the <span class=\"persname\">Limóons</span>, 1934 - 1944.</li></ul> <p>There is an index to the various correspondents at the end of the folder list. It alphabetically lists selected major figures and indicates the location of their letters in the collection.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19657#c339221'>II. PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Professional Correspondence consists of 594 letters written to or by <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span> and/or <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span> or their professional representatives. They are arranged as follows:</p> <ul> <li> 226 letters to and by various correspondents, 1942 - 1958.</li> <li> 43 letters to or by Musical Artists, 1950 - 1956.</li> <li> 78 letters to or by <span class=\"persname\">Oliver Nicoll</span>, 1957 - 1958.</li> <li> 247 letters regarding bookings, 1942 - 1956.</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19657#c339289'>III. PROFESSIONAL LIFE</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Professional Life section contains a variety of material including writings and choreographic notes of <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span>, costume sketches of <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span>, performance contracts (1946 - 1957), correspondence and bills regarding music arrangements (1942 - 1954), prints and postcards used by <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón</span> for his dances, program notes, and dance class rosters and roll books. Also included are paycheck stubs, some legal documents, such as passports, and a plethora of bills and financial notes regarding professional expenses.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19657#c339397'>IV. PRIVATE LIFE</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Private life section contains miscellaneous items such as <span class=\"persname\"> José Limón's</span> United States Army papers and his Certificate of Naturalization, names and addresses kept by <span class=\"persname\">Pauline Lawrence Limón</span>, and her notebook/diary from the Denishawn Oriental Tour (1925). Also included are bills relating to insurance, medicine, electricity, and the like, and bills relating to their residences from 1942 - 1958.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19657#c339437'>V. BANKING RECORDS</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The last section of the collection consists of Banking Records from 1941 - 1958. Included are cancelled checks, checkbook stubs, monthly statements, and correspondence regarding loans.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Personal Correspondence</li> <li>II. Professional Correspondence</li> <li>III. Professional Life</li> <li>IV. Private Life</li> <li>V. Banking Records</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Charles Humphrey Woodford. Received: 1975.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"Beiswanger, G. (1 Item) -- folder 61 Berlin, Elaine and Dave (1 Item) -- folder 17 Bloomer, R.H. (1 Item) -- folder 17 Burch, Betty (3 Items) -- folder 56, 57 Butler, Ethel (1 Item) -- folder 9 Covarrubias, Rose (4 Items) -- folder 8, 10, 19 Coyle, Johnny (1 Item) -- folder 7 Delza, Elizabeth (1 Item) -- folder 11 Frampton, Eleanor (1 Item) -- folder 67 Gaffney, Floyd (2 Items) -- folder 11, 12 Genauer, Emily (1 Item) -- folder 15 Graham, Martha (4 Items) -- folder 15, 115, 117 Gray, Maxine Cushing (1 Item) -- folder 56 Harmel, Lilian (1 Item) -- folder 17 Hawkins, Erick (1 Item) -- folder 7 Humphrey, Doris (1 Item) -- folder 114 Huth, Lola (2 Items) -- folder 67 King, Eleanor (3 Items) -- folder 8, 17, 18 Lloyd, Margaret (6 Items) -- folder 59, 61, 63, 65 Love, Paul (1 Item) -- folder 12 Luján, James Graham (1 Item) -- folder 68 McLean, Jane (1 Item) -- folder 117 Martin, John (3 Items) -- folder 55, 60, 64 Merida, Carlos (1 Item) -- folder 8 Mero, Bruhs (2 Items) -- folder 3, 18 Moomaw, Virginia (2 Items) -- folder 60, 117 Noriega, Elena (1 Item) -- folder 10 Nowak, Lionel (1 Item) -- folder 55 Parsons, Betty (3 Items) -- folder 55, 62, 65 Perret, Francis (1 Item) -- folder 12 Reyna, Rose (1 Item) -- folder 11 Sadoff, Simon (1 Item) -- folder 116 St. Denis, Ruth (3 Items) -- folder 6, 7, 8 Shawn, Ted (1 Item) -- folder 66 Sherman, Lee (2 Items) -- folder 114 Sherman, William (1 Item) -- folder 67 Thomas, Barbara (1 Item) -- folder 62 Todd, Arthur (2 Items) -- folder 17, 67 Trautvetter, Paul (1 Item) -- folder 17 Weidman, Charles (1 Item) -- folder 114 Weschler, Anita (2 Items) -- folder 1, 114 Wilcox, Martha (1 Item) -- folder 13"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1934-1958", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1934/1958"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1934
- date_inclusive_end
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1958
- keydate
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1934
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English Spanish or Castilian"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Nancy M. Shawcross.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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250 folders and 14 boxes
- date_start
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1934
- date_end
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1958