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{"value"=>"21116", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 355", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11622276", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1961-1985", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1961/1985"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Al Perryman papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes, 1 oversize folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.63 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"=>"Al Perryman was an African American dancer, choreographer, and instructor. The Al Perryman papers document his dance career and consist of scripts, programs, broadsides, and playbills, among others."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Perryman, Al", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Al Perryman was an African American dancer, choreographer, and instructor; he studied ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, and African dance. Born in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1945, he grew up in New York City. Perryman began dancing at age three and made his television debut at nine on the <span class=\"title\">Perry Como Show</span>; he later appeared on <span class=\"title\">The Ed Sullivan Show</span> and in television specials. A versatile dancer, he performed with Dinizulu, Olatunji, Eleo Pomare, JoJo Smith, and the Brooklyn Dance Theatre, which he founded in 1979. Perryman appeared on Broadway in <span class=\"title\">Purlie</span>, <span class=\"title\">Two Gentleman of Verona</span>; <span class=\"title\">Raisin</span>, <span class=\"title\">1600 Pennsylvania Avenue</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Wiz</span> (for which he was the dance captain), and choreographed <span class=\"title\">Raisin</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Vampire and the Dentist</span>, and the Broadway musical <span class=\"title\">Amen Corner</span>, in 1983. He taught jazz and modern dance at Iowa University, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, and the Philadelphia Dance Company, and he was the artistic director of the Brooklyn Dance Theatre. In addition, Perryman taught dance to youth at community organizations in urban areas. Perryman appeared frequently with his dance partner, Loretta Abbott. He was well known for his recreation of Earl \"Snakehips\" Tucker for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's production of <span class=\"title\">Dance--Black in America</span>, as well as his dance done to \"Mr. Bojangles\".</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Al Perryman papers document his dance career and consist of scripts for productions, programs, broadsides and playbills from plays in which Perryman performed, sketches of designs by Perryman, choreography and lighting notes, contracts and agreements, Brooklyn Dance Theatre financial and legal records, correspondence, news clippings, and reviews. There are also notices, awards, and programs prepared in honor of Perryman, produced after his death.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Al Perryman papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21116#c1661954'>Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1978-1985</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21116#c1661960'>Professional</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1961-1984</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into two series: I. Personal and II. Professional.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Dorothy Perryman, 1988.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Sule Greg Wilson, August 1988, and Janice Quinter, October 2007.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 November 20"}
- date_start
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1961
- keydate
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1961
- date_end
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1985
- date_inclusive_start
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1961
- date_inclusive_end
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1985
- extent_statement
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1.63 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Al Perryman papers, Sc MG 355, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}