Artur Michel letters [microform]

id
519
origination
Michel, Artur, 1883-1946
date statement
1934-1956
key date
1934
identifier (local_mss)
19749
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 84
b-number
b134342859
total components
21
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:56 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 84", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19749", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1934-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1934/1956"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Artur Michel letters [microform]"}
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 mainly consists of correspondence relating to his writings and to his attempts to get out of Berlin when <span class=\"persname\">Hitler</span> and the <span class=\"persname\">Nazis</span> were in power. It also contains some correspondence after his death, relating to locating some of his relatives and getting his letters to the Dance Collection. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent; however, each file may contain material to, from, or about the person listed. Many of the German letters have been translated by <span class=\"persname\">Anita Warburg</span>, and she has made a summary of the correspondence in each year of the <span class=\"persname\">Michel</span> correspondence. The collection also contains two articles by <span class=\"persname\">Michel</span>. In the Folder List, AM refers to <span class=\"persname\">Artur Michel</span>."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Artur Michel letters [microform], *MGZMD 84. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Michel, Artur, 1883-1946", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Artur Michel was a German scholar who was a dance historian, writer, editor and critic of art, dance, literature, and theater. Michel came to New York in 1941, where he wrote for the German-language newspaper <span class=\"title\">Aufbau</span>and for other dance publications in the United States.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection mainly consists of correspondence relating to his writings and to his attempts to get out of Berlin when <span class=\"persname\">Hitler</span> and the <span class=\"persname\">Nazis</span> were in power. It also contains some correspondence after his death, relating to locating some of his relatives and getting his letters to the Dance Collection. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent; however, each file may contain material to, from, or about the person listed. Many of the German letters have been translated by <span class=\"persname\">Anita Warburg</span>, and she has made a summary of the correspondence in each year of the <span class=\"persname\">Michel</span> correspondence. The collection also contains two articles by <span class=\"persname\">Michel</span>. In the Folder List, AM refers to <span class=\"persname\">Artur Michel</span>.|||Language: in English and German.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Artur Michel letters [microform] is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19749#c366418'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19749#c366436'>II. Articles by AM</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Franziska Boas. Received: c. 1986.</p>"}
physloc
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 84", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}
date_inclusive_start
1934
date_inclusive_end
1956
note
{"value"=>"<p>The Artur Michel letters consist mainly of correspondence relating to Artur Michel's writings and to his attempts to leave Berlin during the Nazi regime</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
langmaterial_code
eng
ger
keydate
1934
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English and German"}
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Henley Haslam.</p>"}
extent_statement
1 document box 89 items in 16 folders
date_start
1934
date_end
1956

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