Caird Leslie papers

id
874
origination
Leslie, Caird, 1899-1970
date statement
1915-1965
key date
1915
identifier (local_mss)
19764
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 106
b-number
b14458148
total components
78
total series
8
max depth
3
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(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:59:02 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1915-1965", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1915/1965"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Caird Leslie papers"}
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 papers of <span class=\"persname\">Caird Leslie</span> include personal and business correspondence, autobiographical writing, and notes on ballet technique, particularly as taught by <span class=\"persname\">Adolf Bolm</span>."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Caird Leslie papers, *MGZMD 106. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Leslie, Caird, 1899-1970", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Ballet dancer and teacher, Caird Leslie was born in Des Moines, Iowa ca. 1900 and died in New York City February 8,1970. He was raised in Seattle and returned there to teach at the Cornish School from 1935-1950. He had a longtime association with Adolf Bolm for whom he danced at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in “Petrouchka.” Caird Leslie founded the Ballet Center Studio in New York City.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The papers of <span class=\"persname\">Caird Leslie</span> include personal and business correspondence, autobiographical writing, and notes on ballet technique, particularly as taught by <span class=\"persname\">Adolf Bolm</span>.|||Description: Correspondence, contracts, and writings in English, French and German.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Caird Leslie papers are arranged in eight series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19764#c369906'>I. Personal Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19764#c369910'>II. Contracts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19764#c369914'>III. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19764#c369957'>IV. Writings</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19764#c369974'>V. Drawings</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19764#c369976'>VI. Books</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19764#c369979'>VII. Music scores</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/dan/19764#c369982'>VIII. Photographs</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Personal Papers</li> <li>II. Contracts</li> <li>III. Correspondence</li> <li>IV. Writings</li> <li>V. Drawings</li> <li>VI. Books</li> <li>VII. Music Scores</li> <li>VIII. Photographs</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>No information available.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>The following items were received with the original gift but have been separated from the manuscript collection. The current location of these items (as of August 1995) is indicated.</p> <ul> <li>Programs - Location: *MGZB <ul> <li> Adolf Bolm Ballet</li> <li> Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo</li> <li> Caird Leslie School of Dance</li> <li> Caird Leslie Academy of Ballet</li> <li> Caird Leslie Ballet</li> <li> Cornish School</li></ul></li> <li>Photographs - Location: *MGZEA</li> <li>Clippings - Location: *MGZR</li></ul>"}
date_inclusive_start
1915
date_inclusive_end
1965
keydate
1915
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Irina Klyagin.</p>"}
extent_statement
63 legal size folders in 4 document boxes
date_start
1915
date_end
1965

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