Gluck Sandor papers

id
9412
origination
Gluck-Sandor, Senia
date statement
1922-1999 [bulk 1922-1940]
key date
1922
identifier (local_mss)
19065
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 353
b-number
b20177354
total components
2
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2014-05-01 14:33:10 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 353", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19065", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1922-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1922/1999"}
{"value"=>"1922-1940", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1922/1940"}
date_inclusive_start
1922
date_inclusive_end
1999
keydate
1922
unittitle
{"value"=>"Gluck Sandor papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".48 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Gluck Sandor (1899-1978), aka Senia Gluck-Sandor, was an American dancer, actor, mime, producer, painter, and teacher. The Gluck Sandor papers date from 1922 to 1999 and document the career of Gluck Sandor, particularly his work during the 1920s and 1930s with his wife, Felicia Sorel. The collection consists of scrapbook pages, articles, and biographical and professional files."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Gluck Sandor papers, *MGZMD 353. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Gluck-Sandor, Senia", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Gluck Sandor (1899-1978), aka Senia Gluck-Sandor, was an American dancer, actor, mime, producer, painter, and teacher. He made his stage debut in the Met Opera production of Le Coq d'Or in 1918, and continued to choreograph, dance, and act in several Broadway productions from the 1920s through the early 1970s. He married dancer and choreographer Felicia Sorel, and in 1931 they opened the Intimate Theatre in New York City where they taught dance, mime, choreography, and dance theory. Later that same year, they opened the Dance Center. In 1977 a retrospective exhibition of Sandor's paintings toured small galleries in Florida and New York. Gluck Sandor died in 1978 in New York City.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Gluck Sandor papers date from 1922 to 1999 and document the career of Gluck Sandor, particularly his work during the 1920s and 1930s with his wife, Felicia Sorel. The collection consists of scrapbook pages, articles, and biographical and professional files. The scrapbook pages primarily contain articles and programs from the 1920s and 1930s. The success of Sandor and Sorel's early recitals and events at the Dance Center in New York City are well documented.</p> <p>Biographical and professional files in the collection consist of biographies, resumes, photographs, clippings, and some correspondence. Correspondence is primarily professional in nature and relates to some of Sandor and Sorel's projects between 1929 and 1940. Documents from 1999 consist of interview transcriptions with Phillip Sandor II and biographical notes on Gluck Sandor.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged into two categories: Scrapbook and Articles; and Biographical and Professional Files.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Unknown donor, unknown date.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Robyn Hjermstad</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Original order and folder titles were maintained. Loose material was placed into folders.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.</p>"}
extent_statement
.48 linear feet (2 boxes)
date_start
1922
date_end
1999
date_bulk_start
1922
date_bulk_end
1940

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