Virginia Tanner papers

Description data TOP

unitid

{"value"=>"*MGZMD 387", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18544", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20286858", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1959-1979", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1959/1979"}

date_inclusive_start

1959

date_inclusive_end

1979

keydate

1959

unittitle

{"value"=>"Virginia Tanner papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Virginia Tanner was a dance educator and founder and director of the University of Utah Children's Dance Theatre. The Virginia Tanner papers document Tanner's work teaching dance to children from 1953 to 1979."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"Virginia Tanner papers, *MGZMD 387. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

origination

{"value"=>"Tanner, Virginia, 1915-1979", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Virginia Tanner was a dance educator. She was born in 1915 in Salt Lake City, and studied dance with Doris Humphrey. She founded the Children's Dance Theatre at the University of Utah in 1949, and later served as the director of the university's Creative Dance program. She lectured on dance education at schools around the United States. Tanner continued to work with the Children's Dance Theatre until her death in 1979.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Virginia Tanner papers document Tanner's work as a dance educator from 1953 to 1979. The papers date from 1959 to 1979, but include copies of earlier materials. The papers contain Tanner's notes for lectures and for a workshop about teaching dance to children; clippings, programs, and correspondence regarding the Children's Dance Theatre; and certificates and letters of recognition and appreciation. All the materials are copies, with the exception of an original program and an original news clipping.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Lisa Warenski, 1995.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.</p>"}

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1959

date_end

1979

Update Collection TOP

Update from EAD XML File

Child components TOP

No child components.