- unitid
-
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 361", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18494", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20286872", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
-
{"value"=>"1938-2003", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1938/2003"}
- date_inclusive_start
-
1938
- date_inclusive_end
-
2003
- keydate
-
1938
- unittitle
-
{"value"=>"Sophie Maslow research materials"}
- physdesc
-
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.76 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
-
{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
- abstract
-
{"value"=>"Sophie Maslow was a choreographer and dancer. The Sophie Maslow research materials were compiled by William Korff in preparation of a biography of Maslow. The collection contains clippings, photographs, programs, promotional material, a scrapbook, and transcripts of oral history interviews. The materials are both originals and copies, and date from 1938 to 2003."}
- prefercite
-
{"value"=>"Sophie Maslow research materials, *MGZMD 361. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
-
{"value"=>"Korff, William", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
-
{"value"=>"<p>Sophie Maslow (1911-2006) was a choreographer and dancer. She was born in New York City. She began studying dance as a child at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where she was taught by Blanche Talmud and Martha Graham. She danced with Graham's company beginning in 1931. In 1942, she formed the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio with Jane Dudley and William Bales. She later founded the Sophie Maslow Dance Company. Maslow's choreographic works included Dust Bowl Ballads (1941), Champion (1948), The Village I Knew (1953), Prologue (1959), Decathlon Etudes (1976), and Woody Sez (1980).</p>"}
- custodhist
-
{"value"=>"<p>Material in the collection was collected by William Korff, and added to by Muriel Topaz after Korff's death. The collection was donated by Korff's widow.</p>"}
- scopecontent
-
{"value"=>"<p>The Sophie Maslow research materials (1938-2003) were compiled by William Korff in preparation for a biography of Maslow, which was unfinished at the time of his death. The collection spans Maslow's career and contains clippings, photographs, programs, a scrapbook, and promotional material such as dance company brochures and fliers. The collection also contains transcripts of oral history interviews with Maslow and chronologies of her work.</p> <p>Materials are both originals and copies. The collection includes research files that are arranged chronologically according to the time period in Maslow's life or the choreographic work that they relate to. For example, records related to a 1999 performance of Champion are held in the 1948 file, since Champion was first performed in 1948. The research files contain clippings, programs, fliers, photographs, and other material.</p> <p>A scrapbook assembled by Maslow's husband, Max Blatt, dates from 1941 to 1948 and concerns her work as part of the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio. The scrapbook holds letters, telegrams, clippings, and programs. Photographs include contemporary prints and reproductions of prints dating from 1937 to the 1980s. Among the photographs are images of Champion and The Village I Knew, and pictures of Maslow with Martha Graham's company and with the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio. The collection also includes original art for a slide projection used in Maslow's Poem (1963).</p> <p>The collection also contains notes and transcripts from interviews with Maslow. The interviews were conducted by Korff and by Muriel Topaz, who continued work on the biography after Korff's death. Some of Topaz's notes and draft chapters for the biography are also present.</p>"}
- acqinfo
-
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Muriel Manings, 2005.</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>"}
- dsc_type
-
combined
- extent_statement
-
1.76 linear feet (5 boxes)
- date_start
-
1938
- date_end
-
2003