Muriel Stuart papers

id
9547
origination
Stuart, Muriel, 1900-1991
date statement
1930s-1982
key date
1930
identifier (local_mss)
18524
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 393
b-number
b20286873
total components
8
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2014-09-12 17:11:36 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 393", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18524", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20286873", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1930s-1982", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1930/1982"}
date_inclusive_start
1930
date_inclusive_end
1982
keydate
1930
unittitle
{"value"=>"Muriel Stuart papers"}
physdesc
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repository
{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Muriel Stuart was a ballet dancer and teacher who taught at the American School of Ballet from 1935 until the 1980s. The Muriel Stuart papers (1930s-1982) contain her lesson plans and other material related to her teaching career."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Muriel Stuart papers, *MGZMD 393. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Stuart, Muriel, 1900-1991", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Muriel Stuart (1900-1991) was a ballet dancer and teacher. She studied with Anna Pavlova, and joined Pavlova's company at the age of 13. Stuart began to teach ballet in 1927. She taught at the American School of Ballet in New York from 1935 until the mid-1980s. She died in New York City.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Muriel Stuart papers (1930s-1982) consist chiefly of Stuart's handwritten lesson plans and notes for her ballet classes. Lesson plans describe specific daily exercises. A small amount of dance articles, scores, and printed teaching material is present with the lesson plans.</p> <p>The collection also contains photographs of Stuart teaching ballet in 1967 and 1968; unidentified photographs from around the 1930s; a short speech Stuart wrote regarding her early ballet education; a 1940 certificate declaring her an honorary member of the Chicago Association of Dancing Masters; and several short letters from colleagues.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Unknown.</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
2.2 linear feet (5 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
date_start
1930
date_end
1982

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