Seymour Milbert papers

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9582
origination
Milbert, Seymour
date statement
1950-1952
key date
1950
identifier (local_mss)
18509
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 388
b-number
b20298319
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created
2014-09-24 18:35:44 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1950-1952", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1952"}
date_inclusive_start
1950
date_inclusive_end
1952
keydate
1950
unittitle
{"value"=>"Seymour Milbert papers"}
physdesc
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repository
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abstract
{"value"=>"Seymour Milbert was a stage manager for Ballet Theatre. The Seymour Milbert papers hold his stage management files for Ballet Theatre's European and South American tours, 1950 to 1952."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Seymour Milbert papers, *MGZMD 388. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Milbert, Seymour", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Seymour Milbert was a stage manager for the Ballet Theatre's European and South American tours from 1950 to 1952. The tour was sponsored by the State Department and the troupe travelled under the name \"American National Ballet Theatre.\" Milbert was also a stage manager for many Broadway productions in the 1950s, including The Constant Wife and Camino Real.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Seymour Milbert papers hold his stage management files for the American National Ballet Theatre's European and South American tours, 1950 to 1952. These files consist of cast lists, shipping manifests, cue sheets, costume inventories, contracts, and hotel reservations.</p> <p>Milbert's short unpublished article <span class=\"title\">Lines from a Technician's Notebook</span> (1951) describes the challenges of stage managing an overseas tour and working with foreign theater crew members. There is also one file of production records for a 1952 production of the opera <span class=\"title\">Four Saints in Three Acts</span>.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Unknown donor, 1980.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Lea Jordan</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
.42 linear feet (1 box)
date_start
1950
date_end
1952

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