{"value"=>"<p>Levine's general files consist of correspondence, clippings, programs, photographs and resumes. They also contain files on Bard College, her books for children, and her teaching and other public speaking activities.</p> <p>The correspondence is with friends, producers and presenters, lawyers and managers, universities and conservatories, and composers and librettists. Producers and presenters include the National Institute for Music Theater (which gave her its 10th annual National Musical Theater Award in 1987) and the Scottish Opera. Opera composers/librettists include Eric Stokes, William Mayer and Anthony Davis. Attached to a note from Mayer is a reproduction of a 1957 letter to Mayer from J.D. Salinger stating why The Catcher In The Rye would not make a good opera, and that his short story The Laughing Man could be an effective ballet; Mayer's note to Levine puts the Salinger letter in context. Corresponding managers include Sheldon Soffer and Columbia Artists Management, Inc.</p> <p>The clippings, all reproductions, date from 1960-1969, documenting the start of Levine's career as a dancer-choreographer and her transition into opera direction. Many files in Series I also contain clippings. The programs are from all stages of Levine's career, and may in some cases duplicate programs in Series I. The photographs are a combination of original prints and photocopy reproductions, and consist of publicity photos of Levine, pictures of her at work, and unidentified opera production shots. Many files in Series I also contain photographs. The resumes date from all stages of Levine's career. Few are dated, but dates can often be estimated by most recent productions listed.</p> <p>The Bard College file contains writings and correspondence dating from Levine's undergraduate years, and also has correspondence and other material relating to a 1992 class reunion. The file on Levine's books for children contains publicity material from Atheneum Books for Arthur, Quiet Story and Three Ladies Beside The Sea. The workshops, panels and symposia file contains programs and publicity material for various events hosted by, among others, the American Lyric Theater, Wolf Trap, Columbia University, Kent State University, American Opera Workshop, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and the National Opera Institute. For more on Levine's educational activities, see, in Series I.B, the Curtis Institute, Manhattan School of Music and Northwestern University files, and, in this Series, the correspondence with Queens College.</p>"}