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{"value"=>"3156977", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1955-1971", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1955/1971"}
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{"value"=>"Series II: Promotional Materials"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box, 1 oversize folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.81 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>The materials in Series II consist of various items that promoted and advertised the American Ballet Theatre's performances and events.</p> <p>The clippings collected are from newspapers and periodicals such as <em>The Boston Monitor</em> from 1940, <em>The Seattle Star</em> from 1943, and <em>Vogue</em> from 1949. There is also an article from a 1966 American Ballet Theatre Friends newsletter which features a photo of the Chairman of the National Council on the Arts presenting a check to then Ballet Theatre Foundation president, Dr. Harold Humphrey.</p> <p>Ephemera includes a marked up 1976 rehearsal schedule from the American Ballet Theatre's school, a cumulative list of the <span class=\"title\">Giselle</span> casting from years 1939 through 1975, and a 1964 letter from photographer Annemarie Heinrich to Charles Payne.</p> <p>The posters are mainly facsimiles of Ballet Theatre and Mordkin Ballet designs with the exception of one original poster advertising an appearance of Ballet Theatre at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. There are also three reference posters, including an advertisement for stage-front improvement, a promotional poster for a book about ABT written by Payne, and a Royal Opera Covent Garden program.</p> <p>Also present are awards presented to Charles Payne and the Ballet Theatre Foundation for outstanding printed souvenir programs from the New York Employing Printers Association, Inc. and the Printing Industries of Metropolitan New York, Inc.</p> <p>Highlights from the souvenir publications include a 1964 mini calendar published by Dance Magazine featuring Ballet Theatre dancers Lupe Serrano and Bruce Marks and an announcement brochure for the 1977 film <span class=\"title\">The Turning Point</span> which featured Mikhail Baryshnikov and included special thanks to co-directors Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith.</p>"}
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1955
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1955
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1971
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1955
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1971
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1.81 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder)