Series IV: Office Files

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1729141
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1
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series
identifier (local_mss)
3435000
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2024-02-21 19:41:44 UTC
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2024-03-25 18:33:01 UTC

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unitid
{"value"=>"3435000", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1969-2022", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1969/2022"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Series IV: Office Files"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"30 computer files", "unit"=>"computer_files"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.7 megabytes", "unit"=>"megabytes"}]}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Office Files series dates from 1969 to 2022 and contain Jenkins' files related to business dealings, grants, press, and teaching. Also held here are Jenkins' files on various dance projects. Files are arranged alphabetically.</p> <p>Business files include contracts and related correspondence, business cards, and marketing material produced by Jenkins for various releases and live performances. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Jenkins would fill out contact sheets with information about performance and recording dates. These sheets include location and contact details, pay, and other relevant information that offer a glimpse at scheduling for an independent artist.</p> <p>Dance files contain clippings, press, programs and correspondence about various projects. Also held here are notes on staging dance productions and working with the dancer, Felicia Norton. The Grants files cover various awards received or applied for by Jenkins. This includes clippings, correspondence, and applications related to grants and awards received from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Dance Theater Workshop, and National Endowment for the Arts. There is also a file on the fellowship Jenkins received from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.</p> <p>Reviews, press, and Interviews includes various reviews and clippings of live performances, albums, and groups. Interviews include recordings and transcripts with and about Jenkins. This includes interviews on radio stations KPFA and WKCR; interviews with Muhal Richard Abrams, Thurman Barker, Oliver Lake, Alving Singleton, Sirone, and Henry Threadgill about Jenkins; and unpublished interviews with Jenkins.</p> <p>Teaching and Workshops contain files related to workshops and classes taught by Jenkins. This includes courses and seminars at Brooklyn College, California Institute For the Arts, and Oberlin College. Also held here are recordings Jenkins would use in class.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (recordedsound@nypl.org). Audio and video materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
date_start
1969
keydate
1969
date_end
2022
date_inclusive_start
1969
date_inclusive_end
2022

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  1. Business Cards
  2. Contracts and Correspondence
  3. Correspondence -- American Composers Orchestra
  4. Dance
  5. Grants, Applications, and Awards [3/1]
  6. Marketing [3/1]
  7. Presenter Contact Sheets
  8. Reviews, Press, and Interviews [19/3]
  9. Teaching and Workshops [7/2]