{"value"=>"<p>Charlip's personal files, alphabetically arranged by subject or file type, date from 1929 to 2012, the span of his life. They chronicle Charlip's childhood, personal activities and interests, medical, domestic, and financial matters, and include correspondence with friends and collaborators in the arts. Because Charlip occasionally mixed personal and professional files in the same folders, and because his interests often overlapped, some materials here do pertain to his professional pursuits.</p> <p>A large portion of this series consists of \"activities\" files. These files date from 1990 to 2012, and contain a mixture of correspondence, invitations, clippings, programs and fliers, notes, lists, schedules, and other ephemera that provide a sense of what Charlip was engaged in during these years. While most \"activities\" files touch on Charlip's personal affairs, some do address his professional work, particularly invitations and fliers and correspondence from the 2000s. Much of this correspondence is between Erika Bradfield, who handled Charlip's personal and professional affairs, and others, often dealing with financial and book publishing matters; series II contains additional book publishing materials.</p> <p>A separate, exclusive collection of correspondence similarly accounts for a significant portion of this series. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject, with a chronological set ordered at the beginning, most of this correspondence is between Charlip and his dance and theater collaborators, such as Merce Cunningham, Ronald Dabney, Anna Halprin, and Neil Marcus. Of special interest is a set of postcards to Charlip from Lou Harrison dating from 1950s that are mostly in calligraphy. As with correspondence in the \"activities\" files, some correspondence here is professional in nature between Erika Bradfield and others regarding Charlip's various obligations. Letters of recommendation, for Charlip and by Charlip for others, are also held here.</p> <p>Elsewhere, this series holds Charlip's personal research materials, which largely contain clipped articles on a variety of subjects that interested him. There are two books from Charlip's childhood, including a baby journal with entries written by his parents. Address lists, contact lists, and calendars exist here, largely dating from the 1990s and 2000s.</p> <p>Several files pertain to Charlip's medical needs after his stroke: \"Caregiver Notes,\" \"Medical Handouts,\" \"Personal Exercise Program,\" \"Plan of Care and Power of Attorney,\" and \"Remy's Visitor Notes\" all contain papers addressing Charlip's post-stroke condition. Additionally, there are materials for Charlip's memorial, which include a guest book of entries from friends and colleagues. The \"post-mortem files\" consist of news clippings, cards and artwork sent by friends, and assorted personal effects that Charlip maintained during the final years of his life.</p> <p>An item-level inventory of Charlip's collection, completed by John Held, Jr. in 2007, is located in boxes 122 to 125. It contains Held, Jr.'s biography of Charlip and detailed explanation of the collection content.</p>"}