Correspondence

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{"value"=>"602519", "type"=>"local_mss"}

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{"value"=>"1916-70", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1916/1970"}

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{"value"=>"Correspondence"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The correspondence series is arranged chronologically. Each year of correspondence is grouped in subgroups: Personal correspondence; Business correspondence; and Production correspondence, when applicable after 1947.</p> <p>The personal correspondence is classified into three subseries: Major correspondents; Minor correspondents; Miscellaneous correspondents.</p> <p>Major correspondents are Ruth Page, Marian Heinly Page, and Thomas H. Fisher. Before 1925, the letters of Ruth Page (RP) to Marian H. Page (MHP), are listed first, followed by letters of MHP/RP. After 1925, RP/MHP is followed by letters of RP/Thomas Hart Fisher (THF), then MHP/RP, and THF/RP. After the death of Marian H. Page in 1945, only RP/THF and THF/RP comprise the Major correspondents classification.</p> <p>Minor correspondents are those who, within any given year, wrote two or more letters of relative importance to RP and/or THF and/or MHP, or to another minor correspondent. Among the most frequently represented correspondents in this group are Harald Kreutzenberg (HK), Friedrich Wilckens (FW), Nicholas Remisoff (NR), Bentley Stone (BS), Isaac Van Grove, Margot Fonteyn, Antoni Clavé, and André Delfau. The arrangement is always alphabetical.</p> <p>If a minor correspondent is also a recipient of letters from RP and/or THF, those letters are contained in a folder following the letters from that correspondent (e.g., Margot Fonteyn/ followed by /MF). Single letters from RP and/or THF <em>to</em> a correspondent are usually within the folder of letters <em>from</em> that correspondent.</p> <p>Miscellaneous correspondents are those who, within any given year, wrote one (perhaps two) letters which are more meaningful when included within the context of the miscellaneous correspondence group. The arrangement is chronological under two subgroup headings: letters <em>to</em> RP and/or THF followed by letters <em>from</em> RP and/or THF (Misc/ followed by /Misc).</p> <p>Business correspondence follows the Personal correspondence. Previous to 1954, it is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, letters <em>to</em> RP, THF, or a representative in the early years, followed by letters <em>from</em> RP, THF or their representative. After 1954, the arrangement, following the order in which the files were received, is reversed: THF/ is followed by /THF.</p> <p>Miscellaneous business correspondence (Misc bus) is arranged chronologically. THF/Misc bus is followed by Misc bus/THF.</p> <p>Production correspondence follows the Business correspondence and is arranged alphabetically by title of the ballet production it concerns, e.g., <span class=\"title\">The Merry</span> <span class=\"title\">Widow</span>followed by <span class=\"title\">The Nutcracker.</span>Under each of these headings, correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent is in turn arranged chronologically. Miscellaneous correspondence follows the order of miscellaneous personal correspondence (i.e., Misc/THF; THF/Misc) and is subdivided chronologically.</p> <p>N.B.: Occasional discrepancies in the arrangement described are accounted for by a decision to maintain the original order of the correspondence as kept by THF.</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p>Folder numbers appear after the series letter C; the last two digits of the year are used before the C. In this list, the writer of the letter is given first, the recipient after the slash. For joint letters the names or abbreviations of the two or more correspondents are separated by an ampersand; a semicolon is used if there are letters to or from each of those named. The following abbreviations are used:</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">RP</span> <span class=\"expan\">Ruth Page</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">MHP</span> <span class=\"expan\">[UNK] Heinly Page</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">THF</span> <span class=\"expan\">[UNK] Hart Fisher</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">LP</span> <span class=\"expan\">[UNK] Page</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">LP, Jr.</span> <span class=\"expan\">[UNK] Page, Jr</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">AB</span> <span class=\"expan\">[UNK] Bolm</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">BB</span> <span class=\"expan\">[UNK] Bolm</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">VB</span> <span class=\"expan\">[UNK] Bolm</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">CAM</span> <span class=\"expan\">Columbia Artists Management</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">JC</span> <span class=\"expan\">John Crane</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">RG</span> <span class=\"expan\">Ruth Gordon</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">HK</span> <span class=\"expan\">Harald Kreutzberg</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">NR</span> <span class=\"expan\">Nicholas Remisoff</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">SR</span> <span class=\"expan\">Sviatoslav Roerich</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">BS</span> <span class=\"expan\">Bentley Stone</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">MT</span> <span class=\"expan\">Mark Turbyfill</span></li> <li> <span class=\"abbr\">FW</span> <span class=\"expan\">Friedrich Wilckens</span></li></ul> <p>Initials are also used for names of correspondents repeated from the previous entry and for unions (AFTRA, [UNK]).</p>"}

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1916

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1916

date_end

1970

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1916

date_inclusive_end

1970

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