{"value"=>"<p>Items in the professional correspondence of special interest because of the prominence of the authors are letters to <span class=\"persname\">Massine</span> from <span class=\"persname\">Marc Chagall</span> (March 2, 1943, in Russian; April 7, 1943, in Russian, with a drawing; and February 4, 1953); <span class=\"persname\">Salvador Dali</span> (September 8, 1953); <span class=\"persname\">Manuel de Falla</span> (March 15, 1943 & November 12, 1944); <span class=\"persname\">Andre Derain</span> (September 11, 1953); <span class=\"persname\">Sir Maynard Keynes</span> (November 6 and 14, 1944); and <span class=\"persname\">Henri Matisse</span> (August 30, 1953).</p> <p>Some other noteworthy figures whose letters may be found with the professional correspondence are <span class=\"persname\">Richard Buckle</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Lucia Chase</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Serge Denham</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Mstislav Doboujinsky</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sol Hurok</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Nicholas Nabokov</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Michael Powell</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Leopold Stokowski</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Pavel Tchelichev</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Ninette de Valois</span>, as well as prominent dancers such as <span class=\"persname\">Danilova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Baronova</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Verchinina</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Hightower</span>.</p> <p>The professional correspondence is sorted by date with an index of correspondents. It is mostly in English, Italian, and French. The professional correspondence subseries includes a little general legal correspondence, but correspondence with the legal firms of <span class=\"persname\">Stephenson Harwood</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Tatham</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Boudin</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Cohn</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Glickstein</span>, are contained in the legal series. Also separated from the correspondence series is routine banking and insurance correspondence, and materials related to the building of <span class=\"persname\">Massine's</span> boat; these items are part of the financial series.</p>"}