{"value"=>"<p>This series contains Sara Strauss's writings and drawings, as well as a draft written by her mother describing a series of trips they took together. Her writings include drafts and published articles on body posture and exercise, which Sara Strauss published in <span class=\"title\">Family Circle Magazine</span> during the 1960s. Drafts in box 3, folders 2 and 3 are complete with Sara Strauss's own sketches of posture and movement examples for each step analyzed in the articles. There are also clippings from the published version (box 3, folder 4). As they are the result of sometimes considerable editing, titles often do not correspond to those submitted by Sara Strauss, and her drawings have been replaced. This series also includes a copy of Sara Strauss's first book, <span class=\"title\">The Dance and Life</span> published in 1916, and drafts of text for Sara Strauss's book <span class=\"title\">Here an Inch, There an Inch</span>, published by Prentice-Hall in 1966. The text of another manuscript, <span class=\"title\">Instant Figure Improvement for the Modern Woman</span>, appears to be a draft of a different work, completed in ca. 1965.</p> <p>Her drawings are both in color and pencil. Only a small number are dated and signed. There is also a series of several sketches of example drawings (box 4, folder 7). They are similar to those accompanying the drafts for her articles (box 3, folders 2 and 3), but not identifiably related to any text found in the collection. Finally, material from Sara Strauss's early years includes booklets from schools she attended, as well as descriptions and clippings referring to horse and carriage trips to Canada, which she took with her mother. A draft of an undated manuscript of one such trip's description by Mrs. Lehman Strauss can also be found here. Excerpts from this manuscript are quoted in the newspaper clippings.</p>"}