{"value"=>"<p>Series IV holds a broad range of materials relating to Dollar and Patterson's personal and professional lives. Costume sketches, two diaries written by Patterson later in her life, scores, programs from various dance performances attended or worked on by the couple, photographs, financial materials, and Dollar's manuscript, <span class=\"title\">Old Granny Spreads Good Will</span> are contained here.</p> <p>The photographs in this series are both personal (candid shots by year) and dance related. The dance related photographs are often professional studio shots of Dollar, Patterson, Balanchine and other dancers, some autographed. There are many pictures of Dollar with his dance partner, Marie-Jeanne, as well as shots of Patterson with Maria Tallchief. Patterson wrote identifying information on the back of almost every photograph, rendering these files especially useful. A family scrapbook created by Patterson around 1920 holds photographs of her siblings along with her mother and stepfather Herman Tucker.</p> <p>The scores include several printed copies of scores that Dollar was considering for choreography and copies of musical compositions written by Paul Ramsier for a possible collaboration.</p> <p>Letters from Patterson's stepfather Herman L. Tucker describe his courtship of Patterson's mother in 1918 and his interactions with her children. These letters were written to his sister Katherine.</p> <p>Of note in this series is an unpublished, typed manuscript written by William Dollar during and shortly after the Ballet Caravan's South American tour. Entitled <span class=\"title\">Old Granny Spreads Good Will</span>, it describes backstage happenings among the company, with thinly veiled pseudonymous names given to the cast of characters. Included with the book is Yvonne Patterson's handwritten character key – identifying each person with their pseudonym. Persons depicted include Balanchine, Lew Chirstensen, Gisela Caccialanza, Marie-Jeanne, and Lincoln Kirstein.</p> <p>Arrangement is alphabetical by folder title.</p>"}