{"value"=>"<p>Series V is composed of files relating to Lathrop's involvment in all aspects of the West Coast arts scene. This series contains art, correspondence, interviews, programs,scrapbooks, posters, dance institution files, and writings.</p> <p>Lathrop was not only a talented choreographer and dancer, he was a designer and artist. Although the collection does not contain any of his paintings, there are slides of 72 of his works in this series. There is also a collection of art by his friend and colleague Charlotte Townsend, who depicted dancers and their motion through a series of simple line drawings. Townsend's other work includes a book about Lathrop entitled <span class=\"title\">A Dancer Prepares to Create a Dance</span> as well as original sketches of Lathrop and his company dancers.</p> <p>The correspondence in this series is limited and primarily personal. There are notes from friends and colleagues and letters to and from his wife, Nina. More correspondence can be found in the file on Lathrop's <span class=\"title\">Endangered Species</span>, for which he was awarded an NEA grant. This file covers the financial and logistical negotiations for his creation of the piece in tandem with the Xorgos Performing Company.</p> <p>The scrapbooks in this series hold photographs, programs, and some clippings. The bulk of the writings files contain Lathrop's essays for <span class=\"title\">Impulse Dance Magazine</span>, which was founded and published by the Halprin-Lathrop studio as a contemporary dance magazine. The collection holds a selection of issues from 1949-1966.</p>"}