The vast collection of personal and professional manuscript materials of Ruth Page, American dancer, choreographer, company director, teacher, and writer, is part of an even larger continuing gift of Ruth Page (begun in 1969), to the Dance...
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The vast collection of personal and professional manuscript materials of Ruth Page, American dancer, choreographer, company director, teacher, and writer, is part of an even larger continuing gift of Ruth Page (begun in 1969), to the Dance Collection, Performing Arts Research Center, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. In addition to costume and set designs, films, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, posters, music scores, and programs, there are approximately 42,000 individual manuscript items in the collection, arranged in 2,793 folders and 13 notebooks. This guide to the manuscript materials leads off with a “Chronology” of Ruth Page's life through 1971 followed by a narrative “Summary” of her career until 1970 as reflected in the collection; a “Chronology of Dances” choreographed by Ruth Page; a “Series Description” which explains the organization of the collection; a “Folder List” which catalogues chronologically the folders according to Correspondence (C), Manuscripts (M), Notebooks (N), Publicity Material (P), and Business Records (R); and an index of authors and correspondents. The chronological Summary (with its references keyed by folder number) serves as a guide to material on individual dances, performers, and subjects.
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