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Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S) *MGZMD 419
36.93 linear feet (56 boxes, 17 volumes, 8 oversized folders)
Ted Shawn (1891-1972) was an American dancer, choreographer, educator, and founder of Jacob's Pillow, an internationally renowned dance education center and performance space. With Ruth St. Denis, he created the Denishawn School of Dance, the...
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Thompson, Frank
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4797
.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
The collection consists of two scrapbooks containing photographs of Frank Thompson and various friends in New York City, Vermont, and during Thompson's service in the United States Army in Germany and Sicily during World War Two. The photographs...
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Sayre, Joel, 1900-1979
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6135
3.2 linear feet (11 boxes)
The papers reflect the life and career of Joel G. Sayre (1900-1979), journalist, author, screenwriter and foreign correspondent.
Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017
Music Division | JPB 07-6
84.67 linear feet (172 boxes)
The Roberta Peters Collection contains office files, photographs, programs, clippings, datebooks and diaries, scrapbooks, scores and audio/video recordings documenting every phase of her long career at the Metropolitan Opera and beyond.
Rowe family
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol NYGB 18084
1.7 linear feet (1 box, 2 volumes)
The Roe family papers consist of genealogical notes and charts, 1882 through 1958, on the Roe family by various genealogists including Clarence Almon Torrey, Charles Harvey Roe, Robert C. Vial, Catherine T.R. Matthews, and Alfred S. Roe. Also...
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Backus, Standish, 1875-1943
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol NYGB 18073
1.08 linear feet (1 box, 5 volumes)
Standish Backus (1875-1943) was a corporate lawyer and president of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company from 1920 to 1943. The collection is composed of correspondence concerning his genealogical research on the Standish, Backus, and related...
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California State Prison at San Quentin
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18376
.33 linear feet (2 volumes)
Volumes record 141 capital commissions with captioned photographs of each inmate executed. Entries include annotations by prison staff recording execution number, name, height, weight, build, nationality, date executed, distance of drop for...
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Hansen family
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4849
1.67 linear feet (4 boxes)
The Hansen Family Papers comprise over 500 letters written from 1943 to 1946, and one photograph album containing over 100 photographs. Most of the letters were written by Walter and Edward Hansen, two young soldiers in the United States Army, to...
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Priestley, Jane Holland (Winifred Mary)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18380
.21 linear feet (1 box)
Winifred Mary Holland Priestley, commonly known as Jane, was the second wife of novelist and playwright J.B. Priestley. The collection consists mainly of correspondence between Priestley and Miss Constance M. Holder, and to Miss Holder from...
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Okun, Lilian
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2001-076
4.19 linear feet (12 boxes)
Lilian Okun worked as an actress, an assistant to radio commentators and a producer of children's and teenage radio and television programs. Documenting the personal and working life of Lilian Okun, the papers contain photographs, correspondence,...
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Villard, Katharine Tomkins
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol NYGB 18133
2.25 linear feet (9 boxes)
Katharine Tomkins Villard (1904-2000) was a member of the socially prominent Tomkins and Villard families of New York City. The collection consists chiefly of family photograph albums, documenting her life from childhood through the early years of...
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La Meri, 1898-1988
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S) *MGZMD 207
6 linear feet (8 boxes)
La Meri was a dancer of ethnic dances, a teacher of ethnic dance and a writer of poetry. She taught Mexican and Spanish and East Indean dance. She established small companies that both toured and performed at festivals. La Meri's school during the...
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Celli, Vincenzo
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S) *MGZMD 262
1.63 linear feet (6 boxes)
This collections contains correspondence, scrapbooks, studio photographs, and various personal items of choreographer Vincenzo Celli. A few items in the collection appear to have been created by Celli's wife, Marion Ivell. Of note are photographs...
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Cochran family
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2012-013
3.19 linear feet (8 boxes)
The Cochran family papers primarily document the lives of Aso-Neith Cochran and her daughter, Vota Cochran. Aso-Neith was an occultist whose teachings and readings centered on musical vibrations, color, and numbers; she was also an early adherent...
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Burton, Deena
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S) *MGZMD 263
8.4 linear feet (21 boxes)
Deena Burton (1948-2005) was an American dancer and expert in Indonesian dance who founded the non-profit Arts Indonesia. The Deena Burton papers document Burton's study and performance of Indonesian dance, both in the United States and in Indonesia.
Sulzberger, Iphigene Ochs
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17786
3.5 linear feet (9 boxes)
Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (1892-1990) helped shape the history of the New York Times throughout a long and active life. Sulzberger nurtured and bridged the generations of the family that controlled The...
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Redd, Everett
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | SCP 186201
1.46 linear feet (4 boxes)
Everett Redd (1924-2006) was a Black motorcycle enthusiast and member of the Chosen Few Motorcycle Club. The photographs in this collection contain images of Redd's life, particularly his membership in motorcycle clubs in Los Angeles, California....
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Angelou, Maya
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | SCP 186210
3.0 linear feet (10 boxes). 10.4 megabytes (5 computer files)
The Maya Angelou photographs, dating from the 1920s to 2009, document the life and legacy of Maya Angelou (1928-2014), poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, dancer, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. The...
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Shelley, Carole
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2021-010
15.75 linear feet (42 boxes, 3 tubes)
The Carole Shelley papers, dated 1940s to 2016, document the career of character actor Carole Shelley (1939-2018). Her collection contains correspondence, production scripts, notes, photographs, posters, costume sketches, scrapbooks, animation...
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McGrath, Camilla, -2007
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24314
124.41 linear feet (103 volumes, 59 boxes)
Earl McGrath was a writer, music executive, art collector, and gallery owner. His wife, Camilla Pecci-Blunt McGrath, was an Italian countess and photographer. The Camilla and Earl McGrath papers document the couple's exceptional social life,...
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Beers, Sarah Yardley, 1876-1946
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24818
1.35 linear feet (2 boxes, 3 volumes, 1 oversize folder)
Sarah Yardley Beers (1876-1946) was the great-niece of abolitionist James Miller McKim (1810-1874) and his wife Sarah A. McKim (1813-1891). Born in North Carolina, Sarah McKim Yardley was the daughter of Ellen Mulvany (1843-1924) of Millersville,...
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Astor Library
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23354
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
One scrapbook depicting the nearly empty interior of the Astor Library and two dozen loose photographs of library staff members. The library building appears to have been photographed when the Astor Library ceased operations at 425 Lafayette...
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Krokover, Rosalyn
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | (S) *MGZMD 430
1.96 linear feet (2 boxes, 2 volumes)
Dancer, dance teacher, and dance critic Rosalyn Krokover (1913-1973) studied at the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet School in Chicago. She danced with several companies including the Chicago Opera ballet and was a dance teacher in Pittsburgh before...
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Kuffner, Johann von, 1894-1973
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZEB 14-6753
9.07 linear feet (19 boxes, 4 volumes)
The Kuffner Collection consists of some 23,000 items (chiefly black and white 35mm negatives) and photographs of international ballet companies from 1939 to 1970 (bulk dates 1939-1966), taken by Dr. Johann von Kuffner.
Trampler, Walter
Music Division | JPB 13-19
13.02 linear feet (36 boxes)
Walter Trampler (1915-1997) was an American violist of German origin. One of the defining figures of his instrument, he performed with the Beaux Arts Trio; the Budapest, Juilliard, and Guarneri String Quartets; and was a founding member of the New...
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Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Jean Blackwell Hutson Collection
3.0 linear feet (10 boxes)
The Jean Blackwell Hutson photographs, dated 1890s to 1990s, were compiled by Jean Blackwell Hutson (1914-1998), a librarian who served as curator of the Schomburg Collection from 1948 to 1972, then chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in...
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Taggard, Genevieve, 1894-1948
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2942
28.03 linear feet (60 boxes; 5 sound recordings)
The papers of poet and teacher Genevieve Taggard include correspondence, drafts of poetry and prose (most notably for her 1930 book The Life and Mind of Emily Dickinson), photographs, notebooks, teaching materials, memorabilia, and other personal...
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