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Creator
Moore, Lillian
Call number
(S) *MGZMD 20
Physical description
6 boxes 105 folders
Language
English
Preferred Citation

Lillian Moore Papers, (S) *MGZMD 20, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Repository
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
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The collection is compiled into articles, reviews, and type-written copies of books that Lillian Moore had written, 1947-1964; Correspondence (personal letters) to Miss Moore and from her; and assorted clippings (newspaper) and articles about other dancers, choreographers, dance companies, etc., that other people wrote; most of her research being from the late 1800's to the mid-1960's. There are records, lists, a few photographs and plates, typed manuscripts, hand-written research notes and a diary, as well. Also included are pamphlets, brochures, flyers, clippings, programs, journals, and maps.

Biographical/historical information

Lillian Moore, 1911-1967, was a dancer as well as a teacher and writer. She studied ballet under George Balanchine, Alexandra Fedorova-Fokine and others; and studied modern dance under Charles Weidman. She retired as a dancer in 1954 and then began to teach. Some of her writings include the article, “Ballet,” in the Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as the “Dance -- Ballet” section in Britannica's, Book of the Year(1950 to date). This collection, a gift of Lillian Moore, is primarily compiled or manuscripts, articles and clippings of her writings and programs, letters, pamphlets and lists of other dancers and dance companies, that Lillian Moore had collected during her career.

These collected items, as well as her written works (done as a result of her research), seem to sum up the era of dance from the late 1800's through the 1960's and the impact it had on America as well as Europe.

Scope and arrangement

The collection is compiled into articles, reviews, and type-written copies of books that Lillian Moore had written, 1947-1964; Correspondence (personal letters) to Miss Moore and from her; and assorted clippings (newspaper) and articles about other dancers, choreographers, dance companies, etc., that other people wrote; most of her research being from the late 1800's to the mid-1960's. There are records, lists, a few photographs and plates, typed manuscripts, hand-written research notes and a diary, as well. Also included are pamphlets, brochures, flyers, clippings, programs, journals, and maps.|||Mostly in English.

The Lillian Moore papers are arranged in three series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift. Lillian Moore. Material received: 1967.

Processing information

Processed by Audrey S. LeVine.

Using the collection

Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Alternative form available

Available in microfilm: *ZBD-574