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Creator
Barber, Charles Andrew
Call number
(S) *MGZMD 81
Physical description
2 document boxes 37 folders
Language
English
Preferred Citation

Charles Barber Dance Writings, (S) * MGZMD 81, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Repository
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Access to materials
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Charles Andrew Barber, a critic, poet and theater director, wrote about dance principally for the New York Nativeand The Advocate. This collection of Charles Barbers' papers includes primarily drafts of published and unpublished articles, along with some of his background notes and materials. Also included are six items of correspondence and a few brief notes and memos.

Scope and arrangement

The Charles Andrew Barber dance writings are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift. Estate of Charles Barber, Mr. and Mrs. D. Robert Barber, Executors. Received: July 1992.

Processing information

Processed by Henley Haslam.

Separated material

The following materials have been separated from the manuscript materials:

  • audiotapes - Location: see list below
  • clippings [under names of individuals or companies] - Location: *MGZR
  • clippings [Barber's writings]- Location: *MGZR Barber, Charles
  • photographs - Location: *MGZE/*MGZEA
  • programs, souvenir books - Location: *MGZB

  • Ain Gordon interview 1-25-86 *MGZTC 3-1713
  • Rob Besserer interview 11-15-85 *MGZTC 3-1714
  • Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane interview 10-25-85 *MGZTC 3-1715
  • Gus Solomons interview 10-17-85 (2 cassettes) *MGZTC 3-1716 Reels 1 & 2
  • Stephen Petronio interview 2-6-85 *MGZTC 3-1717
  • non-dance:
    • May Sarton lecture, Brunswick, ME 6-25-82 sent to Berg Collection Aug. 20, 1992
    • May Sarton Castaways ChoiceKCRW 7-1-88 sent to Berg Collection Aug. 20, 1992
    • Broadway Magic vol. I & II discarded
    • “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” from The Wind in the Willowsread by Robert A. Brooks of Poet's Theatre poor quality, discarded

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