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Agnes de Mille collection

Title: Agnes de Mille collection, circa 1914-1984.
Author: De Mille, Agnes.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 1672-1695, Box 49	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 1672-1695, Box 49	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 1654-1671, Box 48	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 1654-1671, Box 48	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 1635-1653, Box 47	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 1635-1653, Box 47	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 1622-1634, Box 45	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 1622-1634, Box 45	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 1620-1621, Box 44	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 1620-1621, Box 44	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 1615-1619, Box 43	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 1615-1619, Box 43	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 1602-1614, Box 42	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 1602-1614, Box 42	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 1585-1601, Box 41	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 1585-1601, Box 41	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 46	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Box 46	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 37	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Box 37	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 36	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Box 36	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 35	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Box 35	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 34	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Box 34	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 33	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Box 33	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 940-1000, Box 21	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 940-1000, Box 21	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Not available - Please for assistance.	Folders 91-120, Box 5	Moving image	Permit needed	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 91-120, Box 5	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 875-939, Box 20	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 875-939, Box 20	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 821-874, Box 19	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 821-874, Box 19	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 773-820, Box 18	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 773-820, Box 18	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Folders 708-772, Box 17	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 37 Folders 708-772, Box 17	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

1695 folders in 49 boxes.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Personal records.
Diaries.

Note

Primarily documents the professional life of Agnes de Mille from the 1940s through the early 1980s.
The correspondence series (3,260 items) includes letters to and from other dancers, choreographers, artists of various disciplines political figures, publishers, and family. Correspondents include Aaron Copland, Martha Graham, Lincoln Kirstein, José Limón, Carmelita Maracci, Marie Rambert, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor. Additional correspondence series include Ballet Theatre (139 items); the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (320 items); and de Mille's husband, Walter Prude (407 items).
The writings of de Mille (73 items) cover her adolescent diaries through her college and professional career. Over 30 of her ballets and shows are represented in choreographic and production notes: American Suite, Three Virgins and a Devil, and Rodeo are particularly extensive.
Other sections contain contracts, honorary degrees and awards, Agnes de Mille Dance Theater records and personal memorabilia.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Collection guide available at Dance Division reference desk or on Internet.

Biography (note)

American dancer, choreographer and author

Processing Action (note)

Cataloged
8 1.2\a cataloged (DC)
8 1.3\a cataloged (AMC)

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 37

OCLC

NYPY857032331-A

Author

De Mille, Agnes.

Title

Agnes de Mille collection, circa 1914-1984.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Collection guide available at Dance Division reference desk or on Internet.

Local Note

Written permission is needed for access to boxes 4-7. For information on obtaining permission please contact dance@nypl.org.

Biography

American dancer, choreographer and author

Processing Action

8 1.2\a cataloged (DC) originally cataloged for inclusion in Dictionary Catalog of the Dance Collection 19850214 manuscript collection

8 1.3\a cataloged (AMC) re-cataloged for inclusion in AMC of RLIN 19851218 manuscript collection

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Local Subject

Manuscripts -- Collections.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 37

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