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Hadassah papers

Title: Hadassah papers, 1938-1988.
Author: Hadassah, 1909?-1992.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 135 Box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 135 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 135 Box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 135 Box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 135 Box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 135 Box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 135 Box 7	Offsite
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Description

10.49 linear ft. (10 boxes)

Summary

The Hadassah papers consists of correspondence, newsletters, clippings from newspapers and dance-themed magazines, programs and playbills with Hadassah and other dancers and dance companies and photographs.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Correspondence.
Clippings.
Programs.

Source (note)

Epstein, Milton.

Biography (note)

Hadassah, American dancer specializing in Indian dance, choreographer and teacher, was born in Jerusalem in 1909.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in repository and Internet.

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Cataloged

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 135

OCLC

NYPT04-A17

Author

Hadassah, 1909?-1992.

Title

Hadassah papers, 1938-1988.

Biography

Hadassah, American dancer specializing in Indian dance, choreographer and teacher, was born in Jerusalem in 1909. She made her professional debut in 1938, with Japanese dancer Kenji Hinoke. She made her solo debut on January 11, 1945 in a program shared with Josephine Premice, and Pearl Primus. Hadassah and Company debuted at the YM/YWHA on June 4, 1950. During the 1950s and 60s she performed many times at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts. She toured India and Israel in 1959. She was a faculty member, board member and chairwoman of the ethnic division at the New Dance Group Studio in Manhattan. Hadassah was married to Milton Epstein soon after coming to the United States. She died of cancer Nov. 18, 1992, in Manhattan at the age of 83.

Indexes

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Occupation

Dancers.

Dance teachers.

Added Author

Epstein, Milton.

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.

Kodrat, R.M.

La Meri, 1898-1988.

Wiradat, R.M.

New Dance Group (New York, N.Y.)

Tagore Society of New York.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 135

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