Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
2. Cohen, Aaron.
3. Garnet, Eva Desca.
4. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.
5. Limón, José.
6. Maslow, Sophie.
7. Morginsky, Martin.
8. Sokolow, Anna.
9. Weidman, Charles.

Description

1. .63 linear foot (2 boxes)

Summary

1. Beatrice Seckler (1911-2002) was a professional dancer with a performance and teaching career that spanned over 40 years. The Beatrice Seckler papers contain programs, clippings, correspondences photographs, scripts, letters and other personal records reflecting selected periods in Seckler's life and career. This collection also features documentation of Aaron Cohen's unfinished biography of Seckler, represented through interview transcripts and correspondences.

Subject

1. Humphrey-Weidman Company
2. Dance companies > United States
3. Modern dance

Call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 284

Access (note)

1. To request materials, contact the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org) in advance.

Terms of use (note)

1. Donor retains copyright of materials. Library policy on photocopying will apply. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
2. Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University Libraries.

Provenance (note)

1. Portions of the collection have been removed for separate cataloging and processing. These include three audiocassettes (to S. Kraft) and two 8 x 10 photographs (to R. Walton).

Author

1. Seckler, Beatrice.

Title

1. Beatrice Seckler papers, 1945-1977.

Restricted access

1. To request materials, contact the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org) in advance.

Terms of use

1. Donor retains copyright of materials. Library policy on photocopying will apply. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Location of other archival materials

1. José Limón and Pauline Lawrence Limón photograph files, 1910?-1972?; Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
2. Reminiscences of Beatrice Seckler: oral history, 1979; Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University Libraries.

Provenance

1. Portions of the collection have been removed for separate cataloging and processing. These include three audiocassettes (to S. Kraft) and two 8 x 10 photographs (to R. Walton).

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
2. Cohen, Aaron.
3. Garnet, Eva Desca.
4. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.
5. Limón, José.
6. Maslow, Sophie.
7. Morginsky, Martin.
8. Sokolow, Anna.
9. Weidman, Charles.

Research call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 284