Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cunningham, Merce

Description

1. 141.69 linear feet (316 boxes, 41 tubes), 116.1 Gigabytes (11663 computer files)

Summary

1. Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) was a dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The Cunningham Dance Foundation (CDF) was established in 1964 to support the company and advance Cunningham's work. The Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. records additions hold administrative files, company management and technical files, development files, and repertory files, as well as publicity materials, programs, and photographs.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Processed through a grant from the Merce Cunningham Trust.

Subject

1. Artistic collaboration
2. Choreography
3. Dance companies -- United States
4. Dance -- Study and teaching
5. Dancers
6. Modern dance -- United States -- 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Photographs.
3. Programs.
4. Scores.

Call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 351

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Electronic records are currently unavailable.

Terms of use (note)

1. The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.

Source (note)

1. Purchased from Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc., 1999.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Provenance (note)

1. The records were assembled and arranged in part by company archivist David Vaughan.

Author

1. Cunningham Dance Foundation.

Title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. records, Additions, 1890-2012 (bulk 1964-2011).

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Electronic records are currently unavailable.

Terms of use

1. The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.

Location of other archival materials

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Company Choreographic records; Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
2. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. records; Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Provenance

1. The records were assembled and arranged in part by company archivist David Vaughan.

Source

1. Purchased from Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc., 1999.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material
2. NYPL Digital Collections
3. Finding aid

Added author

1. Cunningham, Merce.