Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Avedon, Richard
2. Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980
3. Duncan, Kenn
4. Fehl, Fred
5. Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955
6. Swope, Martha

Description

1. 38.40 linear feet (51 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Summary

1. The Charles Payne collection spans over five decades of materials documenting the American Ballet Theatre with items such as photographs, clippings and articles, performance programs, and costume and set designs. Payne occupied various administrative roles throughout his nearly 40 year career with the company and compiled the contents of this collection. He also collected photographs of a small number of American and European dance companies. The majority of the collection is photographs of American Ballet Theatre's reportoire dating back to its predecessor, the Mordkin Ballet, in the late 1930s to the Ballet Theatre's formation in 1940 and its subsequent activities for more than thirty years thereafter.

Subject

1. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019.
2. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
3. Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986.
4. Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986.
5. De Mille, Agnes.
6. Fracci, Carla.
7. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987.
8. Kriza, John.
9. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
10. Robbins, Jerome.
11. Serrano, Lupe.
12. Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
13. Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987.
14. Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994.
15. American Ballet Theatre.
16. Ballet.
17. Ballet -- 20th century.
18. Ballet companies -- Photographs.
19. Costume design -- 20th century.
20. Dance.
21. Performing arts.

Genre/Form

1. Clippings (information artifacts)
2. Negatives (photographs)
3. Photographic prints.
4. Printed ephemera.
5. Promotional material.

Call number

1. *MGZEB 18-2792

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Some photographs are marked on their verso as strictly prohibited from being copied or exhibited as indicated by the photographer's stamp. Many of these prints are proofs or unretouched photographs.

Source (note)

1. The collection was donated in several installments by Charles Payne from the 1970s through the 1990s and then by his estate after his death in 1994.

Author

1. Payne, Charles, creator.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Added author

1. Avedon, Richard, photographer.
2. Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980, photographer.
3. Duncan, Kenn, photographer.
4. Fehl, Fred, photographer.
5. Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955, photographer.
6. Swope, Martha, photographer.