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Valerie Bettis papers

Title: Valerie Bettis papers, circa 1942-1982.
Author: Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 42 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	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 42 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 42 Box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 42 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	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 42 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	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 42 Box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 7 (oversize designs) (Dance Cage drawer 306)	Moving image	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 42 Box 7 (oversize designs) (Dance Cage drawer 306)	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

approx. 673 items in 198 folders.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Valerie Bettis Estate, Adrienne Zausner, executor.

Subjects

Note

Largely comprised of choreographic and production notes (295 items) and correspondence (228 items) documenting Bettis' professional work from 1942-1982. Prominent in the production series are the notes on "A streetcar named Desire." Bettis' correspondents include William Faulkner, Agnes de Mille, Alexandra Danilova, and John Martin. Also in the correspondence series are letters related to the accusations made by the publication "Counterattack" in 1953 that Bettis was involved in Communist-supported activities.
Remaining series are: Writings by Bettis (23 items), Contracts (11 items), Records of The Dancers Studio Foundation (47 items), and Miscellaneous (66 items).

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Cataloged

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 42

OCLC

NYPY877016165-A

Author

Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982.

Title

Valerie Bettis papers, circa 1942-1982.

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Local Subject

Manuscripts -- Collections.

Communism and art.

Dance -- Censorship.

Politics in art.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 42

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