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Lincoln Kirstein papers

Title: Lincoln Kirstein papers, ca. 1913-1994.
Author: Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996.
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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 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 123 Box 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Description

22 linear ft. (466 folders)

Summary

Diaries, professional and personal correspondence with dancers, artists, sculptors, musicians, family and friends, and manuscripts of published writings.

Subjects

Source (note)

Estate of Lincoln Kirstein

Biography (note)

American ballet director, writer, and dance historian.

Language (note)

In English with some French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in repository;

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Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 123

OCLC

NYPY99-A4

Author

Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996.

Title

Lincoln Kirstein papers, ca. 1913-1994.

Biography

American ballet director, writer, and dance historian.

Founded (with George Balanchine and Edward M. M. Warburg) the School of American Ballet, 1934; co-founder and director of American Ballet, 1935; founder and director of Ballet Caravan, 1936-41; co-founder of Ballet Society, 1946; general director of New York City Ballet from 1948; sponsor of Japanese theater in the United States. Educated at Harvard and married Fidelma Cadmus, 1941.

Language

In English with some French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian.

Indexes

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Local Subject

Manuscripts -- Collections.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 123

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