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Arthur Mitchell Collection, 1800s-2021, bulk 1934-2019 107 linear feet (148 boxes (58 record cartons, 68 document boxes, 9 flat boxes, 3 audio boxes, 5 card files, 2 Tube Boxes) and 8 oversized items in drawers)

Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018
Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. This collection contains materials related to his career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet, and his later professional work with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and others. The collection includes administrative records, appointment books, correspondence, invitations, notes, notebooks, photographs, posters, programs, and audio and video recordings.
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Dawn Powell papers, 1890s-2012, bulk 1890s-1965 40 linear feet (88 boxes (73 document boxes, 4 half-sized document boxes, 6 record cartons, 3 flat boxes, 1 cassette box, 1 oversized box))

Powell, Dawn
Dawn Powell (1896-1965) was an American author of novels, plays, and short stories. The collection includes address books, appointment books, books, clippings, correspondence, diaries, ephemera, family materials, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, photographs, programs, research files, reviews, scrapbooks, sketches and drawings.
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Josefina Báez papers, 1970s-2020 17 Linear Feet (17 boxes. Boxes 1-9 are record storage cartons. Boxes 10 and 11 are small AV boxes. Boxes 12-15 are oversize boxes. Box 16 is a tube box. Box 17 is a manuscript box.)

Báez, Josefina

The papers document the audio and video productions of performance theatre pieces, and other ephemera of performances and readings, photographs (contact sheets and negatives), publicity images; portraits; personal snapshots taken on tour, with members of Latinarte/Ay Ombe and other musicians; artwork, and teachings. In addition, the archive contains journals, business records, draft manuscripts and typescripts of her poetry, novels, and important newspaper clippings reviewing her work.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library