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Arthur Mitchell Collection, 1800s-2021, bulk 1934-2019

107 linear feet
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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Joyce Trisler Choreography, undated 1 videocassettes (VHS) Box 114, Item 45

Joyce Trisler Choreography, undated
Joyce Trisler Danscompany: "Dance for Six" (choreography: Joyce Trisler; music: Antonio Vivaldi
); "Four Temperaments" (choreography: Joyce Trisler; music Paul Hindemith)

Joyce Trisler Danscompany: "Dance for Six" (choreography: Joyce Trisler; music: Antonio Vivaldi); "Four Temperaments" (choreography: Joyce Trisler; music Paul Hindemith)

  1. Series: Recordings, 1953-2018
  2. Subseries: Video Recordings, 1953-2018
  3. Subseries: VHS Videocassettes--Other, 1953-2007, undated
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Serge Prokofiev Archive, 1917-2012

294 linear feet
Serge Prokofiev (1891–1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, and seminal figure in the history of twentieth-century music. The Serge Prokofiev Archive (SPA) contains 58 original music manuscripts and over 10,000 letters and documents primarily from 1918-1936, the years Prokofiev spent in the West. The SPA also includes an expansive collection of music manuscript copies, published scores, concert programs, scholarly books and articles, photographs, and audio and video material, making it the premier research collection for studying Prokofiev's life, work and legacy.
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Barnard Archives & Special Collections

Ntozake Shange Papers, 1913-2022, bulk 1970-2018

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Ntozake Shange (1948-2018, BC '70) was an American playwright and poet. The Ntozake Shange Papers include manuscripts and drafts of works; correspondence; diaries and agendas; clippings, programs, and ephemera; teaching documents; personal and professional photographs; awards, memorabilia, and personal effects; and texts, music, and other works by others collected by Shange.
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Poems and dance notation/choreography notes, undated Box 103, Folder 1

Poems and dance notation/choreography notes, undated
Photocopy of "porque no está conmigo," with handwritten notes; I Live in Music choreography notes

Photocopy of "porque no está conmigo," with handwritten notes; I Live in Music choreography notes and notation, photocopy of "Blood rhythms—Blood currents—Black Blue N Stylin'"

  1. Works by Shange, 1966-2018, undated
  2. Other and multiple works, 1996-2018, undated

Manuscripts of It Has Not Always Been This Way and Mouths: A Daughter's Geography in black notebook, 1981 Box 106, Folder 1

Davis, director; choreography by Dianne McIntyre) with cut and pasted text, handwritten edits, and notes

Black notebook with Cuba sticker on front: includes newspaper clipping about father Paul T. Williams; ink drawing and poem from Diane Graydon to Shange; watercolor; photograph of baby; note with list of works; typewritten (May 1981) draft of It Has not Always Been This Way with handwritten edits and notes; Mouths: A Daughter's Geography (1st draft, dated 4/3/81) with notes on April production at the Kitchen (with Shange, Felipe Luciano, Ed Monk, Halifu Osumare, Elvia Marta in cast; Thulani Davis, director; choreography by Dianne McIntyre) with cut and pasted text, handwritten edits, and notes

  1. Works by Shange, 1966-2018, undated
  2. Other and multiple works, 1996-2018, undated
Columbia University Archives

School of General Studies Literature-Writing theses, 1984-2007

15 linear feet
Theses submitted to meet the requirements for the undergraduate degree in Literature-Writing in Columbia University's School of General Studies.
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Barnard Archives & Special Collections

Program in the Arts, 1970-1989

8.33 Linear Feet
This collection consists of materials that document the history of the Program in the Arts (1970-1989) at Barnard College.
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Marvin Kitman papers, 1950-2006

277.58 linear feet

The dead columns of Marvin Kitman, mostly from Newsday. The file folders contain clippings, notes, background research, correspondence, publicity materials, photographs, etc. for the columns. Kitman writes about a variety of topics as he criticizes practically every television program and genre from the 1960s through 2003. There are also a few files of letters, as well as his various "polls".

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Columbia University Press records, 1893-2000s, bulk 1923-2000s

752 linear feet

This collection contains the correspondence, editorial files and office files of the Columbia University Press, primarily from its reorganization in 1923 by Frederick Coykendall to the present.

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Barnard Archives & Special Collections

Dance Department, 1945-2014

9.06 Linear Feet
This collection consists of records from the Barnard College Dance Department. Materials documenting the Dance Department include minutes of faculty meetings, budgets and annual reports, course outlines, plans, policies, performance programs, and moving images of performances. Materials related to the founding, development, and performances of Dance Uptown include - but are not limited to - programs, flyers, posters, creative statements, budget materials, grant materials, correspondence, and meeting minutes.
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New York City Opera records, 1924-2019, bulk 1965-1991

214 linear feet
New York City Opera (NYCO) was famously dubbed "The People's Opera" by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at its founding in 1943. The Opera company's mission is to inspire audiences with innovative and theatrically compelling opera at an affordable price. This collection documents the artistic productions and the daily administrative functions and operations attest to the mission of the company. The materials in this collection consist of administrative and financial records, production files, stage guides, scores, correspondence, programs, photographs, posters, scenery plans, memorabilia, printed materials, and audio and video recordings, dating from 1924 to 2019, with its bulk dating from 1965 to 1991.
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Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum realia, 1700-1966

214 boxes
This collection contains puppets, masks, and set models from the collection of the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum and Library.
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Model of an outdoor theatre at Versailles, 1664

Represents Les Plaisirs de l'Isle Enchantee, a ballet with text and choreography by Moliere

RepresentsLes Plaisirs de l'Isle Enchantee,a ballet with text and choreography by Moliere, commissioned by Louis XIV. The spectacle was performed in May 1664 on a stage built especially for the occasion. Model based on an engraving by Israel Sylvestre.

  1. Series III: Stage Models
  2. Subseries III.1: Historical Models

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