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Correspondence, Personal, 1947-2008, and undated (continued)
BOX 4 Correspondence, Personal (letters of recommendation, written by Lang), 1970s-2003, and undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/18-19 Recommendation drafts and letters, 1970s-2003 and undated
BOX 19-23, 56 Clippings, 1938-2006, and undated
Clippings relate both to Lang’s career and to those of her husband Joseph Wiseman and dancers Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, José Limón, Merce Cunningham, and other general dance news. Foreign language clippings are in Dutch and French from the Lang company’s first European tour between 1962-1964. Clippings also include a scrapbook in a mix of Hebrew and English from Lang’s time with the Batsheva Dance Company. There are additional clippings in Yiddish. Many of Lang’s clippings are presented in scrapbook form with multiple dates on one page. Those are in folders listing the range of dates included.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 19/27 1938
BOX-FOLDER 19/28 1943
BOX-FOLDER 19/29 1944
BOX-FOLDER 19/30 1945
BOX-FOLDER 19/31 1947
BOX-FOLDER 19/32 1948
BOX-FOLDER 19/33 1949
BOX-FOLDER 19/34 1950
BOX-FOLDER 19/35 1951
BOX-FOLDER 19/36 1952
BOX-FOLDER 19/37 1953
BOX-FOLDER 20/1 1954
BOX-FOLDER 20/2 1955
BOX-FOLDER 20/3 1956
BOX-FOLDER 20/4 1957
BOX-FOLDER 20/5 1958
BOX-FOLDER 20/6 1959
BOX-FOLDER 20/7 1960
BOX-FOLDER 20/8 1961
BOX-FOLDER 20/9 1962
BOX-FOLDER 20/10 1962
Dutch.
BOX-FOLDER 20/11 1962
French.
BOX-FOLDER 20/12 1962
Spanish.
BOX-FOLDER 20/13 1963
BOX-FOLDER 20/14 1963
Dutch.
BOX-FOLDER 20/15 1964
BOX-FOLDER 20/16 1964
Polish; Czech.
BOX-FOLDER 20/17 1965
BOX-FOLDER 21/1 1966
BOX-FOLDER 21/2 1967
BOX-FOLDER 21/3 1968
BOX-FOLDER 21/4 1969
BOX-FOLDER 21/5 1970
BOX-FOLDER 21/6 1971
BOX-FOLDER 21/7 1972
BOX-FOLDER 21/8 1973
BOX-FOLDER 21/9 1974
BOX-FOLDER 21/10 1975
BOX-FOLDER 21/11 1976
BOX-FOLDER 21/12 1977
BOX-FOLDER 21/13 1978
BOX-FOLDER 21/14 1979
BOX-FOLDER 21/15 1980
BOX-FOLDER 21/16 1981
BOX-FOLDER 21/17 1982
BOX-FOLDER 21/18 1982
Israeli scrapbook: Batsheva - Shirah.
BOX-FOLDER 21/19 1983
BOX-FOLDER 21/20 1984
BOX-FOLDER 22/1 1985
BOX-FOLDER 22/2 1986
BOX-FOLDER 22/3 1987
BOX-FOLDER 22/4 1988
BOX-FOLDER 22/5 1989
BOX-FOLDER 22/6 1990
BOX-FOLDER 22/7 1991
BOX-FOLDER 22/8 1992
BOX-FOLDER 22/9 1994
BOX-FOLDER 22/10 1995
BOX-FOLDER 22/11 1996
BOX-FOLDER 22/12 1997
BOX-FOLDER 22/13 1998
BOX-FOLDER 22/14 1999
BOX-FOLDER 22/15 2000
BOX-FOLDER 22/16 2001
BOX-FOLDER 22/17 2002
BOX-FOLDER 22/18 2003
BOX-FOLDER 22/19 2006
BOX-FOLDER 22/20-21 1944-1956 (Mixed)
BOX-FOLDER 22/22-23 1947-1960 (Mixed)
BOX-FOLDER 22/24 Mixed (no date)
BOX-FOLDER 22/25 1935-1955 (Scrapbook)
BOX-FOLDER 22/26 1945-1955 (Scrapbook)
BOX-FOLDER 22/27 1954-1960 (Scrapbook)
BOX-FOLDER 22/28 1957-1959 (Scrapbook)
BOX-FOLDER 22/29 1953-1956 (Scrapbook: Rites)
BOX-FOLDER 23/1-3 Undated
BOX-FOLDER 23/4 1950s (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 23/5, 56/1 1960s (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 23/6, 56/2 1970s (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 56/3-5 1971 (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 23/7, 56/6 1980s (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 23/8, 56/7 1990s (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 56/8-9 1990 (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 56/10-11 1991 (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 56/12 1994 (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 56/13 1995 (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 23/9 2000s (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 56/14 2008-2009 (Yiddish)
BOX-FOLDER 23/10-12 Undated (Yiddish)
BOX 23-30, 54 Programs, 1926, 1938-2008, and undated
The Programs series includes programs from Lang’s own company, the Martha Graham company, and many other dance venues primarily in New York City. There are programs from many Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall performances as well as souvenir program booklets from the Graham company, Jacob’s Pillow, and Het Nationale Ballet.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 23/13 1926
BOX-FOLDER 23/14 1938
BOX-FOLDER 23/15 1939
BOX-FOLDER 23/16 1940
BOX-FOLDER 23/17 1942
BOX-FOLDER 23/18 1945
BOX-FOLDER 23/19 1945 (Carousel)
BOX-FOLDER 23/20 1946 (Graham)
BOX-FOLDER 23/21 1947
BOX-FOLDER 23/22 1947 (Graham souvenir program)
BOX-FOLDER 23/23 1948
BOX-FOLDER 23/24 1949
BOX-FOLDER 23/25 1949 (Touch and go)
BOX-FOLDER 23/26 1950
BOX-FOLDER 24/1 1950 (Graham souvenir program)
BOX-FOLDER 24/2 1951
BOX-FOLDER 24/3 1952
BOX-FOLDER 24/4-5 1953
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 1953 (Graham)
BOX-FOLDER 24/7 1954 (Graham)
BOX-FOLDER 24/8 1954 (Jacob's Pillow)
BOX-FOLDER 24/9 1955
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