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1. American Ballet Theatre archive, 1940-2014

   6,333 items . 54 containers. 22 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   American Ballet Theatre (ABT), established in 1940 as Ballet Theatre, is recognized as one of the world's largest and most distinguished dance companies. By act of Congress on April 27, 2006, ABT became America's National Ballet Company. The archive includes music scores, choreographic notes and Benesh dance notation scores, correspondence, business papers, scrapbooks, programs, clippings, photographs, posters, video recordings and films, and prints and drawings, including set and costume designs. Note: the 54 boxes of processed photographs and dance notation described in this partial finding aid represent less than a quarter of the materials in the collection. An inventory of the entire collection is available in the Music Division's Performing Arts Reading Room.

2. Cherie Jorgensen collection on Jane Grossenbacher and Eleanor King, 1983-2005

   approximately 325 items. 3 containers. 1.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Eleanor King (1906-1991) was a modern dancer, choreographer, and educator who studied at Denishawn and joined the Humphrey-Weidman Company. Known for blending Eastern and Western influences in her choreography, she established her own company in Seattle and later taught at the University of Arkansas. Jane Grossenbacher (1951-2008) was a photographer who specialized in black-and white photogravures. The Cherie Jorgensen Collection on Jane Grossenbacher and Eleanor King consists chiefly of photographs that Grossenbacher took of King, as well as correspondence, an exhibit catalog, programs, and promotional materials that document their professional activities.

3. Peter Angelo Simon performing arts images, 1984-2019

   493 items. 1 container. 0.5 linear feet. 114 digital files (28.6 GB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Peter Angelo Simon (born 1936) is an award-winning photographer known for capturing creative artists during their working process. This collection of still and moving images consists of negatives, contact sheets, slides, digital photographs, digital videos, and one printed photograph. Subjects include twentieth-century avant-garde operas, dance pieces, innovative directors, composers, choreographers, dancers, and street performers. Notable subjects are Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, Lucinda Childs, Bessie Schönberg and Meredith Monk, and Merce Cunningham.

4. Federal Theatre Project collection, 1932-1943

   approximately 525,000 items. 1,554 containers. 200 mapcase folders. 584.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, play and radio scripts, reports, research studies, manuals, publications, bulletins, forms, lists, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, charts, costume and set designs, blue-prints, posters, addressograph plates, photographs, negatives, slides, playbills, and other records documenting the activities of the Federal Theatre Project and its impact on all aspects of the theater. Some materials in this collection contain offensive or demeaning language.