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1. Martha Graham collection, 1896-2003

   350,100 items. 398 containers. 590 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Martha Graham was an American modern dancer, choreographer, teacher and company director. The Martha Graham Collection is comprised of materials that document her career and trace the history of the development of her company, Martha Graham Dance Company, which became the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, and school, Martha Graham School, later to be called the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.

2. Maxine Glorsky papers relating to Martha Graham, 1940-2019

   3,455 items. 31 containers. 18 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection of Maxine Glorsky focuses on her relationship with the Martha Graham Dance Company as its stage manager during the 1970s and early 1980s. It also incorporates substantial material from Jean Rosenthal, Graham’s lighting designer during the 1940s and 1950s. The collection includes many cue sheets for both stage management and lighting purposes, lighting plots, related technical materials, business papers for Glorsky’s Technical Assistance Group (TAG) Foundation and Rosenthal’s Theatre Production Service (TPS), correspondence, and a modest amount of publicity, news clippings, and programs.

3. Balthazar Korab collection

   ca. 541,723 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Balthazar Korab is one of the three most significant American architectural photographers of the second half of the 20th century. His collection documents America's architectural ascendancy in the post-WWII period, including the works of famous architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, I. M. Pei, and more. Korab's interests also include the Prairie and Chicago Schools of architecture, Italian architecture, American automobile culture, the Midwest, historic houses, sculptures, and natural environments.

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4. Research materials on Martha Graham, 1928-2023

   approximately 1,250 items. 10 containers. 4 mapcase folders. 4.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Martha Graham (1894-1991) was an internationally acclaimed modern dance choreographer and performer of the twentieth century. The Research Materials on Martha Graham is an artificial collection conceived to assemble the documentation of Martha Graham's legacy generated from projects funded by a 1998 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). The collection includes transcripts of interviews, photographs, performance and event programs, clippings and publications, correspondence, awards, materials documenting Library of Congress events pertaining to Graham, and other items related to Graham and her company.

5. George Biddle papers, 1863-1973

   3,500 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 12 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist and public official. Correspondence; diaries; drafts and printed copies of speeches, articles, and a memoir; sketchbooks; scrapbooks; announcements; book reviews; and other papers relating chiefly to Biddle's role in American art, his work for the federal support of art, and the Federal Art Project, including also material relating to his involvement with the United States War Department Art Advisory Committee, World War II, and the Nuremberg War Crime Trials.