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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Federal Theatre Project collection, 1932-1943

   approximately 525,000 items. 1,555 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.

4. Golden Crest Records papers from the John Broven Collection, 1935-2013

   approximately 7,284 items. 24 containers. 8.6 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Independent record label. Vertical files, financial statements, and legal proceedings document the output and operations of Golden Crest Records.

5. Lisa C. Arkin collection on Bronislava Nijinska's Polish Ballet, 1932-1999

   358 items. 2 boxes. 2 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This collection contains research by Lisa C. Arkin, a former faculty member at the University of Oregon. Arkin's research investigates the inaugural year of the Polish Ballet when dancer, choreographer, and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) served as the company's artistic director. Material types include articles, clippings, correspondence, drafts, notes, photographs, prints, programs, slides, and writings.