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| BOX 1-2, 8 | Personal Papers, 1935-2001 | ||||||||||||
| 139 items | |||||||||||||
| Biographical information on Garber from his youth through his time as a dancer, as well as his career in art collection and interior design. Includes drawings, photographs, legal documents, transcripts of oral histories and biographical notes, and Garber's annotated copy of Martha Graham's autobiography, Blood Memory. His interior design career is documented by projects undertaken through William C. Kennedy Associates, seen through exterior and interior photographs of Garber and Kennedy's personal homes and their work for Lila Acheson Wallace's Boscobel restoration. Also present are exhibition catalogs of American modernists Morgan Russell and Patrick Henry Bruce. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged in two subseries, and organized therein by type of item. | |||||||||||||
| Biographical Papers, 1935-2001 | |||||||||||||
| 67 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1/1-21 | Drawings and Photographs, circa 1935, 1945-1951, 1965-1969, 1986, 1994-1999, and undated | ||||||||||||
| 32 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Includes artistic representations of Garber by other artists, personal photographs of Garber, family, and friends | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1/22-23 | Legal Papers, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| 5 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Garber's death certificate and Power of Attorney documents | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1/24-33 | Personal Documentation, 1950, 1991-2001, and undated | ||||||||||||
| 30 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Materials related to Garber's life and career endeavors, such as an Iris Mabry dance program, transcripts of oral histories of Garber conducted by friend and executor Martha Merz, Garber's annotated copy of Blood Memory, and Garber's memorial service program. | |||||||||||||
| Art and Interior Design, 1965-1991 | |||||||||||||
| 72 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/1-4, 8/2-8 | William C. Kennedy Associates, 1965, 1974, 2003-2009, and undated | ||||||||||||
| 56 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Exterior and interior photographs of Garber and Kennedy's personal homes located in Westchester County of New York, St. Martin, and unknown locations; self-bound 1974 issue of Architectural Digest featuring Garber and Kennedy's home Cross River; documentation of the restoration of Lila Wallace's Boscobel mansion; and Sotheby's auction book featuring Cross River's "Blue Room" on the cover. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/5-12 | Publications, 1965, 1974-1979, 1989-1990, and undated | ||||||||||||
| 16 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Clippings about Garber's artistic interests; inscription from Isamu Noguchi; exhibition catalogues featuring Morgan Russell and Patrick Henry Bruce; and an exhibition catalogue titled Sychronism in Color Principles in American Painting from 1910 to 1930. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 3-4 | Correspondence, 1941-2001 | ||||||||||||
| 257 items | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Garber about Graham from a variety of people, including Craig Barton, Ron Protas, Batsheva [Bethsabee] de Rothschild, and Agnes de Mille. Many of these letters contain enclosures and are annotated by Merz. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent, and therein by date. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/1 | Acocella, Joan, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Letter and photocopy | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/2 | Alma, Jean-Rose, 2000, and undated | ||||||||||||
| 3 letters; annotated envelopes | |||||||||||||
| Note: Regarding Garber's friend Simone Alma, the chanteuse | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/3 | Barton, Craig, 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 5 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/4 | Blume, Mary, 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 1 letter | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/5 | De Mille, Agnes [Prude], 1992 | ||||||||||||
| 2 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/6 | Garber, Benjamin, to Georgia Graham Sargeant [Geordie Graham, sister of Martha Graham], 1980s | ||||||||||||
| 2 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/7-15 | Garber, Benjamin, to Martha Merz, 1994-2001, undated | ||||||||||||
| 75 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Letters of September 4 and October 23, 1995, reference 3 photographs of Martha Graham by Cecil Beaton found in the photographs series | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/16 | Garber, Benjamin, to Mary Caples Morrison ["Polly," mother of Martha Merz], 1994-1995 | ||||||||||||
| 3 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/17 | Graham, Martha, to Aaron Copland, 1941-1956, undated | ||||||||||||
| 15 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Photocopies of correspondence between Graham and Copland 1941-1956, as well as a copy of an early version of the script (titled "Daughter of Colchis"); original letters are found in the Aaron Copland Collection | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/18 | Graham, Martha, to Mrs. Claude Garber [Sallie, mother of Ben Garber], 1967-1969 | ||||||||||||
| Letter with envelope; 2 telegrams | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/19-21 | Graham, Martha, to Benjamin Garber, 1969-1978, undated | ||||||||||||
| 38 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: 1970 folder holds four blue cards written at the conclusion of Graham's almost year-long convalescence at Garber's home Cross River; also contains annotation by Merz | |||||||||||||
| Note: Annotations by Martha Merz on many letters | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/22 | Jacobs, Laura, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| 2 letters | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/23 | Kassel, Virginia, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| 1 letter | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/1 | Mason, Francis, 2000 | ||||||||||||
| 1 letter | |||||||||||||
| Note: Former editor of Ballet Review and member of the board of directors of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance; annotations by Garber | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/2-8 | Merz, Martha, to Benjamin Garber, 1994-2001 | ||||||||||||
| 68 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/9 | Merz, Martha, to David Walker, 1997-1998 | ||||||||||||
| 2 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/10 | Merz, Martha, to Jerry Taylor, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| 1 item | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/11 | Morgan, Barbara, 1976, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 4 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Includes 1976 letter thanking Garber for saving Martha's health | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/12 | Parker, Cynthia, 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 2 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/13 | Protas, Ron, 1973-1974 | ||||||||||||
| 2 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Annotations by Garber | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/14 | Ross, Nancy Wilson, 1975 | ||||||||||||
| 2 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/15 | Rothschild, Bethsabee, 1967, 1976, 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 7 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/16 | Tatge, Catherine, 1993-1994 | ||||||||||||
| 3 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Letters regarding the film "Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed" | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/17-18 | Walker, David, 1997-1998, and undated | ||||||||||||
| 8 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Includes letter on Copland's last conducting appearance of Appalachian Spring for Graham; other names mentioned include: Pearl Lang, Ron Protas, Stanley Sussman, Vivian Perlis, and Polly Bergen | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/19 | Wallace, Lila 1966, undated | ||||||||||||
| 3 items | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/20 | The White House, 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 5 items | |||||||||||||
| Note: Includes Medal of Freedom program | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Graham Dance Company Papers, 1966-1976 | ||||||||||||
| 9 items | |||||||||||||
| Papers on marketing, public relations, and internal company matters that relate to the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/21 | Itinerary for Martha Graham Dance Company Tour, 1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/22 | Press Release, 1966? | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/23 | Budget for New York Season, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/24 | Board of Trustees List, 1975 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/25 | WNET Program Announcement, 1976 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/26 | School History Blurb, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/27 | Company Thank-you Note, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4, 7 | Programs, 1937-2004 | ||||||||||||
| 26 items | |||||||||||||
| Programs, promotional flyers, and brochures related to Martha Graham or her company. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/28 | Souvenir Program, 1937-1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1 program | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/29 | Souvenir Program, 1946-1947 | ||||||||||||
| 1 program | |||||||||||||
| Note: Annotated | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/30 | Performance Program, 1948 | ||||||||||||
| 2 programs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/31-32 | Souvenir Programs, 1949 | ||||||||||||
| 2 programs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/33 | "25 Years of American Dance," 1951 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopy, 10 p. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Article titled "A Quintet of Rebels" includes Martha Graham | |||||||||||||
| Note: Original and revised editions available in Library of Congress general collection | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/1 | Souvenir Program, 1952-1953? | ||||||||||||
| 1 program | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/34 | Performance Flyer, circa 1963 | ||||||||||||
| 1 flyer | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/35, 7/2 | Souvenir Programs, circa 1965 | ||||||||||||
| 3 programs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/36 | Performances at UCLA, 1966 | ||||||||||||
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