Carola Trier papers 1951-2000

New York (N. Y.)

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The New York Militia account book is comprised of financial records for a volunteer militia based in New York City. The book spans the years 1802 to 1814, though, since it contains legacy records from an "Old Account Book," the militia was likely established earlier than 1802. In the early 19th century, each state maintained compulsory and voluntary militias to protect against foreign attack and to uphold domestic order. The volunteer militias were often called "uniformed militias" ...

Jordan, Henry H., 1897-

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Strauss, Eduard

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Pilates, Joseph H. (Joseph Hubertus)

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Contreras, Gloria

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Pilates, Clara

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Trier, Carola S.

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Carola Strauss Trier (1913-2000) was born in Germany in 1913. She and her family lived and worked in Europe until the Second World War, when she was sent to a Nazi-run detention camp in France. She escaped and immigrated to New York in 1942. Carola married Edgar Trier and supported herself in the United States as a dancer, acrobat, and most notably a roller-skating contortionist, before a devastating injury brought her to Joseph and Clara Pilates, founders of the Pilates method of exercise and s...

Balanchine, George

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Ballet dancer and ballet and theater choreographer; the major ballet figure in the twentieth century. From the description of Correspondence and contracts, 1949-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533853 George Balanchine (1904-1983) was a Russian-American dancer and choreographer. In 1921 he graduated from the Theatre School in Petrograd. He left Russia in 1924, and the same year he was engaged by Serge Diaghilev as a choreographer for his company Ballet...