Correspondence, ca. 1948-1968, with Morton Baum and others.

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Correspondence, ca. 1948-1968, with Morton Baum and others.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122485125

Primarily includes typescript letters from Kirstein to Baum related to the New York City Ballet and the New York City Center, and letters to and from officers of the Ford Foundation and Ballet Society.

ca. 60 items.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6730002

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996

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American ballet director, writer, and dance historian, 1907-1995. Lincoln Kirstein was born in Rochester, NY, educated at Harvard (B.A. 1929, M.A. 1930). He married Fidelma Cadmus, sister of artist, Paul Cadmus, in 1941 and served in the U.S. Army 1943-45. He co-founded School of American Ballet with George Balanchine and Edward M.M. Warburg in 1934. Participated in the founding and/or direction of American Ballet in 1935, Ballet Caravan 1936-41, Ballet Society in 1946, and became general direct...