Charles Weidman papers, 1908-1975.

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Santaro, Mikhail. Charles Weidman papers, 1908-1975.

Charles Weidman papers, 1908-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122682440

The Charles Weidman papers is an intentionally assembled collection that pertains mainly to his professional life and career through the late 1950s up to his death in 1975. It contains mainly correspondence, business and financial records, as well as some posters. Several of Weidman's choreographic works, including And daddy was a fireman, Atavisms, Christmas oratorio, Fables for our time, and Is sex necessary? or Why you feel the way you do, are documented to varying degrees through materials that may include choreographic notes, annotated music scores, diagrams, and drawings. The collection does not contain much personal material and nothing from his time with Denishawn or the early years of Humphrey/Weidman. Correspondence is mostly business related and is from the 1960s-1970s. Very little of the material in the collection is related to Weidman's early career, but there is significant documentation of the Charles Weidman Dance Theatre, and its successor, Expression of Two Arts. Some material is fragile and requires special handling. The papers of Mikhail Santaro included with the original gift were separated from Charles Weidman's papers and processed as a separate manuscript collection.

6.5 linear feet (12 boxes)

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