Barbara Barker papers, ca. 1833-1998.

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Barbara Barker papers, ca. 1833-1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79468041

The Barbara Barker papers document the research interests of Barker and include materials on the topics of ballet and musical theater in nineteenth century America, as well as the career of Agnes De Mille.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Barker, Barbara M., 1938-

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Dance history scholar, Barbara M. Barker (1938-2002), was an authority on nineteenth century American ballet and musical entertainments. Born in Seattle, Barker danced professionally with Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Utah and as a Bluebell Girl in revues at the Lido in Paris before becoming a dance historian. She wrote numerous scholarly articles, edited the autobiography of producer and director, Bolossy Kiralfy, and published the work, Ballet or Balleyhoo (1984), a r...

De Mille, Agnes

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American dancer and choreographer. From the description of An oral history interview with Agnes de Mille / conducted by Peggy Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1991 Aug. 9 : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122537807 Agnes de Mille (b. 1909-d. 1993) was an American choreographer, dancer, and author. From the description of Papers, 1918-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat...