Research Catalog

Title

Jerome Robbins personal papers, 1896-2000 and undated (1931-1998, bulk dates).

Author

Robbins, Jerome

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• De Mille, Agnes
• Laurents, Arthur
• Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950

Description

100 linear feet (171 boxes)

Summary

The Jerome Robbins personal papers include biographical materials, production materials, subject files, financial information and scores.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Subjects

• Ballets: U.S.A
• Fancy free (Choreographic work : Robbins)
• Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
• Correspondence
• Sondheim, Stephen > Funny thing happened on the way to the forum
• New York City Ballet
• Musical comedies > Gypsy
• Notes
• American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)
• Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Peter Pan
• West Side story (Motion picture)
• Musical comedies > Peter Pan
• Musical comedies > Jerome Robbins' Broadway
• Choreographer
• Awards
• Financial records
• Programs
• Musical comedies > Fiddler on the roof
• Clippings
• Choreography > United States > 20th century
• Festival of Two Worlds > Spoleto > Italy
• Bock, Jerry > Fiddler on the roof
• American Ballet Theatre
• Scores
• Medical records
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > West Side story
• Musical comedies > West Side story
• Artifacts
• Robbins, Jerome > Contributions in ballet
• Journals (accounts)

Genre/Form

• Artifacts.
• Awards.
• Correspondence.
• Clippings.
• Financial records.
• Journals (accounts)
• Medical records.
• Notes.
• Programs.
• Scores.

Terms of Use (note)

• Access is restricted. The written permission of the Robbins Rights Trust is necessary for access to this collection.
• Materials may not be photographed or photocopied without permission of the Robbins Rights Trust.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Jerome Robbins Collection of Graphic works, (S) *MGZMD 134. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Jerome Robbins Papers, (S)*MGZMD 130. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. and Jerome Robbins Photographs, (S)*MGZEB 99-9451. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 182

OCLC

231413121

Author

Robbins, Jerome.

Title

Jerome Robbins personal papers, 1896-2000 and undated (1931-1998, bulk dates).

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Terms Of Use

Access is restricted. The written permission of the Robbins Rights Trust is necessary for access to this collection.

Materials may not be photographed or photocopied without permission of the Robbins Rights Trust.

Location of Other Archival Materials

See also: Jerome Robbins Collection of Graphic works, (S) *MGZMD 134. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Jerome Robbins Papers, (S)*MGZMD 130. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. and Jerome Robbins Photographs, (S)*MGZEB 99-9451. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography

Jerome Robbins was a dancer, choreographer and director. Jerome Robbins (born 11 October 1918 in New York City) was the younger of two children of Harry Rabinowitz, who emigrated to America from Poland in 1904, and his wife Lena Rips. He staged the All-American Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953) for television with Ethel Merman and Mary Martin; co-directed The Pajama Game (1954) on Broadway; conceived, directed, and choreographed Peter Pan (1954) starring Mary Martin; directed Aaron Copland's opera The Tender Land (1954); directed and co-choreographed Bells Are Ringing (1956) starring Judy Holliday; and choreographed the film version of The King and I (1956). Meanwhile at New York City Ballet he created two masterpieces, the lyrical Afternoon of a Faun (1953) and the hilarious send-up, The Concert (1956), among other works. In 1957, Robbins teamed up with Leonard Bernstein on a musical he had been discussing with him and playwright Arthur Laurents for some years: West Side Story. He won an Academy Award for his direction for the 1961 film production -- sharing the Oscar with co-director Robert Wise -- as well as one for choreography. Robbins had also directed the ultimate backstage musical, Gypsy (1959) with Ethel Merman, and now he began to branch out into non-musical theater. Two Broadway hits followed -- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) which didn't mention his name, and Funny Girl (1964) which listed him only as "production supervisor." He got full credit and then some, however, for Fiddler on the Roof (1964). He re-emerged at City Ballet with Dances at a Gathering (1969), In the Night (1970), The Goldberg Variations (1971), and Watermill (1972). Robbins never really left City Ballet again, except for a leave of absence in 1989 and forays into the theater for workshops of an adaptation of Brecht's The Exception and the Rule (1987) and of The Poppa Piece (1991), and the triumphant staging of his anthology show, Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989), for which he won his fifth Tony Award. Robbins died at his home in New York on July 29, 1998.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Choreographer

Local Subject

Musical comedies. Fiddler on the roof.

Musical comedies. Gypsy.

Musical comedies. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.

Musical comedies. Peter Pan.

Musical comedies. West Side story.

Added Author

De Mille, Agnes.

Laurents, Arthur.

Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 182