Research Catalog

Title

Martha Graham Dance Company collection.

Author

Martha Graham Dance Company, creator.

Publication

1900-2017.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
• Avedon, Richard
• Eagle, Arnold
• Eilber, Janet
• Graham, Martha
• Horst, Louis
• Lekberg, Barbara
• Marcus, Joan
• Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992
• Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
• Rogers, Helen Priest
• Rothschild, B. de
• Sanders, Dora
• Sunami, Soichi, 1885-1971
• Swope, Martha

Description

67.56 linear feet (138 boxes, 58 oversize folders, 1 tube)

Summary

The Martha Graham Dance Company collection, dating from 1900 to 2017, is comprised of materials that document the career of modern dance pioneer Martha Graham and trace the history of the development of her company and school. The collection is a significant assembly of personal artifacts, correspondence, business documentation, costume designs, photographs, touring files, publications, posters, performance programs, and audio and moving image recordings.

Subjects

• Dancers
• Programs (Publications)
• Posters
• Photographs
• Notes (documents)
• Negatives (Photographs)
• Letters (correspondence)
• Fliers (Ephemera)
• Contracts
• Business correspondence
• Albums (Books)
• Women dancers
• Women choreographers > United States
• Modern dance > United States
• Dance companies
• Dance
• Choreographers > United States > 20th century
• Hawkins, Erick, > dancer
• Halston, 1932-1990, > designer

Genre/Form

• Albums (Books)
• Business correspondence.
• Contracts.
• Fliers (Ephemera)
• Letters (correspondence)
• Negatives (Photographs)
• Notes (documents)
• Photographs.
• Posters.
• Programs (Publications)

Access (note)

• Researchers must schedule an appointment in advance to view the Personal Artifacts in Series I. Audio and moving image recordings are unavailable for use pending preservation transfer. Inquiries regarding audio and moving image materials in the collection may be directed to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org). Audio and moving image materials will be subject to preservation assessment and migration prior to access.

Source (note)

• Purchased from the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. in 2020.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Martha Graham Dance Company Records, (S) *MGZMD 152. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Martha Graham Dance Company Tour records, (S) *MGZMD 290. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Martha Graham legal papers, (S) *MGZMD 529. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Letters from Martha Graham to David Zellmer, (S) *MGZMD 117. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 532

OCLC

1350155316

Author

Martha Graham Dance Company, creator.

Title

Martha Graham Dance Company collection.

Production

1900-2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Restricted Access

Researchers must schedule an appointment in advance to view the Personal Artifacts in Series I. Audio and moving image recordings are unavailable for use pending preservation transfer. Inquiries regarding audio and moving image materials in the collection may be directed to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org). Audio and moving image materials will be subject to preservation assessment and migration prior to access.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Martha Graham Dance Company Records, (S) *MGZMD 152. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Martha Graham Dance Company Tour records, (S) *MGZMD 290. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Martha Graham legal papers, (S) *MGZMD 529. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Letters from Martha Graham to David Zellmer, (S) *MGZMD 117. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Source

Purchased from the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. in 2020.

Connect to:

Finding aid

Occupation

Dancers.

Added Author

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, composer.

Avedon, Richard, photographer.

Eagle, Arnold, photographer.

Eilber, Janet, dancer.

Graham, Martha, choreographer.

Horst, Louis, author.

Lekberg, Barbara, photographer.

Marcus, Joan, photographer.

Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992, photographer.

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, artist.

Rogers, Helen Priest, dancer.

Rothschild, B. de, producer.

Sanders, Dora, photographer.

Sunami, Soichi, 1885-1971, photographer.

Swope, Martha, photographer.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 532