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Notes for Agnes de MIlle's book Reprieve: a memoir, and dictated correspondence, 1978

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Title
Notes for Agnes de MIlle's book Reprieve: a memoir, and dictated correspondence, 1978
Additional title: Agnes de Mille Collection, circa 1914-1984, (S) *MGZMD 37
Names
De Mille, Agnes (Creator)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1978
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-747
Topics
De Mille, Agnes -- Reprieve
De Mille, Agnes
Correspondence
Genres
Personal recordings
Notes
Content: Recording of notes for Agnes de Mille's book Reprieve: a memoir, 1981 (date of recording unknown) and recording of correspondence dictated by Agnes de Mille in the fall of 1978 while she was recuperating from her trip to Los Angeles, California, to film, for television, Conversations about the dance.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Funding: The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Acquisition: Purchase Agnes de Mille 1984
Citation/reference: Separated audio from Agnes de Mille Collection, circa 1914-1984, (S) *MGZMD 37.
Content: Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 32 minutes). Agnes de Mille dictates notes for her book Reprieve: a memoir (1981), describing various aspects of her recovery and rehabilitation following a cerebral hemorrhage [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
Content: Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 32 minutes). Agnes de Mille continues to dictate notes for her book Reprieve: a memoir (1981), describing her recovery following a cerebral hemorrhage including an anecdote about her sister Margaret, a discussion of the brain and memory, and thoughts on her second operation; [beginning at approximately 16:50 minutes in to the streaming file] De Mille dictates several letters, addressed, respectively, to Eunice MacRay, Mrs. John Asbury Eliott, James Bernhard, and Stanley Gilkey [at approximately 28:10 to the end of the streaming audio file, the recording shifts abruptly from De MIlle's dictating of correspondence to her dictating of a description of her surgery, presumably as part of the notes for her book Reprieve: a memoir].
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 4 min.)
Sound quality is fair overall, but often poor in the section beginning at approximately 16:50 minutes in streaming audio file 2. The recording is marred by "tape hiss" and frequent short gaps.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 84614469
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118698
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1a367320-7958-0136-3b76-71787f646ae3
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1978: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Notes for Agnes de MIlle's book Reprieve: a memoir, and dictated correspondence" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/180297b0-c31a-0133-7539-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Notes for Agnes de MIlle's book Reprieve: a memoir, and dictated correspondence" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 27, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/180297b0-c31a-0133-7539-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Notes for Agnes de MIlle's book Reprieve: a memoir, and dictated correspondence Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/180297b0-c31a-0133-7539-60f81dd2b63c

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Notes for Agnes de MIlle's book Reprieve: a memoir, and dictated correspondence