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Lincoln Kirstein in Normandy, August 1944, starting "Rhymes of a Pfc"

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LIBRARY DIVISION
Jerome Robbins Dance Division

  • Choregraphie
  • A long minuet as danced at Bath
  • Sketchbook
  • Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French
  • The dance score
  • Traité élémentaire, théorique et pratique de l'art de la danse
  • Sketchbook
  • Coreografie per ballabili d'opera
  • Caricature of Sergeĭ Dyagilev
  • La sténochorégraphie
  • Ehon Tsūhōshi
  • Le maître a danser
  • America
  • Costume designs for the ballet La Pastorella Svizzera
  • Simplicité
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Lincoln Kirstein papers

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III. WRITINGS BY LINCOLN KIRSTEIN

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B. Books, Monographs

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Book/autobiography

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Lincoln Kirstein in Normandy, August 1944, starting "Rhymes of a Pfc"

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Lincoln Kirstein in Normandy, August 1944, starting "Rhymes of a Pfc"
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Lincoln Kirstein papers

III. WRITINGS BY LINCOLN KIRSTEIN

B. Books, Monographs

Unfinished works

Book/autobiography

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1944-08
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZMD 123
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Photographs
Notes
Biographical/historical: Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1995) was an American ballet director, writer, and dance historian. He was born in Rochester, NY, educated at Harvard (B.A. 1929, M.A. 1930). He married Fidelma Cadmus, sister of artist, Paul Cadmus, in 1941 and served in the U.S. Army 1943-45. He co-founded School of American Ballet with George Balanchine and Edward M.M. Warburg in 1934. Participated in the founding and/or direction of American Ballet in 1935, Ballet Caravan 1936-41, Ballet Society in 1946, and became general director of the succeeding company, New York City Ballet in 1948. His career included work with visual artists and writers on various projects. His publications in dance include: Dance Index, 1942-48; books on Fokine, Nijinsky, New York City Ballet, a history of theatrical dance, and assistance to Romola Nijinsky in the biography of her husband, 1932-33. He retired from New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet in 1989. Kirstein was known as a sponsor (1959-60) of Japanese theater in the United States. He was the recipient of many distinguished awards.
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NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14256965
MSS Unit ID: 19761
Archives EAD ID: 631334
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c0ba8b00-c608-012f-c585-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1944: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Lincoln Kirstein in Normandy, August 1944, starting "Rhymes of a Pfc"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1944. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6556cea2-47ad-5034-e040-e00a18065bc3

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Lincoln Kirstein in Normandy, August 1944, starting "Rhymes of a Pfc"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6556cea2-47ad-5034-e040-e00a18065bc3

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1944). Lincoln Kirstein in Normandy, August 1944, starting "Rhymes of a Pfc" Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6556cea2-47ad-5034-e040-e00a18065bc3

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Lincoln Kirstein in Normandy, August 1944, starting "Rhymes of a Pfc"