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Interview with Grace Badorek

Title
Interview with Grace Badorek, 1979
Author
Badorek, Grace
Publication
1978

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Details

Additional Authors
Oswald, Genevieve
Description
One streaming audio file (approximately 32 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 32 minutes). Grace Badorek, business manager of Jacob's Pillow, speaks with Genevieve Oswald about Ted Shawn's illnesses and his increasing reliance on John Christian; Shawn's death, in Florida, and the immediate aftermath, including the arrangements for his cremation; the private service held later at Jacob's Pillow; Shawn's personality.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  • Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
  • Badorek, Grace > Interviews
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-553.
  • Interview with Grace Badorek conducted by Genevieve Oswald on October 8, 1978, at Jacob's Pillow in Lee, Massachusetts, for the Oral History Project of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • Sound quality is good.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Funding (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-553
OCLC
82060915
Author
Badorek, Grace, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Grace Badorek, 1979
Production
1978
Type of Content
spoken word
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded by Genevieve Oswald 1978, October 8 Lee (Mass.)
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.
Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately 32 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco3553_v01f01_sc) in 2015.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-553
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Added Author
Oswald, Genevieve, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-553
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