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Interview with Rebekah Harkness.
- Title
- Interview with Rebekah Harkness. April 3, 1974.
- Author
- Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982
- Publication
- 1974
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections Dance to submit a request in person. | Spoken word recording | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-819 | Performing Arts Research Collections Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- 1 sound disc (approximately 30 minutes.): digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Rebekah Harkness speaks to Walter Terry about dance as an essential part of her life including her taking of daily dance lessons; her new theater [Harkness Theatre] including its purpose and design; her financial support of dance and other fields such as medicine and music; her intention that the theater and the Harkness Foundation continue even after her death; her leaving home as a teenager to perform in the opera Aida; dancers as people; her taste in decorative objects including jewelry; more on the future of her theater including her creating of a dancers' fund to subsidize other companies to perform there; her concern for her dancers' well-being; using her theater as a place to film dance; dance as the focus of her life; her employment experience, in New York City and in St. Louis; how she views her business ability including as a saleswoman.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Rebekah West Harkness conducted by Walter Terry on April 3, 1974 in New York City.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by significant "tape hiss," and Rebekah Harkness's voice is soft, but for the most part, the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- 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
- *MGZTL 4-819
- OCLC
- 81347658
- Author
- Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Rebekah Harkness. April 3, 1974.
- Production
- 1974
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Event
- Recorded by Walter Terry 1974, April 3 New York (N.Y.)
- 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 30 minutes); 1 7/8 ips. originally recorded on April 3, 1974; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats by The MediaPreserve, Preservation Technologies, L.P., Cranbury Township, Pennsylvania, in 2013.
- Local Note
- Former classmark: *MGZTC 3-819
- Added Author
- Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-819