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Hubertus Joseph Pilates - The Biography

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    The Biography - by Esperanza Aparicio Romero & Javier Perez Pont

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    Complete genealogy of Joseph

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The first ever published biography of Hubertus Joseph Pilates. Instead of regurgitating the myths surrounding the creator of Contrology, the authors spend years investigating and researching. They come up with a rather different result and a fresh new look into the man and his work. He becomes again human and his work even more a reflection of who he was. The creator of such a popular workout deserves no less: A serious and calm look at his life beyond mythology and hearsay.

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Read here the text by Javier Perez Pont from the 2012 Conference in Nice - A dissertation on Joes life and peek into future works already on the making Conference Nice 2012

Lean aqui el texto integro en español de la Conferencia en Niza en el 2012 - Una disertación sobre la vida de Joseph Pilates y una ojeada a los proximos trabajos Conferencia Niza 2012

Institutions consulted in the research

    1890 United States Federal Census
    1900 United States Federal Census
    1910 United States Federal Census
    1920 United States federal Census
    1930 United States Federal Census
    Ancestry.com. de The Generations Network, Inc.
    Anglo-American Family History Society
    Kryzanowska-Mejía Family Archives
    Internacional Red Cross Comite Archive, Geneve
    Archivos de la Diócesis de Lincoln, Nebraska
    Archivos Landgerchtes Essen
    Berkshire Middle District Registry of Deeds, Pittsfield Massachussets
    Blackpool Library
    Bruce King Archives, en Cunningham Dance Foundation, New York
    Corporate Memory Analysis, Ministerio de Defensa Británico
    District Court for the Southern District of New York 1917-1950 y 1824-1941.
    Alphabetical Index to declaration of intention of the U.S.A. The National Archives
    Ellis Island passanger records list, The statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
    Electoral Registers en Lancashire County Record Office
    FamilySearch.org , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
    Famington Community Library Archives
    Ferncliff Cemetery Association Archives
    Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel archives
    Gemeetearchief Roermond
    Haus der Essener Geschichte Stadtarchiv
    Historisches Archiv, Stadt Köln
    Institut fur Stadtgeschichte Stadtarchiv Gelsenkirchen
    Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Archives
    Jersey Heritage Archives
    Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics
    Kreisarchiv Viersen
    Kommunalarchiv Minden
    Lancaster City Museum
    Lancaster Central Library
    Lancashire County Record Office. Preston
    Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Stadtarchiv
    Library of the Religious Society of Friends, London
    Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington
    Livingston Masonic Library of Grand Lodge Archives, New York
    Lucas County Recorder's Public Records
    Marks and Clerk archives
    Manx National Heritage Archives and Library, Douglas, Isle of Man
    Martha Graham School and Dance Company Archives
    Marriage records from 1866-1930. Municipal Archives, New York
    Marriage Index - Randolph County Arkansas USA
    Missouri History Museum and Research Center, St. Louis
    McGuires Fine Art of Northville, Michigan
    New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
    New York City Directories Archive
    National Fairground Archive de la Universidad de Sheffield
    National Circus Archives, Great Britain
    National Archives Northwest Region, New York
    Newberry Library, Chicago
    Public Records Unit-Fire records section, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201-3857
    Rootsweb.com, MyFamily.com Inc.
    Regional Historisch Centrum Limburg
    Registros del Concejo Provincial de Lima
    Sentencia del juicio de la marca registrada Pilates en United States District Court Southern District of New York
    Socrates Lodge nº. 585 F. & A.M. archives
    Stadtarchiv Mönchengladbach
    Stadtarchiv Viersen
    Stadtarchiv Oberhausen
    Stadtarchiv Bonn
    Stadtarchiv Hamburg
    Stadtarchiv Jülich
    Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library Archives
    Stadtarchiv Kaiserslautern
    St Louis City Directories
    St. Louis Telephone Directory
    St. Louis 1930 Census records
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspapers
    St. Louis City Hall Archives
    Stadtverwaltung Oederan/Sachsen
    Stadtarchiv Dortmund
    Standesamt Göppersdorf
    Standesamt Burgstädt
    Stadt Chemnitz Stadtarchiv
    Sean P.Gallagher Private Archives
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Photograph Archives, Washington, D.C.
    The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, Great Britain
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
    The New York Public Library Periodical and Microform Archives
    The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, New York
    The School of American Ballet Archives
    The State of Michigan Vital Records
    Tower Circus Archives, Blackpool
    United States Patent and Trademarks Office
    U.S.A. Social Security Death Index Records
    U.S. phone and address directories
    U.S. Public Records Index
    U.S. Citizenship and Inmigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Lee, Missouri
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security
    World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Personal Testimony

    Allegra Kent
    Anne Hutchinson Guest
    August John Benkert
    Aviva Rahmani
    Basil Blecker
    Diane Cartier
    Doris Perlman
    Edwina Fontaine
    Ernest Richard Le Riche
    Evan Blair Rize
    Gary Allen Le Riche
    Henry Krooss
    Horst von der Lieth
    Ilana Adler
    Jay Grimes
    John Prinz
    Kathleen Gaye Le Riche
    Kathy Stanford Grant
    Louise Reichlin
    Marianne Bachmann
    Marian Horosko
    Martine Limeul (Mattox)
    Mathilde Klein
    Mary Bowen
    Mary Pilates Le Riche
    Norma Doggett Bezwick
    Nadine Revene
    Phoebe Higgins
    Romana Kryzanowska
    Sari Mejía Santo
    Sanford Friedman
    Sharry Underwood
    Wolfgang Pilates