Note: This brief collection description is an accession record. The
collection is not fully processed or cataloged; no biographical sketch or
descriptions of series are available.
Acquisition: Purchase, 1981 (R9165)
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Antonio Alfau, 2005
RLIN Record ID: None
The letters are primarily from English and American dancers and choreographers, for the most part thanking him for gifts, reviews, favorable notices, and support. Among the principal correspondents are Ruth St. Denis (whose letters represent the bulk of the papers), Alvin Ailey, Alexandra Danilova, Agnes De Mille, Ninette De Valois, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, Tamara Karsavina, José Limón, Dame Alicia Markova, Marie Rambert, and Mary Wigman.
Box Folder Description
1 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 De Mille, Agnes, ca. 1946-1966 6 De Valois, Ninette, ca. 1949-1961 7 E-F 8 Fonteyn, Margot, ca. 1950-1973 9 G 10 Grey, Beryl, ca. 1951-1971 11 H-J 12 Holm, Hanya, ca. 1951-1969 13 Humphrey, Doris, ca. 1950-55 14 K-L 15 Karsavina, Tamara, ca. 1963-1971 16 M-O 2 1 Markova, Alicia, ca. 1950-1973 2-3 Morrice, Norman, ca. 1961-1975 4 P-Q 5 R 6 Rambert, Marie, ca. 1959-1976 7 S 8-9 St. Denis, Ruth, ca. 1946-1967 3 1-4 St. Denis, Ruth, ca. 1946-1967 (continued) 5 T-V 6 W-Z 7 Wigman, Mary, ca. 1956-1970
Ailey, Alvin--1.1
Ashton, Frederick, Sir, 1904-1988--1.1
Astaire, Fred--1.1
Beatty, Talley--1.2
Brown, John Mason--1.2
Bruce, Christopher--1.2
Bruhn, Erik, 1928- --1.2
Buckle, Richard--1.2
Champion, Gower, 1919-1980--1.3
Chesworth, John--1.3
Chujoy, Anatole, 1894- --1.3
Cohan, Robert--1.3
Cole, Jack, 1911- --1.3
Collins, Janet--1.3
Cranko, John--1.3
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907- --1.4
De Mille, Agnes --1.5
De Valois, Ninette, 1898- --1.6
Dolin, Anton, 1904- --1.4
Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981--1.4
Dudinskaia, Natalia Mikhailovna, 1912- --1.4
Dunham, Katherine--1.4
Elvin, Violetta Prokhorova--1.7
Enters, Angna, 1907- --1.7
Falcon, Luis--1.7
Fonteyn, Margot, Dame, 1919- --1.8
Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987--1.7
Grey, Beryl, 1927- --1.10
Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982--1.9
Hayden, Melissa--1.11
Hawkins, Erick--1.11
Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003--1.11
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 --1.12
Horst, Louis--1.11
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 --1.13
Karsavina, Tamara --1.15
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987--1.14
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907- --1.14
Laing, Hugh--1.14
Lander, Harold--1.14
Lander, Toni--1.14
LeClercq, Tanaquil--1.14
Limón, José--1.14
Magallanes, Nicholas--1.16
Maracci, Carmelita, 1911-1987--1.16
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910- --2.1
Marks, Bruce, 1937- --1.16
Martin, John--1.16
Moore, Lillian--1.16
Morrice, Norman --2.2-3
Page, Ruth--2.4
Paul, Mimi--2.4
Pleasant, Richard, 1909-1961--2.4
Primus, Pearl--2.4
Rambert, Marie --2.6
Robbins, Jerome--2.5
Ross, Herb--2.5
Shearer, Moira, 1926- --2.7
Skeaping, Mary--2.7
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994--2.7
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 --2.8-9, 3.1-4
Storey, David--2.7
Taylor, Paul--3.5
Terry, Walter--3.5
Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987--3.5
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964--3.5
Verdy, Violette, 1933- --3.5
Villella, Edward, 1936- --3.5
Volkova, Vera--3.5
Weidman, Charles--3.6
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 --3.7
Williams, Stanley, 1925-1997--3.6
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