Scope and arrangement
The major portion of the collection is comprised of research materials and drafts for Mr. Macdougall's biography of Isadora Duncan, published in 1960 as Isadora: a revolutionary in art and love,and correspondence (1953-1956) regarding his efforts to have the work published. It also includes letters to Mr. Macdougall from Irma Duncan concerning the Isadora Duncan School in Moscow (1928) and its continued devotion to the memory of Isadora Duncan. Other correspondents include Maria Theresa (Duncan), Rupert Doone, Henriette Sauret, Ted Shawn, Sergei Essenine (typewritten copy), and copies of the original Isadora Duncan letters found in the Irma Duncan Collection of Isadora Duncan Materials.|||Language: English, Russian.
Arrangement
- I. Isadora Duncan - Correspondence and other documents (folders 1-8)
- II. Irma Duncan - Correspondence (folders 9-15)
- III. Gordon Craig[?]- Correspondence and photograph (folders 16-17)
- IV. Maria Theresa - Correspondence and other documents (folder 18)
- V. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence, research notes, and drafts of Isadora Duncan biography (folders 19-39
- VI. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence and writings (folders 40-54)
- VII. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence with publishers and agents (folders 55-63)
- VIII. Grant proposals (folders 64-66)
- IX. Misc. (folder 67)