Edward Gordon Craig papers relating to Isadora Duncan

id
1717
origination
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966
date statement
1905-ca. 1952
key date
1905
identifier (local_mss)
19730
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 92
b-number
b12180838
total components
8
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:16 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 92", "type"=>"local_call"}
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unitdate
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Edward Gordon Craig papers relating to Isadora Duncan"}
repository
{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This collection contains a small group of manuscript items of <span class=\"persname\">Edward Gordon Craig</span>[EGC]-<span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>[ID] interest. The materials came from the archives of <span class=\"persname\">Edward (“Teddy”) Craig</span>, son of <span class=\"persname\">Edward Gordon Craig</span> and grandfather of <span class=\"persname\">Tom Craig</span>, from whom the Dance Collection obtained this collection. All of the items pertain to <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Edward Gordon Craig papers relating to Isadora Duncan, *MGZMD 92. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Edward Gordon Craig was a theatrical producer, stage designer and author of many publications on the theater. He was the son of the actress, Ellen Terry, and an architect who turned to theater design, Edward William Godwin.</p> <p>Craig met the American dancer Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) in Berlin in 1904. Their love affair resulted in a daughter, Deidre, who was Duncan's first child and who was drowned accidently in Paris in 1913. The affair was over by 1907 but they continued to correspond. Craig kept “notes” on Duncan (whom he occasionally called “Topsy”) to which he continued to add all of his life.</p> <p>Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) was an English composer and director of music. He founded, with Craig, and conducted the Purcell Operatic Society in 1899. He toured as music director for Duncan in Germany, Holland, Denmark and Sweden in 1906-1908.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection contains a small group of manuscript items of <span class=\"persname\">Edward Gordon Craig</span>[EGC]-<span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>[ID] interest. The materials came from the archives of <span class=\"persname\">Edward (“Teddy”) Craig</span>, son of <span class=\"persname\">Edward Gordon Craig</span> and grandfather of <span class=\"persname\">Tom Craig</span>, from whom the Dance Collection obtained this collection. All of the items pertain to <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>.|||There are several small booklets or notebooks made by EGC with notes about ID, one containing two manuscript poems with notes by EGC to ID. There is a pen and ink drawing with notes entitled “Our first pic-nic alone, 1905.” In addition, there is a 1905 photograph of EGC taken by ID and signed by EGC in the “Biddecombe Bay” booklet, and a photograph of <span class=\"persname\">Deidre</span>, daughter of ID and EGC, taken in Egypt in 1912 with notes on the back by EGC. The collection also contains two draft letters by EGC to <span class=\"persname\">Martin Shaw</span> concerning ID.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Tom Craig. Received, July 1992.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1905
date_inclusive_end
1952
note
{"value"=>"<p>Includes several small booklets or notebooks made by Edward Gordon Craig with notes about Isadora Duncan, a pen and ink drawing, a 1905 photograph of Edward Gordon Craig taken by Isadora Duncan, and a photograph of Deirdre taken in Egypt in 1912</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1905
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Henley Haslam.</p>"}
extent_statement
1 document box 9 items in 8 folders
date_start
1905
date_end
1952

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