Allan Ross Macdougall collection

id
263
origination
Macdougall, Allan Ross, 1893-
date statement
1922-1956
key date
1922
identifier (local_mss)
19641
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMC-Res. 15
b-number
b12177458
total components
38
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:52 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMC-Res. 15", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19641", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1922-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1922/1956"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Allan Ross Macdougall collection"}
repository
{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The major portion of the collection is comprised of research materials and drafts for <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Macdougall's</span> biography of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>, published in 1960 as <span class=\"title\">Isadora: a revolutionary in art and love,</span>and correspondence (1953-1956) regarding his efforts to have the work published. It also includes letters to <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Macdougall</span> from <span class=\"persname\">Irma Duncan</span> concerning the <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> School in Moscow (1928) and its continued devotion to the memory of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>. Other correspondents include <span class=\"persname\">Maria Theresa</span> <span class=\"persname\">(Duncan)</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Rupert Doone</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Henriette Sauret</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ted Shawn</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sergei Essenine</span> (typewritten copy), and copies of the original <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> letters found in the <span class=\"persname\">Irma Duncan</span> Collection of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> Materials."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Allan Ross Macdougall collection, *MGZMC-Res. 15. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Macdougall, Allan Ross, 1893-", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Allan Ross Macdougall, an American writer born in 1893, lived and worked in Paris in the 1920's His subjects were wide in range, from the performing arts to the decorative arts for the periodical <span class=\"title\">Arts and Decoration,</span>and sometimes perfume and make-up for the magazines <span class=\"title\">Charm</span>and <span class=\"title\">Beauty.</span>A member of Isadora Duncan's circle, he wrote an essay entitled “Isadora: an essay in the biography of an American dancer” which was eventually published in 1960 as <span class=\"title\">Isadora; a revolutionary in art and love.</span>With Irma Duncan, he co-wrote a partial biography of Isadora Duncan entitled <span class=\"title\">Isadora Duncan's life in Soviet Russia and her last years,</span>published in 1929.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The major portion of the collection is comprised of research materials and drafts for <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Macdougall's</span> biography of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>, published in 1960 as <span class=\"title\">Isadora: a revolutionary in art and love,</span>and correspondence (1953-1956) regarding his efforts to have the work published. It also includes letters to <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Macdougall</span> from <span class=\"persname\">Irma Duncan</span> concerning the <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> School in Moscow (1928) and its continued devotion to the memory of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span>. Other correspondents include <span class=\"persname\">Maria Theresa</span> <span class=\"persname\">(Duncan)</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Rupert Doone</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Henriette Sauret</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Ted Shawn</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Sergei Essenine</span> (typewritten copy), and copies of the original <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> letters found in the <span class=\"persname\">Irma Duncan</span> Collection of <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> Materials.|||Language: English, Russian.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<ul> <li>I. Isadora Duncan - Correspondence and other documents (folders 1-8)</li> <li>II. Irma Duncan - Correspondence (folders 9-15)</li> <li>III. Gordon Craig[?]- Correspondence and photograph (folders 16-17)</li> <li>IV. Maria Theresa - Correspondence and other documents (folder 18)</li> <li>V. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence, research notes, and drafts of Isadora Duncan biography (folders 19-39</li> <li>VI. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence and writings (folders 40-54)</li> <li>VII. Allen Ross Macdougall - Correspondence with publishers and agents (folders 55-63)</li> <li>VIII. Grant proposals (folders 64-66)</li> <li>IX. Misc. (folder 67)</li></ul>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift. American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Material received on 3/10/69.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1922
date_inclusive_end
1956
note
{"value"=>"<p>Holographs, typescripts, and photographs</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>This collection is part of a large collection including manuscripts, clippings, and photographs, now dispersed throughout the holdings of the Dance Collection. The major portion of the collection is comprised of notes and drafts for Mr. Macdougall's biography of Isadora Duncan, Isadora: a revolutionary in art and love (Cf. *MGYB (Duncan) Macdougall. Isadora), and correspondence (1953-1956) regarding his efforts to have the work published</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>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</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Also includes letters from 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. Cf. *MGZMC-Res. 23. Duncan, Irma, collector. Irma Duncan Collection of Isadora Duncan materials</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1922
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English Russian"}
extent_statement
67 folders ca. 250 items
date_start
1922
date_end
1956

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  1. Extracts of letter from Eleanora Duse to Lugne-Poe regarding Isadora Duncan
  2. Copy of letter from Isadora Duncan [to George Maurevert?], regarding death and the deaths of her children
  3. Photocopy of 1916 letter from Isadora Duncan to “Mon Cher Poet” [Fernand Divoire], in French; 1954 letter from Grace Ziebarth to ARM regarding letter
  4. Copies of letters from Isadora Duncan to “Friend”, to Lugne-Poe; to Paul Kennaday, letter from John Cowper Powys
  5. Copy of marriage certificate of Isadora Duncan and Sergei Essenin, Moscow
  6. Envelope and leaf of stationery used at Duncan School in Russia under direction of Irma Duncan
  7. Postcard to Isadora Duncan from ARM, New York with poem by Witter Bynner eulogizing Isadora
  8. Typed copies of a selection of letters from Isadora Duncan, [originals in Irma Duncan Collection]
  9. Passenger list of SS Morro Castle sailing of 12-21-16, including names of Isadora Duncan and ARM
  10. 5 letters from Irma Duncan to ARM, from Kiev and Moscow
  11. 3 letters from Irma Duncan to ARM
  12. Copy of 1934 letter to “Marguerita” [Augustin Duncan's wife?]; correspondence of Irma Duncan and ARM letter to ARM from Simon & Schuster
  13. Letters from Irma Duncan to ARM
  14. 7 letters from Irma Duncan to ARM, 1 small photograph of Isadora Duncan
  15. Translations of 2 letters from Essenin to to Isadna [UNK], from Wiesbaden, and from Brussels
  16. Letter to Irma Duncan from ARM regarding publication of Isadora Duncan and Gordon Craig books
  17. Photo of Gordon Craig[?]; letters from Gordon Craig[?], to Isadna [UNK] one
  18. Copy of letter to Gordon Craig from ARM
  19. Letter from Maria Theresa to ARM, regarding DeMille article on Isadora Duncan in New York Times; copies of letters to DeMille and New York Times from ARM in response to article
  20. ARM's research notes, correspondence, and drafts of biography of Isadora Duncan
  21. Correspondence, Gilbert Seldes/ARM
  22. Correspondence, Bertha Overbury/ARM
  23. Letter to ARM from Isabel Macdonald
  24. Copy of letter to Lincoln Kirstein from ARM
  25. Misc. ARM correspondence
  26. Letter to ARM from Rupert Doone
  27. Letter to ARM from Henriette Sauret
  28. Correspondence pertaining to film Mission to Moscow
  29. Letter to ARM from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher
  30. Letter to Alice De La Mar from ARM
  31. Correspondence with Christine Dalliès, including letter to Arturo Sofo from Dallier after ARM's death, regarding unfinished manuscript
  32. Note from Philip Kaplan with photostats of drawings made by Grandjouan of Isadora Duncan, copy of The Superman in American with inscription to Irma Duncan by author, Benjamin De Casseres
  33. Typed copy of Isadora. A Memoir.
  34. 6 pages of copy and 15 photographs, for article “The House and Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hecht at Nyack, NY” by ARM
  35. Copy of article “On Movie Going in Paris” by ARM
  36. Correspondence of ARM with publishers and agents
  37. Grant proposals of ARM to aid in writing book on Isadora Duncan
  38. 4 unidentified photographs