{"value"=>"<p>Series II contains materials relating to the career of noted ballerina and teacher Tatiana Riabouchinska. The bulk of the papers reflects her early ballet career. Items include fan art, calling cards, Christmas cards, correspondence, identification cards, photographs, documents relating to Mikhail Riabouchinsky's management of her career, and a home-made book about the creation of <span class=\"title\">Graduation Ball</span>.</p> <p>Of note in this series are the calling cards, which were sent backstage by fans and admirers often accompanied by flowers. Riabouchinska counted royalty, heads of state, and other prominent figures among her fans. The correspondence is both personal and professional, with the bulk of the letters being requests for autographs, programs, or photographs. There is some personal correspondence with Lichine, other family members, and friends such as Lucia Chase, Richard Buckle, John Martin, Cyril Beaumont, Norman Demuth, Sonia Gaskell, and Margaret Caron.</p> <p>Photographs consist of pictures of Riabouchinska in costume as well as professional shots of other dancers, both signed and unsigned. There is correspondence and contract negotiations to and from Mikhail Riabouchinsky, who was monitoring Riabouchinska's early career. Some of the correspondence concerns her 1935 bout with scarlet fever.</p> <p>There is also a notebook entitled <span class=\"title\">The Story of Graduation Ball</span> in which Riabouchinska describes the costumes, the staging, and other details about the creation of one of Lichine's most famous ballets. She uses black and white photographs and colored pens to record how the costumes were made and what colors were used in the original staging.</p>"}