I. Correspondence

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{"value"=>"1905-1977", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1905/1977"}
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1905
date_inclusive_end
1977
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{"value"=>"I. Correspondence"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The weight of importance and quantity in this collection lies in the correspondence series, 1905-1977 (1326 items). It traces <span class=\"persname\">Irma's</span> years from first joining <span class=\"persname\">Isadora Duncan</span> as a young student in 1905, to her years as a mature artist with and after <span class=\"persname\">Isadora</span> until her death in 1977. The early correspondence includes letters with her own mother as well as three letters (holographs) from <span class=\"persname\">Isadora</span> to <span class=\"persname\">Irma</span>, and another to her adopted daughters. There are extensive runs of letters later from, and in some cases to, the other adopted daughters after <span class=\"persname\">Isadora's</span> death. These include <span class=\"persname\">Erika</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Anna</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Lisa</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Theresa</span>. Other noteworthy professional correspondents are <span class=\"persname\">E. Gordon Craig</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Paris Singer</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Augustin Duncan</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Edward Steichen</span>. A selected index of professional correspondence is included in the register, as all letters are arranged chronologically.</p>"}
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1905
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1977
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1905

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  1. Irma and the Duncan school's letters to Irma's mother
  2. 1918
  3. Letters between Isadora and Irma (three holographs by Isadora, two holographs by Irma)
  4. Holograph letter by Isadora to her adopted daughters
  5. 1921
  6. 1922 letters between Isadora and Russian officials
  7. 1923
  8. 1924
  9. 1925
  10. 1926
  11. 1927
  12. 1928
  13. 1929
  14. 1930
  15. 1931
  16. 1932
  17. 1935
  18. 1937
  19. 1938
  20. 1939
  21. 1940
  22. 1943
  23. 1944
  24. 1945
  25. 1946
  26. 1947
  27. 1948
  28. 1949
  29. 1950
  30. 1951
  31. 1952
  32. 1953
  33. 1954
  34. 1955
  35. 1956
  36. 1957
  37. 1958
  38. 1959
  39. 1960
  40. 1961
  41. 1962
  42. 1963
  43. 1964
  44. 1965
  45. 1965 Wesleyan University Press
  46. 1965 Dance Perspectives Selma Jeanne Cohen
  47. 1966
  48. 1966 Wesleyan University Press
  49. 1967
  50. 1968
  51. 1969
  52. 1970
  53. 1971
  54. 1972
  55. 1973
  56. 1973 Mignon Garland & students
  57. 1973 Francis Steegmuller
  58. 1974 Howard L. Holtzman
  59. 1975 Howard L. Holtzman
  60. 1976
  61. 1977
  62. Dance Collection-Genevieve Oswald
  63. Dance Horizons-A.J. Pischl
  64. Anna Duncan
  65. Lisa Duncan
  66. Margherita Sargent Duncan
  67. (Maria-) Theresa Duncan
  68. n.d. arranged alphabetically by last name
  69. n.d. unidentified