Series I: Correspondence

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{"value"=>"1921-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1921/1981"}
date_inclusive_start
1921
date_inclusive_end
1981
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1921
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{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of correspondence with Ted Shawn and others. The majority of the correspondence is letters written to Shawn. Some notables include, Ruth St. Denis, Doris Humphrey, Jose Limon, Joseph Pilates, and Alfred Kinsey. Extensive correspondence is from Gabriella Sedgwick, Lynn Poole, Richard (Dick) Stuart.</p> <p>There are several folders of correspondence between Katherine Dreier and Ted Shawn. There are also a few folders of correspondence written to John Christian, Ruth St. Denis, and Margerie Lyon.</p> <p>In addition to letters, there are boxes of greeting cards (birthday, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Thank you and Sympathy). There are also wedding invitations, business and calling cards, and post cards.</p> <p>Many of the letters are alphabetized by the first name of the author, because there was no indication of a last name.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Arrangement: Alphabetical.</p>"}
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49 boxes
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date_start
1921
date_end
1981

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  1. A - Ai
  2. Abbey, Hal [2/1]
  3. Achorn, Bea
  4. Akesson, Birgit
  5. Al
  6. Albeck, Freddy
  7. Albeck, Bitten (Bobo) and Sven (Skipper)
  8. Albery, E. Marie (1 of 3)
  9. Albery, E. Marie (2 of 3)
  10. Albery, E. Marie (3 of 3)
  11. Alexander, Ruth C
  12. Alexander, Ruth C
  13. Allene [?]
  14. Am - An
  15. Ambrose, Kay
  16. Ameel, Ernest
  17. Ammann, Helen
  18. Andersen, Emmy
  19. Andreasen, Lois
  20. Andrew, Thomas
  21. Antoniades, Anne
  22. Ap - Ay
  23. Arends, Jack
  24. Ba
  25. Badorek, Grace [5/1]
  26. Bail, Meryon
  27. Baker, Edwin Lathrop
  28. Baldwin, Sidney
  29. Ball, Mary Washington
  30. Balmer, Barry
  31. Baron, Paul
  32. Barr, Phoebe
  33. Barta, Karoly
  34. Barton, Alfred
  35. Bascome, Radford
  36. Bea-Bej
  37. Beckman, Frederic
  38. Beckman, "Mother"
  39. Bel - Bey
  40. Belknap, S. Yancey
  41. Bennett, Isadora [2/1]
  42. Bernache, Leo
  43. Bernstein, Muryal and Albert
  44. Berthoy, S
  45. Bi
  46. Bill [unidentified]
  47. Bl
  48. Blackburn, John (Johnny)
  49. Bland, Dennis & Lenore
  50. Bo
  51. Bob [unidentified]
  52. Borders, Jim
  53. Bra
  54. Bragg, Luke
  55. Bran, Mary
  56. Bre - Bri
  57. Bro
  58. Brockway, Margery
  59. Brooks, Louise
  60. Brown
  61. Bru - Bry
  62. Bruhn, Eric
  63. Bu - By
  64. Burrell, Clarice and Bob
  65. Busey, Mabel
  66. Butterfield, Virgina [2/1]
  67. Bynner, Witter (Hal)
  68. Ca - Cap
  69. Campbell, Mary
  70. Car - Cay
  71. Carraway, Bob
  72. Castel, Huub
  73. Caton, Edward (Eddie)
  74. Ce - Ci
  75. Cebron, Jean
  76. Cedrone, Donato, R
  77. Chan, Helen
  78. Chapin, Rosamond
  79. Chapin, Russell
  80. Charles [unidentified]
  81. Charmoli, Tony
  82. Chiriaeff, Ludmilla
  83. Chown, Betty
  84. Christian, John [letters to]
  85. Christian, John [to and from John Gray]
  86. Christian, John [to and from Ted Shawn]
  87. Christian, John [letters from]
  88. Cl
  89. Clark, Edward T. (Ted) and Catherine and Kay
  90. Co
  91. Coble, Harry
  92. Cockerell, Margaret O
  93. Code, Grant
  94. Coggan, Forrest W
  95. Colby, Ira A
  96. Como, William (Bill)
  97. Conroy, Joseph
  98. Cookingham, Harris N
  99. Core, Mildred Hoyle
  100. Corey, Arthur
  101. Corvus, Philip (Treb)
  102. Cotteral, Donnie
  103. Covert, William (Bill)
  104. Cox, Lillian Young
  105. Cr
  106. Crane, Mrs. Bruce (Winnie)
  107. Craske, Margaret
  108. Cresson, Margaret French (Peggy)
  109. Cristofori, Jon
  110. Cu
  111. Cutler, C. Eugene
  112. Czobel, Lisa and Alexander von Swaine
  113. Da
  114. Dalberg, Linden
  115. Damon, Bertha
  116. D'Anna, Paolo
  117. Davis, Fitzroy
  118. Davis, Stand
  119. Day, Ernestine (Tini)
  120. Day, Mrs. E. F
  121. De
  122. De Mille, Agnes
  123. de Severas, Sybaris
  124. Destine, Jean Leon
  125. Devi, Ritha
  126. Di
  127. Dieman, Edna
  128. di Falco, Peter
  129. Dl - Do
  130. Don [unidentified]
  131. Dougherty, John (Ellwood)
  132. Dozier, Eugenie
  133. Dr
  134. Dreier, Katherine S. (to Rolfe de Mare [Ted Shawn], et al) [5/1]
  135. Du - Dz
  136. Dubois, Josephine (Mrs. Goddard Dubois)
  137. Duggan, Anne Schley (Nancy)
  138. Duncan, Don(ald)
  139. Duncan, Winnifred
  140. Ea - Ei
  141. Eagle Printing and Binding Company
  142. El
  143. Eleanor
  144. Elizabeth [Unidentified]
  145. Ellis, Havelock
  146. Ellis, O.E., 1951-1961 (Registrar Springfield College)
  147. Ellyson, Craig, Dr
  148. Em - Ep
  149. Emery, George E. (Red)
  150. Er
  151. Erdman, David, 1961-1967 (New York Public Library)
  152. Ernest (Toronto)
  153. Es - Ey
  154. Evans, Bob
  155. Evans, Ruth
  156. Fa
  157. Fabian, Monroe
  158. Fahey, Bob (aka Anthony Fay)
  159. Farber, Max
  160. Faricy, Austin
  161. Fe
  162. Featherston, Margaret
  163. Fees, Darrell
  164. Felton Coates, Connie and Major
  165. Fi - Fl
  166. Fisher, Thomas Hart
  167. Fitz-Simons, Foster (Fitz)
  168. Fo
  169. Forbes, Earle
  170. Ford, Joan
  171. Foreign Language
  172. Fr
  173. Frank, A.H
  174. Frank [unidentified]
  175. [Franz], Joe
  176. Freddy [unidentified]
  177. Freeman
  178. Freund, Louis
  179. Frost, R.B. (Springfield College)
  180. Fruin, A.T
  181. [Frye, Janis]
  182. Fu-Fy
  183. [Furman], Anna (New Jersey State Hospital)
  184. Ga
  185. Garcia, Josefina
  186. Garner, Shelley
  187. Gavin, Jewel
  188. Ge
  189. Geraghty, Helen Tiekan
  190. Gi - Gl
  191. Giles, Z.D. (Zera)
  192. Ginny [Unidentified]
  193. Glorsky, Maxine
  194. Gloss, George
  195. Go
  196. Godfrey, Richard
  197. Godwin, Dwight
  198. Goolrick, Marjorie
  199. Goslar, Lotte
  200. Goth, Trudy
  201. Goya, Carola
  202. Gr
  203. Grosche, Ida L
  204. Gross, Miriam
  205. Groth, Edward
  206. Gu
  207. Haa - Han
  208. Hadassah
  209. Haddox, Clara
  210. Hagan, Charles T. Jr
  211. Hall, Edward T
  212. Hallenbeck, Oscar
  213. Hambidge, Mary
  214. Hammond, Emily
  215. Hance, Marion
  216. Handley, A.H
  217. Hap
  218. Harney, Bill
  219. Harris, Katherine Brady
  220. Has - Hay
  221. Hayes, Edmund
  222. He
  223. Hearn, Fred
  224. Heinrich, Karl
  225. Held, McDonald (Don)
  226. Helm, Anne
  227. Helscher, Fern [2/1]
  228. Henry [unidentified]
  229. Hi
  230. Hildegarde [unidentified]
  231. Hill, Martha
  232. Ho
  233. Hollister, Cornelia Colton
  234. Holm, Virginia
  235. Horn, George
  236. Horner, Bryan R
  237. Howry, Mary [2/1]
  238. Hr - Hy
  239. Huang, Al
  240. Humphries, Larry
  241. Humphrey, Doris
  242. Hunter, Ken (Kenn)
  243. Hurdle, John
  244. Hutchinson, Ann
  245. Hutchinson, Arthur
  246. I
  247. Ilgenfritz, McNair
  248. Isham, Ralfe
  249. Ja
  250. Jack [unidentified]
  251. Jagendorf, Moritz
  252. Je - Ji
  253. Jenkins, Dorothy
  254. Jeter, Sally (Jete)
  255. Jim [unidentified]
  256. Jo
  257. Joel, Lydia (Dance Magazine)
  258. John [unidentified]
  259. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  260. Johnson, Elsie
  261. Jones, Betty
  262. Josephine, Josephina, Jo [unidentified]
  263. Joslin, Alfreda
  264. [Deleted]
  265. Ju
  266. Ka
  267. Kamin, Sally and Martin (Kamin Dance Bookshop)
  268. Kantorowitz, M
  269. Ke
  270. Kehlet, Niels
  271. Kellogg, Claude
  272. Kh - Ki
  273. Kinch, Myra and Manuel Galea (M & M)
  274. Kinser, Moldy
  275. Kinser, Mary
  276. Kinsey, Alfred
  277. Kitchell, Iva
  278. Kl - Do
  279. Kleinert, Konrad
  280. Knight, Gordon
  281. Koner, Pauline
  282. Kr - Ku
  283. Krassovska, Nathalie
  284. Kurath, Gertrude (Tula)
  285. La
  286. La Meri (Russell Meriwether Hughes, "Dickie")
  287. Land, Bettie
  288. Lane, Erna
  289. Lang, Pearl
  290. Larkin, Moscelyn
  291. Lawrence, Pauline
  292. Lay, Wynne
  293. Le
  294. Leabhart, Tom
  295. Li
  296. Limon, Jose
  297. Lindquist, John [2/1]
  298. Line, Louise (Fellfoot Ranch)
  299. Lo
  300. Lodge, Francesca Braggiotti
  301. Long, Mary (Mrs. Frank D. Burke)
  302. Lorenz, Rose
  303. Lowry, Edward
  304. Lowry, Edward [to Margerie Lyon]
  305. Lu
  306. Lufkin, George
  307. Ly
  308. Lynn, Carol
  309. Lyon, Margerie [3/1]
  310. Mab - Mad
  311. Mae-Mao
  312. Magruder, Preston (Mac)
  313. Malaby, Richard
  314. Malm, Emil
  315. Manchester, P.W. (Bill)
  316. Mann, Hal
  317. Mann, Hal
  318. Mar
  319. Marks, Joseph E., (Joe) (1 of 2)
  320. Marks, Joseph E., (Joe) (2 of 2)
  321. Mas - Maz
  322. Mason, Virginia
  323. Mathis, Clover, Jr
  324. Mayer, Daniel
  325. Maynard, Olga
  326. McA - McH
  327. McCarl, Niya
  328. McClure, Bruce
  329. McCormack, Wilbur (Mac)
  330. McCormick, Ken
  331. McGee, Marion
  332. McK
  333. McKay, Herb
  334. McKayle, Donald
  335. McL - McP
  336. McLain, David
  337. McQuig, Reba
  338. McTernan, Agnes
  339. Me
  340. Meeker, Jess
  341. Meeker, Murray
  342. Menerth, E.F. (Ed)
  343. Mi
  344. Mildred [various]
  345. Miller, Esther (Esther's Dutch Kitchen)
  346. Miller [various]
  347. Mishler, Dick (Richard) and Carolyn
  348. Mitchell, Jack (photographer)
  349. Mitchell, John
  350. Mitchell
  351. Mo
  352. Moor, Arthur
  353. Moor, Arthur P
  354. Moore, Helen Trafford
  355. Moore, Lillian
  356. Moore, Stella
  357. Morca, Teodoro
  358. Morris, Margaret
  359. Morrison, Esther
  360. Moyer, L.E. (Ed) [3/1]
  361. Mu - My
  362. Mulholland, Mitchell (Mitch)
  363. Muller, Hazel Lockwood
  364. Mumaw, Barton Jr
  365. Mumaw, Mazie and Barton Sr
  366. Mumaw, Mazie
  367. Myers, Fredrick M. Jr. & Sr
  368. Myers, Martha
  369. Na - Ne
  370. Najan, Nala
  371. Nead, A.M. (Annie May)
  372. Neumeier, Charles
  373. Newcomer, Lillian
  374. New Jersey Reformatory for Women
  375. New Jersey State Home For Girls
  376. Newton, M.H. (Morris), Dr
  377. Ni - Nu
  378. Nijinsky, Kyra
  379. Nossen, Steffi
  380. O
  381. O'Brien, John (Johnny)
  382. Oswald, Genevieve (New York Public Library)
  383. Overlees, Frank and Pat
  384. Owen, [Jane B.]
  385. Pa
  386. Page, Bee
  387. Page (Fisher), Ruth
  388. Parmelee, Horace
  389. Parmelee, Robert E
  390. Parra, Mariano
  391. Parsell, Charles V
  392. Partsch, Isa
  393. Pat [unidentified]
  394. Pe
  395. Peacock, Jack
  396. Ph - Pl
  397. Pilates, Joseph
  398. Pimsleur, Sue [2/1]
  399. Pinholster, Caroline
  400. Pischl, Al
  401. Pitkin, Katharine
  402. Pleasant, Richard (Dick)
  403. Po
  404. Poindexter, Betty
  405. Polavenko, Nicholas
  406. Pond, James (Bim)
  407. Poole, Gray
  408. Poole, Lynn [2/1]
  409. Power, Brian
  410. Powers, Ormund
  411. Pr - Py
  412. Price, Lucien (Boston Globe)
  413. Q
  414. Ra
  415. Rae, Helen
  416. Rauch, Katheryne Booth
  417. Re
  418. Reese, Thomas Bruce (Tom)
  419. Reeves, Rod
  420. Reid, Dorothy
  421. Reinhart, Charles L
  422. Reininger, Elaine (Edward Villella Fan Club)
  423. Reisner, Ensworth
  424. Rey, Frank
  425. Rh - Ri
  426. Rhodes, June
  427. Rhys, Brinley
  428. Richard [unidentified]
  429. Richards, Sylvia (Corky)
  430. Ritchie, Catherine (Kitty)
  431. Rivera, Alonzo [2/1]
  432. Rivera, Luis
  433. Ro
  434. Robinson, Francis (Metropolitan Opera)
  435. Rohman, Richard
  436. Roos, Nel
  437. Root, J. Gollan (Eagle Printing and Binding)
  438. Root, William (Eagle Printing and Binding)
  439. Rosado, Manuel
  440. Rose, Maggie (Margaret Ann)
  441. Roskin, Phyllis
  442. Royal, Bill and Edith
  443. Ru - Ry
  444. [Deleted]
  445. [Deleted]
  446. Sa
  447. St. Denis, Brother
  448. St. Denis, George
  449. St. Denis, Ruth (Ruthie)
  450. St. John, Aubrey
  451. Sand, Inge
  452. Sanderson, Lemuel D
  453. Sc - Sch
  454. Schank, Bernard L
  455. Scheluchin, Bill
  456. Schubert, Johnny
  457. Schultz, Sigrid [to Katherine Dreier, et al.]
  458. Se - Sl
  459. Sedgwick, Gabriella [10/1]
  460. Seydell, Mildred
  461. Seymour, Harriet A
  462. Shapiro, Mark
  463. Shaw, Ray
  464. Shawn, Mabel
  465. Shawn, Ted (Rolf de Maré) [to and from Katherine Dreier] [3/1]
  466. Shawn, Ted [with dance personalities]
  467. Shawn, Ted [with friends, associates, et al.]
  468. Shawn, Ted, Annual Newsletter #4-28
  469. Sikelianos, Eva
  470. Skeaping, Mary
  471. Skipper, William
  472. Slater, Josephine (Jo)
  473. Slater, Kittie
  474. Slavenska, Mia
  475. Slavin, Betty
  476. Sleight, Fredrick
  477. Sloan, Willodyne
  478. Sm -Sp
  479. Smith, Betty
  480. Smith, Lucille (Cinders)
  481. Smouse, Murray and Kay
  482. Snyder, Harold and Helen
  483. Soldan, Winifred
  484. Sommers, Ben (Capezio)
  485. Southwell, Freeman
  486. Spohr, Arnold
  487. St
  488. Stafford, Bradley
  489. Stafford, Yoné
  490. Steares, George E
  491. Steen, Sammy
  492. Stevens, Lawrence Tenney (Steve) and Priscilla and Bea
  493. Stevenson, Richard (Steve)
  494. Stoakley, John
  495. Stoakley, John
  496. Stone, Carol
  497. Strickland, Lily
  498. Stuart, A.V
  499. Stuart, Richard (Dick) [2/1]
  500. Su - Sy
  501. Sublette, Statia
  502. Ta
  503. Tachibana, Sahomi and Frank Hrubant
  504. Tash, Kathryn
  505. Tate, Charles
  506. Tate, Mary Todd
  507. Taylor, Bill
  508. Te
  509. Terrell Annabelle
  510. Terry, Walter
  511. Th - Ti
  512. Thaxter, Ted
  513. Thomas, Bill
  514. Thompson, Pat and John
  515. Thornburg, Forrest
  516. To
  517. Todd, Arthur
  518. Tootikian, Karoun
  519. Tr
  520. Traver, Shirley
  521. Tu - Tw
  522. Tylee, Gladys Case
  523. U
  524. V
  525. Van Lund, John
  526. Vangsaa, Mona and Frank Schaufuss
  527. Van Praagh, Peggy
  528. Vargas, Manolo
  529. Veale, Tom G
  530. Venezuela/Bolivia Newsletters, Linda
  531. Vesak, Norbert
  532. Vickers, Victoria
  533. Villanueva, Luis G
  534. Vittucci, Matteo
  535. Vogt, Marie Bollinger
  536. von Blomberg, Baron William Frary
  537. Wa
  538. Wadsworth, Charles
  539. Walker, Norman
  540. Wallack, Hazel
  541. Wallmann, Margarete
  542. Walter, Nelly
  543. Wanderstock, Jeremiah
  544. We
  545. Webb, Nancy E
  546. Weckworth, Charles (Chic)
  547. Weigt, Claire
  548. Wh
  549. Wheeler, Robert K
  550. Wi
  551. Wild, Tennessee (The Dance Mart)
  552. Willard, Helen D
  553. Williams, E. Virginia
  554. Willis, John
  555. Winslow, Miriam (Mimi)
  556. Wo
  557. Wolbers, Mary Jane
  558. Wolfe, Katherine
  559. Wolfram, Jack
  560. Wood, Richard A
  561. Wood, Ruth
  562. Wood, Thor
  563. Wood [unidentified]
  564. Wr - Wy
  565. Y
  566. Z
  567. Zarina, Xenia
  568. Loose/Missing pages
  569. Unidentified signature
  570. Telegrams
  571. 1923-1929
  572. 1930-1931
  573. 1932-1939
  574. 1940
  575. 1941
  576. 1942-1944
  577. 1945-1949
  578. 1950-1954
  579. 1955-1959
  580. 1960-1968
  581. 1970-1972
  582. undated
  583. Greeting Cards [12/1]