Scope and arrangement
The Maria Bonfanti Collection is arranged in five series:
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- Creator
- Bonfanti, Maria, 1847-1921
- Call number
- (S) *MGZMC-Res. 30
- Physical description
- 91 items 33 folders
- Language
- In English (mostly), French, and Italian; English
- Preferred Citation
Marie Bonafantí Collection, (S)*MGZMC-Res 30, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Repository
- Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
Maria Bonfanti (1847-1921), an Italian born and trained ballerina, toured the United States and Europe with great success between 1869 and 1894. She also danced as prima ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, from 1885-1886 and maintained a ballet school in New York following her retirement. This collection, a gift of Miss Bonfanti's granddaughter, Gwendolyn Ruddel, consists primarily of personal and business correspondence, contracts, programs, playbills and sheet music (hand-written copies, specially compiled and arranged for Miss Bonfanti's performances). It also includes posters for performances featuring Miss Bonfanti; a photo scrapbook (*MGZEB-Res, Bonfanti, Maria); and a clippings scrapbook (*MGZRS-Res, Bonfanti, Maria). These items span nearly all of Miss Bonfanti's active career and document her impact on American dance and American theatre.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift. Gwendolyn Ruddel. Material received: 1965.
Processing information
Processed by Nancy M. Shawcross.
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Location
Jerome Robbins Dance DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Permission of Miss Ruddel
d. 1983
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