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Creator
Migel, Parmenia
Call number
(S) *MGZMD 78
Physical description
49 items 1 box, 1 portfolio
Language
English
Preferred Citation

Parmenia Migel Ekstrom Collection of Autograph Letters of 19th Century Ballet Notables, (S) *MGZMD 78, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Repository
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Access to materials
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This collection of 48 items consists primarily of autograph letters from dancers and choreographers of the Romantic period in ballet history. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically under each correspondent.

Biographical/historical information

Parmenia Migel Ekstrom was interested in dance as a young woman and during the period 1939-1942 she became a founder of the Ballet Guild and an active supporter of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She later became interested in the history of dance and began a career as a scholar and collector. In 1972, she published a book, The Ballerinas: from the Court of Louis XIV to Pavlova.

Scope and arrangement

This collection of 48 items consists primarily of autograph letters from dancers and choreographers of the Romantic period in ballet history. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically under each correspondent.|||Language of Material French, German, Danish, English

  • ALS autograph letter, signed
  • AL autograph letter, not signed
  • ANS autograph note, signed
  • AN autograph note, not signed
  • LS letter, signed
  • ADS autograph document, signed (by the writer of the text)

The Autograph letters of 19th century ballet notables are arranged in eighteen series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Purchase. Received: 8/23/91.

Processing information

Processed by Henley Haslam.

Using the collection

Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor