Scope and arrangement
The collection documents the life and career of dancer and teacher Anita Zahn and spans from circa 1890s to 1990 (bulk dates circa 1920s-1990). Photographs are mostly black and white and include portraits of Zahn and photographs of her dancers and students. Among them are Rosemarie Beenk, Betty Friedman, Kathleen Hinni, Hortense Dolan Kooluris, and Erna Schulz. There are also a number of personal and family photographs, including her parents, husband and son.
Photographers include Kathryn Abbe, Gordon Anthony, Bouchard, Cecil Clevelly, Louis S. Davidson, Friedman-Abeles, Arnold Genthe, Frances McLaughlin-Gill, Gjon Mili, and Clara Sipprell.
Arrangement
Alphabetical