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Guide to the Eugene Lerner Josephine Baker collection, 1926-2001
M1297
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Title: Lerner, Eugene, collector. The Josephine Baker collection,
Date (inclusive): 1926-2001
Collection number: M1297
Creator:
Lerner, Eugene, collector.
Extent:
3 linear ft.
(6 manuscript boxes, 1 map folder)
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: African American Paris stage performer noted for her comic, yet sensual, dance routines. While she took Europe by storm, racism
in her native United States prevented her from being wholly accepted until 1973, just two years before her death. The material
was collected by Gene Lerner. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, audio tapes, clippings, and
publications.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Purchased, 2002.
The Eugene Lerner Josephine Baker collection. M1297. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
African American Paris stage performer noted for her comic, yet sensual, dance routines. While she took Europe by storm, racism
in her native United States prevented her from being wholly accepted until 1973, just two years before her death. The material
was collected by Gene Lerner.
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, audio tapes, clippings, and publications gathered by her
authorized biographer, Eugene Lerner, as part of his efforts to document her life.
Includes original letters in the hand of Josephine Baker and the people in her life, including Pepito Abatino, Maria Li Bassi
Abatino, Jo Bouillon, Princess Grace of Monaco, Hank Kaufman, Richard A. Martin, Jr., Madam d' Ora, Diana Ross, Christina
Abatino Scoto, Milton J. Shapp, Margarette Wallace, Rama Wallace, Walter Winchell.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Abatino, Pepito.
Abatino, Maria Li Bassi.
Bouillon, Jo, 1908-
Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982.
Kaufman, Hank.
Lerner, Eugene, collector.
Martin, Richard A., Jr.
Ora, Madam d', 1881-1963.
Ross, Diana.
Scoto, Christina Abatino.
Shapp, Milton J., 1912-
Wallace, Margarette.
Wallace, Rama.
Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972.
The Stork Club (New York, N.Y.)
The Bobino.
Ziegfeld Follies.
African American dancers.
Phonotapes.
Photoprints.