Isadora Duncan
1905-1977
General Physical Description note: 13 boxes (6.5 linear feet) and 20 oversize
boxes)
Scope and Contents note
This series includes information about Isadora Duncan's work and performances, her
philosophy about art, and impressions of her works documented by artists, sculptors,
photographers, dance historians and critics, and other individuals who had seen her
perform. It also includes writings about her by Edward Gordon Craig, with whom she
collaborated professionally from 1904-1907, and with whom she had a daughter, Deirdre.
Performance contracts, telegrams and receipts from 1904-1907 in Germany, Russia, Poland
and Sweden are also included.
This series is organized into four subseries:
- Business papers
- Personal papers
- Primary writings about Isadora Duncan
- Material about Isadora Duncan
Business papers
1905-1907
General Physical Description note: 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
Included in this subseries are performance contracts, box office statements, letters
and telegrams regarding business arrangements, orchestration and other performance
details, primarily during the time Gordon Craig acted as business manager for Isadora
Duncan. Contracts include Isadora Duncan's performance tours in Germany, Russia,
Sweden and Poland.
box 1, folder 6
Box office statements 1904-1905
1904-1905
General Physical Description note: 16 items.
box 1, folder 6
Kassen-Rapport
1904 April 13
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated Wednesday, 13 April 1904, for guest performance by
Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 6
Billetenpreissspecification für Tanzabend Miss Duncan
1904 August 19
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Ticket price specifications for a dance performance by Isadora Duncan, dated 19
August 1904.
box 1, folder 6
Kassen-Rapport
1904 October 3
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for performance by Isadora Duncan, dated Monday, October 3, 1904,
for Chopin-Abend. Estimate of general income on verso.
box 1, folder 6
Nachweis
1904 November 29
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Proof of tickets sold, dated 29 November 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan. Signed "Johannes Müller".
box 1, folder 6
Kassen-Rapport
1904 November 15
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for guest performance by Isadora Duncan, dated 15 November
1904.
box 1, folder 6
[Receipt for purchase of tickets by Verein zur FÖrderung der
Kunst]
1904 December 29
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page, half-sheet),
with manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Receipt dated 29 December 1904 for 115 Marks.
box 1, folder 6
Kassen-Rapport
1904 December 9
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages), with manuscript
annotations on recto and verso.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for 4 performances by Isadora Duncan, dated 9 December 1904.
box 1, folder 6
Rachunek
1904 October 21
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (4 pages),folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Reckoning of account for Filharmonii Warshauskiej, dated 21 October 1904. Stamped
"Kasa Filharmonii Warszawskiej", dated 22 October(?) 1907 and signed
[illegible].
box 1, folder 6
[Cash accounting]
1904 January 11
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting, dated 11 January, for a performance by Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 6
Nachweis
1905 January 21
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Proof of tickets sold, dated 21 January 1905, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan. Signed "Johannes Müller."
box 1, folder 6
Nachweis
1905 January 16
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Proof of tickets sold, dated 16 January 1905, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan. Signed "Johannes Müller."
box 1, folder 6
Nachweis
1905 January 11
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Proof of tickets sold, dated 11 January 1905, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan. Signed "Johannes Müller."
box 1, folder 6
[Cash accounting?]
1904 February 16
General Physical Description note: Manuscript on half-sheet, 1 leaf (1
page), signed.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for a performance by Isadora Duncan on February 21 prepared for
Raymond Duncan, 16 February 1904, signed by [illegible] Wagner.
box 1, folder 6
Kassen-Rapport
1904 April 19
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated Tuesday, 19 April 1904, for guest performance by
Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 6
Nachweistung
1904 September 28 (?)
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Proof of payment, dated Wednesday, 28 September(?) 1904.
box 1, folder 6
[Seating chart]
1904 January
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Seating layout for Albert Ale.
box 1, folder 6
[Cash accounting of seats sold]
[1904 January]
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting of seats sold(?) for guest performance by Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 6
Prices arranged for Leipzig
1904 January 17
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Price list, 17 January 1904, for seats for Leipzig performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 6
[Cash accounting]
1904 September 3
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page) with manuscript
annotations in pencil.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated 3 September 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 6
[Cash accounting]
1904 September 5
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page) with manuscript
annotations in ink.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated 5 September 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 6
[Cash accounting]
1904 September 10
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page) with manuscript
annotations in ink and pencil.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated 10 September 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 6
Abrechnung des Concertes der Miss Duncan
1904 October 20
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Statement of account, dated 20 October 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan, 18 October 1904. Signed by Director [illegible] of the Board, Der
Warschauer Philharmonie. Postal stamp in lower left corner.
box 1, folder 6
Abrechnung des Concertes der Miss Duncan
1904 October 22
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Statement of account, dated 22 October 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan, 20 October 1904. Signed by Director [illegible] of the Board, Der
Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 6
Abrechnung des Concertes der Miss Duncan
1904 October 24
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Statement of account, dated 24 October 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan, 22 October 1904. Signed by Director [illegible] of the Board, Der
Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 6
Abrechnung des Concertes der Miss Duncan
1904 October 25
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Statement of account, dated 25 October 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan, 24 October 1904. Signed by Director [illegible] of the Board, Der
Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 6
Abrechnung des Concertes der Miss Duncan
1904 November 2
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Statement of account, dated 2 November 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan, 27 October 1904. Signed by Director [illegible] of the Board, Der
Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 6
Nachweis
1904 November 28
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Proof of tickets sold, dated 28 November 1904, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan. Signed "Johannes Müller" M[illegible].
box 1, folder 6
Nachweis
1905 January 10
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Proof of tickets sold, dated 10 January 1905, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan. Signed "Johannes Müller" [illegible].
box 1, folder 6
Benachrichtigung
1904 January 16
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Notification, 16 January 1904, regarding an undelivered telegram to America due
to an error in the address, the Post Office returns 1.05 Marks.
box 1, folder 6
Quittung
1904 January 21
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Receipt, January 21, 1904 for 1200 Marks to Miss Duncan for 2 performances,
signed by representative [illegible] for Suddeutscher Bühnenverlag Mohr &
Comp., Munich, 21 January 1904.
box 1, folder 6
Kassen-Rapport
1904 October
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page) with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for guest performance by Isadora Duncan, dated Wednesday, 5
October 1904. Signed by M. Bayer for Stuttgarter Residenztheater.
box 1, folder 7
Box office statements 1905
1905
General Physical Description note: 8 items.
box 1, folder 7
Kassen-Rapport
1905 January 27
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page),with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for 2 performances [by Isadora Duncan], dated Friday, 27 January
1905 and signed by Paul Bauer.
box 1, folder 7
Kassenrapport
[1905 February 27]
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash report, no date, with penciled calculations in upper left.
box 1, folder 7
Billet-Afregning
1905 April 1905
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Ticket statement for performances by Isadora Duncan on 23 and 25 April, dated 26
April 1905.
box 1, folder 7
Kassen-Rapport
1905 January 25
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed. With a second half-sheet of figures.
Scope and Contents note
Cash report, dated Wednesday, 25 January 1905, signed by Paul Bauer. With a
second half-sheet of accounting figures, "Es wurden zum verkauf gestellt."
box 1, folder 7
Kassen-Rapport
1905 March 1
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated Wednesday, 1 March 1905, for guest performance by
Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 7
Kassen-Rapport
1905 March 2
General Physical Description note: Print 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated Thursday, 2 March 1905, for guest performance by
Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 7
Kassen-Rapport
1905 March 7
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for guest appearance by Isadora Duncan, dated Tuesday, 7 March
1905.
box 1, folder 7
Compte de la Séance Duncan
1905 November 17
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page) with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated 17 November 1905, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan, 15 November 1905. Signed by M. Eschig, Bruxelles.
box 1, folder 7
Compte de la Séance de Miss Duncan
1905 November 17
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page) with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated 23 November 1905, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan, 17 November 1905. Signed by M. Eschig, Bruxelles.
box 1, folder 7
Depenses pour le 20 & 21 Novembre
1905 November 3005
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page) with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated 30 November 1905, for guest performances by Isadora
Duncan, 20 & 21 November 1905. Signed by M. Eschig, Brussel.
box 1, folder 7
Kassenrapport
1905 February 27
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting report, dated 27 February 1905, with 2 signatures [illegible] in
lower right corner.
box 1, folder 8
Box office statements
1906
General Physical Description note: 9 items.
box 1, folder 8
Borderel
1906 April 14
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Summary of intended expenditures, dated 14 April 1906, for guest performance by
Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
[Price list for tickets]
1906 November 24
General Physical Description note: Typescript on Zarzad Filharmonii
Warszawskiej letterhead, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with manuscript annotations,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Price list for tickets addressed to Direktion Vereinigter Künste for an
unspecified performance by Isadora Duncan, dated 24 November 1906, signed by A.
[illegible], representative for Der Vorstand Der Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 9
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 9 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 7
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 7 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 6
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 6 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Verantwoording
1906 April
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Statement of box office net (?), dated Thursday, 19 April 1906, for guest
performance by Isadora Duncan, signed [illegible], "De Bureaulist."
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 5
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 5 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 3
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 3 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 15
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 15 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 13
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 13 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
[Cash accounting]
1906 April 5
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations on recto and verso, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting statement for performance by Isadora Duncan, Thursday, 5 April
1906, signed by [illegible], "Administradeur."
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 11
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 11 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1906 May 1
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 1 May 1906, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Inseraten-Rechnung
1906 March 26
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Advertising statement of account, dated 26 March 1906, for guest performance by
Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Abrechnung
1906 March
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Statement of account for performances by Isadora Duncan on 27 and 29 March
1906.
box 1, folder 8
Abrechung
1906 December 24
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
with manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Statement of costs, dated 24 December, for a performance by Isadora Duncan on 22
December.
box 1, folder 8
Borderel
1906 April 9
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Summary of intended expenditures, dated 9 April 1906, for guest performance by
Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
[Cash accounting]
1906 April 6
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for performance by Isadora Duncan, dated 6 April 1906, signed
[illegible].
box 1, folder 8
Inseraten-Rechnung
1906 March 29
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Advertising statement of account, dated 29 March 1906, for guest performance by
Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 8
Tourneé
1906 (?) April
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Production accounting, dated "19/4," for guest performance by Isadora Duncan,
signed "Stumpff," Arnhem.
box 1, folder 9
Box office statements
1907
General Physical Description note: 7 items.
box 1, folder 9
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1904 May 4
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 4 May 1907, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 9
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1907 May 7
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 7 May 1907, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 9
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1907 May 5
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 5 May 1907, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 9
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1907 May 15
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 15 May 1907, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 9
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1907 May 12
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 12 May 1907, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 9
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1907 May 11
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 11 May 1907, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 9
Redovisningslista fÖr biljettfÖrsäljning
1907 May 9
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Account of tickets sold, dated 9 May 1907, for guest performance by Isadora
Duncan.
box 1, folder 10
Box office statements no dates
no dates
General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 1, folder 10
Kassen-Bericht
no date
General Physical Description note: Print, leaf (1 page) with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting.
box 1, folder 10
[Box office statement]
[no year] December 27
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting for unidentified venue.
box 1, folder 10
Kassen-Rapport
no date
General Physical Description note: Print. 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting.
box 1, folder 10
Kassen-Rapport
no date
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page) with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting.
box 1, folder 10
[Box office statement]
no date
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Cash accounting.
box 1, folder 11
Letters
1903-1904
General Physical Description note: 24 items.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 September 22
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (2 pages), with
manuscript annotation, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 22 September 1904, concerning details of Isadora
Duncan's appearances, including music. Signed by the director of Der Vorstand
Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to Isadora Duncan, Berlin
1904 October 10
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter dated 10 October 1904, regarding court case of Schmidt vs. Duncan, it was
decided that there were no outstanding fees owed by Duncan and there would be no
further claims against her.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to "Sehr geehrten Herr!"
1904 December 31
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter, dated 31 December 1904, offering musical services as a concert master.
Signed "L. V. Celansky."
box 1, folder 11
Declaration
1904 November 26
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Declaration of exclusive musical services, dated 26 November 1904, for the month
of May.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to Isadora Duncan
1904 November 4
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded
signed, with 1 leaf (1 page) attachment.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Isadora Duncan, dated 4 November 1904, regarding money owed to be
resolved by December 20. Signed [Alexander?] Grosz. With a page of "amounts
due."
box 1, folder 11
Letter to Isadora Duncan, Berlin
1904 November 2
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Isadora Duncan, dated 2 November 1904, enclosing a check. Signed by
Director, Board of the Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 August 24
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 24 August 1904, sending signed copy of the contracts and
requesting information regarding programs, photographs and prices.
box 1, folder 11
Authorization
1904 September 1
General Physical Description note: Typescript, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Authorization, 1 September 1904, for Elizabeth Duncan to sign contracts on
Isadora Duncan's behalf.
box 1, folder 11
Agreement
1904 September 25
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement with Augustine Duncan, signed on behalf of Isadora Duncan by Elizabeth
Duncan, 25 September 1904, to pay railroad expenses, lodging while on tour and 5
percent of ID's share for each evening's performance in exchange for arranging and
supervising details of ID's business interests.
box 1, folder 11
[Letter to Isadora Duncan]
1903 February 18
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 2 leaves (8 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Isadora Duncan, dated 18 February 1903.
box 1, folder 11
[Letter to Isadora Duncan]
1904 January 26
General Physical Description note: Holograph 1 leaf (1 page), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Isadora Duncan, dated 26 January 1904.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maas, Bayreuth
1904 July 30
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 30 July 1904, requesting submission of a new contract
for signature.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 August 6
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 6 August 1904, sending a copy of settled July contract,
signed by Director, Board of the Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maas, Berlin
1904 August 10
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
with manuscript correction, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 10 August 1904, negotiating articles of contract for
performance by Isadora Duncan, signed by Director, Board of the Warschauer
Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 11
Postcard to M. Mass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 October 4
General Physical Description note: Typescript, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard to M. Maas, dated 4 October, 1904, requesting that a contract be sent.
Signed Adolf Steinert.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to Isadora Duncan
1904 August 22
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
typescript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Isadora Duncan , dated 22 August 1904, enclosing check for 424.68
Marks, at request of A. Grósz.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 September 30
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript annotation, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 30 September 1904, concerning Isadora Duncan's arrival
and scheduling of rehearsal with the orchestra. Signed by the director of Der
Vorstand Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to Concert Direction Jules Sachs
1904 August 27
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (2 pages), with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Concert Direction Jules Sachs, dated 27 August 1904, regarding
arrangements for Isadora Duncan's appearance in Berlin and services associated
with these appearances. "Copy" written across the top.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to Prof. Lafont
1904 August
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (2 pages), with
"Prof. Lafont" in lower right corner.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Hermann Lafont, dated August 1904, concerning contract for engagements
from September 1 through November 1.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 September 12
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 12 September 1904, concerning Herrn Sliwinski and the
music for Isadora Duncan's first evening's performance. Signed by the director of
Der Vorstand Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 September 14
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
with manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 14 September 1904, concerning details of Isadora
Duncan's appearance. Signed by the director of Der Vorstand Warschauer
Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 September 17
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 17 September 1904, concerning further details of Isadora
Duncan's appearance. Signed by the director of Der Vorstand Warschauer
Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 11
Postcard to M. Mass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 September 22
General Physical Description note: Typescript, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard, dated 22 September 1904, concerning ticket subscriptions and contract
revision.
box 1, folder 11
Letter to M. Maass [variant spelling], Berlin
1904 August 17
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
with manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to M. Maas, dated 17 August 1904, negotiating articles of contract for
performance by Isadora Duncan, signed by Director, Board of the Warschauer
Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 12
Letters
1905
General Physical Description note: 10 items.
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1905 September 9
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter, dated 9 September 1905, advising that circumstances do not permit a
return appearance, in spite of the previous year's success.
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Maurice Magnus, Berlin
1905 November 10
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 2 leaves (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Maurice Magnus, dated 10 November 1905, expressing regret for
conditions of the Antwerp theatres. Signed "M. Eschig."
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Maurice Magnus, Berlin
1905 November 13
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 2 leaves (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Maurice Magnus, dated 13 November 1905, in reply to his of 11 November,
replying to points raised by MM. Signed "M. Eschig."
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Theater Solodovnikov, Belchaia Dmitrovka, Moscou
1905 November 16
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Theater Solodovnikov, dated 16 November 1905, inquiring about possible
dates in December for a guest performance by Isadora Duncan.
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Maurice Magnus, Berlin
1905 November 26
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Maurice Magnus, dated 26 November 1905, concerning cancelled
performances by Isadora Duncan in Brussels. Signed "M. Eschig."
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Maurice Magnus, Berlin
1905 November 28
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Maurice Magnus, dated 28 November 1905, concerning uncertain
performance dates and difficulties in communicating with Edward Gordon Craig as
Isadora Duncan's manager. Signed "M. Eschig."
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Maurice Magnus, Berlin
1905 November 30
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Maurice Magnus, dated 30 November 1905, concerning further negotiations
regarding uncertain performance dates. Signed "M. Eschig."
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Maurice Magnus, Berlin
1905 November 4
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 12 leaves (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Maurice Magnus, dated 4 November 1905, concerning performances in
Brussells and Antwerp. Signed "M. Eschig."
box 1, folder 12
Postcard to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1905 September 20
General Physical Description note: Typescript, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard, dated 20 September 1905, recommending the firm of "P. Johansen,
Musikhandlung und Concerrtarrangement" in St. Petersburg. Signed by the director
of Der Vorstand Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 12
Letter to Maurice Magnus, Berlin
1905 October 30
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Maurice Magnus, dated 30 October 1905, regarding arrangement of tour
dates, suggestions for booking theatres and costs for orchestra and rehearsals.
Signed "C. Fichefet."
box 1, folder 13
Letters
1906
General Physical Description note: 21 items.
box 1, folder 13
[Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin]
1906 December 3
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 3 December 1906, requesting several
points of information. Signed by Alexandre Raj[illegible] for Der Vorstand Der
Warschauer Philarmonie.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 November 15
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, dated 15 November 1906, regarding performance
dates and other contract items.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 December 1
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, dated 1 December 1906, regarding ticket prices
and returning a signed contract.
box 1, folder 13
Postcard to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 December 14
General Physical Description note: Typescript,1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 14 December 1906, regarding their
postcard of the 12th, by what means things were sent and that they may not arrive
in time. Signed by A[lexandre] Raj[illegible] for Der Vorstand Der Warschauer
Philarmonie.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, Berlin
1906 December 3
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 3 December 1906, regarding Isadora Duncan's
indisposition, and decision on what date of performance. Signed by Alex[andre]
Raj[illegible].
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 November 23
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, dated 23 November 1906, regarding ticket
prices and expectations of a full house.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 November 10
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, dated 10 November 1906, accepting their terms
and requesting copies of a contract.
box 1, folder 13
Postcard to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 December 6
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 6 December 1906, requesting
information asked for in December again. Signed by A[lexandre] Raj[illegible] for
Der Vorstand Der Warschauer Philarmonie.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 October 24
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 24 October 1906, regarding a
greater percentage of the receipts, citing greater expenses, and requesting
correspondence in German or French rather than English. Signed by representative
of Der Vorstand Der Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 October 19
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Carbon copy of letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, dated 19 October 1906,
regarding their unsatisfactory offer.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 October 17
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed, with holograph note by Edward Gordon Craig.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 17 October 1906, in response to
theirs of the 11th, regarding 2 or 3 performances by Isadora Duncan, December
15-20. Signed by representative for Der Vorstand Der Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 November 5
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page), signed,
with 1 leaf (1 page) half-sheet attachment.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 5 November 1906, negotiating price
of tickets and taxes. Signed by representative of Der Vorstand Der Warschauer
Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 October 27
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, dated 27 October 1906, regarding
unsatisfactory terms.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 November 17
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 17 November 1906, regarding signing
of contracts. Signed by representative of Der Vorstand Der Warschauer
Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Direktion der KÖnigl. Oper, Stockholm
1906 November 16
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to KÖnigl. Oper, dated 16 November 1906, regarding Isadora Duncan's
February tour in Sweden and that the KÖnigl. Oper consider a guest appearance by
her.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 March 16
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 16 March 1906, regarding Isadora
Duncan's performance, date and ticket prices.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 December 6
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau, dated 6 December 1906, replying to
theirs of December 3, supplying answers to questions.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 October 11
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Carbon copy of letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, dated 11 October 1906,
regarding 5 performances by Isadora Duncan, April 9-13.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to "Sehr geehrter Herr" [Maurice Magnus or Edward Gordon
Craig]
1906 January 15
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter, dated 15 January 1906, stating that his musical services are available
until the first of May.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1906 November 1
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, dated 1 November 1906, regarding price of
tickets and taxes.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 October 30
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page), signed,
with 1 leaf (1 page) half-sheet attachment.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 30 October 1906, regarding changed
circumstances since 1904. Signed by representative of Der Vorstand Der Warschauer
Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 13
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
1906 November 12
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (4 page), signed,
with manuscript note.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, dated 12 November 1906, regarding
contract negotiations about performance dates, taxes, and division of receipts.
Signed by representative of Der Vorstand Der Warschauer Philharmonie.
box 1, folder 14
Letters
1907
General Physical Description note: 22 items.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, Berlin
1907 January 2
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 2 January 1906, enclosing a check for Isadora
Duncan's performance on 1 January 1906 and other business. Signed by A[lexandre]
Raj[illegible] for Der Vorstand Der Warschauer Philarmonie.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to Alb. Ranft Esq., Ostermalms Theatre, Stockholm
1907 February 4
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (2
pages).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Alb Ranft Esq., dated 4 February 1907, acknowledging his response and
delaying confirmation of 16 April as a performance date until they have talked
with Miss Duncan.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to Mr. Steufret
1907 April 7
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Mr. Steufret, dated 7 April 1907, proposing percentage of profits that
Isadora Duncan will accept and a postscript with a second proposal on verso.
Signed Gordon Craig.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E, Gordon Craig, Berlin
1907 February 11
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages, folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 11 February 1907, requesting dates for Isadora
Duncan's performances as soon as possible and arrangements for "Peer Gynt." Signed
A[lexandre] Raj[illegible].
box 1, folder 14
Herrn P. Neldern, Riga
1907 February 5
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon) and typescript, 1
leaf (2 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Herrn P. Neldern, 5 February 1907, citing Isadora Duncan's illness and
in a separate postscript proposing a possible March or April date for a
performance date in Russia.
box 1, folder 14
Adw. Maliszewski Esq., Grand Theatre, Lotz
1907 February 5
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 2 leaves (2 pages),
with manuscript note.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Adw. Maliszewski Esq., dated 5 February 1907, expressing regret that
Miss Duncan's illness interfered with arrangements and a postscript offering to
arrange for performances in March or April.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, Berlin
1907 February 7
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 7 February 1907, again requesting dates of Miss
Duncan's performances and other matters. Signed A[lexandre] Raj[illegible].
box 1, folder 14
Letter to "Dear Sir," Casino Municipal, Nice
1907 February 9
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Casino Municipal, dated 9 February 1907, offering to arrange
performances by Isadora Duncan and specifying her requirements.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, Berlin
1907 January 15
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 15 January 1907, regarding proposed Poland tour,
for which he can serve only as disinterested intermediary, and dates. Signed Alex.
Raj[illegible].
box 1, folder 14
W. Makowski Esq., Sala miejska, Vilna
1907 February 5
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to W. Makowski Esq., dated 5 February 1907, expressing regret that Miss
Duncan's illness postponed her visit to Poland and suggesting later
performances.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, Berlin
1907 January 21
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 21 January 1907, replying to Craig's letter of
the 17th, regarding tour dates, preparation of Peer Gynt material, costs for
decorations and costumes for Isadora Duncan's performances. Signed A[lexandre]
Raj[illegible], Directeur-Gérant, Direction De La Société Philharmonique De
Varsovie.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, Berlin
1907 January 25
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 25 January 1907, replying to Craig's letter of
the 21st, regarding moving Isadora Duncan's performance dates up. Signed
A[lexandre] Raj[illegible], Directeur-Gérant, Direction De La Société
Philharmonique De Varsovie.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to The Secretary of the Oestermalms Theater, Stockholm
1907 January 26
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to the Secretary of the Oestermalms Theater, 26 January 1907, inquiring
about dates for possible performances by Isadora Duncan in Stockholm.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig
1907 January 26
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 26 January 1907, welcoming Craig to Holland, and
informing him of a negative article about him by Heyermans. Signed by Frits
Lapidoth.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, Berlin
1907 January 26
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 26 January 1907, regarding amount to be paid to
Miss Duncan and negotiating dates of performances. Signed A[lexandre]
Raj[illegible], Directeur-Gérant, Direction De La Société Philharmonique De
Varsovie.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig
1907 January 27
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 27 January 1907, offering to find and translate
the Heyermans article for him. Signed by Frits Lapidoth.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig
1907 January 30
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 30 January 1907, providing addresses for him and
negotiating dates for Isadora Duncan's performances in February. Signed
A[lexandre] Raj[illegible].
box 1, folder 14
Letter to Brook, Esq., Moscow
1907 January 4
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Brook, Esq., dated 4 January 1907, offering to arrange a tour for
Isadora Duncan through him for the month of February.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to "Dearest [illegible]"
1907 April 19
General Physical Description note: Holograph letter (signed), 1 leaf (2
pages).
Scope and Contents note
Reply to letter of "19-4-07", asking for " ... assurance by some few words added
to the contract --that the orchestra will be able to play the music."
box 1, folder 14
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, Berlin
1907 January 5
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to E. Gordon Craig, dated 5 January 1907, enclosing a check for Isadora
Duncan's performance on 4 January 1907 and discussing other business. Signed by
A[lexandre] Raj[illegible] for Der Vorstand Der Warschauer Philarmonie.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau
1907 January 8
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Warschauer Philharmonie, Warschau, dated 8 January 1907, acknowledging
receipt of two checks.
box 1, folder 14
Letter to Mr. Rajchman, Florence
1907 March 27
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Mr. Rajchman, dated 27 March 1907, asking if May is still "a seasonable
time" in Warsaw for Miss Duncan.
box 1, folder 14
Postcard to E. Gordon Craig
1907 January 29
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard to E. Gordon Craig, dated 29 January 1907, asking for confirmation of
Isadora Duncan's performance dates. Signed A[lexandre] Raj[illegible],
Directeur-Gérant, Direction De La Société Philharmonique De Varsovie.
box 1, folder 15
Letters
no dates
General Physical Description note: 10 items.
box 1, folder 15
[Letter to Isadora Duncan]
[no year] September 25
General Physical Description note: Holograph letter (signed), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Isadora Duncan, September 25 [no year], regarding contract for Ale,
Coblenz date postponed, and "I am sorry you felt annoyed at my 'no money.'"
box 1, folder 15
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin
[no year] January 16
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Direktion Vereinigter Künste, 16 January [no year] regarding money due
for services rendered. Signed by Fritz Müller.
box 1, folder 15
Draft press release for Miss Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: Typescript (carbon), 2 leaves (2 pages),
with manuscript notes.
Scope and Contents note
Press release about Miss Isadora Duncan, no date, regarding the founding of her
dance school and praise for students performances, and announcing that Copenhagen
will have the opportunity to see this great performer.
box 1, folder 15
"Number of instruments necessary to be in the orchestra for Waltz-Abend,
and Iphigenia, and Tanz Idyllen." to Capelmeister Martin Shaw.
no date
General Physical Description note: Typescript (carbon), 1 leaf (1 page),
with manuscript notes.
Scope and Contents note
List of instruments needed for Isadora Duncan's dance performance.
box 1, folder 15
Letter to Cielewicza, Warscha
no date
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Cielewicz, no date, regarding the orchestral arrangement for the Chopin
program and other matters.
box 1, folder 15
Letter to Rachman, Philharmonie Warschau
no date
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to "Rachman," undated, agreeing to arrange 20 performances through
him.
box 1, folder 15
Note regarding A. Grosz
no date
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (1 page),
half-sheet.
Scope and Contents note
Note, undated, acknowledging that "A Grosz has arranged to pay as follows" and
listing dates and amounts.
box 1, folder 15
Dear Sir [To Ringer & Emerwalds?]
no date
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Draft letter, no date, stating they cannot accept terms proposed for a
Scandinavian tour, outlining acceptable terms and expressing concerns about
various venues.
box 1, folder 15
Telegram
[[no date]
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page) with
manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram regarding a meeting forbidden by the police and a letter to follow.
box 1, folder 15
Notes to "Dear Fraulein" [secretary]
no date [1906]
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Notes to secretary, no date, instructing her to reply to Ringer & Emerwald's
letter of 2/7/06, asking to send price of seats "when Sarah Bernhardt visits their
town" and asking her to find his diary of 1906/1907.
box 1, folder 1
Performance contracts 1904
1904
General Physical Description note: 27 items.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 6 September
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with typescript
and manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on January 5. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 6 September 1904 and Otto Lokse?],
CÖln, 15 September 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 September 8
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with typescript
and manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performance by Isadora Duncan on October 3. Signed by Elizabeth
Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 8 September 1904 and representative for
Stadt-Théaters [illegible], 18 September 1904.
box 1, folder 1
[Agreement]
1904 December 23
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript and typescript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performances by Isadora Duncan on January 10 and 11. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 23 December 1904, and representative
[illegible] for Dresden performance venue, Dresden, 29 December 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Vertrag
1904 September 19
General Physical Description note: Typescript contract, 2 leaves (2 pages)
with manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for a dance performance by Isadora Duncan on September 28. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 19 September 1904, and a
representative for Grossherzl. Hofthéater [illegible], Karlsruhe, 20 September
1904.
box 1, folder 1
[Agreement]
1904 December 6
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on January 17, Albert halle,
Leipzig. Signed by Sally Liebling and [illegible], Berlin, 6 December 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 September 27
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
and typescript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan on January 25, 27 and 30,
1905. Signed by Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 27 September, 1904,
and representative for Neuen Operetten-Théaters [illegible], Hamburg, 29 September
1904.
box 1, folder 1
[Agreement]
1904 December 30
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan on February 3, 6 and 9, 1905.
Signed by Nicolas Toulinof, Petersburg, 30 December 1904, and Isadora Duncan, no
date.
box 1, folder 1
[Agreement]
1904 December 15
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript notes.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan on December 26 and 29, St.
Petersburg. Signed by Elizabeth Duncan (for Isadora Duncan), Berlin, 15 December
1905.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 September 2
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with typescript
and manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on November 17. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 2 September 1904, and [Adolf]
Steinert, Mainz, 6 September 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Vertrag
1904 March 31
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for a dance performance by Isadora Duncan on April 16. Signed by Franz
[illegible], Berlin, 31 March 1904. Written on letterhead for Robert Sachs,
Theater-Direktor und Conzert-Impresario.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 June 8
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page) with manuscript
notations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performance by Isadora Duncan on June 12. Signed for Isadora Duncan
by [illegible], Eremitage, 8 June 1904 and Eugen Pfeiffer, Heidelberg, 12 June
1904.
box 1, folder 1
Vertrag
1904 January 3
General Physical Description note: Typescript contract, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement with Raymond Duncan for rental of the Münchner Schauspielhauses for
January 18, 20 and 22. Signed by Stollberg &C. Schmederer, Münich, 3 January
1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 November 14
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf, with typescript and
manuscript annotations on verso, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performances by Isadora Duncan, December 28 and 29, 1904. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 14 November 1904, and representative
[illegible] for Central-Théaters, Dresden, 17 November 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 October 10
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page) with typescript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on November 17. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 6 October 1904, and representative
[illegible] for Stadt-Théaters, 10 October 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 August 26
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with typescript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performances by Isadora Duncan on November 19 and 24. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, August 26, 1904, and Julius Rudolph,
Hannover, 29 August 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 August 20
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performances by Isadora Duncan on September 3 and 25. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 20 August 1904, and [Heinrich Hagin],
no date.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 August 31
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages, with typescript
and holograph annotations on recto and holograph annotations on verso.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performance by Isadora Duncan on December 9. Signed by Elizabeth
Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 31 August 1904, and a representative
[illegible] for Stadt-Théaters, 2 September 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 September 23
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with typescript
and manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performance by Isadora Duncan on October 5. Signed by Elizabeth
Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 23 September 1904, and Theodor Brandt,
Stuttgart, September 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 March 30
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performance by Isadora Duncan on April 13. Signed by Julius Rudolph,
Hannover, 30 March 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Letter / contract
1904 April 25
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Proposal for dance performances in Germany, December 1 and 15, 1904 and January
2, 13 and 19, 1905. Signed [illegible], 25 April 1904, Die Direction der
Philarhmonie.
box 1, folder 1
Letter to Isadora Duncan
1904 October 28
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, autograph
letter (signed).
Scope and Contents note
Proposing a December performance by Isadora Duncan for annual fundraising on
behalf of the Society for the Protection of Abused Children, suggesting this as
the best environment for her first performance in Russia.
box 1, folder 1
Contract
1904 April
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 page, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performances by Isadora Duncan for the evenings of November 5,
8, 10 and 12. Signed by Raymond Duncan (in blue ink) and representative
[illegible] for Kaimsaals zu München, April 1904. With note in pencil, upper
right, "I. Duncan, Paris, Hôtel Continental."
box 1, folder 1
[Agreement]
1904 August 28
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages), with manuscript
annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Rental agreement, 28 August 1904, between "Groote Schouwburgh" zu Rotterdam and
Algemeene Muziekhandel, Stumpff & Koning, Amsterdam, for October 20 and
22.
box 1, folder 1
Contract
1904
General Physical Description note: Typescript contract, 1 leaf (2 pages)
with ECG's (?) holograph notes on verso.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performances by Isadora Duncan on October 18, 20 and 22 or 24, 26
and 28. With penciled notes on verso in EGC's hand, "Bremen" and "Iphigenia
Walzerabend."
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 September 1
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), typescript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for performance by Isadora Duncan on October 12. Signed by Elizabeth
Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 1 September 1904 and representative [illegible]
for Stadt-Théaters, Leipzig, 6 September 1904.
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 November 9
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page) with typescript
and manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on November 15. Signed by
Elizabeth Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 9 November 1904, and representative
[illegible] for Stadt-Théaters, no date. Stamped "Theater-Direction Heinrich
Hagin."
box 1, folder 1
Kontrakt
1904 February 3
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (3 pages, folded),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan for March 16. Signed by
representative [illegible] for "Stadttheaters", Bremen, 3 February 1904.
box 88, folder unknown
container
Kontrakt
1904 August 13
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page).
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan on October 18, 20, 22 until
24, 26, 28 October 1904, signed by Isadora Duncan and A.Rac[illegible],
representative for Der Vorstands Das Warschauer Philharmonie, 13 August 1904.
box 1, folder 2
Performance contracts
1905
General Physical Description note: 22 items.
box 1, folder 2
Kontrakt
1905 June 21
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on June 26. Signed by Theodor
Brandt, Stuttgart, 21 June 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 February 18
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
holograph annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on March 16. Signed by Augustin
Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 18 February 1905, and by Emil [illegible] and
Sally Liebling, no date.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 December 28
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on January 23 and 30, February 1 and 6, 1906. Signed by
[illegible], Berlin (?), 28 December 1905, and Edward Gordon Craig for Direktion
Vereinigter Künste
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 December 28
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on January 13, 14, 17, 18 or 20, 1906 at Halle o/s Magdeburg,
Leipzig. Signed by Edward Gordon Craig, Berlin, 28 December 1905, and [illegible]
Sachs(?) and Sally Liebling, 28 December 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 December 21
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on January 20, Albert Halle, Leipzig. Dated Berlin, 21 December
1905, [not signed].
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 December 21
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on January 20, Albert Halle, Leipzig. Signed by Sally Liebling
and [illegible], Berlin, 21 December 1905.
box 1, folder 2
Kontrakt
1905 August 23
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon) , 1 leaf (2 pages),
with manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on August 29. Signed by
representative [illegible] for Tonhalle, Zürich, 23 August 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 April 20
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on 23 and 24 April. signed by
Isadora Duncan, no date, and representative [illegible] for Karl Schulze Theaters,
Berlin, 20 April 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 February 4
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on February 27. Signed by
Augustin Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 4 February 1905, and a representative
[illegible]for Residenz-Theaters, Wiesbaden, 6 February 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 April 20
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on 23 and 24 April. signed by
Isadora Duncan, no date, and representative [illegible] for Karl Schulze Theaters,
Berlin, 20 April 1905.
box 1, folder 2
Letter to Edward Gordon Craig
1905 November 25
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page), with
holograph comments by Edward Gordon Craig.
Scope and Contents note
Letter, dated 25 November 1905, regarding receipts for a performance in Amsterdam
by Isadora Duncan, detailing the amount Duncan is indebted to Edward Gordon Craig
and the amount Craig owes Mr. Stumpff.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 September 19
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on November 28, 29 and 30. Signed by representative [illegible]
for Central-Theatres, Dresden, 19 September 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 January 26
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance on February 25 in Frankfurt. Signed by Elizabeth
Duncan for Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 26 January 1905, and [illegible] and Sally
Liebling, Berlin, 2 February 1905.
box 1, folder 2
Agreement
1905 September 23
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on September 27. Signed by Otto
PlÖcker-Eckhardt, Frankfurt, 23 September 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 September
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
holograph annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan in April [1906]. Signed by
Isadora Duncan, Berlin, September 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 May 5
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on 26 May. Signed by Isadora
Duncan, Berlin, 7 May 1905 and Ernst Harms, Freiburg, 5 May 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 May 10
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on 24 May 1905. Signed by Otto
[illegible], Bonn, 10 May 1905 and Isadora Duncan, Berlin, 12 May 1905.
box 1, folder 2
Kontrakt
1905 June 21
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (1 page), with manuscript
notations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan, June 26. Signed by Theodor
Brandt, Stuttgart, 21 June 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 September 5
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan on November 24, Albert Halle,
Leipzig. Signed by Sally Liebling, Berlin, 5 September 1905.
box 1, folder 2
Kontrakt
1905 Jun 14
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for two dance performances by Isadora Duncan on September 7 and 11,
1905. Signed [illegible], 14 June 1905.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 January 27
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan on January 31 and February 13.
Signed by Isadora Duncan, Moskau, 27 January 1905, and by representative
[illegible] of Russian private opera venue, Moskau, 27 January 1905. Only Miss
Duncan is allowed to perform these evenings.
box 1, folder 2
[Agreement]
1905 September 19
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on September 29 at Kaiser Saal, Halle. Signed by Sally
Liebling, Berlin, 19 September 1905.
box 1, folder 3
Performance contracts
1906
General Physical Description note: 11 items.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 March 17
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under the management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste on March 22. Signed by Edward Gordon Craig for
Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin, 17 March 1906, and Julius Rudolph, Hannover,
18 March 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 February 10
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
typescript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance of "Tanz Idyllen" by Isadora Duncan under the
management of Direktion Vereinigter Künste, date not specified, in Kiel. Signed by
Sally Liebling and Emil [illegible], Berlin, 10 February 1906, and Edward Gordon
Craig for Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin, 10 February 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement] Contract with Isadora Duncan and Direktion Vereinigter
Künste]
1906 February 21
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages, folded, with typescript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under the management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste for the evening of March 6, Albert Halle, Leipzig.
Signed by Edward Gordon Craig for Direktion Vereinigter Künste, [illegible
signature] and Sally Liebling for Concertdirection Jules Sachs, 21 February
1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 November 17
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
typescript and manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performances by Isadora Duncan under the management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste on the evenings of December 17, 19, 21 and 22, signed
by Direktor Racjman, Warschau, 17 November 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 February 9
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
typescript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance of "Tanz Idyllen" by Isadora Duncan under the
management of Direktion Vereinigter Künste, February 26, in Lübeck. Signed by
Sally Liebling and Emil [illegible], Berlin, 9 February 1906, and Edward Gordon
Craig for Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin, 9 February 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 January 24
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance of "Tanz-Idyllen" by Isadora Duncan under
management of Direktion Vereinigter Künste on February 12, Bellevue Theater,
Stettin. Signed by Sally Liebling, Berlin, 24 January 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 March 11
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan on March 27 and 29. Signed by
Ernst Schrumpf and Wilhelm Braun, München-Berlin, 11 March 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 February 10
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), with typescript
and manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance of "Iphigenie" by Isadora Duncan under the
management of Direktion Vereinigter Künste in Flensburg, no date. Signed by Sally
Liebling and Emil [illegible], Berlin, 10 February 1906, and Edward Gordon Craig
for Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin, 10 February 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 March 2
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
typescript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under the management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste on March 10. Signed by Edward Gordon Craig for
Direktion Vereinigter Künste, Berlin, 2 March 1906, and Julius Rudolph, Hannover,
2 March 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 May 8
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan under the management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste on May 1, 2m, 4, 5 and 6. Signed by Albert [R____],
Stockholm, 8 March 1906, and Edward Gordon Craig, Stockholm, 8 March 1906.
box 1, folder 3
[Agreement]
1906 January 24
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript and typescript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance of "Tanz-Idyllen" by Isadora Duncan under
management of Direktion Vereinigter Künste on February 9, Wilhelm-Theater,
GÖrlitz. Signed by Sally Liebling, Berlin, 24 January 1906.
box 1, folder 4
Performance contracts 1907
1907
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1, folder 4
[Agreement]
1907 April 16
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for 10 dance performances by Isadora Duncan under management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste between May 10 through 18. Signed by Fredrik
Stenfelt, Stockholm, 19 April 1907, and Edward Gordon Craig, 16 April 1907.
box 1, folder 4
[Agreement]
1907 January 31
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 2 pages, with manuscript
annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for 8 dance performances by Isadora Duncan under management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste between March 10 - 17 and 24 and 31. Signed by Edward
Gordon Craig for Direktion Vereinigter Künste and Willem Stumpff for De Algemeene
Muziekhandel, Amsterdam, 31 January 1907.
box 1, folder 4
[Agreement]
1907 October 22
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for 5 dance performances by Isadora Duncan under management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste between January 15 - 28, 1907 in Amsterdam, Haag and
Rotterdam. With note, "Executed in duplicate, Amsterdam, 22 October 1907."
box 1, folder 4
[Agreement]
1907 October 22
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performances by Isadora Duncan between January 15 - 28, 1907,
in Amsterdam, Haag and Rotterdam. Signed by Willem Stumpff, Amsterdan, 22 October
1907, with note, "Executed in Duplicate .."
box 1, folder 5
Performance contracts no dates
no dates
General Physical Description note: 12 items.
box 1, folder 5
[Partial contract?], Kaeferstein, Berlin
no date
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1 page),
with manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement between Isadora and Elizabeth Duncan and [illegible] Kaeferstein,
incomplete. Possibly dated April 1894-February 1898?, but inconsistent with
Duncan's biography.
box 1, folder 5
[Agreement]
[no year] September 27
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on September 27 [no year]. Signed by Isadora Duncan, no
date.
box 1, folder 5
[Agreement]
[no year] September 25
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on September 25 [no year].
box 1, folder 5
[Contract with Isadora Duncan and Direktion Vereinigter
Künste]
[no year] November
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
annotations by Edward Gordon Craig.
Scope and Contents note
Draft(?) contract for a dance performance by Isadora Duncan. Signed by Isadora
Duncan, no date.
box 1, folder 5
[Agreement]
[no year] November
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on a unspecified date in November [no year], Neue [illegible]
Theater. This contract unsigned.
box 1, folder 5
[Agreement]
[no year] March
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under management of Direktion
Vereinigter Künste on March 6 [no year]. Signed by Julius Rudolf, no date,
Hannover.
box 1, folder 5
[Agreement]
[no year] April
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Agreement for dance performance by Isadora Duncan under the management of
Direktion Vereinigter Künste in April [no year]. Signed by Isadora Duncan, no
date.
box 1, folder 5
[Standard agreement form for Direktion Vereinigter Künste]
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Blank agreement form used by Isadora Duncan's management company.
box 1, folder 5
[Standard agreement form for Direktion Vereinigter Künste]
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Blank agreement form used by Isadora Duncan's management company.
box 1, folder 5
Gastspiel-Contract
no date
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations.
Scope and Contents note
Draft(?) contract for a performance by Isadora Duncan in Prague.
box 1, folder 5
[Standard contract for Isadora Duncan and Direktion Vereinigter
Künste]
1906
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages),
folded.
Scope and Contents note
Contract partially annotated by Edward Gordon Craig, December 12,15 and 18, 1906,
"Fill in" noted in place for contract venue. Other annotations in an unidentified
hand.
box 1, folder 5
Kontrakt
[no year] December
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (4 pages), folded, with
manuscript annotations, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Contract for dance performance by Isadora Duncan, represented by Direction
Vereinigter Künste, January [no year], signed by a representative [illegible]for
Theater des Westens, Charlottenburg, 5 December [no year].
box 1, folder 16
Telegrams 1904
1904
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 16
Telegram
1904 October 21
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript notes.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram to Isadora Duncan, stamped 21 October 1904, suggesting "refuse Lodz,
stockholm and accept wejmar prag royal not landes sent."
box 1, folder 16
Telegram to Isadora Duncan, 11 Hardenbergstr, Berlin
1904 October 18
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript notes.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram to Isadora Duncan, stamped 13 November 1904, inviting her to attend a
gathering at home of Director Rajchman.
box 1, folder 17
Telegrams 1905
1905
General Physical Description note: 16 items.
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Maurice Magnus, Berlin
1905 September 23
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript notes on verso.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Infolge verzoegerung der verhandlungen erscheinen hier vor der hand
nicht noetig."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram, Moscau Magazin Gutheil
1905 January 26
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript numbers on verso.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram für Dunkan, "Biete für auftreten Odessa vierhundert rubel deponiere
bankkontor zeit beliebig."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Magnus, Siegmundshof 11, Berlin
1905 June 24
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram "So, now send all the music you can find ... "
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Magnus, Siegmundshof 11, Berlin
1905 June 26
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Even go to 2500 but 3 weeks from now ... "
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Miss Isadora Duncan, Berlin
1905 July 10
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Alas influence impossible grieved at huelsen, but can't help in any
way."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Magnus, 11 Atelier 42, Berlin
1905 September 13
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Have you left Berlin yet wire and wait for reply."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Magnus, Siegmundshof, 11 Berlin
1905 October 26
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript notes on verso.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Sketch desires loan 5 blocks wire commission."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Magnus, Siegmundshof, 11 Berlin
1905 November 15
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Order display brochure dresden shop windows stop room russie
sending."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Vereinigte Kueste, Siegmundsho 11, Berlin
1905 November 21
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Theater orchester beleudhtung dienerschaft 50 % pro abend fuer Isadora
Duncan."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Magnus, Siegmundshof, 11 Berlin
1905 November 26
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Send without fail 200 new posters duncan as soon as possible."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram to Miss Isadora Duncan, 11 Charlottenberg, Berlin
1905 July 10
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript notes on verso.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Her royal highness regrets not being able to assist you in this
case."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram, Hardenbergstrasse 11, Berlin
1905 January 15
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Wenn Moscau dirigiren soll bitte bedingungen telegraphieren oder
schriftlich abzuhandeln.'
box 1, folder 17
Telegram, Hardenbergstrasse 11, Berlin
1905 January 21
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Wie viel concerte 300 Mark von jedem koennen februar beilaeufig
garantieren."
box 1, folder 17
Telegram
1905 January 10
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page), with
manuscript notes on verso.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram from Longawitz?
box 1, folder 18
Telegrams 1906
1906
General Physical Description note: 7 items.
box 1, folder 18
Text of telegram Direktion des Solodonicca Theaters, Moskau
1906 November 15
General Physical Description note: Telegram transcript, 1 leaf (1 page),
typescript carbon.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Wir arrangiren Miss Duncans Tournée ... "
box 1, folder 18
Telegram to Craig, Hotel Bristol, Berlino
1906 December 31
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Hotel Bristol Genova."
box 1, folder 18
Telegram to Gordon Craig, Siegmundshof, Berlin
1906 December 28
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Agree two duncans evenings first and fourth january cachet fixe 3600
mark.
box 1, folder 18
Telegram to Duncan, Florenze Grand Hotel
1906 December 12
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram,"Datumaenderung ohne grosse entsehaedigung onmoeglich."
box 1, folder 18
Telegram to Duncan, Bristol Hotel, Warschau
1906 December 12
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Ihr telegram war ohne unterschrift mehr also 5000 zahle nycht."
box 1, folder 18
Telegram to Isadora Duncan, Bristol Hotel, Warschau
1906 December 1
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Moechte 29, Decmeber und 1, January Europeischen styls arrangiren
..."
box 1, folder 18
Telegram to Isadora Duncan, Bristol Hotel, Warsovie
1906 December 10
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page), with
holograph note.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Tantieme garantie ensemble imposible theatre ..."
box 1, folder 19
Telegrams
1907
General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 1, folder 19
Text of telegram to "Dear Sir"
1907 January 30
General Physical Description note: Telegram transcript, 1 leaf (1/4 page),
typescript.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "The addresses are as follows ..."
box 1, folder 19
Telegram to Craig, Sg 11, Footlights, Berlin
1907 January 3
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Waiting answer letters a telegramms."
box 1, folder 19
Telegram to Craig, Sg 11, Footlights, Berlin
1907 January 7
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Wilna refuses because of the fetes propose Warsv 10 or 11 cachet 1800
mk orchestration Chopin copied."
box 1, folder 19
Telegram to Craig, Siegmundshof 11, Berlin
1907 January 2
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Lodz only 10. will arrange yet one performance warsaw 8. beg for a
small deduction. Expect decision concerning Wilna letter follows."
box 1, folder 19
Telegram to Craig, Sg 11, Footlights, Berlin
1907 January 4
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "For Warsaw evening 8 give agreed before 1800 mk. Letters with checks
sent answer telegram.
box 1, folder 19
Telegram to Craig, Sg 11, Footlights, Berlin
1907 January 4
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "For Warsaw evening 8 give 1800 mk. Letters with checks sent answer
telegram."
box 1, folder 20
Telegrams
no dates
General Physical Description note: 7 items.
box 1, folder 20
Telegram to Maas, Hardenbergstrasse 11, Berlin
[no year] October 14
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page) with 2
annotations in orange pencil.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Brief 8 October verspaetet erst heute erhalten erstes zwejtes concert
... "
box 1, folder 20
Text of telegram to Rajchmann Philharmonie
no date
General Physical Description note: Telegram transcript, 1 leaf (1/4 page)
typescript (carbon)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Please communicate at one re Vilna Lotz etc."
box 1, folder 20
Text of telegram to Philharmonie Warschau
no date
General Physical Description note: Telegram transcript, 1 leaf (1/4 page)
typescript (carbon)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Accept Warschau 8th eighteenhundert
box 1, folder 20
Text of telegram to Philharmonie Warschau
no date
General Physical Description note: Telegram transcript, 1 leaf (1/2 page)
typescript (carbon)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "No letter received agree to Warschau 8th twothausand guarantee Lotz
10th ..."
box 1, folder 20
Text of telegram to Solodonicca Theater, Moskau
no date
General Physical Description note: Telegram transcript, 1 leaf (1/2 page)
typescript (carbon)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Arrangiren Duncan Tournée nÖchten Sie Gastspiel Zeit 24 Dezember bis 5
Januar."
box 1, folder 20
No addressee
[no year] February 3
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page)
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, "Theater Aquarium belegt auf Montag oder Dienstag netto ..."
box 1, folder 20
Telegram to Magnus
no date
General Physical Description note: Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page) holograph text
in blue, manuscript notes on verso.
Scope and Contents note
Telegram, " M[illegible] say Stuttgart now refuses [illegible] altogether
[illegible] posters are up and seats sold remember 26 is vital [illegible] be
[illegible] go see Nelson."
Personal papers
1898-1926
General Physical Description note: 2 boxes (1 linear foot) and 3 oversize
boxes.
Scope and Contents note
Includes Isadora Duncan's guest book, 1914; original writings by Isadora, mostly
undated; and images of Isadora Duncan, her sister Irma and "The Isadorables,"
Isadora's students at Grunewald, Anna Pavlova, Serghiéi Essenin and others. The
original photographs of Isadora range in date from 1898-1922. Photographic
reproductions appear in clippings from magazine articles, books and postcards.
box 2, folder 10
Guest book
1914
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 2, folder 10
Bellevue guestbook
1914 February 17 - 1922
General Physical Description note: Hand made guest book, with ink
stains.
Scope and Contents note
Bound book containing signatures of prominent visitors to Isadora Duncan's dance
school at Bellevue, including Auguste Rodin, Cecile Sorel, Gabriele d'Annunzio,
Preston Sturges and others.
box 6, folder 1
Image of Isadora Duncan
ca. 1903
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 1
Isadora Duncan at the base of the Erechtheum, Athens
1903
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 31.2 x 21.0 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 6, folder 10
Image of Isadora Duncan 1912
1912
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 10
Isadora Duncan with Spanish shawl
1912
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 19.1 x 23.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Isadora Duncan reclining with embroidered and fringed shawl draped
across her.
box 72
Image of Isadora Duncan 1913
1913
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 72
Isadora Duncan
1913
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 36.1 x 23.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Isadora is wearing an ermine cape, seated sideways but facing the
camera. Signed by "Otto".
box 6, folder 6
Image of Isadora Duncan
1927
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 6
Isadora Duncan, seated, wearing a fur coat, with windblown hair. Negative
#334183
1927 September 15
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 19.9 x 15.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 5, folder 8
Image of Isadora Duncan and Serghie'i Essenin
1922
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 5, folder 8
Isadora Duncan and Sergei Essenin
[1922]
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 19.0 x 12.4 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Mounted with a card signed by Isadora Duncan and Essenin.
box 6, folder 11
Image of Isadora Duncan and Serghie'i Essenin
1922 December 27
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 11
Isadora Duncan and Serghie'i Essenin
1922 December 27
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 24.7 x 17.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. With 3 newspaper clippings pasted on verso. With page from a
photograph album with photo corners still attached and caption.
box 6, folder 5
Image of Isadora Duncan
ca. 1922?
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 5
Isadora Duncan wearing a fur coat, muff, hat and scarf
ca. 1922?
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 25.6 x 17.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Taken on board ship?
box 6, folder 9
Image of Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 9
Isadora Duncan postcard image
no date
General Physical Description note: Tinted. Image: 9.9 x 7.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard with reproduction of photographic portrait of Isadora Duncan. Series V:
Isadora Duncan: Artista en grado extremo; sensibilidad exquisita; vida rota.
box 6, folder 8
Image of Isadora Duncan
ca. 1920
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 8
Isadora Duncan postcard image
ca. 1920
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.2 x 9.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Postcard to Howard Holtzman, 11 October 1978, from "L", on verso of
image of Isadora Duncan with arms raised.
box 6, folder 4
Images of Anna Pavlova and Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 4
Anna Pavlova and Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Bound in grained leather, with
cover embossed with pattern of leaves and flowers. Spine bound with cloth tape.
Pages are stiff cardboard, covered in decorated papers. Arched windows cut out for
photographs.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph album. 2 photographs of Anna Pavlova, one in a dance pose and another
one in a seated portrait. 2 photographs of Isadora Duncan, one portrait showing
half profile, Isadora wearing a fur hat, and the other a dance pose, photo by A.
Schloss, 1898.
box 4, folder 1
Images of Isadora Duncan
1898
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 4, folder 1
Isadora Duncan, arms raised, wearing point shoes
1898
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 15.0 x 10.0 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 4, folder 2
Isadora Duncan, arms at side with elbows bent and fingers cupped, wearing
toe shoes
1898
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 15.0 x 10.0 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 5, folder 4
Images of Isadora Duncan
1903-1904, 1948
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 5, folder 4
Isadora Duncan, Hedwig and Emmanuel Reicher
1904
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image 1: 16.2 x 11.3 cm. Image 2
(cropped): 11.3 x 14.2 cm. With 4 page holograph letter and envelope.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph of Isadora Duncan and Hedwig Reicher in Berlin, and another photograph
of Isadora Duncan, Hedwig Reicher and Emmanuel Reicher, also in Berlin.
Accompanied by a letter from Ruth B. Michell to Hedwiga Reicher, 30 April
1948.
box 15, folder 15
Miss Sarah Duncan [Isadora Duncan]
1903
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 13.5 x 9.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Reproduction of a photograph which appeared in The Theatre, August 1903. "A
California girl whose classic bare- foot dancing has been the artistic sensation
of the season in Berlin and Paris ... "
box 3, folder 11
Images of Isadora Duncan 1916
1916
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 3, folder 11
Isadora Duncan portrait
1916
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 23.2 x 19.2 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 3, folder 12
Isadora Duncan portrait
1916
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 20.6 x 12.0 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 6, folder 2
Isadora Duncan
1916
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image 1: 16.2 x 8.9 cm. Stamped
Copyright 1916 by Armond Genthe, NY. Image 2: 21.7 x 12.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. 2 prints of Isadora Duncan in Greek style robes, with left arm
raised.
box 5, folder 3
Images of Isadora Duncan
1917
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 5, folder 3
The Isadora Duncan School
1917 October
General Physical Description note: Print, 3 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Clipped article from Touchstone Magazine, with 4 images of photos of Isadora
Duncan and 6 images of her students.
box 5, folder 5
Images of Isadora Duncan 1922
1922
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 5, folder 5
Isadora Duncan -- Home at Last from Moscow
1922 December
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipped portrait of Isadora Duncan, from Vanity Fair, December 1922, page 63.
box 5, folder 6
Images of Isadora Duncan and Serghie'i Essenin
1922
General Physical Description note: 8 items.
box 5, folder 6
Isadora Duncan and Serghie'i Essenin
1922 and no dates
General Physical Description note: b/w, print, photographic
negatives.
Scope and Contents note
3 copy prints, 3 published images clipped from newspapers and magazines, and 2
negatives of Isadora Duncan and Serghie'i Essenin, all ca. 1922. One photograph is
by H. Roger Viollet.
box 5, folder 7
Images of Isadora Duncan by Edward Steichen
1920?
General Physical Description note: 7 items.
box 5, folder 7
Isadora Duncan on the Acropolis
1920?
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
7 clippings of images reproduced in various magazines.
box 4, folder 3
Images of Isadora Duncan
[1908?]
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 4, folder 3
Miss Isidora [sic] Duncan
[1908?]
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 12.7 x 8.2 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 6, folder 7
Images of Isadora Duncan from the Paris Opera Library
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 7
Artist's rendering of 5 figures of Isadora Duncan dancing
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia. Image: 16.9 x 24.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph of original art work in the Paris Opera Library.
box 6, folder 12
Images of Isadora Duncan in clippings and photographs (1 of 2)
various dates
General Physical Description note: 39 items.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan in Greek style tunic
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.1 x 11.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping, halftone reproduction. Isadora Duncan is barefoot, on half-pointe. Her
face is showing half profile and she is looking up toward her right arm, extended
upward. Left arm rests along left side of her body, fingers slightly extended.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan, Who Revolutionized the Dance
no date
General Physical Description note: Print. Image: 17.5 x 9.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan, Temple Duncan and Mary Desti at Bayreuth
(1904)
ca. 1904
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 9.3 x 12.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan the Colorful San Franciscan
1931 April 19
General Physical Description note: Sepia. Image: 26.0 x 16.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clipping. San Francisco Chronicle.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan by Arnold Genthe and Schloss
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image 1: 25.1 x 17.7. Image 2: 26.6
x 17.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan wearing a lacy dress, hands folded, by Schloss. On
verso: Isadora Duncan In "Marseillaise" by Arnold Genthe.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 27.2 x 17.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan by Arnold Genthe with partial article on verso, page
108.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan, with her arms around a Russian "genius [Victor Seroff]
and an Oulaid Nail dancer. An Arab dwarf in the tub." This is the last picture
taken of Isadora before her tragic death in 1927.
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 12.2 x 11.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan, center, with her arms resting on the shoulders of
Victor Seroff on the left, Oulaid Nail dancer on the right, Arab man in large
container in the foreground.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan, linoleum cut by Rachael Romero, c1982
ca. 1982
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.8 x 9.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard. Portrait of Isadora Duncan from the shoulders up.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan, photographed for a "Carte de Visite"
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 13.2 x 9.9. cm.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard. Isadora Duncan, from the shoulders up, turned toward the camera in a
partial profile, wearing a lace dress.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan, American dancer, age 16, performing in her mother's lace
curtains
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 5/6 x 3.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard. Isadora Duncan standing and facing the camera, with arms slightly
raised at elbows.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan half-portrait in oval format
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 8.8 x 7.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Image is oval shaped.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan at Cap Feriat (1916)
ca. 1916
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 12.8 x 9.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan standing on a rocky outcropping, facing the camera with
arms raised holding a scarf.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan (1908), from a photograph by Elvira, Munich
ca. 1908
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.8 x 10.0 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping, halftone reproduction. Isadora Duncan is standing faced forward with
torso turned slightly to the right. She is barefoot, wearing a long gown and
draped in a floor-length, fringed shawl covering her head and draped over her left
shoulder.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan by Eduard J. Steichen
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.1 x 13.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan is seated,looking left, resting on one arm and the other
draped along her figure.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan with Deirdre
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 15.3 x 7.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan and daughter Deirdre are standing, Isadora looking down
at Deirdre, holding her hands.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan--Woman of Many Loves
1935
General Physical Description note: Sepia. Image: 14.4 x 15.8
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Register and Tribune Syndicate.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan with her children Deirdre and Patrick. From a photograph
by Otto, Paris.
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 11.5 x 8.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan, with Patrick on her lap and Deidre hugging her.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan seated, half turned toward camera
ca. 1904
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 13.4 x 8.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan with her son Patrick. From the collection of Mary Fanton
Roberts.
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.8 x 10.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan seated with infant Patrick on her lap.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan, about 1903. Dance Collection, New York Public
Library.
ca. 1903
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 15.5 x 11.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping, halftone reproduction.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan in profile
ca. 1904
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 13.6 x 8.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 6, folder 12
Miss Isadora Duncan, Dover St. Studios
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.0 x 19.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan, 1911, from a photograph by Otto, Paris
1911
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 10.2 x 14.0 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan taken about 1911, from a photograph by Otto,
Paris
1911
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 10.2 x 13.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
A photograph of Isadora about 1922 in Russia.
ca. 1922
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 13.0 x 18.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Snapshot taken of Isadora Duncan, Irma Duncan and their manager in
Kislavodsk
1923 August
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 10.1 x 16.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Photograph taken of Commissar Podvowsky and Isadora Duncan, Sparrow
Hills, Moscow
1921 August
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 10.2 x 14.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Snapshot of Isadora Duncan taken on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, by
Allan Ross Macdougall
1926 January
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 10.7 x 10.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan in full length portrait
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 15.6 x 17.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. "Sincerely Isadora Duncan" across the image. With negative.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan at the Café Boulevard des Anglais, Nice
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 13.2 x 8.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan in full length portrait, wearing Greek robes and
sandals
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 20.5 x 13.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph, halftone reproduction. Isadora is wearing Greek style robes and
sandals, head turned toward right shoulder, eyes closed, left hand on shoulder
with fingers cupped, right arm relaxed at her side.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan overlooking Paris from her house in Belview
[Bellevue]
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 13.7 x 11.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan photograph, half-length portrait
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.4 x 19.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph, half-tone print, with narrow border of ruled lines and top left and
right corners rounded.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan in robes with one shoulder bare
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.2 x 13.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Image is oval shaped. Paper is watermarked "Papiteries."
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan with a sketched border and birth and death
dates
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14/1 x 11.7 cm. 2 copies and
1 negative.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan before the birth of her first child, Holland
1905
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 11.6 x 8.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Baugnies (J.). -- Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 15.4 x 10.0 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan dancing with her pupils in 1910
ca. 1910
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 11.2 x 14.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 6, folder 12
Isadora Duncan (recto); Greek Interpretive Dance, Mme. Pavlowa,
photograph by Claude Harris (verso)
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Images: recto: 16.5 x 10.2 cm.;
verso: 14.5 x 8.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. With newspaper clipping of Isadora Duncan (recto) image with background
modified. "Isadora Duncan. The famous dancer, whose autobiography, finished just
before her death, has now appeared." Published by Boni & Liveright. [Photo by
The Garraway Co.]"
box 6, folder 13
Images of Isadora Duncan in clippings and photographs (2 of 2)
various dates
General Physical Description note: 14 items.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan in lacy dance costume, ballet shoes
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 23.0 x 19.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. A young Isadora Duncan in a lacy dress, half turned away from the
camera, back arched, arms outstretched, looking towards the camera.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan at the Acropolis, photo by Steichen
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 10.6 x 8.1 cm..
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 6, folder 13
Edward Gordon Craig with two children and an unidentified
woman
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 23.9 x 18.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan in London
1910
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 10.1 x 7.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Isadora Duncan in draped robes, with arms resting on a pedestal.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan by H. Roger Viollet
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 23.2 x 17.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. An older Isadora Duncan is seated, wearing a loose gown, facing the
camera.
box 6, folder 13
Artist's rendering of Isadora Duncan dancing
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.1 x 12.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. No artist credit given.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan in the park of her school at Bellevue outside
Paris
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 24.1 x 17.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Isadora Duncan wearing loose robes, leaning against a large planter
urn, in garden.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan in the park of her school at Bellevue outside
Paris
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 23.8 x 17.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Isadora Duncan wearing loose robes, draped over head and shoulders,
in garden.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan [by Arnold Genthe]
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 24.2 x 15.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan, facing the camera, in loose robes with arms
outstretched and raised.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan in Russia
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.5 x 12.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Isadora Duncan, seated on a curved stool, slightly turned away from
the camera, holding a mirror with left arm touching her hair.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan as the First Fairy in "Midsummer Night's
Dream"
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.7 x 10,1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Isadora Duncan, wearing a fairy costume with wings and headdress, with
arms raised and outstretched, back arched, turned away from the camera but looking
over shoulder into the camera.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan by Arnold Genthe
ca. 1920
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.3 x 9.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Postcard. Isadora Duncan in dark robes with arms raised and outstretched.
box 6, folder 13
Isadora Duncan gazing at a painting
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 23.9 x 17.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Isadora Duncan wearing loose robes, gazing at a painting in an empty
studio.
box 6, folder 13
Mary Desti and a group of artists ...
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 12.2 x 9.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. "A photograph of Mary Desti and a group of artists taken when there was
little hint of the tragedy to come: painting the shawl that compassed Isadora's
death. The shawl was two by one and three-quarters yards with an eighteen-inch
fringe."
Images of Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 76, folder 4
Isadora Duncan, draped in classical robes, with left hand resting on
right shoulder
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia. Image: 24.2 x 13.8 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Isadora is standing, facing away from the camera, looking over her
left shoulder toward the camera.
box 76, folder 1
Isadora Duncan and Irma Duncan, with students from the Moscow school,
posed before a wall of curtains
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.8 x 20.5 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. There is one boy in the photograph.
box 75, folder 3
Isadora Duncan, portrait showing her head and shoulders
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.8 x 10.5 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. She is wearing a dark tunic with decorative trim.
box 76, folder 5
Isadora Duncan, in a garden, wearing a loose tunic, reclining on her left
side, right leg bent at knee, right arm bent over her head
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 16.9 x 23.2 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Her left arm is wrapped around a gourd.
box 3, folder 10
Isadora Duncan and child
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 14.2 x 11.5 cm. Mounted and
framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Signed on the mount by Paul Berger.
box 4, folder 4
Isadora Duncan seated in an Empire chair
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 25.0 x 17.0 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 5, folder 1
Isadora Duncan reclining on floor in tunic, with arm
outstretched
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.2 x 21.5 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 5, folder 2
Isadora Duncan reclining on floor, with floral shawl draped across
her
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.4 x 22.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 5, folder 2
Isadora Duncan showing left profile, wearing fur trimmed hat, fur scarf
and necklace
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 17.2 x 11.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 5, folder 2
Isadora Duncan in profile
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 16.8 x 11.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 4, folder 4
Images of Isadora Duncan seated
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 4, folder 4
Isadora Duncan seated in an Empire chair
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 25.0 x 17.0 cm.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 6, folder 3
Images of Isadora Duncan, students and friends
ca. 1917
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 6, folder 3
Isadora Duncan, students and friends
ca. 1917
General Physical Description note: b/w. Bound in patterned cloth and edged
with woven trim. 14.2 x 18.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph album. Some of the photos are tentatively identified as taken in
Greece. Others appear to be taken in France. 76 photographs and 4 clippings.
box 5, folder 9
Images of Isadora Duncan's students at Grunewald
no date
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 5, folder 9
Students at Grunewald
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image 1: 9.0 x 14.4 cm. Image 2:
22.5 x 16.5 cm. Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. Images of girls dancing in a circle and playing.
box 2, folder 88
Writings
no dates
General Physical Description note: 10 items.
box 76, folder 2
[Attempt to learn Russian]
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), holograph.
Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Isadora Duncan's attempt to learn Russian, with Russian and English translations,
in pencil.
box 2, folder 13
[Untitled essay on forming a school of dance]
1904-1905?
General Physical Description note: Essay, 8 leaves (8 pages),
holograph.
Scope and Contents note
Essay, undated, by Isadora Duncan on founding a dance school to raise "the Dance
to it's former level with the fine arts."
box 2, folder 14
[Defense of Sergei Essenine]
no date
General Physical Description note: 9 leaves (9 pages), holograph with 2
leaves (2 pages), typescript (carbon).
Scope and Contents note
Reply to a critical article by Merejokovsky [Dmitry Merezhkovsky?] which appeared
in the journal Escrit
box 2, folder 15
[Letter to "Ma Chere Amie"]
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (2 pages) holograph,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Isadora Duncan to "Ma Chere Amie", from Nice, regarding a young
American visitor, classes in Pleyel, and her sadness at her friend's
departure.
box 2, folder 16
Invitation to tea
[no year] Dec 14
General Physical Description note: Holograph.
Scope and Contents note
Invitation to have tea at Isadora Duncan's house, 68 Rue Chauveau, Neuilly, 14
Dec, from 5 to 7.
box 2, folder 17
[Letter to Ernst Häckel]
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (2 pages), signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Dr.Ernst Häckel, "Lieber Herr Doctor", written from Hôtel Reichsadler,
Bayreuth, with details of her performance.
box 2, folder 18
Letter to Ivor Novello
1921 September 5
General Physical Description note: 2 leaves (4 pages), holograph,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to "Dear Ivor", Monday, 5 September 1921, about her time in Russia, the
tremendous changes and the suffering of children. She proposes making a film to
seek famine aid and asks for his help. Signed, 'Love to you, Isadora."
box 2, folder 19
The Maiden Companions of Euridice ... "
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (2 pages), holograph.
Scope and Contents note
Description for a dance arrangement for Gluck's "Orpheus" according to a note by
Allan Ross Macdougall. Isadora's description is written in pencil on the top half
of the page.
box 2, folder 20
Letter to Mr. Magnus
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (4 pages), folded,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Maurice Magnus requesting a carpet and piano be delivered for
rehearsal. Signed, '"Sincerely, Isadora Duncan."
box 2, folder 21
Cher Excelsior ...
no date
General Physical Description note: 7 leaves (7 pages), signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to the journal, Excelsior, in response to their request to state what was
important in her life. Duncan replies, "Comment repondre a votre question ..." and
states her artistic philosophy.
Primary writings about Isadora Duncan
1903-1956
General Physical Description note: 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
Includes a letter from Edward Gordon Craig to his mother, Ellen Terry, about Isadora;
his personal diary written between 1943-1947; correspondence and notes compiled by
Allan Ross Macdougall for his biography, "Isadora, a Revolutionary in Art and Love";
and a memoir of a 1921 performance by Isadora Duncan at Queen's Hall by journalist
Henrietta Leslie.
box 3, folder 2
Correspondence and notes compiled by Allan Ross Macdougall for his
biography, Isadora, a Revolutionary in Art and Love
1903-1956
General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 3, folder 2
Letter to "Allan Macdougall"
1952 March 25
General Physical Description note: Typescript, leaf (1 page), signed, with
holograph note.
box 3, folder 2
Letter to Mr. Macdougall
1956 July 27
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
box 3, folder 2
Letter to Mr. Frenc Hont, Budapest
1956 July 17
General Physical Description note: Typescript(carbon), 1 leaf (1
page).
box 3, folder 2
Letter to "Miss Macdougall"
1953 March 7
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
box 3, folder 2
Letter to "Dear Dougie"
1949 November
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 2 leaves (4
pages),signed.
Scope and Contents note
"I may have some Isadora anecdotes for you."
box 3, folder 2
Postcard to "Dear Dougie"
no date
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Signed "Isabel" on one side, "Christine" on the verso.
box 3, folder 1
Transcript of letter to "Chere Miss Duncan"
1903 Aug 4
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 1 leaf (1 page).
box 3, folder 1
Transcript of a manuscript by Isadora Duncan
1903
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 3 leaves (3
pages).
Scope and Contents note
"(Probablement son Speech au theatre Sarah Bernhardt)." With "Isadora speech"
written in red ink, upper right corner.
box 3, folder 1
Notes chronicling Isadora Duncan's life from 1903-1913
no date
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 4 pages (8
leaves).
box 3, folder 1
Notes about Isadora Duncan and her family, 1909-1914
no date
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 2 leaves (2
pages).
box 3, folder 1
Manuscript layout for a 1914 dance performance by l'Ecole Isadora
Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page).
box 3, folder 1
Transcript of a letter to Progres d'Athenes
1920 September 30
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 2 leaves (2
pages).
Scope and Contents note
Written in response to a 27 September article.
box 3, folder 1
Letter to "Grande amie"
192_ May(?) 30
General Physical Description note: Manuscript, 1 leaf (1 page).
box 3, folder 1
Notes about Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 4 leaves (8
pages).
Scope and Contents note
With 4 pages from Chapter XII.
box 2, folder 12
Diary 1943
1943-1947
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 2, folder 12
Isadora
1943-1947
General Physical Description note: Notebook in linen box, with holograph
pages laid in and some pasted down.
Scope and Contents note
Notebook with entries, some dated, by Edward Gordon Craig about Isadora Duncan.
With holograph leaves laid in and others pasted down. Also contains index sewn in,
wrapped in brown paper, title "Self portrait / I & I, 1947 December to ..."
with a map of Berlin pasted opposite first entry. With this: Edward Gordon Craig's
holograph memoirs of the beginning of his relationship with Isadora Duncan, 5
leaves (5 pages), dated Paris, December 1943, with a note at the top "Maria
(Casares) is listening." In a cream colored linen box with "Isadora E.G.C." on the
spine.
box 2, folder 11
Letter to Ellen Terry
1913 Apr 28
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 2, folder 11
Letter to Ellen Terry
1913 April 28
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 2 leaves/folded (6 pages),
with envelope.
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Edward Gordon Craig, dated 28 April 1913, to his mother, Ellen Terry,
regarding the death in Paris of his child by Isadora and why he will not go to
Paris. Included is a description of the memorial service for the children sent to
him by "Kessler", who wrote, "Everyone in Paris is moved to the depths of their
hearts."
box 3, folder 3
Memoir of a performance by Isadora Duncan
1921
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 3, folder 3
Isadora
1921 June
General Physical Description note: Typescript, 10 leaves (20 pages), with
decoration.
Scope and Contents note
Memoir of a performance at Queen's Hall by Isadora Duncan and press conference
the next morning. 10 loose leaves sewn into a paper cover, decorated with gilt and
green borders, "Isadora" in gilt, with a pattern of leaves in the center. The 6
typescript pages are decorated with gilt borders, and 10 clippings of reproduced
photographs and sketches have been tipped in, each page decorated with a pattern
of leaves at the bottom of the page.
Material about Isadora Duncan
1898-1977
General Physical Description note: 9 boxes (4.5 linear feet) and 17 oversize
boxes.
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Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes materials about Isadora Duncan and her work. Dance programs
for performances by Isadora Duncan, 1906-1927, and by "The Isadorables" and "The
Isadora Duncan Dancers of Moscow," 1919-1929. Most of the original drawings, sketches
and prints of Isadora Duncan, 1905-1952, are framed or in portfolios. There are works
by many artists, including Edward Gordon Craig, Raymond Duncan, Jules Grandjouan, Jose
Clara, Dunoyer De Segonzac, Valentine Lecomte, Abram Walkowitz, Leon Bakst, Berthe
Martinie, Myron Nutting, and Van Saanen Algi. Also included are three-dimensional
works by Antoine Bourdelle, Marcel Sprank and Lare Hayman. Writings about Isadora
Duncan, primarily magazine articles from 1900-1987, are organized chronologically.
Howard Holtzman also researched and typed citations about Isadora Duncan, organized by
works, and corresponded with Irma Duncan from 1974 until her death in 1977. Many of
the oral history interviews on reel-to-reel tape and cassette, with Ruth St. Denis,
Hedwig Reicher and Cornelia Lysight, a childhood friend of Isadora Duncan, were
conducted by Howard Holtzman. Two oral histories created by radio station KPFK are
also included.
box 2, folder 23
Correspondence between Irma Duncan and Howard Holtzman and related
material
1976-1977
box 2, folder 23
[Account of his visit with Grace Duncan]
1975 March 11
General Physical Description note: 7 leaves (7 pages), typescript
(carbon).
Scope and Contents note
With undated photocopy of article by James Bacon, "Redgrave Won't Attend the
Academy Awards" which mentions Grace Duncan.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1974 September 4
General Physical Description note: 4 leaves (4 pages), photocopy of
typescript.
Scope and Contents note
Holtzman describes in detail the highlights of his Isadora Duncan collection and
some of the circumstances in which he acquired certain items.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1974 September 7
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript,
signed.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1974 September 11
General Physical Description note: 2 leaves (2 pages),
typescript.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1974 September 28
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), photocopy of
typescript, one line marked out with ink.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1974 October 4
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), holograph,
signed.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1974 October 9
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript with one
line crossed out in ink, and photocopy of typescript signed letter in a different
typeface but with same text and one additional paragraph.
box 2, folder 22
Notecard to Mr. Holtzman
1974 October 18
General Physical Description note: Notecard, holograph, signed.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1974 August 31
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Irma Duncan responds to Holtzman's letter, identifying "Ivor" as Ivor Novello.
She inquires about Holtzman's own collection and its contents.
box 2, folder 22
Notecard to Mr. Holtzman
1974 November 11
General Physical Description note: Notecard, holograph, signed.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1975 January 21
General Physical Description note: 2 leaves (2 pages), photocopy of signed
typescript.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1975 January 24
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1975 April 1
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1975 April 20
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1975 April 24
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript
(carbon).
box 2, folder 22
Christmas card to Mr. Howard Holtzman
1975 December 20 (postmark)
General Physical Description note: Notecard, print.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mme. Duncan-Rogers
1974 August 24
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript with
manuscript annotation.
Scope and Contents note
Howard Holtzman writes to Irma Duncan Rogers to inquire about the identity of
"one 'Ivan' or 'Ivor'" in a letter in his collection. He references Isadora
Duncan's letter to Ivor Novello, 5 September 1921. This letter is in Box 2, folder
18.
box 2, folder 22
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1974 November 5
General Physical Description note: Letter, 1 leaf (1 page),
typescript.
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1977 May 22
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), signed.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mr. Howard Holtzman
1976 April 19
General Physical Description note: 2 leaves (2 pages), typescript,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1977 May 26
General Physical Description note: 2 leaves (2 pages), typescript (carbon)
and photocopy of signed letter.
Scope and Contents note
With photocopy of typed, signed letter.
box 2, folder 23
Notecard to Mr. Holtzman
1977 April 8
General Physical Description note: Notecard, holograph, signed.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1977 February 16
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript
(carbon).
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mme. Duncan Rogers
1977 February 8
General Physical Description note: 2 leaves (2 pages),
typescript(carbon).
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 23
Invitation to Mr. Howard Holtzman
1977 Feb 4 (postmark)
General Physical Description note: Invitation, print.
Scope and Contents note
For birthday party for Irma Duncan. With envelope.
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1976 May 7
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript, and 1 leaf
(half-page), photocopy.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope and enclosed copy of text for an obituary for Lisa Duncan, one of
the "Isadorables", which she placed in the New York Times, 23 February 1976.
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1976 April 19
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1976 February 20
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript,
signed.
Scope and Contents note
With envelope.
box 2, folder 23
Letter to Mr. Holtzman
1976 January 9
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (1 page), typescript, signed, and
1 leaf (1 page), typescript (carbon).
Scope and Contents note
With copy enclosed of her letter to Peggy Glance, editor of Coast Magazine,
regarding Grace Duncan's claim she is Isadora Duncan's surviving daughter.
box 2, folder 23
Postcard to Mr. H.L. Holtzman
1977 July 14
General Physical Description note: 1 postcard, holograph.
Scope and Contents note
The card is not addressed and is enclosed in an envelope.
Drawings of Isadora Duncan and related material
1905-1952 and no date
box 62
Pen & Ink Reproductions of Isadora Duncan
undated
Creator: Rodin, Rene
Francois Auguste
Scope and Contents
2 Pen and ink reproductions of Isadora Duncan.
box 65
Full Figure of Isadora Duncan [reproduction]
no date
Creator: Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924
General Physical Description note: Print. 25.5 x 17.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Full figure of Isadora Duncan dancing, with caption in Russian.
box 53, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40, box 41, box 42, box 43, box 48, box 49, box 50, box 51, box 52
Drawings of Isadora Duncan
1903-1927
Physical Description: Bound volume and framed
drawings.
Physical Location: Bound volume is located in box
53.
Scope and Contents note
Pencil drawings of Isadora Duncan dancing during her Paris concerts. 130
drawings, some in color; 21 prints are framed. Many are bound into a volume by
William Beaumont Morris with marginal notes and his essay on dance bound in. Also
included are Edward Gordon Craig's hand colored drawings of Isadora later used for
her bookplate, photographs, English transcriptions of a Brazilian review of a
performance in Rio de Janeiro by Isadora Duncan, a copy of Francois Bernouard's
poem about Isadora and dedicated to A. de Segonzac. A letter from Raymond Duncan
is inserted, with a copy of Lecomte's drawing which he dedicates to "... that very
dear and beloved Valentine Lecomte." Raymond Duncan indicates Lecomte's drawings
are the best and most truthful to the spirit of Isadora's dancing.
box 72, box 73, box 74
Ink Drawings (3) of Isadora Duncan
no date
Creator: Dunoyer de
Segonzac, André, 1884-1974
General Physical Description note: Ink.
Scope and Contents note
3 original ink (pen) drawings of Isadora Duncan by Dunoyer de Segonzac. One is in
the original mat, signed "Pour Isadora Duncan."
box 20, box 21, box 22, box 23, box 24, box 25, box 26, box 27, box 28, box 29, box 30, box 44, box 46, box 74
Isadora Duncan, Vingt-cinq planches dessinées, gravee, & Imprimées
par Grandjouan
1912 or 1913
Creator: Grandjouan, Jules, 1875-1968
General Physical Description note: Print. Color.
Scope and Contents note
25 silk screen prints in color and on colored paper after Grandjouan's pastel
drawings. Limited to 50 copies, with manuscript colophon, signed by the artist.
Dedicatory preface by Isadora Duncan reproduced by lithography in her own
hand.
Scope and Contents
The two prints in Box 22 are titled
Joie "Iphigenie," Gluck, and
Arrivee de la flotte grecque "Iphigenie," Gluck. The two prints
in Box 23 are titled
Douteur "Iphigenie," Gluck and
Resignation "Iphigenie," Gluck. Box 24 has
Fin de la
Sicitienne, Gluck
and
Danse des Seythes "Iphigenie,"
Gluck
. Box 25 has
Marche Militaire, Schubert and
Bacchanle Iphiegenie, Gluck. Box 26 has
Lamentations,
"Orphee, " Gluck
and
Supplications "Orphee," Gluck. Box
27 has
Ame perdue Orphee, Gluck and
Regret de ta vie Orphee,
Gluck.
Box 28 has
Bacchanle "Tanhauser," Wagner and
Furie Orphee, Gluck. Box 29 has
Fin de la Bacchanle,
Wagner
and
Feme Symphonie, Beethoven. Box 44 has
Jeu de la balle "Iphigenie," Gluck and
Sicilienne "Armide,"
Gluck
.
Box 46 has one framed print titled
Orphee rainquer, Gluck. Box 74
also has one framed print from this series, titled
Bacchanale "Iphigenie"
Gluck.
Box 30 has one framed print titled
Danse grecque Iphigenie, Gluck
as well as the bound leather book that includes a handwritten colophon that is
signed, dedicatory preface tthat used lithography (?) to reproduce her
handwriting, as well as a title page for this whole print collection that says
Isadora Duncan, Vingt-cinq planches dessinées, gravee, & Imprimées
par Grandjouan
. The heavy leather covers have sunken panels with tooled
designs of Isadora entering and leaving the Parthenon.
box 65
Framed Ink Drawing of Isadora Duncan on Lined Paper
no date (ca. 1920s?)
Creator: Robert, Henri, 1881-1961
General Physical Description note: Ink. Image: 24.1 x 17.0 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Ink drawing of Isadora Duncan on lined paper. Framed.
box 45
Framed Water Color of Isadora Duncan
no date
Creator: Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970
General Physical Description note: Water color. Image: 34.6 x 25.6
cm.
Scope and Contents note
Water color of Isadora Duncan (back view with arms raised). Framed.
box 75, folder 3
Wash Drawing of Isadora Duncan Mounted on Marble Paper
1905-1906
Creator: Craig, Edward Gordon,
1872-1966
General Physical Description note: Wash. Image: 18.6 x 14.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Wash drawing mounted on marbled paper, with a note and signed "E. Craig."
box 78
Fragment of an Unknown Dance by Isadora Duncan
no date
Creator: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Fragment of an Unknown Dance by Isadora Duncan.
box 47, box 34, box 32, box 71, box 67, box 33, box 66, box 56
Ink, pencil, and water color drawings of Isadora Duncan by Abraham
Walkowitz
no date
Creator: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
General Physical Description note: Ink, pencil, water color.
Physical Location: One framed pencil drawing is
in box 56.
Scope and Contents note
19 ink, pencil and water color drawings. Pencil sketches can be seen under the
ink outlines.
Processing Information
Some description within this finding aid was taken from the original dealer's
description (Golden Legend, Inc., 2006).
box 54
Pencil Drawings of Isadora Duncan During Performances in
Paris
no date
Creator: Nutting, Myron
Chester
General Physical Description note: Pencil. 25.3 x 20.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
10 pencil drawings drawn during performances in Paris.
box 57
Framed Pencil Drawings of Isadora Duncan by Edward Gordon
Craig
1905
Creator: Craig, Edward Gordon,
1872-1966
General Physical Description note: Pencil.
Scope and Contents note
Pencil drawings of Isadora Duncan sketched by Edward Gordon Craig on a letter to
him from the owner of "The Gallery." Framed.
box 80, box 57, box 58, box 60, box 61, box 67
Isadora Duncan. Soixante-Douze plances par José Clara avec une
présentation de Georges-A. Denis. Paris: éditions Rieder
1928
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Folio of 72 prints of Isadora, some in color, from drawings by José Clara. In a
portfolio with ties. (65 prints stored in box 80, and 7 prints in other boxes: 57,
58, 60, 61, 67)
box 63, box 55
Ink Drawings of Isadora Duncan by Berthe Martinie (6)
no date
Creator: Martinie, Berthe
Physical Location: Four of the drawings are
located in box 55, and two are in box 63.
General Physical Description note: Ink. 30.0 x 19.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
A series of six unpublished original ink drawings of Isadora Duncan by Berthe
Martinie. Framed.
box 31
Ink Drawings of Isadora Duncan by José Clará (2)
1913
Creator: Clará, José, 1878-1958
General Physical Description note: Ink, signed.
Scope and Contents note
Two ink drawings of Isadora Duncan.
box 68, box 69, box 70
Isadora Duncan Sechs Bewetgungs-Studien v.Edward, Leipzig:
Insel-Verlag
1906
Creator: Craig, Edward Gordon,
1872-1966
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
6 prints, in mats, in a linen box. With 2 leaflets in German and English with a
poem about Isadora Duncan. No. 35 of 500.
box 73
Framed Woodblock Print of Isadora Duncan
no date
Creator: Craig, Edward Gordon,
1872-1966
General Physical Description note: Print. Image: 36.5 x 23.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Woodblock print of Isadora Duncan. Signed, framed.
box 78
Dance of Isadora Duncan (The)
1952
Creator: Lecomte, Valentine, 1872-
General Physical Description note: Bound portfolio. Portfolio: 33.0 x 24.8
cm.
Scope and Contents note
Portfolio of 37 plates of drawings by Valentine Lecomte printed by Raymond
Duncan. Paris: Akademia, 1952.
Processing Information
Location originally listed as in box 54 and 78, but this was not found in box 54.
Waiting to check 78.
box 54
Negatives and a Photographic Print of and Unknown Dance by
Isadora
no date
Creator: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
General Physical Description note: Photographic negatives and
print.
Scope and Contents note
18 negatives of an unknown dance by Isadora Duncan and 1 photographic print.
box 56, box 54
[Isadora Duncan in Her Dances] Ten reproductions of water color drawings
by Abraham Walkowitz
Creator: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
Physical Location: 10 boards in box 54. One
framed work in box 56.
Physical Description: 10 reproduced items ptrinted
onto large boards and one framed work.
Scope and Contents
Reference material since it reproduces water color drawings of Isadora Duncan by
Abraham Walkowitz.
box 46
Poster for 1966 "Sous le signe d'Isadora" exhibition at Musee Bourdelle,
Paris
1966 September
Scope and Contents
Framed poster that hasa a reproduction of a drawing by de Segonzac of Isadora
dancing on it.
box 7, folder 1
Drawings of Isadora Duncan and related material, 1920, 1952?,
1956-1957
1920, 1952?, 1956-1957
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 7, folder 1
Croquis. Text par Jean-Louis Vaudoyer. Paris: Ateliers André Marty Daniel
Jacomet et Cie
1920
General Physical Description note: b/w and color.
Scope and Contents note
Portfolio of 10 lithographs of Nijinsky, Pavlova, Karsawina, and Isadora Duncan.
One of the lithographs of Isadora Duncan is framed.
box 7, folder 2
Program for Isadora Duncan: A Memorial Exhibition of Drawings of Isadora
by Jules Grandjouan ...
1956-1957
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
A bound program for "A Memorial Exhibition of Drawings by Jules Grandjouan" that
shows 15 drawings printed in black and white with an introduction by George H.
Cabaniss, Jr., November 1956.
box 7, folder 3
Announcement for publication of The Dance of Isadora Duncan by Valentine
Lecomte
1952?
General Physical Description note: Print. 27.9 x 20.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Printed by Raymond Duncan for his edition of Lecomte's drawings, illustrated with
a photograph of Isadora Duncan with flowers in her hair and bare shoulders facing
the camera, London, 1898, taken by Raymond Duncan.
box 7, folder 5
Images of "The Isadorables" 1920 and no date
1920 and no date
General Physical Description note: 10 items.
box 7, folder 5
Wearing the Mantle of Isadora - Anna Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Illustrated with photograph of Anna Duncan, walking on the beach with
widespread arms.
box 7, folder 5
Schimmernde Troppen
no date
General Physical Description note: Print (color).
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Unidentified artist's rendering [hallmark "AHV"]. Credit to Hoffmann v.
Vestenhof.
box 7, folder 5
The Pupils of Isadora Are Now Dancing in Paris
1923 August
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Illustrated with 2 photographs by Arnold Genthe.
box 7, folder 5
Isadora Duncan's School of Dancing
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Illustrated with 3 photographs.
box 7, folder 5
[The Three Graces]
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia. 12.0 x 7.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph.
box 7, folder 5
The Duncan Dancers
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Illustrated with photograph of Margo, Anna and Lisa by Arnold
Genthe.
box 7, folder 5
Anna Duncan, one of the six original pupils of Isadora Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. With photograph by Nicholas Muray.
box 7, folder 5
Anna
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Poem by Richard Lovelace and photograph by Arnold Genthe.
box 7, folder 5
Smiling Artemis (Theresa Duncan)
192_
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Illustrated with a photograph of Theresa Duncan by Leonetti.
box 7, folder 5
Elizabeth Duncan Schule "Tanzsprung"
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Uncredited photographs on recto and verso.
box 7, folder 10
Irma Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 7, folder 10
Irma Duncan wearing fur jacket
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia. 35.7 x 24.0 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Irma Duncan wearing a long gown and fur jacket. Photographer credit
embossed in lower right corner.
box 7, folder 10
Irma Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia. 34.1 x 23.0 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Irma Duncan wearing a long gown, with hands adjusting shoulder of her
dress. Photographer credit embossed in lower right corner.
box 7, folder 11
Irma Duncan, seated
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 7, folder 11
Irma Duncan
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. 10.1 x 15.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph. Irma Duncan, wearing classical robes, seated before a frieze in bas
relief, arm resting on her knee.
box 7, folder 12
Maria-Theresa Duncan obituary from the Los Angeles Times [with
photocopy]
1987 Dec 17
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 7, folder 8
Isadora Duncan Dancers of Moscow
1929
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 7, folder 8
The Isadora Duncan Dancers from Moscow, directed by Irma
Duncan
1929 October 28
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program.
box 7, folder 8
Isadora Duncan Dancers with Irma Duncan [in the Playgoer]
1929 March- April
General Physical Description note: Print. With cover in color.
Scope and Contents note
Program.
box 7, folder 6
Lisa Duncan obituary in Variety, Hollywood, Calif.
1976 March 30
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 7, folder 6
Lisa Duncan
1976 March 30
General Physical Description note: Print.
box 7, folder 7
Maria-Theresa Duncan
1979
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 7, folder 7
Isadora Duncan, Maria-Theresa Heritage Group
1979 January 5, 6 and February 24, 25
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Programs. Illustrated with line drawings by José Clara.
box 10, folder 6
Oral histories about Isadora Duncan
1964, 1967 and undated
1967
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 10, folder 6
Interview with Hedwig Reicher about Isadora Duncan
1967 March
17
General Physical Description note: Tape recording.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Scope and Contents note
1 reel, 1/4 inch audiotape, 3-3/4" speed, mono only, left channel. With photocopy
of manuscript summary of the tapes in this group. Labeled "Reel I."
box 10, folder 7
Interview with Hedwig Reicher about Isadora Duncan
1967 March
17
General Physical Description note: Tape recording
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Scope and Contents note
1 audiocassette.
box 10, folder 8
Interview with Ruth St. Denis about Isadora Duncan
undated
General Physical Description note: Tape recording.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Scope and Contents note
1 reel, 1/4 inch audiotape, 3-3/4" speed, mono only, left channel. With photocopy
of manuscript summary. Labeled "Reel II."
box 10, folder 9
Interview with Ruth St. Denis about Isadora Duncan
undated
General Physical Description note: Tape recording.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Scope and Contents note
2 audiocassettes.
box 10, folder 10
Interview with Cornelia Lysight about Isadora Duncan
1947 July 4
General Physical Description note: Tape recording.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Scope and Contents note
1 reel, 1/4 inch audiotape, 3-3/4" speed, mono only, left channel. With
manuscript summary of contents of 4 reels of tape and a signed document by
Cornelia Lysight, 9 July 1964, granting Howard Holtzman permission to use the
material for publication or otherwise. Labeled "Tape III." Also with a summary of
contents of the tape.
box 10, folder 11
Interview with Cornelia Lysight about Isadora Duncan
1947 July 4
General Physical Description note: Tape recording.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Scope and Contents note
3 audiocassettes.
box 11, folder 1
Interview with Ruth St. Denis
undated
General Physical Description note: Tape recording.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Scope and Contents note
1 reel, 1/4 inch audiotape, 3-3/4" speed, mono only, left channel. With photocopy
of manuscript summary of contents. Labeled "Reel IV."
box 11, folder 2
Interview with Ruth St. Denis
undated
General Physical Description note: Tape recording.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access.
All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Scope and Contents note
1 audiocassette.
box 2, folder 4
Programs
1898, 1900, 1904, 1905
General Physical Description note: 13 items
box 2, folder 4
Drei Abende von Isadora Duncan
1904 March
General Physical Description note: Print, trifold.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program for 3 Chopin evenings.
box 3, folder 4
The Story of Narcissus Done Into Dance by Isadora
Duncan
1898 July 18
General Physical Description note: 2 leaves (8 pages/folded),
letterpress.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. With a dedication opposite title page, "For Mrs. William Lowther,
who has shown kind interest in my art do I, the Muse invoke." Pencil note on
cover, "3 Pembroke Studios, Pembroke Gardens, Kensington W." Some initial letters
calligraphed in red. An oversized brown envelope accompanies the program,
addressed to "The Secretary, C. & I.K. Fletcher Limited" which has been
crossed out and "D. 911 Duncan, Isadora" written in ink.
box 3, folder 4
Miss Isadora Duncan - Tanz Idyllen
[1900?]
General Physical Description note: Print, folded.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program for unidentified venue.
box 3, folder 4
Neue Tanz=Idyllen von Isadora Duncan
1904 November 12
General Physical Description note: Print, folded, with corrections in blue
pencil and some text lined out.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program.
box 3, folder 4
Die erste Öffentliche Vostellung der freitanzschule statt, die Miss
Isadora Duncan ...
1905 July 20
General Physical Description note: Print, trifold.
Scope and Contents note
Brochure announcing the first performance of Der Freitanschule created by Isadora
Duncan.
box 3, folder 4
Benefiz-Vorstellung der Freitanzschule im Grunewald von Miss Isadora
Duncan
1905 July 20
General Physical Description note: Print, folded.
Scope and Contents note
2 copies of program. Copy 1 has been annotated in upper right corner of the cover
"Tanz Idylen / EGC" and some program information has been crossed out inside and a
note added. With circular Greek style decorations on front and back covers.
box 9, folder 2
Chopin-Abend Letezes Gastpiel Miss Isadora Duncan
1904 January
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Broadside with theater and concert news for Vienna with advertisement for Isadora
Duncan's performance on the verso.
box 3, folder 5
Programs 1906, 1908
1906, 1908
General Physical Description note: 8 items.
box 3, folder 5
Miss Isadora Duncan Walzer mit Begleitung von Orchester und
Klavier
[1906]
General Physical Description note: Print, folded.
Scope and Contents note
2 copies of program. Greek style decorations on front and back covers. Wit this:
circular cutout of Greek style decoration from back cover.
box 3, folder 5
Ostatni Wystep Izadory Duncan
1906
General Physical Description note: Print, folded, with manuscript notes on
back cover.
Scope and Contents note
Bilingual dance program.
box 3, folder 5
Isadora Duncans Dansafton
1906 May 18
General Physical Description note: Print, folded.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Stiff paper cover, with illustration of armless, headless Greek
female statue. Frontispiece is a photograph of Isadora Duncan in classical
robes.
box 3, folder 5
Iphigenia in Aulis
1908
General Physical Description note: Print, folded.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Cover illustrated with a photograph of Isadora Duncan in classical
robes.
box 3, folder 5
Miss Isadora Duncan ... in her Celebrated Classical Dances
1908 August 18
General Physical Description note: Print, 12 pages, stapled.
Scope and Contents note
Theatre program with glossy color cover.
box 3, folder 5
Miss Isadora Duncan ... in her Celebrated Classical Dances
1908 August 24
General Physical Description note: Print, 12 pages, stapled.
Scope and Contents note
Theatre program with glossy cover.
box 3, folder 5
Miss Isadora Duncan in Classic Dances
1908 December 11, 14
General Physical Description note: Print, folded.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program.
box 3, folder 5
Miss Isadora Duncan Programm der Tanz-Idyllen
[1906]
General Physical Description note: Print, folded.
Scope and Contents note
2 copies of program. Greek style decorations on front and back covers. Wit this:
circular cutout of Greek style decoration from back cover.
box 3, folder 6
Programs
1909, 1913, 1915
General Physical Description note: 8 items.
box 3, folder 6
Miss Isadora Duncan - Colonne - Danses Grecques Antiques
[1909]
General Physical Description note: Print 8 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Stiff paper cover. Illustrated with Greek style decorations on
front (color) and back covers and throughout, 2 photographs of Greek statues, and
a sketch of Isadora Duncan by Eugène Carrière. Frontispiece is photograph of
Isadora Duncan, arms resting on a pedestal. Program notes by Eugène Carrière and
G. Notor.
box 3, folder 6
Isadora Duncan - Dionysion
1915 April 17
General Physical Description note: Print, trifold.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. "Drama - music - dancing under the leadership of Isadora Duncan."
Program is "Orpheus" with music of Christopner Gluck.
box 3, folder 6
Isadora Duncan - édouard Colonne - Danses Grecques Antiques
[1909]
General Physical Description note: Print, 8 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Stiff paper cover. Illustrated with Greek style decorations on
front (color) and back covers and throughout, and 2 photographs of Greek statues.
Frontispiece is photograph of Isadora Duncan, arms resting on a pedestal. Program
notes by Eugène Carrière and G. Notor.
box 3, folder 6
Isadora Duncan and Walter Damrosch with New York Symphony
Orchestra
[1909]
General Physical Description note: Print, 8 pages, with manuscript
notes.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Illustrated with photos of Isadora Duncan and Walter
Damrosch,photos of Greek sculptures and a frieze, and Greek style classical
design. "Isadora Duncan" by Henri Laveden, translated from the French, with
manuscript notes in pencil possibly by Gordon Craig?, and program notes by Isadora
Duncan. On glossy paper.
box 3, folder 6
Soirée Beethoven ... Miss Isadora Duncan
[1909]
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. With program notes by Richard Wagner, Hans Merian, and Isadora
Duncan.
box 3, folder 6
Isadora Duncan
1913 April 9
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. The program is 24 pages with a paper cover with photograph of
Isadora Duncan by Otto of Paris, tipped in. Essays by Auguste Rodin, Joséphin
Péladan, Louis Marel, Isadora Duncan, Fédor Komisarschewski and Eugène Carrière.
Illustrations by Rodin, Joss Clará, Grandjouan, and another photograph of Isadora
Duncan by Otto of Paris.
box 3, folder 6
Isadora Duncan - Dionysion
1915 April 3
General Physical Description note: Print, trifold.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. "Drama - music - dancing under the leadership of Isadora Duncan."
Program, "An Afternoon of Frederic Chopin and Edgar Allan Poe." With Isadora
Duncan, George Copeland, Augustin Duncan.
box 3, folder 6
Isadora Duncan - Dionysion
1915 April 5
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. "Drama - music - dancing under the leadership of Isadora Duncan."
Program, "An Evening of Sacred Music and Dance." This trifold program is
incomplete, lacking panels 2 and 3.
box 3, folder 7
Programs
1916, 1917, 1920
General Physical Description note: 7 items.
box 80, folder unknown
container
Isadora Duncan au Parthénon en 1920
1920 November 27-December 16
General Physical Description note: Print, 8 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Isadora Duncan, her school of dance, and 80 musicians of the
orchestra des Concerts Colonne, under the direction of M. Georges Rabani.
Announces three programs: Festival Richard Wagner, Gluck - Orphée, and Gluck -
Iphigénie. Photograph tipped onto the cover by Steichen of Isadora at the
Parthenon. With program notes by Fernand Divoire on Isadora Duncan as Parsifal,
and by Isadora Duncan on La Bacchanale.
box 3, folder 7
Caliban by the Yellow Sands by Percy Mackaye
1916 May 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27
General Physical Description note: Print, 36 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Theatre program. Included in the cast are Hedwig Reicher, Augustin Duncan and
Allan Ross Macdougall. Printed on glossy paper with cover printed in color on
heavy stock.
box 3, folder 7
Isadora Duncan and Pupils of Her School at Bellevue, Near
Paris
[1917] April 28
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. "Last appearance at the Metropolitan Opera House."
box 3, folder 7
Shakespearian Festival
1916 May 8-13
General Physical Description note: Print, 8 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Theatre program. With program notes by H.E. Krehbiel. Isadora did not appear on
the program.
box 3, folder 7
Isadora Duncan ... Festival Beethoven-Wagner
1920 March 19
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. With drawing of Isadora Duncan by Van Deering Perrine tipped in
front cover.
box 3, folder 7
Isadora Duncan
[1920 May-June]
General Physical Description note: Print, 16 pages, with cover.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Wagner program. Illustrated with photos of Isadora Duncan, M.
Georges Rabani, Isadora Duncan and her students, Walter Rummel, and drawings by
Van Deering Perrine. Cover art: "Dettagliio della Disputa del SS. Sagramento --
Raffaele -- Vaticano."
box 3, folder 7
Isadora Duncan ... Festival Schubert-Tschaïkowsky
1920 March 6
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. With drawing of Isadora Duncan by Bourdelle tipped in front
cover.
box 3, folder 7
Isadora Duncan
1916 April 30
General Physical Description note: Print, 14 pages, with cover.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Benefit for La Coopération Des Artistes. With program notes by
Auguste Rodin, Eugène Carrière, Henri Lavedan and "La Danse" by Isadora Duncan.
Illustrated with a photograph of Isadora Duncan as frontispiece and a drawing by
Bourdelle. Isadora dances to Pathétique and La Marseillaise.
box 59
Isadora Duncan dress rehearsal (Metropolitan Opera House, New
York)
1916 November
21
Physical Description: 4 page program. Framed. 20.3
x 14.6 cm.
Scope and Contents
Framed program. program includes poems by Fernand Devoire and Loius K. Anspacher.
The cover has a print of a drawing of Isadora by Van Deering Perrine while the
back has a print of Bourdelle's drawing of her scattering rose petals.
Processing Information
Some of the description for this item was taken from the original dealer's
description (Golden Legend, Inc., 2006).
box 59
Isadora Duncan program, concert spiritual on Good Friday
1920 April 2
Scope and Contents
Framed program of Isadora's Concert Spiritual on Good Friday at Palais du
Trocadero, Paris. The front cover shows a drawing of Isadora by Grandjouan that
has been laid on, and the back cover announces that Isadora will be repeating her
Schubert - Tschaicovsky Festival on 1920 April 15 (13 days after the concert that
this program is for).
Processing Information
Some of the description for this item was taken from the original dealer's
description (Golden Legend, Inc., 2006).
box 3, folder 8
Programs
1921, 1922, 1926, 1927
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 76, folder 3
Récital Isadora Duncan et Albert Wolff
1927 July 8
General Physical Description note: Print. Broadside. Framed.
Scope and Contents note
Dance Program. Isadora Duncan's last professional performance before her death.
Illustrated with photograph of Isadora Duncan, "Marseillaise" by Genthe.
box 3, folder 8
Récital Listz donné par Isadora Duncan [and] Irakli Orbelianirakli
O
1926 September 10
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Program includes Wagner and Liszt. Program notes, "La Pierre
Philosophale de la Danse" by Isadora Duncan.
box 3, folder 8
Dance Recital by Isadora Duncan
1922 October 12
General Physical Description note: Print, 36 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Program: Overture of 1812 and Pathetique.
box 3, folder 8
Isadora Duncan Walter Rummel
[1921] April 18
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Dance program. Isadora Duncan. Bach, Schubert, Wagner and Brahms program.
Illustrated with Steichen photo of Isadora Duncan at the Parthenon.
box 3, folder 9
Programs
1928
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 3, folder 9
Semaine Memoriale Isadora Duncan
1928 June 20
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Memorial program. First program of a week long tribute to Isadora Duncan
organized by Elisabeth, Augustin and Raymond Duncan with list of participants and
performances. Highlights for various days are printed on the back of the
program.
box 3, folder 9
Semaine Memoriale Isadora Duncan
1928 June 27
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Memorial program. Final program of Semaine Memoriale. A photo of Isadora Duncan
is tipped in on the front cover.
box 3, folder 9
Aisedory Dunkan
1928 October 1
General Physical Description note: Print, 4 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Memorial program. Tribute to Isadora Duncan given by Irma Duncan and her Isadora
School of Dance. Inscribed "To friend Dougie / in Remembrance Irma." With
illustration of Isadora Duncan by José Clara on the cover.
Sculpture and objet d'art depicting Isadora Duncan
1910-1913, no date
box 87, box 88, box 89, box 90, box 91, box 92, box 93, box 94
Maquettes for bas-relief at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, originally
commissioned 1910-1913
1910-1913
General Physical Description note: Bas-relief.
Scope and Contents note
8 items. Terra cotta. Issued by the Musee Bourdelle and limited to ten examples
of each sculpture, with certificate of authenticity from the French government. 1)
Apollo and his mediation, 2) The Muses run towards Apollo, 3) The Muses run
towards Apollo, 4) The Muses, 5) The Muses, 6) The Muses, 7) Mask of Isadora, 8)
Mask of Isadora.
box 81, box 82, box 83, box 84, box 85
Isadora in dance movements
no date
Scope and Contents note
5 items. Terracotta sculptures, initialed "L.S."
box 95
Bas relief of Isadora Duncan with arms raised
no date
General Physical Description note: Bas-relief.
Scope and Contents note
White ceramic(?), signed with sculptor's initials. In glass case.
box 11, folder 32
Photocopies of Bourdelle's sketches of Isadora Duncan and clippings
illustrating his sculptures
no dates
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
14 items.
box 11, folder 33
Dropsy [Edward Gordon Craig's name for Isadora]
no date
General Physical Description note: Cast bronze.
Scope and Contents note
Bronze medal, 5 cm. in diameter, Figure of Pan playing pipes and riding a goat on
the verso. With photograph of 5 coins in this series.
box 12, folder 1
Antoine Bourdelle's "La Danse"
no date
Scope and Contents note
2 items. Postage stamps showing 2 figures dancing. Attributed to one of
Bourdelle's bas-reliefs for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. In a grey-blue cloth
covered case.
box 79
Dinner plate with initials "ID"
no date
General Physical Description note: Ceramic. 23.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Porcelain. Hand-painted borders in red, black and tan and alternating motifs of
fruit and stags and boars. The Initial I is entwined in a D.
box 7, folder 4
The "Isadorables" programs
1919-1929
General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 7, folder 4
The Isadora Duncan Dancers (Anna, Theresa, Irma, Lisa, Margot,
Erica)
1919 November 20
General Physical Description note: Print. 50.8 x 15.3 cm.
Broadside/folded.
Scope and Contents note
Program.
box 7, folder 4
The Isadora Duncan Dancers
1919 November 30 - December 7
General Physical Description note: Print. 21.0 x 14.0 cm.
Folded.
Scope and Contents note
Program.
box 7, folder 4
Duncan Dancers - Anna, Lisa, Margo
1924 February 25, 26
General Physical Description note: Print. 22.1 x 14.0 cm.
Trifold.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Illustrated with photograph of Anna, Lisa and Margo on the cover, with
brief biography of the Duncan Dancers and pianist Max Rabininowitsch.
box 7, folder 4
The Isadora Duncan Dancers de Moscou
1929 July 2
General Physical Description note: Print. 21.2 x 27.0 cm.
Folded.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Illustrated with a photograph of Isadora Duncan and a group of her
students, 1908, on page 1. With heavy paper cover, with photograph of Irma Duncan
and students tipped in. 2 copies.
box 7, folder 4
Isadora Duncan Dancers (Anna, Irma, Margot, Theresa, Lisa)
1920 April 17
General Physical Description note: Print. 23.0 x 15.1 cm.
Folded.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Illustrated with 3 "Isadorables" on the cover.
box 7, folder 9
The Irma Duncan School
1931-1932
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 7, folder 9
Prospectus
1931-1932
General Physical Description note: Print. Folded.
Scope and Contents note
Illustrated with photographs: Irma Duncan by Arnold Genthe, Isadora and her
students, 1905, Irma Duncan and her students at the Russian School, 1921, and
students dancing ("The First Lesson'). With a clipping of Irma Duncan photographed
by Arnold Genthe.
Writings about Isadora Duncan
box 7, folder 13
The Poetry of Motion: Miss Isadora Duncan and her Remarkable
Dance
1899 February 5
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Article published in the New England Home Magazine, vol. VI, no. 6, pages
245-249. Illustrated with several photographs of Isadora Duncan taken by Schloss,
New York, 1898.
box 7, folder 14
Mr. F. R. Benson's Shakespeare Season, February 15 to April 11. A
Midsummer Night's Dream
1900
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Exhibition catalog extensively illustrated with drawings and artworks of Isadora
Duncan.
box 7, folder 15
Programm der Tanz-Idyllen. Miss Isadora Duncan
ca. 1905
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program for dance performance by Isadora Duncan.
box 7, folder 15
Isadora Duncan and Her Greek Barefoot Dances
1905 February
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Article in Theatre magazine. Vol. V, No. 1, February 1905.
box 7, folder 15
Isadora Duncan
1905 March 26
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Article in La Libre Critique, 26 March 1905, pages [133-136].
box 7, folder 16
Miss Isadora Duncan, Walzer
1906 March 6
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program for a dance performance by Isadora Duncan. 2 copies.
box 7, folder 17
The Dance of the Future as created and illustrated by Isadora
Duncan
1908 October
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Article in The Craftsman, October 1908. Illustrated with photographs of Isadora
Duncan and her pupils. Clipping, pages [48-56].
box 7, folder 17
American Women in the Art of Dance
1908 November
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Article in Harper's Bazar, November 1908, which mentions Isadora Duncan and is
illustrated with a photograph of a sculpture of her. Clipping, pages [1125-1127],
with magazine cover attached.
box 7, folder 18
Consacré a Isadora Duncan
1911 November
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Issue devoted to Isadora Duncan. Contents: "Sur Isadora Duncan" by Auguste Rodin,
"La Danse" by Jean Jullien, "L'Art de la Danse" by Isadora Duncan, "Le Tardif
printemps" by Gérard d'Houville, "Louange à Isadora Duncan" by G. Robert du
Costal, "La Danseuse de Diane" by Fernand Divoire, "Propos avant la Danse" by
Legrand-Chabrier, "Isadora Duncan" by J. Paul-Boncour, "La plus belle Danseuse du
Monde" by Francoise Bernouard. Dessins de Mlle. Albertine Bernouard et de MM.
Jean-Louis Boussingault, Claude Chéreau, Lafrade, Dunoyer de Segonzac et Louis
Süe. Hors-texte de Monsieur Auguste Rodin.
box 7, folder 19
Clippings album
1916-1921
General Physical Description note: Print. 16.0 x 24.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
30 newspaper clippings in a cloth-covered album, with cloth ties.
box 7, folder 20
Isadora Duncan et son école de Danse
1920 December 11-16
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. With "Mesdemoiselles Anna -- Téresa -- Irma -- Lisa -- Margot -- et
Erica Duncan ..." Cover is illustrated with a photograph by Steichen of Isadora
Duncan at the Parthenon tipped in. Program also illustrated with printed images of
Isadora Duncan and her students.
box 7, folder 21
L'Enfant et la Danse
1921
General Physical Description note: Print. Folded.
Scope and Contents note
Prospectus for Isadora Duncan's School of Dance in Paris. Illustrated with a
photograph by André Bénédie. With drawing by Bourdelle on the cover.
box 7, folder 21
Madame Caro-Cambell ou La Danseuse au Bois-Dormant
1921 March
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Article comparing Mme. Carol-Cambell to Isadora Duncan and other great dancers.
Part of the March 1921 issue of La Danse.
box 7, folder 22
The Rise of Dagman Dalgren -- Her Life's Story Told in Parable and
Paraphrase Written of Herself -- By Request
1925 April
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from Spotlight Health Review, April 1925 issue, pages 12-13, 31. In the
article, Dalgren recalls, "It is to Isadora Duncan that I can look back and recall
with sincere thanks the many vivid hours of right instruction in dance
expression." She also quotes from Dickson's "Poem of the Dance," "... To have seen
Isadora Duncan when she first danced to Gluck's "Iphigenia in Aulis" was to have
seen most memorable triumphs. And in her recent appearance that triumph was even
greater. For the rapture and revelation came through a body no longer beautiful in
itself; an ecstasy that was as bodiless as the magic with which it melted;
austere, consecrated, compelling ..."
box 7, folder 23
The Truth About the Duncan Creed
1926 June
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from The Dance, June 1926 issue, pages 36-37, 53. Subtitled: "The
Obligations of a Dancer to Her Public as Seen by a Pupil of the Great
Crusader."
box 7, folder 24
Isadora Duncan's Artistic Credo
1927 October 8
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from the Literary Digest, October 8, 1927, pages 28-29.
box 7, folder 24
Isadora Duncan's Triumphs and Tragedies
1927 October 8
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from the Literary Digest, October 8, 1927, pages 48, 50, 52.
box 7, folder 24
Isadora Duncan, and Editorial by Richard Hoyt
1927 December
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from The Dance Magazine, December 1927, page [ ].
box 7, folder 25
Theatre Arts Monthly
1927 July - December
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Bound volume, Theatre Arts Monthly, July - December 1927, with the following
articles: 1) Duncan, Isadora. Dance in Relation to Tragedy, pages 755-761, 2)
Duncan, Isadora. Dance in Relation to Religion and Love, illustrated with 2
photographs of Isadora Duncan by Arnold Genthe, pages 584-593, 3) Jones, Robert
Edmond. Isadora Duncan, illustrated with photography Steichen of Isadora Duncan at
the Parthenon, pages 842-[843], 4) Cheney, Sheldon. Gordon Craig, the Theatre's
Chief Revolutionary, pages 919-926.
box 8, folder 1
Isadora Duncan Dancers of Moscow directed by Irma Duncan
1929?
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Programs. First American tour. 2 copies.
box 8, folder 1
The Last Chapters of Isadora's Life
1929 April - July
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings from The Dance Magazine, a four-part series by Joseph Kaye. Part 1:
Beginning Where "My Life" Ended -- The Crusade into Russia That Produced at Least
one Unforeseen Climax, April, pages 20-24, 59-60. Part 2: Closer Glances at the
Truth of Certain Matters of Record -- How, and Why, the Dancer's Last American
Crusade Infuriated the Conservative Element, p. 20- 23, 60-62. Part 3: The End of
the American Tour and the Return to Europe Left the Dancer in a Desperate Plight,
pages 30-33, 58-59. Part 4: The Final Crash of the Dancer's Hopes for a School
Tragically Foreshadowed the Disastrous End of Her Career, pages 36-39, 54.
box 8, folder 2
Dance Index, Vol. I, No. 9, 10, 11. September-October-November
1942
1942
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Contents include "The Dance Criticisms of Carl von Vechten. Part I - Reviews
written for the New York Times" [1909-1911], pages [144-156], "The New Isadora",
pages [176-179].
box 8, folder 3
Dance Index, Vol. V, No. 3. March, 1942.
1946 March
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Issue devoted to "Isadora in Art." Contents: "Comment" by Lincoln Kirstein, pages
[59-60], "Isadora Duncan and the Artists" by Allan Ross Macdougall, pages [61-82],
and "Albums and Books of Drawings of Isadora Duncan," page [83].
box 8, folder 4
New book on Isadora Duncan Published by Ballet Society
1947
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Book review by Walter Terry of "Isadora" by Paul David Magriel, New York,
1947.
box 8, folder 5
Memories of Isadora Duncan, 1952 June 5
1952 June 5
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Article by Gordon Craig in The Listener, 5 June 1952, pages 913-914.
box 8, folder 6
Charpentier-Mio et la Danse
1953
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Exhibition catalog of drawings and sculpture by Charpentier-Mio on Isadora,
Ballets Russes, Opéra, and Champs- élysées. Text by Maurice Pourchet.
box 8, folder 7
A Memory of Isadora Duncan
1954
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Article by Sewell Stokes in John O'London's Weekly, 6 August 1954.
box 8, folder 8
To Dionysius ... With Love
1957 December
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from Dance Magazine, vol. 31, no. 12 , December 1957, pages [28]-35.
box 8, folder 9
The Legacy of Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis
1960 Winter
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Issue 5, devoted to Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis with illustrations
throughout.
box 8, folder 9
Her Art Was a Dionysian Celebration of Life
1960 March 20
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Review of Isadora: A Revolutionary in Art and Love by Allan Ross
Macdougall, New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, in the New York Times Book Review,
March 20, 1960, page 28.
Related material
1924-1970 and no date
General Physical Description note: 24 items.
box 18
Scarf
no date
General Physical Description note: Print on silk. 165.0 x 93.0
cm.
Scope and Contents note
Silk scarf, decorated with wood block designs and brush painted by Raymond
Duncan in colors of blue, brown, tan and beige.
box 19
Scarf
no date
General Physical Description note: Print on silk.
Scope and Contents note
Silk scarf, decorated with wood block designs and brush painted by Raymond
Duncan in colors of yellow, turquoise, grey, copper and beige.
box 11, folder 13
La Parole dans le Désert
1920 April 22
General Physical Description note: Print. 30 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlet. "Genesis chantée par Raymond Duncan a La Salle des Agriculteurs ... "
Wrappers.
box 11, folder 14
Echoes from the Studio of Raymond Duncan
1930
General Physical Description note: Print. 44 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlet. "With a series of Portraits by Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, G. de
Pawlowsky, Saint George de Bouhelier and others." Also contains a biographical
note about Raymond Duncan and is illustrated with photographs. Wrappers.
box 11, folder 15
O Calendar Counterfeit 1938
1938
General Physical Description note: Print. 1 leaf (4 pages,
folded).
Scope and Contents note
New Year's greeting. With woodblock illustrations.
box 11, folder 16
Pages From My Press
1947
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlet. Akademia Raymond Duncan, 31 Rue de Seine, Paris, VI. "San Francisco,
You 48 States and Other Printings." Second edition with additional poems from
"Parole torrentielle". Second edition 500 copies. Numbered on the press 0070.
With prospectus, illustrated with photographs of Raymond Duncan.
box 11, folder 17
Pages From My Press
1947
General Physical Description note: Print. 78 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlet. Akademia Raymond Duncan, 31 Rue de Seine, Paris, VI. "San Francisco,
You 48 States and Other Printings." Third edition with additional poems from
"Parole torrentielle". Second edition 500 copies. Numbered on the press 0253.
Wrappers.
box 11, folder 18
Preston Sturges presents Raymond Duncan in his last Paris and New York
success "Love's Labour Won"
1953 January 26
General Physical Description note: Print. 27.8 x 19.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Flyer for a performance by Raymond Duncan. The Players Restaurant and Theatre
was owned by Preston Sturges, son of Isadora Duncan's close friend, Mary Desti.
Illustrated with a photograph of Raymond Duncan.
box 11, folder 19
Tears in the Valley Laughter on the Hills. First presentation of a new
Solodrama in 3 Cantos by Raymond Duncan
1953 March 4
General Physical Description note: Print. 24.2 x 22.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Flyer for a performance by Raymond Duncan. Illustrated with a photograph of
Raymond Duncan.
box 11, folder 20
Isadora [and] What's All About?
1954 June 20
General Physical Description note: Print. 30.4 x 16.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Flyer for "Isadora," historical play in 3 acts, the birth of dance and "What's
All About?", a true story solo-drama in a succession of eight plays and
twenty-four acts, being as an Arabian Nights form rendering of the remarkable
Duncan saga by Raymond Duncan.
box 11, folder 21
Wobbly Top, A world tragedy in three acts, being the 6th chapter of the
serial play What's All About? ... [by Raymond Duncan]
[1954] June 21
General Physical Description note: Print. 30.1 x 15.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Flyer for "Wobbly Top," ... a true story solo-drama in a succession of eight
plays and twenty-four acts, being as an Arabian Nights form rendering of the
remarkable Duncan saga by Raymond Duncan.
box 11, folder 22
Here's What About, a conclusion, being the 8th and last chapter of the
serial play What's All About?
[1954] June 22
General Physical Description note: Print. 31.7 x 16.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Flyer for "Here's What About," ... a true story solo-drama in a succession of
eight plays and twenty-four acts, being as an Arabian Nights form rendering of
the remarkable Duncan saga by Raymond Duncan.
box 11, folder 23
My Message to You
1954
General Physical Description note: Print. 1 leaf (4 pages,
folded).
Scope and Contents note
New Year's Greeting? Contains "The Years Pass But Love Lasts" by Raymond
Duncan.
box 11, folder 24
All Hail
1964
General Physical Description note: Print. 20.1 x 12.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Broadside. 2 copies, 1 signed "Raymond Duncan, Paris, Sept. 1964."
box 11, folder 25
One Against All
1961 January 28
General Physical Description note: Print. 1 leaf (4 pages,
folded).
Scope and Contents note
Brochure. "Raymond Duncan in His Spontaneous Creation One Against All,
solo-drama in three acts by Raymond Duncan." Illustrated with a photo by Ethel
Pries, Raymond Duncan is described as "Self woven - self shod and self liberated
'One Man Against the World.'"
box 11, folder 26
Green Lights, a 3 Act Fantasy in Colour
1972 April 11
General Physical Description note: Print. 1 leaf (4 pages,
folded).
Scope and Contents note
Brochure. "Raymond Duncan in his spontaneous creation, 'Green Lights, grande
representation of The Real Tragedy of Life and Its Joys (English version), the
fifth of a pentology given in French in Paris - The Suite of Orpheus - Hamlet,
Don Quixote and Faust ... " 2 copies.
box 11, folder 27
Ship Ahoy and grand celebration of His 90th Birthday
1964 November 28
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Flyer, complimentary ticket and invitation to tea, 3 items. "Ship Ahoy" in
three acts and three great tapestry dyes by Raymond Duncan.
box 11, folder 28
Ship Ahoy, a dramatic poem in three acts ... [and] 90th Birthday
Party
1964 November 28
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Program. Illustrated with photograph of Raymond Duncan. "This programme
type-set with the hands of Raymond with type founded by him." 2 copies.
box 11, folder 29
Semaine Memoriale for Raymond Duncan
1970 November 1-8
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Program and invitation to a series of events celebrating Raymond Duncan's
creative works on the occasion of an anniversary of his birth.
box 11, folder 30
Winter Exhibition of Parisian Art, Raymond Duncan, presented by the
Norfolk Society of Arts
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Exhibition catalog, designed and printed by Raymond Duncan.
box 11, folder 31
Printing samples
1969-1970 and no dates
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
11 items printed by Raymond Duncan and posthumously by Aia Bertrand.
box 15, folder 10
Letter to "Cher Comoedia"
1924 August 14
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Written on "Theatre Raymond Duncan" letterhead.
box 15, folder 11
Letter to "Dear Mrs. Campbell"
[no year] August 19
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages/folded),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Raymond Duncan writes about his life in Paris. With a typed transcript of the
letter.
box 15, folder 12
Articles about Raymond Duncan
1930-1972
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Includes feature stories on Raymond Duncan in various newspapers and magazines,
as well as obituaries.
box 15, folder 13
Raymond Duncan at Town Hall, New York
1957 November 20
General Physical Description note: b/w. Images: 8.9 x 12.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs taken by Arnold Rood.
box 8, folder 10
Follow Me! The Autobiography of Irma Duncan
1965
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Part I and Part II (issues 21 and 22) of Dance Perspectives, with an introduction
by Doris Hering. 2 items.
box 8, folder 10
Stanlislavski's Contacts with Dancers
1965
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Issue 23 of Dance Perspectives, with article about influences on Konstantin
Stanislavski, which includes Isadora Duncan, pages 8-17.
box 8, folder 11
Sous le Signe d'Isadora
1966
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Exhibition catalog. With a preface by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, "Méditation
Devant le Travail et le Mortier Frais des Fresques" by Antoine Bourdelle, and
"Isadora Duncan, Météore de Génie by Louis Sue, and 26 plates of reproductions of
artwork depicting Isadora Duncan by Bourdelle, Segonzac and Rodin.
box 8, folder 12
Items related to the film "Isadora" starring Vanessa Redgrave
1968-1969
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program for the film and announcement with advance ticket order. 2 items.
box 9, folder 3
Items related to the film "Isadora" starring Vanessa Redgrave
1968-1969
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings about Vanessa Redgrave and reviews of the film. 5 items.
box 8, folder 13
The Talk of the Town
1979 August 23
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. "Notes and Comment" from The Talk of the Town, The New Yorker, August
23, 1969, page 19, with a reminiscence of Isadora Duncan.
box 8, folder 13
Book review of Isadora Duncan, the Russian Years by Ilya Ilyich
Schneideri
1969 May 11
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Book review which appeared in the New York Times Book Review, May 11,
1969, page 6.
box 8, folder 13
Exhibit of Arthur Todd Collection on Isadora Duncan
1969 January
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
UCLA Librarian, volume 22, no. 1, January 1969, with an article on the Arthur
Todd Dance Collection, pages 1-2.
box 9, folder 4
Isadora and the Man Who Did Her Wrong
1974 November 10
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Book review in the Los Angeles Times, 10 November 1974, Book Review, pages [8-9].
"Your Isadora: The Love Story of Isadora Duncan and Gordon Craig." Edited, with a
connecting text, by Francis Steegmuller, Random House and the New York Public
Library.
box 8, folder 14
Love Story of Isadora or Unmaking of a Legend, 1975 January
19
1975 January 19
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Book review by the New York Times News Service in the Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner, 19 January 1975, "Your Isadora: The Love Story of Isadora Duncan
and Gordon Craig" edited by Francis Steegmuller. 339 pages. Illustrated. Random
House and the New York Public Library.
box 8, folder 14
American Women of Style
1975
General Physical Description note: Print, 36 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Exhibition catalog for "American Women of Style" prepared by Diana Vreeland,
Special Consultant to the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
box 8, folder 15
Isadora & Walkowitz
1976
General Physical Description note: Print. With cover in color.
Scope and Contents note
Exhibition announcement for "Isadora & Walkowitz" at the gallery of Herbert
B. Palmer & Co., December 4- January 15, 1976, with cover illustration, and
biography of Abraham Walkowitz (1880-1965) by Merle S. Schipper, Ph.D., Art
Historian. Invitation to cocktail reception, Friday, December 3 is laid in.
box 8, folder 16
The American Place Theatre Presents "Isadora Duncan Sleeps with the
Russian Navy" by Jeff Wanshel
1977
General Physical Description note: Print, trifold.
Scope and Contents note
Theater program.
box 8, folder 18
Dancemagazine, Volume LI, no. 8, August 1977
1977 August
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Dancemagazine, August 1977, with "Part II, Paris and After, 1900-1904. Isadora
Reexamined: Lesser-known aspects of the great dancer's life" by Nesta MacDonald,
pages [42-46].
box 8, folder 21
Dancemagazine, Volume LI, no. 12, December 1977
1977 November
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Dancemagazine, December 1977, with "Part VI, Isadora in London, 1928. Isadora
Reexamined: Lesser-known aspects of the great dancer's life" by Nesta MacDonald,
pages [71-73].
box 8, folder 17
Dancemagazine, Volume LI, no. 7, July 1977
1977 July
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Special: Isadora Duncan Centennial edition of Dancemagazine, July 1977, with
three articles on Isadora Duncan: "Isadora's Childhood: Clearing away the clouds"
by Paul Hertelendy, pages [48-50], "Part I, Isadora Reexamined: Lesser-known
aspects of the great dancer's life, 1877-1900" by Nesta MacDonald, pages [51-65],
and "After Isadora: Her art as inspiration" by Lois Draegin, pages [67-71].
Photograh of Isadora Duncan on page 66.
box 8, folder 20
Dancemagazine, Volume LI, no. 10, October 1977
1977 October
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Dancemagazine, September 1977, with "Part IV, Isadora in London, 1908. Isadora
Reexamined: Lesser-known aspects of the great dancer's life" by Nesta MacDonald,
pages [79-81].
box 8, folder 19
Dancemagazine, Volume LI, no. 9, September 1977
1977 September
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Dancemagazine, September 1977, with "Part III, Isadora and Gordon Craig. Isadora
Reexamined: Lesser-known aspects of the great dancer's life" by Nesta MacDonald,
pages [60-63].
box 8, folder 22
Dancemagazine, Volume LII, no. 1, January 1978
1978 January
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Dancemagazine, January 1978, with "Isadora: The last year" by Besser Geddes,
pages [67-70].
box 9, folder 5
Maria Theresa: Isadora's Last Dancing Daughter
1979 February 26
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Article in Voice, 26 February 1979, pages [69-70].
box 10, folder 1
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Limited presents The Royal Ballet in The
5th performance at the Royal Opera House by The Royal Ballet of Isadora, Ballet in
two acts, First performed by The Royal Ballet on 30 April 1981
1981 May 12
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Ballet program.
box 10, folder 1
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Limited presents The Royal Ballet in The
3rd performance at the Royal Opera House by The Royal Ballet of Isadora, Ballet in
two acts, First performed by The Royal Ballet on 30 April 1981
1981 May 6
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Ballet program.
box 10, folder 2
Constantine Stanislavsky and Isadora Duncan
1983 May
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Article in The Atlantic Monthly, May 1983, page [89], about actor and
co-director of the Moscow Art Theater Constantine Stanislavsky and Isadora
Duncan.
box 10, folder 3
Society of Dance History Scholars Tenth Conference. Isadora Duncan and
Her Context With Other Current Research in Dance History, University of
California, Irvine, 13-15 February 1987
1987 February 13-15
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Society of Dance History Scholars conference program.
box 10, folder 4
Re-creating Isadora
1990 September
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Article in Connoisseur, September 1990, pages [46-47], by Joan Acocella
about Isadora and recreations of her dances by Annabelle Gamson.
box 10, folder 5
Dionysion
no date
General Physical Description note: Print, 16 pages.
Scope and Contents note
Quotations on Isadora Duncan's art, citing Walt Whitman, Nietzsche, Shelley,
Percy MacKaye, Julia Culp, Karl Bitter, Bolton Hall, John Collier, Mary Fanton
Roberts, Charles Henry Meltzer, The Bible, and Isadora Duncan.
box 16, folder 1
Writings about Isadora Duncan collected by Howard Holtzman, "Fragments of
Lost Dances of Isadora Duncan"
1903-1969 and no date
General Physical Description note: 27 items.
box 16, folder 1
Angel with Viol
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript notes on Isadora Duncan's dances and performances, assembled by Howard
Holtzman. These were originally in a notebook, organized by composer or title.
box 16, folder 2
Ave Maria
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 3
Beethoven 5th, 7th, 9th
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 4
Blue Danube
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 5
Brahms
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 6
Chopin
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 7
Death and the Maiden
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 8
Meistersinger (Die)
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 9
Internationale
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 10
Early
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 11
Iphigenie - Gluck
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 12
Funeral March - Chopin
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 13
Liebestod
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 14
Liszt
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 15
March Slav
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 16
Marseillaise
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 17
Moment Musicale
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 18
Orpheus
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 19
Others
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 20
Parsifal
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 21
Primavera
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 22
Redemption - Franck
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 23
Schubert - Unfinished
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 24
Scriabin
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 16, folder 25
Tschaikovsky - Pathetique
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 17, folder 1
Venusbweg
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 17, folder 2
Wagner
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
box 17, folder 3
Words with Introduction by Howard Holtzman
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
Scope and Contents note
Holtzman writes, "The 'solution' to the problem of visualizing her [Isadora's]
dances is here attempted of bringing together those fragmentary impressions, so
that the reader who is capable of a true work of creative synthesis (admittedly
such readers may be rare), may be able to do more than just re-read the cliché
that dance is 'the most transitory of arts.'"
box 17, folder 4-13
Articles and clippings (photocopies) by and about Isadora Duncan's art and
school, Gordon Craig, and theater
1892-1963
General Physical Description note: 76 items.
General Physical Description note: Print (Photocopies)
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of library loan or request records are included with many of the
articles.
Edward Gordon Craig
1882-1967
General Physical Description note: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.) and 1 oversize
box.
Scope and Contents note
Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), son of reknowned Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry
(1847-1928), was a set designer, producer, artist and author/illustrator of numerous
theatrical publications. In 1904 he met Isadora Duncan in Berlin, where they fell in
love. For the following three years they lived and worked together. Craig produced many
of the stage designs for Isadora Duncan's dances and worked as her manager. A daughter,
Deirdre, was born to them in 1906. She was drowned in a car accident in Paris in 1913,
at which time Isadora Duncan was living with Paris Singer.
Included in this series are photographs of and articles about Edward Gordon Craig, a
letter from Craig to Ellen Terry, and programs and prints created by him. It also
includes a boxed set with a photograph, woodblock prints by Craig and an LP on which he
discusses Isadora and other subjects pertaining to the theatre.
Books by and about Edward Gordon Craig from this collection were removed to Special
Collections book stacks.
box 11
Related material
1882-1967
General Physical Description note: 11 items.
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box 79, folder 0
Radio Talks
1962
General Physical Description note: Recording discs.
Scope and Contents note
London: Discurio, 1962. A boxed set of recordings by Edward Gordon Craig,
1951-1957, on Isadora Duncan, Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and other subjects. With an
accompanying booklet reprinting Craig's diary entries, and illustrated with a
photograph of Edward Gordon Craig, Venice, 1960 by his daughter Helen Craig. copy 89
of 99. With 8 engravings reproduced from Edward Gordon Craig's Hamlet, reproduced
for the first time.
box 11, folder 3
Letter to Ellen Terry
1882 September 15
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (4 pages, folded), with
envelope.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Ellen Terry, September 15, 1882, from her son Edward Gordon Craig.
Written on writing paper with a rabbit sketch. Craig has illustrated the letter and
signed it "Teddy." With envelope in 2 pieces, front and back detached.
box 11, folder 4
From the London Press
1900-1901
General Physical Description note: Print, 1 leaf (2 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Comments from the London press on Craig's production of "Dido and Aeneas." Printed
in red and back, with decorative border on page 1 and decorative endpiece on page 2.
Printed by EGC?
box 11, folder 5
Souvenir. Acis & Galatee. Masque of Love
1902 March 10
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir program for a production of Acis and Galatea, March 10, 1902, at the
Queen's Street Theatre, London. Martin Shaw was musical director and Edward Gordon
Craig was stage director. "The Scenery, Costumes, etc., from designs by Gordon
Craig. Executed under the direction of W.T. Hemsley, Miss M. Meredith, Miss D.
Inglis, and Miss Edith Craig. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of costume
designs by Edward Gordon Craig. Title page printed in red and black.
box 11, folder 6
Black Figure
1910
General Physical Description note: Woodcut.
Scope and Contents note
Wooden cutout, painted on both sides, set into a cardboard sink mat. Given to Lee
Freeson from Teddy Craig, Edward Gordon Craig's son. Inscribed "My Dear Lee -- This
little 'Black Figure' was one that father used a lot on his first little 'model
stage' in 1910. He also printed from it. Now it passes to you, an old friend of his
and mine. It brings WISHES ... for the future. Affectionately Teddy 1967." In a blue
gray cloth covered case.
box 11, folder 7
Edward Gordon Craig, Rapallo
1924
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 18.3 x 14.1 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph of Edward Gordon Craig, Rapallo, 1924, taken by his son Edward Craig.
EGC is wearing a light suit and a hat and is holding a cane, squinting into the sun.
Give to Lee Freeson by Edward Craig. With this: a reproduction of a photograph of
Edward Gordon Craig in profile, photographer unidentified, probably an illustration
in a book.
box 11, folder 8
A Matinee in aid of The Ellen Terry Memorial Fund
1929 April 23
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Illustrated with a woodblock print of Ellen Terry, 1899, by Edward Gordon
Craig and his design for her on the cover.
box 11, folder 9
Gordon Craig Remembers Stanislavsky: A Great Nurse
1962 April
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Article which appeared in Theatre Arts, April 1962, pages 17-19.
box 11, folder 10
Gordon Craig
1966 January 1
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Article which appeared in Vogue, January 1, 1965, pages 128-129, 155-157.
Ilustrated with a photograph of EGC by Cecil Beaton.
box 11, folder 11
Edward Craig, Theater Innovator, Dead at 94 [obituary]
1966 July 30
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 11, folder 12
Edward Gordon Craig, 1972-1966, Artist of the Theatre
1967 September 6-November 18
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Announcement for a memorial exhibition arranged by Donald Oenslager and Arnold
Rood. Printed in dark blue.
Raymond Duncan
1920-1970
General Physical Description note: 1 box (0.5 linear feet) and 1 oversize
box.
Scope and Contents note
Raymond Duncan (1874-1966) traveled with his family, including his sister Isadora, to
England and later to Europe in 1898. Raymond settled in Paris, where he devoted his life
to writing poetry and plays, weaving and decorating textiles, and establishing his press
"Akademia." This series includes some of Raymond's printed works: brochures, pamphlets,
flyers, broadsides, theatre programs, as well as two scarves designed and executed by
him. It also includes letters written by Raymond. Materials about Raymond Duncan
included are photographs, articles, and an exhibition catalog of his works with
biography.
box 14, folder 10
Handwritten letter from Raymond Duncan to Cher C.
box 14, folder 11
Typed letter from Raymond Duncan to Mrs. Campbell, and a handwritten
note
box 14, folder 12
Newspaper clippings regarding Raymond Duncan
box 14, folder 13
Photos of Raymond Duncan with writing on some of the backs
Ellen Terry
1879-1928
General Physical Description note: 1 box (0.5 linear feet) and 1 oversize
box.
Scope and Contents note
Dame Ellen Alice Terry (1847-1928), mother of Edward Gordon Craig, began her acting
career at age nine, became famous as a Shakespearean actress, and continued acting
primarily in the theatre throughout her extensive career, but also in several films from
1917-1922. She had a great influence on both Edward Gordon Craig and Isadora Duncan.
This series includes correspondence from Ellen Terry to friends, associates and
admirers; theatre programs; sketches and photographs of Ellen Terry in many of the roles
she played on stage.
Books by and about Ellen Terry from this collection were removed to Special Collections
book stacks.
box 13
Images of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and others
1878-1928 and no date
General Physical Description note: 15 items.
box -
Ellen Terry, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, and Mrs. Patrick
Campbell
no date
General Physical Description note: Pencil drawings. 38.5 x 27.2
cm.
Scope and Contents note
3 pencil drawings of Ellen Terry, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, and Mrs. Patrick
Campbell.
box 80
Ellen Terry, portrait, as Beatrice
no date
General Physical Description note: [Sepia? b/w?] print. Image size: 23.6 x
30.0 cm., mounted on heavy stock: 45.3 x 36.0 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Portrait of Ellen Terry in her role as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. She is
holding a scarf above her head. Photographer's name is debossed in lower left
corner. [and address in lower right corner?] [printed with gold ink?]
box 13, folder 23
Henry Irving photographs and drawings
various dates
General Physical Description note: Postcards, cartes de visites, clipping and
photographs range in size from 13.7 x 8.7 cm to 25.0 x 17.0 cm.
Scope and Contents note
2 postcards, 3 cartes de visites, 1 clipping with reprints of photographs and
drawings, and 1 original print of Henry Irving, autographed.
box -
Ellen Terry, portrait
no date
Creator: Window & Grove
General Physical Description note: Sepia print. Image size: 30.2 x 24.2 cm.
Mounted on heavy stock: 35.1 x 27.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Portrait of Ellen Terry standing, in full figure, wearing a long gown. Her left
hand rests on the top of a column post, right hand is held near her heart, holding a
flower. There is a tree to her right with ivy wrapped around the tree and column.
She is looking ahead, her face turned slightly to the left.
box 36
Ellen Terry, portrait, seated
1884
General Physical Description note: b/w. 23.5 x 12.3 cm. (frame: ~30.3 x
50cm)
Scope and Contents note
Framed black and white photograph, With inscription by Ellen Terry, "Yours truly,
E--T--, Oct. 29, '84 - Boston, U.S.A."
box 64
Ellen Terry, portrait drawings
no date
Creator: Craig, Edward Gordon,
1872-1966
General Physical Description note: Ink and pencil drawings (sketches?),
matted and framed., 23.0 x 30.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
3 drawings of Ellen Terry on one sheet.
box 13, folder 8
Ellen Terry and Marion Terry
1878-1879
General Physical Description note: Sepia.
Scope and Contents note
4 photos. 2 photos of Ellen Terry and 2 photos of her sister, Marion Terry. 1).
Miss Ellen Terry, From a photograph taken specially for 'The Theatre' by the St.
James's Photographic Company, 72, Piccadilly, W., Image: 11.4 x 9.1 cm. 2) Yours
Truly Ellen Terry, photographed by Lock & Whitfield, London, Image: 11.5 x 9l0
cm. 3) Yours Truly Marion Terry, photographed by Lock & Whitfield, London,
Image: 11.4 x 8.8 cm. 4) Miss Marion Terry, From a photograph taken specially for
'The Theatre' by the St. James's Photographic Company, 72, Piccadilly, W. 4
items.
box 13, folder 9
Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and an unidentified woman
1880
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image: 11.4 x 7.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photo. Written on the verso, "Ellen Terry in yachting dress with Sir Henry Irving
about 1880."
box 13, folder 10
Ellen Terry photographs (cartes de visites)
ca. 1881-1887
General Physical Description note: 43 sepia cartes de visites in a
clamshellbox covered in marbled paper. Image sizes: 14.4 x 10.4 cm. mounted on cards
16.5 x 10.8 cm, with rounded corners and labeled by role and play, credited to
Window & Grove [photographers], 63A Baker Street.
Scope and Contents note
Includes portraits of Ellen Terry in character for many of the roles she played,
such as Camma (The Cup), Guinevere, Imogen, Lady Macbeth, Margaret, Beatrice (Much
Ado About Nothing), Ophelia, Portia, Lady Ashton (Ravenswood), and Queen
Katherine.
box 13, folder 11
Ellen Terry and daughter Edy(?)
1883
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image size: 10.2 x 14.6 cm. Mounted
on heavy grey stock with rounded corners: 10.5 x 16.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Photo. Written on verso, "Fred R. Hollyer, 9 Pembroker Sqre, Kensington, W.,
1883."
box 13, folder 12
Miss Ellen Terry. Re-produced by Warlow & Sons Limited, from a
Photograph by Barraud, 263, Oxford Street, W.
1887
General Physical Description note: b/w. Image size: 13.3 x 10.4
cm.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping.
box 13, folder 13
Signed Portrait of Ellen Terry Holding A Flower
1894
General Physical Description note: Sepia carte de visite. Image size: 13.6 x
10.1 cm. Mounted on card stock with rounded corners, 16.5 x 10.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Portrait of Ellen Terry, seated. Her face is in profile, head turned to view a
flower held in her right hand.
box 13, folder 14
Ellen Terry as Imogen
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia print. Image size: 28.7 x 17.3 cm.
Mounted on heavy stock with rounded corners, beveled edges: 33.0 x 18.9
cm.
Scope and Contents note
Full figure of Ellen Terry, as "Imogen," her right hand on hip, left hand to mouth,
looking out in the distance.
box 13, folder 15
Ellen Terry, portrait
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia print. Image size: 19.2 x 14.6 cm.
Mounted on board.
Scope and Contents note
Portrait of Ellen Terry in profile, facing left, looking down. Her hair is up.
box 13, folder 16
Ellen Terry in A few doors West of "The Circus"
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia print. Image size: 13.7 x 10.2 cm.
Mounted on card stock, rounded corners: 16.6 x 10.9 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Portrait of Ellen Terry standing in front of clock and behind a chair, facing left,
her arms behind her body, looking out to the left.
box 13, folder 17
Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Ben Webster in Lyceum roles
no date
General Physical Description note: Sepia prints, groups of miniatures, on
photographic paper: 18.5 x 14.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
4 sheets of photographic miniatures or proof sheets of the actors posed in
character. Sheet No. 35 includes 21 images of Ellen Terry as Beatrice. Sheet No. 38
includes 29 images of Ellen Terry as Queen Katherine. Sheet No. 42 includes 23
images of Ellen Terry as Rosamund. Sheet No. 44 includes 16 images of Henry Irving,
Ellen Terry and Ben Webster in various roles.
box 13, folder 18
Ellen Terry and her daughter, Edy
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w prints: 20.5 x 15.5 cm., and 15.0 x
20.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Two prints, mounted on rice paper and backed with black paper stock. Ellen Terry is
elderly. One print shows Ellen Terry and Edy standing side by side, Edy facing front
and Ellen Terry looking off to her right. Second print shows Ellen Terry and Edy
facing one another, Edy in profile looking right and Ellen Terry in ¾ profile
looking to her left. Holograph inscription at lower left of page, "264 King's Rd.,
Chelsea." Both images are signed by "Denys" in the lower right corners.
box 13, folder 19
Ellen Terry and cat
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w print. Image size: 19.2 x 15 cm.
Mounted on a paper mat, deckled edge on bottom: 19.6 x 25 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Portrait of Ellen Terry in ¾ profile, holding a cat up to the right side of her
face. Ellen Terry is elderly. Her hair is braided and wrapped around the crown of
her head.
box 13, folder 20
The Latest Portrait of Ellen Terry Made in America: By Permission of Arnold
Genthe
no date
General Physical Description note: Print. b/w print reproduction. Image size:
12.6 x 9.6 cm. Page size: 26.8 x 18.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Ellen Terry, portrait. She is elderly, seated, in profile, facing to her right.
box 13, folder 21
Ellen Terry as Portia
no date
General Physical Description note: Chromolith print. Image size: 5.8 x 3.4
cm.
Scope and Contents note
Chromolith portrait of Ellen Terry as Portia.
box 13, folder 22
Ellen Terry images in postcards, clippings and a souvenir card
no date
General Physical Description note: Postcards and clippings range in size from
13.6 x 8.2 cm. to 24.3 x 18.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
3 postcards and 11 clippings with reprints of photographs and drawings of Ellen
Terry, and one of Henry Irving, and 1 souvenir card with ticket from Royal Lyceum
Theatre, [no year] July 1, and chromolith portraits of Miss Ellen Terry and Mr.
Henry Irving.
box 36, box 35
Three pencil drawings of Ellen Terry, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, and Mrs.
Patrick Campbell
Creator: Haviland, Frank
Physical Location: The drawing of Ellen Terry is
located in box 36 meanwhile the drawings of Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Johnston
Forbes-Robertson are in box 35.
Physical Description: Pencil drawings. 38.5 x 27.2
cm.
Scope and Contents
With Royal Lyceum program of Hamlet played by Forbes Robertson with Mrs. Patrick
Campbell as his Ophelia. Ellen Terry has autographed her portrait.
box 13, box 12
Letters and notes
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 13, folder 7
Letter to Major Pom
[no year] July 16
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf, folded (1
page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter, "Dear Major Pom. I hope you will not forget to send me tickets for Monday.
I hope to be acting again that night, but I want my aunt (Mrs. Rumball) to go. I'm
still fearfully tired & quite ill. Just think of my missing the 'treat' of that
lovely day at The Grange! Yours sincerely, Ellen Terry."
box 13, folder 6
Letter to "you blessed old green eyes"
[no year] 14 June
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 3 leaves (3 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Letter marked "Private" at top of first page. Ellen Terry discusses her marriage to
Jim [James Carew]. Signed "from Ellen Carew."
box 12, folder 3
Letter to Mr. Jennings
1879 June 22
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf, folded (4
pages)
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Mr. Jennings, dated 22 June 1879, apologizing for the delay in answering
his letter, and hoping he is well and has had happy years since they met in Bristol
"--how many years ago?" Signed "Sincerely yours, Ellen Terry Wardell" with
postscript and address.
box 12, folder 4
Note card to Ken Barnes
1891?
General Physical Description note: Holograph on hard stock, beveled
edges.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph note card with a drawing of a woman in Victorian dress to Ken Barnes from
Ellen Terry.
box 12, folder 5
Note card from Ellen Terry
1886-1887 December
General Physical Description note: Holograph on heavy stock.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph note card, "With pleasure - (Apologizing for the delay) December 86-87."
Signed by Ellen Terry on the back.
box 12, folder 6
Letter to Mrs. George Lewis
1889 June 29
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 3 leaves, with
envelope.
Scope and Contents note
Letter beginning, "Thanks darling Lady Betty for your sweet words."
box 12, folder 7
Note with signature card
1894
General Physical Description note: Holograph note and card, 2
leaves.
Scope and Contents note
Note on paper, "I sign my name for you with pleasure. In return may I ask you for a
trifle (not less than 50 cents) towards some charity. There is a "cot" in London for
a sick child entirely maintained by the sale of my autographs=£ I wish to establish
something of the same kind in America [underscored]."
box 12, folder 8
Letter to Mr. Winton
1894 February 24
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 2 leaves (1 leaf and 1
half-sheet).
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Mr. Winton from Ellen Terry, The Windsor, Montreal, "Dear Mr. Winton,
Very many thanks for the little picture of [Wm. Oldfield] I wish I might send you
tickets for seats for our performances, but a mouse would find difficulty in
squeezing its way in to the theatre today, I fancy. If we come again--and we are
sure to come to this lovely land--(I'd like to settle in it!!) you must remind me
& I will send you tickets. With all good wishes, I am Yours very truly, Ellen
Terry.
box 12, folder 9
Letter to Major Pom
1894 March 3
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (2 pages),
signed.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Major Pom sending regrets neither she nor Mr. Irving will be able to
accept an invitation to join Mr. Beecher on a Sunday.
box 12, folder 10
Letter to J. Martin Harvey
1895 June 24
General Physical Description note: 1 leaf, folded (4 pages), with
envelope.
Scope and Contents note
Letter to J. Martin Harvey, dated 24th June, "Dear Jack, Will you please tell Mr.
Valentine (& tell yourself too!) the performance tomorrow at the Queen's Hall
Langham Place is to begin at 3:30. I'd like you to have a look at the stage first -
for there's no curtain, no scene, only a table, sofa & a few chairs, & the
whole thing will have to be a go-as-you-please-performance & we'll "cut it
short" as we can. I've written to Miss Gibson. Yours sincerely, Ellen Terry.
Monday.
box 12, folder 12
Letter to J. Martin Harvey
1897 December 29
General Physical Description note: Holograph letter, 2 leaves (2
pages).
Scope and Contents note
Holograph letter to J. Martin Harvey. Ellen Terry thanks him for a picture, sends
new year greetings, and news of Sir Henry.
box 12, folder 12
Letter to J. Martin Harvey
[no year] Monday
General Physical Description note: Holograph letter, 2 leaves (2
pages).
Scope and Contents note
Holograph letter to J. Martin Harvey. Ellen Terry thanks him for sending
congratulations and sends love and wishes that Nelly will soon be out of her weary
trouble.
box 12, folder 12
Letter to J. Martin Harvey
1897 October 24
General Physical Description note: Holograph letter, 1 leaf (recto and
verso), and envelope.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph letter to J. Martin Harvey. Ellen Terry describes her current works with
the Lyceum Company and sends love to Mr. Harvey and Nelly.
box 12, folder 12
Letter to Mrs. Bernard (Faith) Partridge
1902 June 14
General Physical Description note: Holograph letter, 1 leaf (1
page)
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Faith Partridge discussing travel plans.
box 12, folder 13
Letter
no date
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (1 page).
Scope and Contents note
Letter, "Yes it did reach me & I am so sorry I neglected to return it. Thank
you very much for your kindness in sending me a dollar. Of course it will go (with
others) to our American charity. I don't like the picture you sent to be signed
& so I sent another one for your acceptance. If you please? E.T."
box 12, folder 13
Thank you note
1902 February
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (recto and
verso).
Scope and Contents note
Letter, "Thank you for letting me see your remarkable portraits in silhouette.
Yours sincerely, Ellen Terry. Buffalo, Feb 1902."
box 13, folder 1
Birthday Book of Favourite Mottoes and Quotations
1908
General Physical Description note: Print. 15.0 x 8.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Birthday book with quotations.
box 13, folder 2
Thank you letter
1913?
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf, folded (4
pages).
Scope and Contents note
Letter, "The 'Old Fossil' in H. H. was 'awfully' clever - Capital!..." then
discusses living in the country, growing carnations and sends good wishes for the
new year.
box 13, folder 3
Letter to "my dear Nell"
1920 August 30
General Physical Description note: Holograph, one leaf, folded (front page
not numbered, back page numbered 2) and inside pages are numbered 3).
Scope and Contents note
Letter discussing plays and sending good wishes. Signed, "Affectionately
yours--& his--Ellen Terry."
box 13, folder 4
Note.
1922 October 24
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 1 leaf (1 page). Vertical fold
at center.
Scope and Contents note
Note, "Here are 4 pictures--front-side-& 3/4 face. But when you see the real
face of me, you will say, 'but how changed'! I think you had better stick to the
pictures. 1 more added (cannot write. My right arm [illegible] - able? 'EXCUSE'.
E.T."
box 13, folder 5
Notes
no date
General Physical Description note: Holograph, pencil, 1 leaf, folded (4
pages).
Scope and Contents note
Quotations, notes and sketch.
box 13, folder 5
Letter
no date
General Physical Description note: Holograph, 4 leaves (4 pages).
Scope and Contents note
Letter, "Dear Friend, I knew you would do what I asked! I always felt so very sure
of my friends that I'm careful; I hope not to trouble them with many requests. You
are the only newspaper - gent! I've asked to help the sale. Personally I mean. I
wish I had asked you a few days earlier. Well--it is now 3 o'clock, & by now my
few precious possessions are 'going--going--gone!' Ever so many thanks for your kind
help--over and over again. I am always yours gratefully & affectionately, Ellen
Terry. P.S. If--the things have gone for next to nothing--I shall die! No one has
wired me as yet! Awful pause. I'll go for a walk with my Sheep-Dog. (He would have
wired if he had been in London!!)"
Programs of Ellen Terry and Sir Henry Irving
1883-1928 and no date
General Physical Description note: 16 items.
box 80
Ellen Terry: Her Life and Work (1848-1928)
1928 July 26
Creator: Weller, Bernard, 1870-1943
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Ellen Terry: Her Life and Work (1848-1928).
box 80
Charles I, Boston Theatre engagement announcement
1883 December 22
Creator: M'Glenen, H. A.
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Announcement in "The Ray," Vol. 13, No. 100, of engagement of Mr. Henry Irving and
Miss Ellen Terry in "Charles I," with Henry Irving in title role and Ellen Terry as
Queen Henrietta Maria.
box 13, folder 24
Much Ado About Nothing! Boston Theatre engagement announcement
1884 March 1
General Physical Description note: Print, folded. 2 leaves (4
pages).
Scope and Contents note
Announcement in "The Ray," Vol. 13, Boston, Saturday, March 1, 1884, No. 160, of
the return engagement of Mr. Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry and the Lyceum
Theatre Company, under the direction of Mr. Henry E. Abbey, of Shakespeare's Comedy
in 5 acts, "Much Ado About Nothing!"
box 13, folder 25
Lyceum "Faust." By Joseph Hatton ... with illustrations from drawings by W.
Telbin, Hawes Craven, W. H. Margetson, J. Bernard Partridge, and Helen H.
Hatton
1887
General Physical Description note: Print, bound. 30, [2] p. illus. 16.4 x
23.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Description of Henry Irving's dramatic representation of Goethe's Faust.
box 13, folder 26
Souvenir of Ravenswood, a play by Herman Merivale, from the story of "The
Bride of Lammermoor." Presented at the Lyceum Theatre, 20th September, 1890, by
Henry Irving. Illustrated by J. Bernard Partridge, J. Harker, & Hawes
Craven
1890
General Physical Description note: Print, bound. Red paper cover printed with
black and gold ink. [5] p. [15] plates. 17.0 x 23.6 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir of "Ravenswood" with Dramatis Personae, Synopsis of Scenery and b/w
illustrations of some of the characters and scenes.
box 13, folder 27
Souvenir of Shakespeare's historical play King Henry the Eighth; presented
at the Lyceum theatre, 5th January, 1892, by Henry Irving; illustrated by J. Bernard
Partridge, W. Telbin, J. Harker, " Hawes Craven
1892 January 5
General Physical Description note: Print, bound. Red paper cover printed with
black and gold ink. 18 l. illus. 16.5 x 23.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir of "King Henry the Eighth" with Dramatis Personae, Synopsis of Scenery,
and illustrations of characters and scenes.
box 13, folder 28
Souvenir of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear; presented at the Lyceum
Theatre, 10th November, 1892, by Henry Irving; Illustrated by J. Bernard Partridge
and Hawes Craven
1892 November 10
General Physical Description note: Print, bound. Cover printed with blue and
gold ink. 3 p., 13 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23.6 x 16.8 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir of "King Lear" with Dramatis Personae, Synopsis of Scenery, and b/w
illustrations of characters and scenes.
box 14, folder 1
Souvenir of Becket, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; first presented at the Lyceum
Theatre, 6th February, 1893, by Henry Irving; illustrated by J. Bernard Partridge,
W. Telbin, J. Harker, & Hawes Craven
1893
General Physical Description note: Print, bound. Heavy grey stock cover,
printed with black, red and gold ink. [3] leaves, [12] leaves of ill.; illus.,
ports. 16.2 x 23.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir of "Becket" with Dramatis Personae, Synopsis of Scenery and b/w
illustrations of some of the characters and scenes.
box 14, folder 2
Miss Janotha's Concert
1894?
General Physical Description note: Print. 1 leaf (1 page). 26.2 x 20.7
cm.
Scope and Contents note
Broadside announcing a performance by Miss Janotha on Tuesday, June 5th, at Daly's
Theatre ... and a new proverb by John Oliver Hobbs (Mrs. Craigie) and George Moore,
entitled "Journey's end in lovers meeting" (Twelfth Night), will be performed by
Miss Ellen Terry, Mr. William Terriss, Mr. Forbes Robertson.
box 14, folder 3
Souvenir of King Arthur: first presented at the Lyceum Theatre, 12th
January, 1895/ by J. Comyns Carr ; illustrated by J. Bernard Partridge and Hawes
Craven
1895?
General Physical Description note: Print, bound. Cover bound in half calf.
[3] leaves, [12] leaves of plates: chiefly ill.; 16.6 x 23.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir of "King Arthur" with Dramatis Personae, Synopsis of Scenery and b/w
illustrations of some of the characters and scenes.
box 14, folder 4
The Merchant of Venice
1895 June
General Physical Description note: Print, folded. 1 leaf (4 pages). Printed
on tan paper with brown and red ink. 21.6 x 34.2 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Program for the Royal Lyceum Theatre's production of, "The Merchant of Venice,"
June 17-22, 1895.
box 14, folder 5
Macbeth
1895 July
General Physical Description note: Print, folded. 1 leaf (4 pages). Printed
on tan paper with brown and red ink. 21.9 x 34.3 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Program for the Royal Lyceum Theatre's production of "Macbeth," Saturday, July 27,
1895.
box 14, folder 6
Souvenir of Madame Sans-Gêne, a comedy in a prologue & three acts, by
Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau, adapted by J. Comyns Carr; presented at the
Lyceum Theatre, April 10th, 1897, by Henry Irving; illustrated by Albert E. Sterner
and Hawes Craven
1897 April
General Physical Description note: Print, bound. Heavy dark green stock
cover, printed with black and red ink. [3] leaves, [13] leaves of ill.; illus.,
ports. 16.2 x 23.5 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir of "Madame Sans-Gêne" with Dramatis Personae, Synopsis of Scenery and b/w
illustrations of some of the characters and scenes.
box 14, folder 7
Hamlet
1897?
General Physical Description note: Print, folded. 1 leaf (4 pages). Printed
on tan paper with black and red ink. 21.8 x 34.4 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Program for the Royal Lyceum Theatre's production of "Hamlet."
box 14, folder 8
Souvenir programme given by the theatrical & musical professions as a
tribute to Miss Ellen Terry on the occasion of her jubilee, Tuesday afternoon, June
12th, 1906
1906
General Physical Description note: Print, bound. Cover is hard stock printed
in full color; text is printed with black, brown and red ink. [30] p., [9] leaves of
plates : ill., ports. (some col.); 30.3 x 24.7 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Souvenir dedicated to the jubilee commemoration of Ellen Terry, 1856-1906. Above
title on title page, "Theatre Royal Drury Lane (Generously lent by Mr. Arthur
Collins & the Directors)."
box 14, folder 9
The Story of The Winter's Tale, from "Tales from Shakespeare"
no date
General Physical Description note: Print. 4 leaves (8 pages). Covers and text
page(s) missing. 23.5 x 16 cm.
Scope and Contents note
Program for a production of "The Winter's Tale" produced by H.B.T. [Sir Herbert
Beerbohm-Tree].
Material about other dancers
1910-1978
General Physical Description note: 1 box (0.5 linear feet) and 1 oversize
box.
Scope and Contents note
This series includes materials that Howard Holtzman (1921-1990) collected about other
dancers whose works are related to or influenced by Isadora Duncan, or by whom she was
influenced. Items included are programs, articles and photographs.
Adeline Genée
1912-1913 and no date
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 14, folder 37
Two Programs for "La Danse" by Mlle. Adeline Genée
1912-1913
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. "... an authentic record by Mlle. Adeline Genée of dancing and dancers
between the years 1719 and 1845."
box 15, folder 6
Adeline Genée
no dates
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
1 program and 3 clippings.
box 15, folder 4
Alexandra Danilova
no date
General Physical Description note: 12 items.
box 15, folder 4
Alexandra Danilova
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. Some of the photographs are by Will Rapport and Constantine. 12
items.
box 15, folder 10
Alicia Markova and Igor Youskevitch
no date
General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 15, folder 10
Alicia Markova and Igor Youskevitch
no dates
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and negative. 2 photographs, 1 negative and 3 album pages (with 9
photos).
box 15, folder 11
Alicia Markova and others
no date
General Physical Description note: 8 items.
box 15, folder 11
Alicia Markova and others
no dates
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and negatives. Includes photographs by Gilbert Adams, Walter E. Owen,
Constantine and Will Rapport. 8 items.
Anna Pavlova
1910-1925,1951, 1956 and no date
General Physical Description note: 16 items.
box 14, folder 14
The Auditorium Theatre Beautiful Program
box 14, folder 15
The Pavlova-Mordkin Libretto and Souvenir Album
box 14, folder 16
Boston Grand Opera in conjunction with the Pavlova Imperial Ballet
Russe
1915-1916
General Physical Description note: Print. Trifold.
Scope and Contents note
Program. With repertoire for Los Angeles performances, March 6-11.
box 14, folder 17
The Big Show
1916
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Featuring Anna Pavlova in Scene V.
box 14, folder 18
Pavlova
1922?
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. With descriptions of her repertoire. Illustrated with many photographs.
Cover on heavy paper stock has an embossed and colored image of Anna Pavlova, with a
hand-tied binding.
box 14, folder 19
Anna Pavlova
1924
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. With descriptions of her repertoire. Illustrated on the cover with a
photograph of Pavlova by Mishkin and several photographs by various photographers
throughout. With a hand-tied binding.
box 14, folder 20
Anna Pavlova
1925 March
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. With programs for March 11-March 19.
box 14, folder 21
[Anna Pavlova]
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. American tour, lacking cover. Stamped "Nazimova" on many of the pages.
box 14, folder 22
Anna Pavlova
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Pavlova's last American tour. With a cover in dark green heavy paper with
an embossed dancing scene with two figures and colored in gold, as well as Pavlova's
signature in gold.
box 14, folder 23
Anna Pavlova & Mikail Mordkin
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Includes the essay, "The Russian Ballet, What It Means." Illustrated with
several photographs of Pavlova and Mordkin.
box 14, folder 24
City Auditorium Program for Anna Pavlova
February 27-28
box 14, folder 25
Philharmonic Auditorium Program for Anna Pavlova
March 11-21
Scope and Contents
Program. Repertoire for evening performances.
box 14, folder 26
In Memoriam: Anna Pavlova 1882-1931
1951 January
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. "Anna Pavlova ..." by H.D. in Dance, January 1951, pages 13-18, 53.
box 14, folder 27
[Special issue on Anna Pavlova]
1956 January
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Issue of Dance Magazine, vol. 30, no. 1 (January 1956) with several articles on
Anna Pavlova, pages 16-33.
box 14, folder 28
Three World Capitals Celebrate Pavlova
1956 March
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping. Dance Magazine, vol. 30, no. 3 (March 1956), pages 16-21, marking the
25th anniversary of Pavlova's death.
box 14, folder 29
Images of Anna Pavlova in photographs and clippings
1910, 1926, 1936 and no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Sepia. Print.
Scope and Contents note
14 items. Includes photographs by Saul Bransburg, Studio G.L. Manuel Frères
(Paris), Schneider (Berlin), and Mishkin Studio (New York). Some copy negatives
included.
box 80
The Introduction of a New Art to America
no date
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. "The Russian Ballet: What It Means", illustrated with photographs and
drawings of Anna Pavlova and Michael [Mikhail] Mordkin.
box 15, folder 5
Anton Dolin
no date
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 15, folder 5
Michel Fokine
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings. 1) Michel Fokine as Jain de Brien in "Raymonda" and 2) Michel Fokine as
Amoun in "Cléopatre."
box 15, folder 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
1942
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 15, folder 1
[Nathalie Krassovska, Igor Youskevitch, Tamara Toumanova]
1942
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. 1) Rehearsal for "Les sylphides." 2) Descending from adagio position.
2 items.
box 15, folder 2
Tamara Toumanova and Igor Youskevitch
1942
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. 1) "Bird of the shoulder" from "The Blue-Bird." 2) "Pirouette on the
paint." 2 items.
box 15, folder 12
Francisco Moncion
no date
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 15, folder 12
Francisco Moncion
no dates
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. Includes a photograph by Walter E. Owen.
Gertrude Hoffman's "La Saison Russe"
1911
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 14, folder 32
Album Souvenir de "La Saison Russe"
1911
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Featuring "Les Ballets Russes." Illustrated with photographs, costume
designs and drawings. Cover on glossy paper is in color, with a cord tie.
box 15, folder 8
Hugh Laing and others
1939 and no date
General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 15, folder 8
Hugh Laing and others
1939 and no date
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. 4 photographs and 1 album page (with 2 photographs) dated November
1939.
box 15, folder 14
Igor Youskevitch
1955 and no date
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 15, folder 14
Igor Youskevitch
1955 and no date
General Physical Description note: b/w. Print.
Scope and Contents note
Photograph by Maurice Seymour, no date, and dustjacket from Igor Youskevitch by Rod
Quiros, trimmed.
box 15, folder 7
Nora Kaye
no date
General Physical Description note: 16 items.
box 15, folder 7
Nora Kaye
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. Includes photographs by Constantine, Will Rapport and Walter E.
Owen.
Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe
1916-1917 and no date
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 14, folder 33
Ballet Russe
1916-1917
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. With photographs of principal dancers, including Nijinsky. Cover features
a color drawing of Aimee from "Schéhérazade" by Leon Bakst.
box 14, folder 34
Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe, American Tour Program
1916-1917
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Illustrated with many color reproductions of costumes and set designs by
Leon Bakst, one by Robert Edmond Jones, and photographs of many of the principal
dancers. With an embossed cover in heavy brown paper, decorated in black and
gold.
box 14, folder 35
Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe
1916
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program. Program for Christmas week.
box 14, folder 36
Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe
[no year] January 6
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Program.
box 15, folder 13
Tamara Toumanova
no date
General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 15, folder 13
Tamara Toumanova
no date
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. 5 items.
box 15, folder 9
Tanaquil LeClerq
no date
General Physical Description note: 8 items.
box 15, folder 9
Tanaquil LeClercq
no dates
General Physical Description note: b/w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs. Includes photographs by Walter E. Owen and Constantine. 7 photographs
and 1 clipping.
Vaslav Nijinsky
1934, 1978
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 14, folder 30
[Exhibit on Vaslav Nijinsky]
1934 June
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Catalog. The exhibits featured drawings, sculptures, manuscripts, programs,
costumes and photographs. Frontispiece is a reproduction of a photograph of Nijinsky
by Roosen.
box 14, folder 31
L'Apres-Midi d'une Faune - Nijinsky - 1912 - Thirty-three photographs by
Baron Adolphe de Meyer
1978 June - September
General Physical Description note: Print.
Scope and Contents note
Catalog. Featuring reproduction of the original photographs by Richard Benson,
using the palladium process on translucent paper. The edition was limited to 250
numbered copies.
