Business Enterprises
Desti Beauty Products
Business correspondence.
Business correspondence, sales lists, advertising material and sales orders for Desti Beauty Products; Desti, Incorporated; and Preston Sturges and Company; ca. 1923.
Desti's Club, London; and Colisée, Paris
Articles of incorporation, rules, scrapbook, and advertising materials for clubs organized by Mary Desti in 1919.
Magazines Facsimiles
Facsimiles and notes for two projected magazines, Bright Spots and The Londonian. n.d.
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Correspondence
General. v.p., v.d.
General. v.p., v.d.
Duncan, Irma. Moscow, ca. 1928.
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Duncan, Isadora. v.p., ca. 1918-1922.
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Sturges, Preston and Eleanor. v.p., ca. 1930.
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Ephemera
Bills, receipts, and legal documents. v.p., v.d.
Miscellaneous. v.p., v.d.
Photographs. n.p., n.d.
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Press clippings. v.p., v.d.
1) Beauty advice columns written by Mary Desti and published in the Daily Sketch. London, ca. 1920.
2) Clippings and promotional releases referring to Mary Desti, ca. 1920-1931.
3) Clippings and promotional releases referring to Isadora Duncan or Desti's biography, The Untold Story, ca. 1929.
4) Miscellaneous clippings.
Programs and Flyers for Theater, Dance, and Exhibitions.
Manuscripts
The Untold Story
Drafts of Mary Desti's book, The untold story; Isadora Duncan's life, 1921-1927. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929.
The untold story. v.p., 1929.
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The untold story. v.p., 1929.
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The untold story. v.p., 1929.
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The untold story. v.p., 1929.
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The untold story. v.p., 1929.
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Manuscripts
Memoirs of Isadora Duncan
Draft by Isadora Duncan, n.d.
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[Duncan, Isadora] Memoirs of Isadora Duncan. n.p., n.d.
Non-Fiction Written by Mary Desti
Are women citizens? n.p., n.d.
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Are women citizens? n.p., n.d.
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Art in commerce. n.p., n.d.
The beauty of right-thinking service. n.p., n.d.
Beware of spoiling the beauty of your hands. n.p., n.d.
The breeding of hate. n.p., n.d.
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The curse of India. n.p., n.d.
Curtain lectures. n.p., n.d.
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Franchescia Medinia. n.p., n.d.
The immorality of wasting other people's time. Paris, n.d.
The importance of color in your surroundings. n.p., n.d.
The impression of a great artist by a simpleton. n.p., n.d.
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Maxims. London, 1917.
Le passé. n.p., n.d.
Some games I played as a little girl. n.p., n.d.
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[Unidentified]. n.p., n.d.
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Vultures. n.p., n.d.
What are we doing to the children of the world? n.p., n.d.
What to do with your old clothes. n.p., n.d.
Wise saws as they should be interpreted. n.p., n.d.
Plays and Fictional Sketches Written by Mary Desti
Adventurous John. n.p., n.d.
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The affair la Chetardie. n.p., n.d.
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Ashes. n.p., n.d.
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A bad woman, by Mary Desti and Roma Chatoff. n.p., n.d.
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Beware of strangers. n.p., n.d.
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Bobby. n.p., n.d.
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Canary. n.p., n.d.
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Criminals in the making; or, John Bradford, inventor. London, 1921.
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Another copy.
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The damning of Kate Temple. n.p., n.d.
Sketch.
Synopsis.
Incomplete synopsis.
Act 1, scenes 1 and 2.
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Kate; a play by Mary Desti and John Colton. n.p., n.d.
Synopsis.
Synopsis.
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Kate Temple. n.p., n.d.
Synopsis.
Synopsis.
Synopsis.
Lists of characters and scenes.
List of acts and draft of Act 1.
Lists of characters and synopsis of Act 1, scene 1.
Synopsis of Act 1, scene 1.
Prologue, Acts 1 and 2 and Act 2, scenes 1 and 2.
Act 1, scene 2.
Act 2, scene 1.
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Act 2, scene 1.
Act 2, scene 2.
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Act 3, scene 1.
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Act 3, last scene.
Diary notes from the notebook of Mary Desti. n.p., n.d.
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Dr. Bob; a sketch by Mary D'Este and Aleister Crowley. n.p., n.d.
Draft.
Draft.
French translation: Le Docteur Bob; par Mary D'Este et Aleister Crowley. n.p., n.d.
The double image, or What happened in the garden; a play in three acts by Mary Desti and Donald Corley. n.p., n.d.
Draft.
4 additional copies. n.p., n.d.
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Scenario. n.p., n.d.
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Scenario. n.p., December 13, 1929.
Notes. n.p., n.d.
Eastern pearl. n.p., n.d.
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Edith. n.p., n.d.
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Getting a passport; or, woman without a country. n.p., n.d.
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The Irish curse. n.p., n.d.
Draft of three acts.
Sketch of Act 1.
Isadora; or, (Aphra,) A play in two acts and eight scenes, by Mary Desti and Clemence Randolph. New York, 1929.
Draft.
Draft.
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James Bowles. n.p., n.d.
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Jobless Jerry. Paris, 1922.
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The law, in four acts. n.p., n.d.
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Leah, the Jewess. n.p., 1926.
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Letters to fictional characters. n.p., n.d.
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The little mother of the neighborhood. n.p., n.d.
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Many fathers; by Mary Desti and Lewis Waller. n.p., n.d.
Draft.
List of characters and synopsis of three acts.
List of characters and scenes.
Notes.
Scenario.
Draft.
Act 1.
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The merrymakers. n.p., n.d.
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Mrs. Wheels. n.p., 1924.
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Mother. n.p., n.d.
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Mothers of men; a serious comedy in three acts by Desti. n.p., n.d.
Draft.
Draft.
[Mothers of men;] a comedy in three acts by Lewis Waller and Madame Desti. n.p., n.d.
New York exchange. n.p., n.d.
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Nicholas nobody; unknown, unseen, unheard; a musical comedy in three acts. Paris, n.d.
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Oh my. n.p., n.d.
Notes.
Notes.
Oh uncle. n.p., n.d.
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Operas, translated from the German. n.p., n.d.
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Our street, an old-fashioned musical comedy. n.p., n.d.
Paddy Patch of the Daily Dispatch. n.p., n.d.
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Petticoat Lane. n.p., n.d.
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The reactionary, book one. n.p., n.d.
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Rebecca. New York, 1925.
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The scented hat. New York, 1927.
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Silly. n.p., n.d.
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Somebody's child; a comedy by Mary Desti. n.p., n.d.
List of characters and synopsis.
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Synopsis.
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The splendid serpent; or, the vice squad. n.p., n.d.
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Taddy Tatch of the Daily Dispatch. n.p., n.d.
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The tangor. n.p., n.d.
Draft.
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Translation into French.
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The toy canary. n.p., n.d.
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Two young fools. n.p., n.d.
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[Untitled] n.p., n.d.
[Untitled] n.p., n.d.
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The vendor of dreams; an operette in two acts and five scenes by Mary D'Este with music by Don José. n.p., n.d.
Draft.
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Miscellaneous pages [2].
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List of characters and synopsis [3].
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Notes [4].
Without family; a drama in three acts by Mary D'este. n.p., n.d.
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Draft.
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List of characters and synopsis.
Draft.
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Miscellaneous pages.
Translation into French: Sans famille. n.p., n.d.
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Translation into Italian: List of characters, partial synopsis, miscellaneous pages.
The wolf. n.p., n.d.
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Poetry Written by Mary Desti
Miscellaneous poems and poem fragments. n.p., v.d.
Fiction (Other Than Mary Desti)
[Anonymous]. Various titles. n.p., n.d.
Bereny, Henri. The Hand. n.p., n.d.
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Colton, John. The blending. n.p., n.d.
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--. Princesses must live. n.p., 1919.
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--. Too much happiness. n.p., n.d.
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Fletcher, Richard. A lady's age. London, n.d.
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--. Our social surrender. London, n.d.
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Reveau, Jules. Pierette's lies. n.p., n.d.
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Non-Fiction (Other Than Mary Desti)
[Anonymous]. Various titles. n.p., n.d.
Additional Material
Business Enterprises
Cash records, checkbook.
Memorabilia
Engagement books, memoranda book.
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Address books, notebooks.
Non-Fiction Written by Mary Desti
The bath. n.p., n.d.
Beautiful teeth. n.p., n.d.
Beauty products. n.p., n.d.
Beauty's Exercises. n.p., n.d.
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Care of the skin. n.p., n.d.
Complexion. n.p., n.d.
Desti gossip hour. n.p., n.d.
Every day treatment of the hair. n.p., n.d.
Feet. n.p., n.d.
Hands and arms. n.p., n.d.
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How to make up. n.p., n.d.
The importance of rest. n.p., n.d.
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It is for you to decide. n.p., n.d.
Robert Chanler introduction. n.p., n.d.
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The toilette and wardrobe. n.p., n.d.
Youth and beauty 'til ninety. n.p., n.d.
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Preston Sturges & Company
Orders for cosmetics. New York, ca. 1925.
Perfume formula, n.d.
Desti Incorporated
Correspondence. v.p., 1929-1947.
Ephemera.
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Orders for cosmetics.
Stock certificates.