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Yakobson (Leonid) collection
M2081  
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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Leonid Yakobson collection
    source: Ross, Janice
    creator: I͡Akobson, Leonid
    Identifier/Call Number: M2081
    Physical Description: 5 Linear Feet
    Physical Description: 13 box(es) (12 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box)
    Date (inclusive): 1941-2012
    Abstract: A collection of photographs, videos, and research files related to the Russian choreographer Leonid Yakobson (1904-1975).

    Scope and Contents

    A collection of photographs, videos, and research files related to the Russian ballet dancer and choreographer Leonid Yakobson (1904-1975), donated by Stanford dance professor Janice Ross, who used this material to write a monograph on Yakobson: "Like a Bomb Going Off: Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in Soviet Russia."
    Most of the collection is annotated with notes and identification in Russian, some of which is translated into English. There are also notes from Ross as she organized her files. Many of the photographs are reprinted in the book. Yakobson's wife Irina, who taught at the San Francisco Ballet School in the 1980s and 90s, provided Ross with much of this collection. Other sources include former dancers and Russian archives.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Preferred Citation

    Preferred Citation [identification of item], Leonid Yakobson collection (M2081). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Choreographers -- Soviet Union
    Ballet -- Soviet Union -- History
    Ross, Janice
    I͡Akobson, Leonid
    I͡Akobson, Leonid
    I͡Akobson, Irina Davydovna