The papers include personal correspondence and correspondence related to actor, director, mime, and choreographer Ernst Matray's artistic life, as well as photographs, invoices & statements, press clippings, artwork by Ernst Matray, autobiographic manuscripts and creative writing, some audio/visual materials, and some correspondence and invoices & statements of Matray's third wife Elizabeth McKinley Matray. The papers comprise materials from the years 1933-1984, the bulk beeing from Matray's second stay in the US from 1955-1978.

Ernst Matray (1891-1978) was born in Budapest, Hungary on May 27, 1891. He was an actor, director, producer, and choreographer.

18 Linear Feet 18 boxes and 1 oversize folder

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