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Slany (Paul and Agneta) Photograph Album
MS.P.076  
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  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Reproduction Restrictions
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Historical Background
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary

  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
    Title: Paul and Agneta Slany photograph album
    Creator: Slany, Paul, 1899-1953
    Creator: Slany, Agneta, 1882-1964
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.076
    Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet 1 flat box
    Date (inclusive): 1927-1964
    Abstract: This collection comprises a photograph album that contains images of sculptor Paul Slany's work and of Agneta Slany and her students, demonstrating her style of dance.
    Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.

    Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights reside with the University of California.

    Reproduction Restrictions

    For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

    Preferred Citation

    Paul and Agneta Slany photographs. MS-P076. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
    For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Paul and Elsie Fehrer, 1989.

    Processing History

    Processed by Christine Kim and Zoe MacLeod, 2012.

    Historical Background

    Agaeta Slany was a modern dance teacher in Los Angeles in the late 1920s and early 1930s and her husband, Paul Slany, was a sculptor.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    This collection comprises a photograph album that contains images of sculptor Paul Slany's work and of Agneta Slany and her students, demonstrating her style of dance. In addition, the collection includes a greeting card and brief biographical essay on Agneta Slany.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Modern dance -- Photographs.
    Sculpture -- Photographs
    Photograph albums -- 20th century.
    Dance teachers.
    Slany, Paul, 1899-1953 -- Archives
    Slany, Agneta, 1882-1964 -- Archives