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Language of Material:
German
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Nina Hard papers
creator:
Hard, Nina
Identifier/Call Number: 6056
Physical Description:
1.68 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1870s-1970s, undated
Abstract: This collection documents the life of Nina Hard, a German dancer, who at one time worked with German artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
The collection consists almost primarily of personal photographs, with some documents such as letters and legal documents.
Physical Description: Some of the materials are brittle and aging.
Nina (Engelhardt) Hard was born in 1900 in Brazil and moved to Germany with her family at a young age. On the ocean voyage
to Germany she became enchangted with the ship's orchestra and decided to become a cellist. She moved to Berlin to pursue
the study of music, but while there she discovered dance, eventually becoming a well-known dancer performing in Berlin, Munich,
and Zurich. She became very popular with both the audience and the press. She married twice; her second husband was Magnus
Henning a composer, writer and director (notable for his work with German actress Erika Mann and Die Pfeffermühle). During
the late 1930s, Hard moved with her family to Ehrwald in the Tyrol. In 1939, she moved back to Brazil with her children,
and in 1947 she moved to California. However, in 1952 she moved back to Germany.
The Nina Hard papers include correspondence, photographs, postcards and drawings. The correspondence mostly includes letters
from friends and family of Nina Hard. The collection also includes numerous articles written about Nina and legal documentx,
such as her birth certificate and marriage licence(s).
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Nina Hard papers, Collection no. 6056, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dancers -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Clippings
Drawings
Letters
Photographs
Programs (documents)
Hard, Nina
Hard, Nina -- Archives