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Jane Sherman papers relating to Allan Seager, [ca. 1934-1977].
BANC MSS 85/177 zLOCAL
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Title:
Jane Sherman papers relating to Allan Seager, [ca. 1934-1977]Creator/Contributor:
Sherman, Jane, 1908-2010, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Seager, Allan, 1906-1968Creator/Contributor:
Connelly, Stephen E.Abstract:
Materials relating to writer Allan Seager. Includes: correspondence between Seager and Sherman, ca. 1934-1947; correspondence
between Sherman and Stephen Connelly regarding Connelly's dissertation on Seager, 1973-1974; writings by Sherman; writings
by Seager, including typescript of his story "Pro Arte"; and clippings and other materials relating to Seager and his family.
Date:
1934 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Authors, American -- 20th century
Dancers -- United States
Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle
Danseurs -- États-Unis
Authors, American
Dancers
United States
Denishawn Repertory Dancers.
Denishawn Repertory Dancers.
Seager, Allan -- 1906-1968 -- Photographs
Sherman, Jane -- 1908-2010 -- Portrait
Seager, Allan -- 1906-1968
Seager, Allan -- 1906-1968
Sherman, Jane -- 1908-2010
Note:
Includes black and white print of Jane Sherman as a Denishawn dancer; 2 black and white prints of Allan Seager and others.
The Bancroft Library also holds papers of Allan Seager (BANC MSS 70/176 z).
A portrait of Seager received with these papers has been added to the Portrait File of The Bancroft Library. (Cataloged as
BANC PIC 1985.006--POR.).
Jane Sherman was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1908. She performed with the Denishawn Dancers and toured Asia with the company
from 1925-1926. She appeared in Broadway musicals and danced with the Rockettes in the mid-1930s. In 1933 she met writer Allan
Seager in Oxford, England, and the two later became lovers in New York City in the mid-1930s. She married composer Ned Lehac
in 1940 and wrote books and articles on the dance in the 1970s.
Type:
manuscripts for publication.Photographs.
Photographs.
Physical Description:
1 box (.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 85/177 zLOCAL