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Julius Palffy-Alpar papers, 1943-2001.
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Title:
Julius Palffy-Alpar papers, 1943-2001Creator/Contributor:
Palffy-Alpar, Julius, 1908-2001, creatorAbstract:
Contains scrapbook, correspondence, fencing documents, writings, and fencing equipment and other realia. The scrapbook covers
Palffy-Alper's professional career as a fencing instructor for the U.S. Army in Europe, France, Toronto, Canada, San Francisco
and as a professor at U.C. Berkeley. Correspondents include Marcel Marceau and inquiries about his work. Fencing materials
document his work with the U.C. Drama Department and competitions. Writings include "Creating letters with objects," and "Fencing
for the blind." Also includes articles, awards and ephemera.
Date:
1943 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caFencing coaches
Fencing -- Photographs
Stage combat
Hungarians -- United States
Fencers -- California
Escrime -- Photographies
Combat sur scène
Escrimeurs -- Californie
Fencers
Fencing
Fencing coaches
Hungarians
Stage combat
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
California
United States
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Physical Education -- Faculty
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Dramatic Art.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Dramatic Art
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Physical Education
Palffy-Alpar, Julius -- 1908-2001 -- Archives
Palffy-Alpar, Julius -- 1908-2001 -- Portraits
Marceau, Marcel
Marceau, Marcel -- Portraits
Marceau, Marcel
Note:
Includes black-and-white photographs of Julius Palffy-Alpar, Marcel Marceau, and fencing.
Gift; Of Julius Palffy-Alpar; 1998.
Julius Palffy-Alpar was born in Hunyard-Kristyor, Transylvania, which was then part of Hungary, on May 19, 1908. He graduated
from the Toldi Miklos Royal Hungarian Sports Institute in 1935 and became a professor of physical education and fencing at
the Hungarian Military Academy in Budapest. He was a faculty member in the Department of Physical Education at the University
of California, Berkeley from 1962-1975. Palffy-Alpar taught Marcel Marceau how to fence and the two became friends.
In English.
Preferred citation: Julius Palffy-Alpar papers, BANC MSS 99/191 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Archives.Photographs.
Portraits.
Scrapbooks.
Physical Description:
print
2 volumes, 4 boxes, 3 oversize folders (circa 5 linear feet)
Language:
English