Research Catalog
Maria Bonfanti papers
- Title
- Maria Bonfanti papers, 1868-1917.
- Author
- Bonfanti, Maria.
- Supplementary Content
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Folders 1-55, Box 1 | Moving image | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 43 Folders 1-55, Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Folders 56-66, Box 2 | Moving image | Supervised use | (S) *MGZMD 43 Folders 56-66, Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 109 items
- Summary
- This collection, a gift from the estate of Gwendolyn Ruddell (Miss Bonfanti's granddaughter), consists primarily of correspondence with her Italian relatives and accounts of her ballet school in New York.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Estate of Guendolyn Ruddell.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Personal records.
- Source (note)
- Ruddell, Gwendolyn Ruddell, estate of
- Biography (note)
- Maria Bonfanti (1847-1921), an Italian born and trained ballerina, toured the United States and Europe with great success between 1869 and 1894.
- Language (note)
- In Italian and English.
- Provenance (note)
- Gift of the estate of Gwendolyn Ruddell
- Processing Action (note)
- cataloged (DC)
- cataloged (AMC)
- Call Number
- (S) *MGZMD 43
- OCLC
- NYPW86-A20
- Author
- Bonfanti, Maria.
- Title
- Maria Bonfanti papers, 1868-1917.
- Biography
- Maria Bonfanti (1847-1921), an Italian born and trained ballerina, toured the United States and Europe with great success between 1869 and 1894. She also danced as prima ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1885 to 1886 and maintained a ballet school in New York following her retirement.
- Language
- In Italian and English.
- Provenance
- Gift of the estate of Gwendolyn Ruddell, 1983.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Manuscripts -- Collections.
- Research Call Number
- (S) *MGZMD 43