Research Catalog

Irma Duncan Collection of Isadora Duncan materials

Title
Irma Duncan Collection of Isadora Duncan materials, 1914-1934.
Author
Duncan, Irma.
Supplementary Content
Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927.
Description
183 folders (ca. 300 items).
Donor/Sponsor
  • Irma Duncan Collection.
  • nuc
Subjects
Note
  • This collection is part of a vast gift of materials from Irma Duncan Rogers including manuscripts, photographs, clippings, programs, and memorabilia, now dispersed throughout the Dance Collection.
  • The items are related to the lives and careers of Isadora Duncan and Irma Duncan.
  • Comprised of four major groups of materials: correspondence to and correspondence from Isadora Duncan, manuscripts relating mostly to the years Isadora Duncan spent in Russia, 1921-24, a group of clippings and memorabilia.
  • Letters to Isadora Duncan are from, among others: Gordon Craig, Fernand Divoire, Eleonora Duse, Sergei Esenin, Walter Morse Rummel, Ellen Terry, and Anatoliĭ Lunacharskiĭ. Letters from Isadora Duncan are primarily to Irma Duncan and Anatoliĭ Lunacharskiĭ.
  • Most items have been analyzed. For further details consult finding aid.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
(S) *MGZMC-Res. 23
OCLC
NYPY737085806-A
Author
Duncan, Irma. Collector
Title
Irma Duncan Collection of Isadora Duncan materials, 1914-1934.
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Finding Aid
Local Subject
Manuscripts -- Collections.
Manuscripts (Letters)
Added Author
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927.
Research Call Number
(S) *MGZMC-Res. 23
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