Research Catalog
Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova Collection
- Title
- Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova Collection, 1918-1974.
- Author
- Lewitan, Joseph D., 1894-1976.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | 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. | Text | By appointment only | (S)*MGZMD-Res.14 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Eduardova, Eugenia.
- Description
- 39 folders (ca. 211 items).
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova.
- nuc
- Note
- Holographs, typescripts, official documents, clippings, programs, periodicals and photographs.
- Joseph D. Lewitan, dance critic and founder of Der Tanz, and his wife, the former Maryinsky ballerina and ballet teacher Eugenia Eduardova emigrated from Russia to Western Europe. The political climate and World War II resulted in their moving from Germany to France, then Casablanca and finally the United States, where Mr. Lewitan was employed by the U. N.
- Their collection includes personal correspondence; passports, visas and documents, including many from Nazi Germany and Occupied France; dance reviews by Joseph Lewitan which were published in the Russian language paper "Novoe russkoe slovo"; a ballet exercise notebook of Eduardova's; clippings and programs relating to the work of Aurel Milloss; photographs including some of Eduardova, Lewitan, Alexander von Swaine and Lisa Czobel.
- Language (note)
- In English, French, Russian, Spanish and German.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- (S) *MGZMD-Res. 14
- OCLC
- NYPY787016611-A
- Author
- Lewitan, Joseph D., 1894-1976.
- Title
- Joseph D. Lewitan and Eugenia Eduardova Collection, 1918-1974.
- Language
- In English, French, Russian, Spanish and German.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Manuscripts -- Collections.
- Added Author
- Eduardova, Eugenia.
- Research Call Number
- (S) *MGZMD-Res. 14