Research Catalog
Ruth St. Denis letters
- Title
- Ruth St. Denis letters, ca. 1914-1959.
- Author
- St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Description
- 1,038 folders.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Ruth St. Denis.
- Subjects
- Note
- Series include personal and professional correspondence. The personal correspondence consists of four sections: letters from Ruth St. Denis to Ted Shawn, letters from Ted Shawn to Ruth St. Denis, family correspondence, and correspondence to Ruth St. Denis.
- Correspondents include notable people from the dance world, such as Jack Cole, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, La Meri, and Charles Weidman; and personal friends of Ruth St. Denis, including Charles Allais, Fred Beckman, Ada DeLachau, Anne Sherman Hoyt, June Hamilton Rhodes, and Pearl Wheeler.
- The professional correspondence includes letters regarding arrangements for concerts and lectures, Denishawn School business, publication efforts, film-making efforts, and general finances.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- (S) *MGZMC-Res. 32
- OCLC
- NYPY817014311-A
- Author
- St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.
- Title
- Ruth St. Denis letters, ca. 1914-1959.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Manuscripts (Letters)
- Research Call Number
- (S) *MGZMC-Res. 32