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BOX 1, 4-5 Clippings and Printed Materials, 1943-1991
Chiefly newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other printed materials documenting performances or dance topics; most are features or reviews. Many of these were originally in Miriam Cole's scrapbooks. Three folders contain printed material about friends or family.
Arranged in two subseries by subjects: performing arts and individuals.
BOX 1, 4-5 Performing Arts, 1943-1991
BOX-FOLDER 1/19 BOX-FOLDER 5/1 1943-1949
Hanya Holm Colorado performance; articles on University of Wisconsin dance program and Wisconsin Dance Group; Vassar performance.
BOX-FOLDER 1/20 BOX-FOLDER 4/1 1950
Performance reviews; article on dance notation.
BOX-FOLDER 1/21 1951
Cole reviews and notices.
BOX-FOLDER 1/22 1952
Cole reviews and notices.
BOX-FOLDER 1/23 1953
Graham features and reviews.
BOX-FOLDER 1/24-25 BOX-FOLDER 4/2 1954
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 Includes notices, features, reviews of Martha Graham Dance Company European tour, including April issue of British publication Dancing Times.
BOX-FOLDER 1/26 BOX-FOLDER 4/4 1955-1957
Graham features and reviews, including feature on Graham films.
BOX-FOLDER 1/27 1961-1963
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 1973-1977
Articles on Graham.
BOX-FOLDER 1/28 1984, 1991
Articles on Graham.
BOX-FOLDER 1/29 Unidentified, undated
Miscellaneous published notices and reviews.
BOX 1, 4 Individuals, 1955-1987
BOX-FOLDER 1/30 Hinkson, Mary, 1980, 1987
Items about Mary Hinkson Jackson's bakery.
BOX-FOLDER 1/31 Horst, Louis, 1955, 1963-1964, undated
Items about Louis Horst's career and awards, including bibliography of sources.
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Keller, Helen, 1954
New York Times feature on Helen Keller with photo of her visit to Martha Graham's studio.
BOX-FOLDER 1/32 Levinsohn, Sandor, 1972
Miriam Cole's father; newspaper article with photograph.
BOX 3 Music, 1952
Scores for Miriam Cole's choreography; several include dance cues.
Arranged alphabetically by composer.
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 Anderson, Ada Reif. "Icarus and the Sun," 1952
Holograph score in pencil; 4 p.
Autographed.
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 Anderson, Ada Reif. Icarus and the Sun, 1952
Holograph score in ink; 8 p.
Dance and tempo notes.
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Bartók, Béla. Bagatelles op. 8, no. 6 (numbers 8 and 13)
Published score; 5 p.
Some tempo notes added in pencil.
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 Hamvas, Lewis. The Listener, 1952
Holograph piano score and photocopy; 8 p.
For Miriam Cole's choreography of same name; pencil notes.
Autographed; titled "The Listening" on earliest version.
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 Shostakovich, Dmitri. Preludes (op. 34), 1952
Manuscript piano score; 6 p.
Arrangement by M. Strauss, titled "Come into the Garden Maud."
For Miriam Cole/Jack Moore choreography Pas de Fleurs.
BOX 2 Writings by Miriam Cole, 1950-1990s
Handwritten account of career, miscellaneous notes for dance history workshops, technique classes, music notes.
Grouped by subject matter.
BOX-FOLDER 2/18 Autobiography, "My Life with MG," 1990s
Cole's holograph manuscript with typed transcription; covers career through mid-1990s.
BOX-FOLDER 2/19 Choreographic notes, 1952?
Tempo and movement cues for "Come into the Garden Maud."
BOX-FOLDER 2/20 Dance history notes, 1950, undated
Notes on Louis Horst lecture-demonstration and books.
BOX-FOLDER 2/21 Dance and music notes, undated
Typed notes for Elementary I and II modern dance technique classes; handwritten music notes.
BOX 2, 4-5 MAPCASE 4 Miscellany, 1952-1993
Business papers, publicity flyers, posters, as well as photocopies made for preservation purposes. Several posters advertising performances are among this series.
Grouped by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 2/22 Contracts, 1952-1964
Includes: King and I and television filming of Appalachian Spring.
BOX-FOLDER 2/23 European tour documents, 1954
Visa for United Kingdom; Netherlands itinerary.
BOX-FOLDER 2/24-25 BOX-FOLDER 5/4 Flyers, 1961, 1989, undated
Cole's performances, Graham company, benefit events; brochures for Graham films with personal note from film producer Nathan Kroll.
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 Menu, 1993
Benefit for Bill T. Jones.
MAPCASE-DRAWER 4/15 Posters, 1952, undated
Martha Graham company, Pearl Lang company, independent artists; Cole's dance history timeline drawn on the verso of one Graham poster.
BOX-FOLDER 4/6, 5/5 Preservation photocopies
Record copies of scrapbook pages or newspaper clippings to replace badly deteriorated pages or to preserve handwritten notes: Hanya Holm summer workshop; Vassar events; Wisconsin Dance Group; Graham European tour.

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