Ballets russes.
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or records:
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
Edward L. Bernays Papers
Identifier: MSS12534
Abstract
Public relations counsel. Correspondence, memoranda, research notes, speeches, articles, book drafts, surveys, reports, publicity material, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, and other material documenting Bernays's career as a pioneer in the field of public relations and the development of that profession and its influence on American society.
Dates
1777-1994; Majority of material found within 1920-1990
Collection
Found in:
Music Division
Adolph Bolm Collection
Identifier: ML31.B65
Abstract
Adolph Bolm (1884-1951) was a renowned ballet dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. This collection, which documents his career both in Russia and the United States, contains photographs, correspondence, programs, pamphlets, articles, business papers, writings, artwork, and music scores.
Dates
circa 1895-1982; Majority of material found within ( 1908-1948)
Collection
Found in:
Music Division
Serge Lifar Collection on Serge Diaghilev
Identifier: ML31.D53
Abstract
This collection is comprised in large part of printed music, widely representing 18th century Italian and 19th century Russian operatic music. Includes rare pre-revolutionary editions of Russian folk songs, annotated performance scores of Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gounod, Cimarosa. Non-musical materials include three letters from S. Prokofiev to S. Diaghilev, rare edition of books on music, literature and theater, libretti and synopses, souvenir books and programs and...
Dates
1750-1950; Majority of material found within ( 1890-1929)
Collection
Found in:
Music Division
Serge Grigoriev / Ballets Russes Archive
Identifier: ML31.G75
Abstract
The Serge Grigoriev / Ballets Russes Archive documents Grigoriev’s decades-long career as régisseur (rehearsal director) for both Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and for Col. W. de Basil’s Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. It consists primarily of photographs, photograph albums, and notes and manuscript drafts for Grigoriev’s book S.P. Diaghilev i ego ‘Russkii Balet’ 1909-1929, which was translated into English and published as The Diaghilev...
Dates
1909-2009; Majority of material found within ( 1909-1952)
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
Elizabeth Severn and Margaret Severn Papers
Identifier: MSS85409
Abstract
Elizabeth Severn, psychotherapist, author, and psychoanalytic patient of Sándor Ferenczi; and her daughter, Margaret Severn, ballet dancer and vaudeville performer. Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs concerning Elizabeth Severn's private life and her career as a psychotherapist. Correspondence, writings, art work, printed matter, photographs, and digital files relating to Margaret Severn's life as a dancer in New York theaters, in traveling vaudeville shows in the...
Dates
1880-1994; Majority of material found within ( 1910-1992)
Collection
Found in:
Music Division
Paul F. Stiga Collection of Stage and Costume Design
Identifier: ML31.S737
Abstract
Paul Freeman Stiga (1936-2019) was a collector of set and costume designs created for stage productions, television, and film. The Paul F. Stiga Collection of Stage and Costume Design consists of approximately 2,600 design renderings that date between 1821 and 2017 and document more than 1,300 ballets, motion pictures, plays, operas, operettas, revues, and television shows. These renderings encompass the work of more than 900 designers, including Georg II, Duke of Sachsen-Meiningen, Robert...
Dates
1821-2017; Majority of material found within 1920-1990