Skip to main content

Found in 3 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

Sam Jaffe Papers

Identifier: MSS84952
Abstract

Actor. Correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, printed matter, sketches, photographs, and other papers relating to Jaffe’s career as an actor and his personal life including his experience as a blacklisted actor in the 1950s.

Dates 1915-1991; Majority of material found within ( 1925-1984)
 Collection
Found in: Music Division

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Collection

Identifier: ML31.K64
Abstract Erich Wolfgang Korngold was a composer and pianist noted for his orchestral works, operas, concertos, film scores, piano music, and chamber music. A musical prodigy, he famously displayed immense talent for both performance and composition. Korngold and his family were part of the exodus of European artists who moved to the United States during the rise of Nazism in Europe. He lived and worked in Hollywood, California, until his death in 1957. The Erich Wolfgang Korngold Collection consists...
Dates 1888-2008; Majority of material found within 1930-1960
 Collection
Found in: Music Division

Bronislava Nijinska Collection

Identifier: ML31.N54
Abstract The Bronislava Nijinska Collection documents the life and professional activities of Bronislava Nijinska, a choreographer, dancer, and teacher who lived and worked in Europe, Argentina, and the United States from 1911 until her death in 1972. The collection was created by Nijinska with additions by her daughter, Irina Nijinska, and Irina's husband Gibbs S. Raetz. Material types include business papers, choreographic notes, correspondence, personal papers, photographs, posters, programs,...
Dates circa 1740-1996; Majority of material found within 1920-1987