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Found in 3 Collections and/or records:

 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
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Found in: Music Division

Lisa C. Arkin Collection on Bronislava Nijinska's Polish Ballet

Identifier: ML31.A65
Abstract

This collection contains research by Lisa C. Arkin, a former faculty member at the University of Oregon. Arkin's research investigates the inaugural year of the Polish Ballet when dancer, choreographer, and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) served as the company's artistic director. Material types include articles, clippings, correspondence, drafts, notes, photographs, prints, programs, slides, and writings.

Dates 1932-1999; Majority of material found within 1989-1991
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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)