Administrative Information
Provenance
Purchased with funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in 1998.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Martha Graham Collection was processed by Elizabeth Aldrich who created a finding aid in 2007. An addendum to the collection finding aid was created in June 2009. Nancy Seeger edited and coded the finding aid for EAD format in 2010.
Transfers
The moving image materials were transferred to the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of the Graham (Martha) Collection (Library of Congress) .
Related Material
The Library of Congress is rich in materials that illuminate the career of Martha Graham and, in addition to the Martha Graham Collection, other Graham-related resources in the Music Division include the Aaron Copland Collection , the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection , Herta Moselsio Collection, Martha Graham Legacy Archive, Nathan Kroll Collection, Helen McGehee and Umaña Collection of Dance Materials, Miriam Cole Collection, Benjamin Garber Collection, and Erick Hawkins Collection. There is valuable correspondence between Graham and former chief of the Music Division, Harold Spivack, in the Music Division’s Old Correspondence File. Because the Music Division holds the archival collections of many of the people who composed for Graham, the researcher is urged to consult one of the division’s music specialists for additional suggestions. The Manuscript Division holds the Lucy Kroll Papers (Graham’s agent) and the Muriel Rukeyser Papers , which contain the correspondence of Frances G. Wickes, Graham’s psychiatrist. In addition, the holdings of the Prints and Photographs Division include images of Martha Graham.
Online Content
Digitized images along with identifying information and a narrative introduction are also available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title: Selections from the Martha Graham Collection at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/collmus.mu000019.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.