Bronislava Nijinska collection, circa 1740-1996

Collection Summary

Title	Bronislava Nijinska collection, circa 1740-1996
Inclusive Dates	circa 1740-1996
Bulk Dates	1920-1987
Call No.	ML31.N54
Creator	Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972
Creator	Nijinska, Irina
Extent	approximately 35,000 items
Extent	165 containers
Extent	27 mapcase folders
Extent	11 microfilm reels
Extent	88.5 linear feet
Language	Collection material primarily in Russian, English, and French, with some in Chinese, Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, and Spanish.
Location	Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu023015
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2013572147
Summary	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, scrapbooks, theatrical designs, and writings. Subjects include Nijinska's extensive work as a choreographer and revivals of her work, her roles as a dancer, and her writings on dance. There is a significant amount of material on her brother, dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, as well as companies she worked with including the Ballets de Madame Ida Rubinstein, Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev, and the companies founded by the Marquis de Cuevas.
Online Content	Select items from the Bronislava Nijinska Collection have been digitized and are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://www.loc.gov/collections/bronislava-nijinska. Digitized items are also noted at the folder level.