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Serge Grigoriev / Ballets Russes archive, 1909-2009

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BOXES 1-6 Writings by Serge Grigoriev
The core of the Serge Grigoriev / Ballets Russes Archive is the collection of manuscript drafts for his work The Diaghilev Ballet 1909-1929 (translated into English by Vera Bowen and published in 1953) and an unpublished manuscript titled Original’nyi Russkii Balet 1932-1952 (also called Original’nyi Russkii Balet pod upravleniem Colonel W. De Basil 1932-1952 [The Original Ballet Russe under the management of Colonel W. De Basil 1932-1952]). Other notebooks contain descriptions and cast lists for choreographic works performed by the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev (also known as Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes) and Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo (also known as the Original Ballet Russe).
BOX 1 Manuscript draft of S.P. Diaghilev i ego ‘Russkii Balet’ 1909-1929 [The Diaghilev Ballet 1909-1929]
Five notebooks, in Russian, occasional corrections in pencil; dated London, 24 April 1952
BOX 2 Two notebooks, containing details of the choreographies for many ballets for both the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes de Col. W. De Basil, c.1926-1936
BOX 3 Manuscript draft of Original’nyi Russkii Balet pod upravleniem Colonel W. De Basil 1932-1952 [The Original Ballet Russe under the management of Colonel W. De Basil 1932-1952]
In Russian, numerous corrections; dated 2 September 1952 to 18 August 1960. This unpublished draft includes notes and/or cast lists for works that include: Les Sylphides, Petrouchka, L’Amour Sorcier, Swan Lake, La Concurrence, Cotillon, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Le Beau Danube, Beach, École de Dance, Scuola di Ballo, Nocturne, Carnaval, Tricorne, Les Présages, The Firebird, Boutique Fantasque, Union Pacific, Choreartium, Aurora’s Wedding, Les Imaginaires, Schéhérazade, Femmes de Bonne Humeur [Good Humored Ladies], Thamar, Contes Russes, Le Bal, Jardin Public, Les Cent Baisers, Danses Slaves et Tziganes, Papillon, La Pavillon d’Armide, Cleopatra
BOX 4 Manuscript copy of Original’nyi Russkii Balet 1932-1952, in Russian, with a 35-page typed appendix in English of ballets performed by the company during those dates
BOX 5 Collection of loose working notes relating to Grigoriev’s manuscripts, comprising:
• An early manuscript draft from Russkovo Baleta S.P. Diaghileva, in Russian, covering 1948 ; dated 15 November 1949
• Manuscript in Russian, titled Kratkaia Biographia S.P. Diaghilev i ego deyatelnosti 1872-1929 [A Short biography of Diaghilev and his Works]
• Manuscript and typed lists of dancers, artists, composers, and others involved in the company’s productions; manuscript lists of Diaghilev’s productions; a manuscript account of Diaghilev’s relations with his artistic collaborators, including Derain, Larionov, Picasso, and Matisse
• Various other working notes, including choreographic diagrams, manuscript and typed notes relating to the Ballets Russes
BOX 6 Manuscript draft of Original’nyi Russkii Balet [The Original Ballet Russe 1932-1952], five notebooks in Russian; dated 2 September 1952 and 18 August 1960
BOXES 9; 14; 17-18; 20; 23-24 Photographs
This series contains photographs of most of the principal artists associated with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo.
BOX 9; 14; 17-18; 20; 23-24 Personal Names
BOX-FOLDER 24/3 Algeranoff, Harcourt
BOX-FOLDER 24/3 Alonso, Alberto
BOX 17 Alonso, Alberto and Denisova, Alexandra
BOX 9 Amsermet, Ernest; Tchernicheva, Lubov; Lifar, Serge; Nikitina, Alice; and Doubrovska, Felia
BOX 9 Balanchine, George; Tchernicheva, Lubov; and Doubrovska, Felia
BOX 9 Balanchine, George; Tchernicheva, Lubov; Doubrovska, Felia; and Lifar, Serge
BOX-FOLDER 23/1; 24/3; 24/5 Baronova, Irina
BOX-FOLDER 23/2 Baronova, Irina and Petroff, Paul
BOX 14 Baronova, Irina and Lichine, David
BOX 18 Borovansky, Edouard; Rostov, Dmitri; and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 14 Bousloff, Serge and Grigorieva, Tamara
BOX-FOLDER 23/3; 9 Conus, Natalie
BOX-FOLDER 23/4; 14 Danilova, Alexandra
BOX 14 Danilova, Alexandra and Petroff, Paul
BOX 9 Danilova, Alexandra; Tchernicheva, Lubov; Grigoriev, Serge; and Doubrovska, Felia
BOX-FOLDER 23/5; 14; 17; 20 de Basil, Col. W.
BOX-FOLDER 23/6; 14; 20 de Basil, Col. W. (with others)
BOX 17 Denisova, Alexandra (Patricia Denise Meyers; also known as Patricia Meyers and as Patricia Denise)
BOX 17 Denisova, Alexandra and Osato, Sono
BOX 9 Diaghilev, Serge and Kochno, Boris
BOX 9 Diaghilev, Serge; Kochno, Boris; and Picasso’s children
BOX-FOLDER 24/1; 24/5 Dokoudovsky, Vladimir
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 Doroudovsky, M.
BOX 9 Doubrovska, Felia; George Balanchine; and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 9 Doubrovska, Felia; Tchernicheva, Lubov; Grigoriev, Serge; and Danilova, Alexandra
BOX 9 Doubrovska, Felia; Tcherkas, Constantin; and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 9 Federov, Michel and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX-FOLDER 23/7 Geltser, Ekaterina
BOX-FOLDER 23/23 Gilpin, John (?) and Riabouchinska, Tatiana
BOX-FOLDER 23/8; 17; 20 Grigoriev, Serge
BOX 17; 9 Grigoriev, Serge and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX-FOLDER 23/9; 20 Grigoriev, Serge (with others)
BOX-FOLDER 23/10 Grigoriev, Serge with de Basil, Col W.
BOX 9 Grigoriev, Serge; Tchernicheva, Lubov; Danilova, Alexandra; and Doubrovska, Felia
BOX-FOLDER 23/11; 14; 17 Grigorieva, Tamara
BOX 14 Grigorieva, Tamara and Bousloff, Serge
BOX 14 Grigorieva, Tamara and Lichine, David
BOX 14 Grigorieva, Tamara; Lichine, David; Toumanova, Tamar; and Riabouchinska, Tatiana
BOX 14 Grigorieva, Tamara and Massine, Léonide
BOX 14 Grigorieva, Tamara and Morosova, Olga
BOX 14 Grigorieva, Tamara; Nelidova, Vera; and Tchinarova, Tamara
BOX 14 Grigorieva, Tamara and Petroff, Paul
BOX 14 Grigorieva, Tamara and Stogonova, Nina
BOX-FOLDER 24/3; 17 Greigorieva, Tamara and other(s)
BOX 14 Hyman, Prudence (also known as Strogova, Pauline)
BOX-FOLDER 24/5; 24/6; 17 Jasinski, Roman
BOX 18 Jasinski, Roman and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 18 Jasinski, Roman; Tchernicheva, Lubov; and Mackenzie, Kenneth
BOX-FOLDER 23/12; 20 Karsavina, Tamara
BOX-FOLDER 23/13 Karlewska, Jadwiga
BOX 9 Kochno, Boris and Diaghilev, Serge
BOX 9 Kochno, Boris; Diaghilev, Serge; and Picasso’s children
BOX-FOLDER 23/14; 14 Kshessinska, Matilda
BOX-FOLDER 23/15 Kyasht, Lydia
BOX-FOLDER 24/3; 17 Lazowski, Yurek
BOX 17 Lazowski, Yurek with others
BOX-FOLDER 23/16; 24/6 Leskova, Tatiana
BOX 17; 18 Lichine, David
BOX 14 Lichine, David and Baronova, Irina
BOX 14 Lichine, David and Grigorieva, Tamara
BOX 14 Lichine, David; Grigorieva, Tamara; Toumanova, Tamar; and Riabouchinska, Tatiana
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 Lichine, David and Riabouchinska, Tatiana
BOX 18 Lichine, David and others
BOX 17; 20 Lifar, Serge
BOX 9 Lifar, Serge; Tchernicheva, Lubov; Nikitina, Alice; and Doubrovska, Felia
BOX 9 Lifar, Serge; Ansermet, Ernest; Nikitina, Alice; Doubrovska, Felia; and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 Lloyd, Barbara
BOX-FOLDER 24/5 Mackenzie, Kenneth
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 Mackenzie, Kenneth and other
BOX 18 Mackenzie, Kenneth and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 18 Mackenzie, Kenneth; Jasinski, Roman; and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 9 Marra, Eleanora
BOX 20 Massine, Léonide
BOX 14 Massine, Léonide and Grigorieva, Tamara
BOX 14 Massine, Léonide and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 20 Massine, Léonide; Nemchinova, Vera; and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX-FOLDER 23/17 Mordkin, Mikhail
BOX-FOLDER 24/3; 7 Morosova, Olga
BOX 14 Morosova, Olga and Grigorieva, Tamara
BOX 14 Morosova, Olga; Zorina, Vera; and Strogova, Pauline
BOX 18 Morosova, Olga and others
BOX 17 Nelidova, Vera [Cuff, Betty]
BOX 14 Nelidova, Vera; Grigorieva, Tamara; Tchinarova, Tamara
BOX-FOLDER 23/18; 17 Nemchinova, Vera
BOX-FOLDER 23/30 Nemchinova, Vera and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 20 Nemchinova, Vera; Massine, Léonide; and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX-FOLDER 23/19 Nijinska, Bronislava
BOX-FOLDER 23/20 Nijinsky, Vaslav
BOX-FOLDER 23/21 Nijinsky, Vaslav (with his family)
BOX-FOLDER 23/22 Nikitina, Alice
BOX 9 Nikitina, Alice; Tchernicheva, Lubov; Doubrovska, Felia; and Lifar, Serge
BOX-FOLDER 24/3; 17 Osato, Sono
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 Panaiev, Michel
BOX-FOLDER 23/23; 23/2; 17; 18 Petroff, Paul
BOX-FOLDER 23/2 Petroff, Paul and Baronova, Irina
BOX 14 Petroff, Paul and Danilova, Alexandra
BOX 14 Petroff, Paul and Grigorieva, Tamara
BOX 17; 18 Petroff, Paul and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 18 Petroff, Paul; Tchernicheva, Lubov; and Rostov, Dmitri
BOX-FOLDER 24/3; 24/4; 17 Riabouchinska, Tatiana
BOX-FOLDER 23/24 Riabouchinska, Tatiana and Gilpin, John (?)
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 Riabouchinska, Tatiana and Lichine, David
BOX 17 Riabouchinska, Tatiana and Toumanova, Tamara
BOX 17 Riabouchinska, Tatiana; Toumanova, Tamara; and Verchinina, Nina
BOX 14 Riabouchinska, Tatiana; Toumanova, Tamara; Lichine, David; and Grigorieva, Tamara
BOX-FOLDER 24/5; 17 Rostov, Dmitri
BOX 17 Rostov, Dmitri and Tchernicheva, Lubov
BOX 18 Rostov, Dmitri; Tchernicheva, Lubov; and Petroff, Paul
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