Victoria Phillips collection, 1914-2011 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX 11-15	Martha Graham Dance Company, 1942-1959
		Reproductions of approximately 1,400 items assembled in comb bindings
		Archival correspondence, receipts and financial reports, contracts, program planning, theatre specs, and other materials related to performances of the Graham company, especially tours abroad. Collection donor had these research materials bound into comb bindings. Highlights of this series include the 1946 tour promoted by Sol Hurok, the 1946 summer dance program hosted at Connecticut College, and the U.S. State Department-sponsored tours to Asia in the 1950s.
		The bound research volumes, which often span a number of years and tour locations, are organized in an approximate chronology.
BOX-FOLDER 11/1		Austin Wilder artist management, 1942-1945
			Correspondence with Austin Wilder Artist Management, financial reports and receipts, contracts
BOX-FOLDER 11/2		Financials and company records, 1942-1949
			Contracts, receipts, and financial reports related to several performances from 1942 to 1949
BOX-FOLDER 11/3		Hurok tour records, 1942-1946
			Includes Hurok tour of 1946, some press and other items related to 1944 Appalachian Spring production
BOX-FOLDER 11/4		Connecticut College summer program, 1948
			Includes brochure, correspondence, financials
BOX-FOLDER 11/5		Tour records, 1948-1949
			For 1949 touring
BOX-FOLDER 11/6		Tour records, 1946-1949
			Chiefly documents related to Fall 1949 tour, with several documents on earlier appearances
BOX-FOLDER 12/1		Tour records, 1947-1950
			Includes records of 1947 Hurok tour and 1948 performances, as well as correspondence, shipping crates, music planning, and financial records of 1950 European tour
BOX-FOLDER 12/2		Financial records, 1948-1949
			Chiefly contracts, daily reports, and receipts related to 1949 performances
BOX-FOLDER 12/3		Tour records, 1949
			Includes correspondence with Austin Wilder Artist Management, financial reports and receipts, contracts
BOX-FOLDER 12/4-6		European Tour records, 1950
			Includes correspondence related to 1950 European tour, as well as receipts, programs, insurance policies, budgets
BOX-FOLDER 13/1-2		Financial and tour records, 1942-1955, and undated
			Financial records of the 1940s, bound with 1955 tour correspondence and arrangements for several Asian cities
BOX-FOLDER 13/3		Tour records, 1955-1957, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1957 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tours to Rangoon, Burma
BOX-FOLDER 13/4		Tour records, 1955-1957, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1957 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tours to Kuala Lurpur, Malaysia, along with some documents for tours to Madras, India, and Seoul, Korea
BOX-FOLDER 13/5		Tour records, 1955-1956, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1956 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tours to Calcutta, India
BOX-FOLDER 14/1		Tour records, 1955-1956, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1956 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tours to Singapore and Calcutta, India
BOX-FOLDER 14/2		Tour records, 1955-1957, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1957 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tour to Jakarta, Indonesia
BOX-FOLDER 14/3-4		Tour records, 1955-1957, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1957 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tour to Israel
BOX-FOLDER 14/5, 15/1		Tour records, 1955-1956
			Primarily 1955-1956 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tour to Tokyo, Japan
BOX-FOLDER 15/2-3		Tour records, 1955-1957, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1957 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tour to Tehran and Abadan, Iran
BOX-FOLDER 15/4		Tour records, 1955-1957, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1956 correspondence, budgets, etc. related to arrangements for tour to Manilla and similar materials 1955-1957 for tour to India
BOX-FOLDER 15/5		Tour records, 1955-1957, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1957 correspondence and budgets related to arrangements for tour to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), and some similar materials for tour to India
BOX-FOLDER 15/6		Tour records, 1955-1959, and undated
			Primarily 1955-1956 correspondence and budgets related to arrangements for tour to India; several items dated 1959 related to planned programming in Bangkok
BOX 17	New Dance Group, 1930s-1998
		Materials copied from the New Dance Group (NDG) archives before the NDG collection was donated to the Library of Congress in 2009, soon after NDG ceased operation. Some of these items were not among the papers transferred to the Library of Congress.
		Arranged by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 17/1		NDG Soviet Photographs, circa 1930s
			36 reproductions in comb binding
			Notation as being from Book #1 NDG Archive
BOX-FOLDER 17/2-4		NDG Business Documents, 1936-1955
			Approximately 157 reproductions in 3 comb bindings
			Correspondence, meetings minutes and notes, budgets, press release, reports
			Several annotations
BOX-FOLDER 17/5-6		NDG Clippings, 1939-1998
			Approximately 106 items in 2 comb bindings
			Reproductions of scrapbook pages: primarily newspapers clippings, but also photos, bios, press releases, and recital programs
BOX-FOLDER 17/7		NDG Works Chronology, undated
			5 p.
			Covers years from 1934 to 1965
BOX 18-19	Oral Histories, 1952-2009
		Primarily transcripts of interviews conducted by Victoria Phillips during the course of research, along with a copy of the signed release form of the subject. Includes also a few excerpts of interviews conducted by others, in which case name of the interviewer is noted.
		Arranged alphabetically by last name of subject.
BOX-FOLDER 18/42		Anthony, Mary, 2006
			52 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/43		Gifford, Joseph, 2005
			52 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/44		Graham, Martha, 1952
			5 p.
			Conducted by Francis Mason
BOX-FOLDER 18/45		Hinkson, Mary, and Bertram Ross, 2000
			2 transcripts in a comb binding
			Conducted by Janet Eilber One interview is of Mary Hinkson only; the other of both Hinkson and Betram Ross; both were part of the Library of Congress Legacy of Martha Graham initiative of 2000
BOX-FOLDER 18/46		Manings, Muriel, 2007
			55 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/1		Merz, Martha, 2009
			2 copies
			Conducted by Elizabeth Aldrich and Victoria Phillips
BOX-FOLDER 19/2/		Ross, Bertram, 1978
			Excerpts 10 p.
			Conducted by Jean Nuchtern for NYPL
BOX-FOLDER 19/3		Stein, Rebecca, 2007
			61 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/4		Winter, Ethel, 2004
			23 p.
BOX 22-23	Photographs, 1928-2010
		Original photographs and later reproductions of original materials or images. Some items are composite scans of multiple images. These photographs were collected through Victoria Phillips's archival research as well as her direct communications with artists active in the 1930s through the Cold War.
		Arranged alphabetically by subject name. Dances with known choreographer are placed under choreographer's name rather than the name of the dancer(s) pictured. Unidentified or undated items are grouped at the end of the series.
BOX-FOLDER 22/1-4		Anthony, Mary, circa 1952-1956
BOX-FOLDER 22/1			Choreography: The Devil in Massachusetts, 1952
				1 photograph
				Digital content available
				Photographer: unknown Rehearsal photos of Mary Anthony's dance work
BOX-FOLDER 22/2			Choreography: Look Up and Live episode, early 1950s
				8 prints
				Episode titled Story of Sam Jones from CBS Sumday morning ecumenical series titled Look Up and Live
BOX-FOLDER 22/3			Mary Anthony Dance Theatre company logo, undated
				1 print
				Logo of the Mary Anthony Dance Theatre, founded in 1956
BOX-FOLDER 22/4			Teaching: studio class, undated
				6 prints
				Technique class probably at Mary Anthony Dance Studio Dancers: unidentified
BOX-FOLDER 22/5		Cabin in the Sky poster, circa 1940
			1 print
			Featuring Ethel Waters, Katherine Dunham
BOX-FOLDER 22/6		Camp Kinderland / Camp Woodland, 1928-1936, and undated
			Approximately 6 prints
BOX-FOLDER 22/7		Cole, Jack, with Rebecca Lee, circa 1943
			3 prints
			Scene shot of Wedding of a Solid Sender, choreographed by Jack Cole
BOX-FOLDER 22/8		Cunningham, Merce, 1942, 1944
			2 postcards
			Photographer: Barbara Morgan Dance works pictured: Totem and Root of the Unfocus II
BOX-FOLDER 22/9		Dies, Martin, circa 1930s
			1 print
			Congressman Martin Dies with other congressmen
BOX-FOLDER 22/10-23		Dudley, Jane circa 1937-1990s
BOX-FOLDER 22/10			Choreography: Cante Flamenco, circa 1944
				2 prints
				Photographer: unknown Dancer: Jane Dudley
BOX-FOLDER 22/11			Choreography: Daybreak, 1988
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