Repository

Repository Name: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Archives
Repository Location: Becket, MA 01223

Date

1946 – 1998 (Inclusive date(s))

Extent

30 binders + 1 box

Related Entities

John Van Lund (is related to)

Administrative/Biographical History

Formerly in the Still images collection

Provenance

John Van Lund

Scope and content

This collection contains two series of paper and photographic materials that document John Van Lund's professional and personal relationships to Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Many of the paper materials are performance programs, but also include letters sent to John Van Lund regarding his photography work, newsclippings about the Pillow or dance field in general, Pillow mailers and other related materials. Most importantly, the collection also includes extensive negatives and contact sheets depicting dancers and Pillow performances, dating from the late 1940s through the early 1990s.

System of arrangement

Chronological and original order

Related archival materials

More information on the dancers and performances photographed can be found in the chronological program files in the Archives Reading Room.