1947-1959

Sub-Series

Scope and content

Subseries contains incoming business and personal correspondence sent to Ted Shawn during the Hotel Windsor period, significant correspondence with contracted performers, choreographers and teachers, also some school inquiries, book orders, responses to the annual letter, employment inquiries, photographs; and some copies of Shawn's responses to letters. Of note is the correspondence with some of the original Men Dancers regarding the reunion of 1957.

Collection Contents

Alan Howard, 1956
Alexander von Swaine, 1954 – 1958
Alfred C. Kinsey (Indiana University), 1949
Alicia Alonso, 1955
Alicia Markova, 1954 – 1957
Alvin Ailey, 1959
Anatole Chujoy (Dance News), 1949 – 1959
Andrew Rolla (Celtic Ballet of Scotland), 1954
Ann Barzel, 1959
Ann Hutchinson, 1952 – 1959
Anne Sherman Hoyt,
Anton Dolin, 1950
Aubrey Hitchins ( Negro Dance Theatre), 1950 – 1955
Ben Harkarvy, 1957
Beryl Grey, 1956 – 1959
Bob Fahey (Anthony Fay), 1954
Bruce McClure, 1952 – 1959
Carlos Antonio Frenandez, 1957
Carmelita Maracci, 1954
Carol Lynn,
Carol Stone, 1950 – 1956
Celia Franca (National Ballet Guild of Canada), 1956 – 1959
Christena Schlundt, 1959
Cyril Beaumont, 1955 – 1958
Daniel Nagrin, 1958
Donald McKayle, 1953
Doris Barry (Alicia Markova), 1958
Doris Hering (Dance Magazine), 1959
Doris Humphrey, 1950
Dorothy Alexander, 1957 – 1958
Earle Forbes, 1957 – 1959
Edward Groth, 1951
Edward T. Clark, 1949 – 1950
Edwin Strawbridge, 1949 – 1954
Eileen O'Connor, 1956
Elizabeth Burchenal, 1950 – 1953
Emerson and Jayne (Jack and Joy Skinner), 1956 – 1959
Erick Hawkins, 1957
Erik Bruhn, 1955 – 1958
Eva Sikelianos, 1952
Eyrick Darby, 1954 – 1955
Fitzroy "Fitz" Davis, 1958 – 1959
Florence "Flossie" O'Denishawn, 1955
Florence Wickham Lueder, 1948
Foster Fitz-Simons, 1957
Francesca Braggiotti Lodge, 1949 – 1956
Frank Delmar, 1957
Frank Eng (Lester Horton Dance Theater), 1953 – 1954
Frank Overlees, 1957
Fred Hearn, 1957
Freddy Albeck, 1954 – 1958
George Horn, 1947
Gilbert and Nancy Reed, 1953 – 1957
Glen Tetley, 1957
Grant Muradoff (Mouradoff), 1952 – 1959
H. Clark Brown, 1949
Hazel Wallack, 1956
Herbert Ross, 1950
Inge Sand, 1956 – 1959
Irene Castle Enzinger, 1950 – 1955
Irina Borowska, 1958
Isa Partsch, 1956 – 1958
Isadora "Isie" Bennett, 1954
Iva Kitchell (Mrs. Stokely Webster), 1950 – 1957
J. D. Fergusson, 1957
Jack Mitchell, 1951
Jan Veen, 1950 – 1955
Janet Collins, 1949 – 1950
Jean Cebron, 1957
Jean-Leon Destine, 1950 – 1955
Jerome Robbins, 1958
Johann Mitchell and Pearl Lang, 1954 – 1959
John Butler, 1953 – 1955
John Hurdle, 1950 – 1954
Jose Greco, 1955
Jose Limon, 1948 – 1951
Josefina Garcia, 1950 – 1951
Joseph and Clara Pilates, 1949 – 1957
Juana, 1951
Karoun Tootikian, 1951
Katherine Litz, 1952 – 1956
Kurt and Grace Graff, 1953 – 1957
"La Mariquita", 1955
Lavinia Williams, 1957
Lester Horton, 1953
Lilian Newcomer (Mrs. David Newcomer), 1956 – 1959
Lillian Moore, 1950 – 1958
Lisa Parnova, 1954
Lotte Goslar, 1953 – 1959
Lucia Chase (American Ballet Theatre), 1959
Maisie Chapman, 1950
Manuel Rosada, 1950 – 1955
Mara, 1950
Margaret Craske, 1950 – 1957
Margaret French Cresson, 1958
Margaret Morris, 1954 – 1958
Marguerite Agniel, 1949 – 1954
Maria-Theresa Duncan, 1949
Marie Rambert (Ballet Rambert), 1956
Marina Svetlova, 1958 – 1959
Marita Meola Barker, 1949
Mark Ryder and Emily Frankel, 1955
Martha Hill (Juilliard School of Music), 1952 – 1955
Mary Margaret McBride, 1953 – 1954
Matteo Vittucci and Carola Goya, 1948 – 1958
Matti Haim, 1951
Merce Cunningham, 1954 – 1958
Merriem Lanova (Ballet Celeste), 1957 – 1959
Mia Slavenska, 1950 – 1958
Michael Maule, 1954
Moscelyne Larkin, 1956 – 1957
Myra Kinch and Manuel Galea, 1952 – 1959
Nel Roos, 1958 – 1959
Nelle Fisher, 1959
Olga Maynard, 1958 – 1959
P. W. "Bill" Manchester (Dance News), 1959
Paul Curtis (The American Mime Theatre), 1954 – 1955
Paul Szilard, 1956 – 1959
Princess Tatiana Ouroussoff,
Priyagopal, 1953 – 1957
Ram Gopal, 1957
Rebecca Harris, 1952 – 1955
Rebecca Harris, 1950 – 1956
Regina Woody, 1950 – 1951
Richard "Dick" Malaby, 1949
Richard "Dick" Stuart, 1948 – 1958
Richard Rohman (Dokoudovsky-Stroganova Company), 1956
Robert "Bob" Joffrey, 1953
Romola Nijinsky (Vaslav Nijinsky), 1957
Rose Lorenz, 1952 – 1954
Rudolf Orthwine (Dance Magazine), 1955
Russell Meriwether Hughes "La Meri", 1948 – 1958
Ruth Page (Mrs. Thomas Hart Fisher), 1948 – 1959
Ruthie Alexander, 1951
Sahomi Tachibana, 1951 – 1958
Sergei Denham, 1953
Sinda Iberia, 1951 – 1954
Sybaris de Severas, 1956 – 1958
Talley Beatty, 1952 – 1955
Tania Karina and Nicholas Polajenko, 1952 – 1953
Telegrams To Ted Shawn for opening night of "Death Takes a Holiday" performance at Berkshire Playhouse, 1952
Trudy Goth (Choreographers' Workshop), 1949 – 1953
Vergiu Cornea, 1957
Walter Sorrell, 1948
Walter Toscanini, 1958
Wilbur "Mac" McCormack, 1949
William "Bill" Milie, 1953 – 1959
William Skipper, 1950 – 1957
Winthrop Palmer, 1950
Xenia Zarina, 1954 – 1958