1913-1972

Sub-Series

Scope and content

Subseries includes materials selected by Ted Shawn for a thesis on his life and work by Betty Poindexter. Letters from Shawn to Ruth St. Denis, 1923 (photocopies), Letters from well-known figures to Ted Shawn, memorabilia and diaries, program schedule and tour routes, accounts and contracts, publicity materials, programs, periodicals, press clippings, Boston Herald articles, notes and notebooks, newsletters. Originals of all photocopies are in Box 193.

Collection Contents

1001 Night Stands - Manuscript extracts, 1960, Folder 59
Diary and memorabilia from European Tour, 1958, Folder 62
Press clippings, 1920 – 1957, Folder 9
Press clippings (originals), 1926 – 1938, Folder 5
Press clippings (originals), 1926 – 1972, Folder 7
Press clippings (photocopies), 1926 – 1938, Folder 2
Press clippings, programs and periodicals (duplicates), 1931 – 1947, Folder 8
Scrapbook of Boston Herald articles (originals), 1936, Folder 10