Grace Badorek Collection

Collection

Scope and content

Photographs and ephemera re: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Includes needlepoint rendering of Ted Shawn Theatre and banner with likeness of Grace Badorek. Two scrapbooks: one covering 1958-72 with photos of Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, John Lindquist, Balasaraswati (signed), Barton Mumaw, Shawn-St. Denis 50th Wedding Anniversary, John Christian and Betty Poindexter. Second scrapbook centers mainly on Badorek's 1978 retirement, with cards and photos of Norman Walker, Durine Alinova, John Lindquist, Joyce Cuoco, Jess Meeker, David Chapman and Norton Owen.