Date

1940 – 1945 (Inclusive date(s))

Series Location

Barton Mumaw Collection > Series 2: Ted Shawn Manuscript

Extent

2 boxes

Scope and content

Original manuscript by Ted Shawn, drawn from a series of personal letters from Shawn to Barton Mumaw, 1940-45, while Mumaw was in military service. Documents Shawn's life and Jacob's Pillow activities during that period. Autobiography later incorporated into book "One thousand and one night stands."