Series 2: Other Programs, Periodicals, Souvenirs, and Ephemera, 1916-2003

Series

Scope and content

Series consists of programs, periodicals, and other promotional material for Jacob's Pillow, including the Festival's 50th anniversary, and other dance organizations. Some ephemera kept by Humphries is also included, such as dance figurines and Jacob's Pillow memorabilia.

Collection Contents

Alvin Ailey: Programs, 1977 – 1978
Antique Dance: Flyers, programs souvenirs, clipping (Greenwich Village Follies, Michio Ito, Hippodrome, Gretchen Eastman, First International Tour of the World Famous Stars), circa 1910
Bakst, Ukrainian Dance Company, Pavlova: Booklets (Russian, French), 1922 – 1943
Ballerina music box, circa 1950 – 1980
Ballet Russes: Programs, 1916
Ballet Russes: Programs, Flyers, 1930 – 1959
Berkshire: the First Three Hundred Years 1676-1976, 1976
Calendar: Dancing Times, 1979
Calendars: Compact, 1957 – 1966
Calendars: Compact, 1967 – 1984
Calendars: Humphries personal (George Balanchine, Joffrey Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem), 1978 – 1999
Capezio Dance Award: Booklets (1957: Ted Shawn; 1967: Paul Taylor; 1968: Lucia Chase; 1969: John Martin; 1970: William Kolodney), 1957 – 1970
Dance Instruction Books: Character Ballet Notes by Yurek Lazowski, Modern Dance by Liz Williams,
Dance International 1900-1937: book, 1938
Dance Magazine College Guide, 1985 – 1986
Dance Perspectives 36, 1968
Finger bowls, circa 1950 – 1980
Glass figurine in jar: Ted Shawn, small. National Museum of Dance. 8x 3.5diameter, 1991
Glass figurine in jar: Ted Shawn, small. National Museum of Dance. 9x 4.5diameter, 1987
Isadora Duncan: Her Life and Impact on Dance (student paper), 1980
Jacob Pillow: commemorative saucers, circa 1970 – 1980
Jacob Pillow: commemorative tiles, circa 1970
Jacob's Pillow: 50th Anniversary Reunion Guest Book, 1982
Jacob's Pillow: ash tray, circa 1960
Jacob's Pillow: Periodicals, 1977 – 1991
Jacob's Pillow: Periodicals, 1963 – 1975
Jacob's Pillow: Programs, 1963 – 1972
Jacob's Pillow: Programs, 1953 – 1962
Jacob's Pillow: Programs, 1973 – 1996
Jacob's Pillow: Programs, Bound, 1952 – 1964
Jacob's Pillow: Silver Jubilee commemorative plates, 1957
Jose Limon: Essays (DanceScope and unknown),
Katherine Dunham: Bal Negre Program, 1946
Life magazine article: Judith Jamison, 1972
Life magazine article: Julie London, 1957
Matteo: Castanets, instructions, circa 1950
National Museum of Dance: Clippings, flyers, brochures, press release, 1987 – 1993
Periodicals on Dance: Boston Woman, Hartford Woman, Newsday, 1986 – 1990
Periodicals on Dance: People Weekly, 1987
Publications on western Massachusetts,
San Francisco Contemporary Dancers Foundation: booklet, circa 1950 – 1967
South Asian dance figurines, circa 1940 – 1960
Springfield College: Joseph E. Marks III Collection catalog, flyer,
The Turning Point: Press packet, 1977
Verve: The French Review of Art, 1939
William Como, Anatomy for the Dancer: book, 1964
Wood dancer sculpture, circa 1940 – 1980