Guide to the de Mille, Agnes, 1905-Collection,
ca. 1914-1984.
(S) *MGZMD 37
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Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary 
Title
de Mille, Agnes, 1905-Collection,
ca. 1914-1984.
Collection ID
(S) *MGZMD 37
Size
1696 folders in 49 boxes
Repository
The New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts
Jerome Robbins Dance DivisionNew York, New York
Administrative Information
Source
Purchase, 1984. Agnes de Mille. Received: 1984.
Access
Walter Prude and Agnes de Mille correspondence, boxes 4 - 7, until the earlier to
occur of the death of both de Mille and Prude or the year 2004.
Restrictions on Use
For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
The New York Library for the Performing Arts.
Preferred Citation
de Mille, Agnes, 1905-Collection, (S) *MGZMD 37, Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Biographical History
Agnes George de Mille, dancer, choreographer, writer and spokesperson for the arts,
was born September 18, 1905 in New York. She was the daughter of playwright William
Churchill de Mille (1879?-1955) and Anna George de Mille (1878-1947), who was in
turn the daughter of writer and single-tax advocate, Henry George (1839-1897).
Agnes' uncle was the film producer/director, Cecil B. de Mille (1881-1959). She had
a younger sister, Margaret (1908-1978).
In 1914, the de Milles moved to Hollywood where William was joining forces with Cecil
in the motion picture industry. Agnes attended the Hollywood School for Girls,
graduating in 1922, and went on to graduate from University of California in 1926
with a degree in English. William and Anna separated that year, being divorced in
1927, and Agnes spent that summer after graduating traveling in western Europe with
her mother and sister. William married Clara Beranger, a colleague in the movie
industry, in 1928 and lived with her in California for the remainder of his life.
Agnes' formal dance training did not begin until early adolescence in California with
Theodore Kosloff. She did some performing in college shows although she did not
train continuously during her college years. Soon after graduating, she began to
give solo recitals and later with Warren Leonard in her own works. Her mother helped
her produce these and accompanied her to concerts in various cities in the United
States and in Europe. During this period, she settled once again in New York, at
first living with her mother and sister, and then on her own.
Agnes moved to England in 1932 where she continued her dance training in ballet with
Marie Rambert. She performed in her own work and those of her peers such as Antony
Tudor under the auspices of Rambert.
Upon her permanent return to New York ca. 1939, she met Walter Prude (1909-) through
Martha Graham who was under Prude's management. Agnes and Walter were married on
June 14, 1943, in Hobbs, New Mexico during the time when Prude was in military
service. The two were separated-except for infrequent visitsdue to the war until
1945. Their son, Jonathan de Mille Prude, was born in 1946.
It was in this time in the early 1940's that de Mille's work as a choreographer began
to be recognized in the United States. Her ballet “Rodeo” in
1942, created for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, brought her immediate acclaim and
popularity as did her choreography for the Broadway show
“Oklahoma!” the following year. She worked steadily for the
next two decades both on Broadway and in the ballet, creating over a dozen works in
each field. She had a long-enduring relationship with Ballet Theatre (American
Ballet Theatre) and The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, for whom she created many of her
ballets.
In 1953 she formed the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre (Heritage Dance Theatre), which
functioned most actively in 1953-1954 and 1973-1975. She strove to represent in its
repertoire indigenious American dance forms by native choreographers and composers
as well as folk forms.
On the eve of a major New York performance of her company in her lecture/performance
of “Conversations About the Dance,” she suffered a serious
cerebral hemorrhage. From the day of the stroke, May 15, 1975, onward, she has
remained partially paralyzed on the right side of her body although she recovered
from some of the other initial losses of her faculties. On November 9, 1977, she
went on stage to realize the performance of “Conversations About the
Dance,” and resumed an active, if limited, life in dance.
Agnes de Mille has long been a dominant figure in dance and the arts-as a creator as
well as a spokesperson and writer. Before and since her appointment as a founding
member of the National Council for the Arts in 1965, she took the cause of dance and
the arts to millions of readers and viewers, hundreds of organizations and political
conventions. She continues to do so.
In 1980, Agnes de Mille received the Kennedy Center Award - the highest nonmilitary
award in the United States.
Scope and Content Note
The Agnes de Mille Collection primarily documents the
professional life of Agnes de Mille in the period from the
1940's to the 1980's. The Collection contains over 3,700 items of correspondence to
and from other dancers, choreographers, artists, and writers, as well as other
personal and professional friends. However, very few of the letters in the latter
category are of an entirely personal nature. As de Mille kept a
carbon copy of most of her typed letters, many of the files are a complete sequence
of letters to and from the correspondent. The correspondence is arranged
alphabetically by correspondent in folders which are in turn arranged
chronologically.
Substantial series of letters are to be found with Ted Weeks and
Atlantic Monthly Press, her editor and publisher respectively, Mortimer
Becker, her legal counsel, writers Catherine Drinker
Bowen, Walter and Jean Kerr,
Senator Jacob Javits, Marie Rambert,
Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor,
Rebecca West, Robert Lindgren and the
North Carolina School of the Arts, her mother, father, and her son. Files with fewer
items but of interest include those of Aaron Copland,
Martha Graham (also in Anna George de
Mille and Walter Prude correspondence series),
Alan Hovhaness, Lincoln Kirstein,
Bella Lewitzky, José
Limón, Frederick Loewe, Bill
Schuman, Sybil Shearer, Oliver
Smith, Benjamin Britten, Cecil B. de
Mille, Morton Gould, Carmelita
Maracci, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur
Rubenstein, Richard Rodgers, Lorin
Maazel, and The White House.
The section of letters from her father, William de Mille, to her
mother, Anna George de Mille of 249 items, covers the years
1901-1943 but is concentrated in those years prior to 1927. These in part chronicle
the years of Hollywood in the 1910's when William preceded his
family in moving there. Authentication of Agnes de Mille's
birth date is also to be found in this section in a letter in September 1910
referring to her fifth birthday.
The series between de Mille and her husband, Walter
Prude, of over 400 items in the years 1942-1978, predominantly
comprises letters written in the 1940's during World War II when they were apart.
These letters are closed to the public until the earlier to occur of the death of
both de Mille and Prude or the year 2004.
Miscellaneous correspondence includes several items of note such as a letter from
President Grover Cleveland to Henry George
and several items to and from George Bernard Shaw.
The writings of de Mille represent the second largest section of
the collection. They cover her early diaries and writings as a school girl and
college student to those written throughout her professional career documenting her
importance as a national spokesperson and writer for the arts and dance. Six of her
books are to be found in manuscript form catalogued separately (see separation
list).
Of her choreographic notes, three works are extensively recorded and noteworthy:
American Suite (1933-1934), Three Virgins and A Devil (1941), and Rodeo (1942).
The records of the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre (1953-1978) are
principally financial and of a business rather than artistic nature.
Certain non-manuscript materials received with the original purchase have been
removed from the Agnes de Mille Collection. All newspaper and
magazine articles, programs, posters, photographs, three-dimensional objects, audio
tapes, and art works have been dispersed throughout the Dance Collection. A
separation list, located at the end of the folder list, indicates the nature and
disposition of these items.
The following abbreviations are used in the folder list:
- AdM: Agnes de Mille
- AGdM: Anna George de Mille
- WdM: William de Mille
- WP: Walter Prude
An earlier gift made by Agnes de Mille to the Dance Collection,
which covers some of the same years and correspondents and works, may be used in
conjunction with or to augment this collection. Written permission from
Agnes de Mille is required to use the collection.
Material is in English with some German.
Organization
- I. Correspondence
- II. Writings of Agnes de Mille
- III. Choreographic and Production Notes
- IV. Financial Papers
- V. Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre (Heritage Dance Theatre)
- VI. Honorary Degrees and Awards
- VII. Legal Documents, Certificates, and Personal Memorabilia
- VIII. Miscellaneous Writings
- IX. Miscellaneous
Container List
I. Correspondence, 1902-1943
A. William de Mille to Anna George de Mille,
1901-1943
(249 items)
B. Agnes de Mille and Walter Prude,
1942-1978
(407 items)
C. Agnes de Mille, personal and professional, ca.
1914-1984
(3,260 items)
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and chronologically within each
correspondent's folder
f. 177
A&S Lyons, Inc.
(9 Items)
f. 182
Actors' Equity Association
(8 Items)
f. 185
Adams, William Howard
(1 item)
f. 186
Albert H. and Jessie D. Wiggin Foundation
(4 Items)
f. 188
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
(1 item)
f. 189
Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
(1 item)
f. 190
Almirall, Lloyd V.
(10 Items)
f. 193-196
American Guild of Musical Artists
(40 Items)
f. 197
American Heritage Publishing Company
(4 Items)
f. 198
The American Journal of Economics & Sociology
(1 item)
f. 199
American National Theatre & Academy
(1 item)
f. 200
American Women in Radio & Television
(2 Items)
f. 201
Amory, Cleveland
(2 Items)
f. 202
Anderson, Marian
(1 item)
f. 203-204
Andrews, Henry Maxwell
(6 Items)
f. 205
Anthony, Joseph
(4 Items)
f. 209
Artists and Writers Press, Inc.
(8 Items)
f. 210
Ashton, Frederick
(1 item)
f. 212
Associated Newspapers Ltd.
(2 Items)
f. 213
Association for Childhood Education International
(1 item)
f. 214
Atherton, Gertrude
(2 Items)
f. 215
Atkinson, Brooks
(1 item)
f. 216-220
Atlantic Monthly Press
(49 Items)
f. 221
Atlas Scenic Studios, Ltd.
(1 item)
f. 224
The Authors Guild of the Authors League of America
(2 Items)
f. 225
Axworthy, Lloyd
(2 Items)
f. 227
Bachrach, Louis Fabian
(1 item)
f. 228
Baker, David K.
(4 Items)
f. 230
Baldwin, Mrs. Maitland
(1 item)
f. 232
The Banff Centre
(1 item)
f. 233
Barry, Mrs. Clemmie
(1 item)
f. 234
Baryshnikov, Mikhail
(5 Items)
f. 241
Beard, James Andrews
(4 Items)
f. 234
Becker & Frank, accountants
(5 Items)
f. 244-247
Becker, Mortimer, Jaffe & Jaffe
(44 Items)
f. 251
Benitez, Helena S.
(3 Items)
f. 252
Bennett, Michael
(2 Items)
f. 253
Beresford, William
(5 Items)
f. 255
Bernard L. Schubert, Inc.
(4 Items)
f. 256
Bernstein, Leonard
(7 Items)
f. 261
Biddle, Francis
(3 Items)
f. 262
Bikel, Theodore & Rita
(2 Items)
f. 263
Birch, Patricia
(3 Items)
f. 264
Birenbaum, William
(1 item)
f. 273
Bonebakker, Clair
(3 Items)
f. 274
Boosey and Hawkes, Inc.
(2 Items)
f. 275
Booth, Mavis Ray
(1 item)
f. 277
Boston University Celebrity Series
(3 Items)
f. 278-284
Bowen, Catherine Drinker
(47 Items)
f. 285
Bowen, Elizabeth
(1 item)
f. 290
The Brandywiners, Ltd.
(2 Items)
f. 291
Braunlich, Dorothy
(1 item)
f. 293
Brigadoon cast (1980)
(1 item)
f. 294
Britten, Benjamin
(3 Items)
f. 295
Broderson, Morris
(2 Items)
f. 296
Broun, Heywood Hale & Jane
(3 Items)
f. 297
Brownlow, Kevin
(5 Items)
f. 302
Caldwell, Zoe & Robert
(1 item)
f. 303
Campbell, Jennie I.
(2 Items)
f. 304
Campbell, Lily Bess
(8 Items)
f. 305
Campbell, Sylvester
(1 item)
f. 306-307
Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
(17 Items)
f. 310
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
(1 item)
f. 314
Cassidy, Claudia
(2 Items)
f. 319
Chancellor More Lectures
(1 item)
f. 320
Channing, Carol & Charles Lowe
(5 Items)
f. 321
Chapin, Schuyler
(1 item)
f. 324
(see also Ballet Theatre)
f. 327
Civic Lubbock, Inc.
(1 item)
f. 329
Clark Transfer, Inc.
(3 Items)
f. 330
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
(1 item)
f. 331
Claybourne, Dorothy Hite
(1 item)
f. 332
Clememeon, Pierre
(1 item)
f. 333
Civic Light Opera Association of Greater Pittsburgh
(2 Items)
f. 335
Clowes, Mr. & Mrs. Allan
(5 Items)
f. 336
Clowes Memorial Hall
(3 Items)
f. 338
The Coca-Cola Company
(2 Items)
f. 339
Cocaine, George P.
(1 item)
f. 341
Cohen, Selma Jeanne
(3 Items)
f. 345
Columbia Artists Management
(1 item)
f. 346
Columbia Broadcasting System
(5 Items)
f. 347
Columbia University
(2 Items)
f. 350
Cook, Patricia A.
(3 Items)
f. 352
Cornell, Katharine
(1 item)
f. 353
Country Dance and Song Society of America
(1 item)
f. 354
Cousins, Norman
(2 Items)
f. 357
Crawford, Cheryl
(1 item)
f. 359
Cullberg, Birgit
(9 Items)
f. 360
Cullman, Marguerite
(1 item)
f. 361
Cummings, Margaret
(4 Items)
f. 363
Curzon, Clifford
(7 Items)
f. 364
Cushing, Herbert L.
(2 Items)
f. 366
Dalrymple, Jean
(3 Items)
f. 367
The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library
(1 item)
f. 369
Dance Notation Bureau
(5 Items)
f. 370
Dance Perspectives
(2 Items)
f. 371
Daniels, Clifton
(1 item)
f. 372
Danilova, Alexandra
(2 Items)
f. 374
De Anguira, Marguerite
(1 item)
f. 375-377
De Barde, Marianne
(35 Items)
f. 378
de Lappe, Gemze
(5 Items)
f. 379
de Lavallade, Carmen
(2 Items)
f. 380
de Liagre, Alfred
(1 item)
f. 381
de Los Angeles, Victoria & Enrique
(1 item)
f. 382-401
de Mille, Anna George
(100 Items)
f. 402
de Mille, Anna George
(5 Items)
f. 403
de Mille, Cecil B.
(6 Items)
f. 404
de Mille, Clara Beranger
(5 Items)
f. 405
de Mille, Margaret
(7 Items)
f. 406
de Mille, Richard
(2 Items)
f. 407-417
de Mille, William C.
(58 Items)
f. 418
de Valois, Ninette
(2 Items)
f. 419
De Voe, Alan & Mary
(3 Items)
f. 420
Decca Records, Inc.
(1 item)
f. 421
Department of State
(3 Items)
f. 424
Dolmetsch, Carl R.
(1 item)
f. 425
Domenico Tours, Inc.
(5 Items)
f. 428
Dooley, Mrs. L.R.
(1 item)
f. 431
Doubleday & Co., Inc.
(18 Items)
f. 437
Downs, T. McKean
(1 item)
f. 438
Drück, Gertrud & Max Merz
(2 Items)
f. 439
Duke University
(2 Items)
f. 442
Dunham, Katherine
(8 Items)
f. 443
Dunne, Brian Ború
(3 Items)
f. 446
Les Éditions des Deux Coqs D'Or
(7 Items)
f. 449
Englander, A.G.
(5 Items)
f. 451
Esquire Magazine
(1 item)
f. 452
Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
(1 item)
f. 453
Ewing, Alexander
(1 item)
f. 454
Fairbanks, Douglas Jr.
(6 Items)
f. 455
Fall River Historical Society
(4 Items)
f. 458
Farrar, Geraldine
(2 Items)
f. 462
Fetridge, Robert H. Jr.
(1 item)
f. 463
Ficke, Arthur Davison
(3 Items)
f. 467
Fineman, Bernard
(1 item)
f. 468
Fitelson and Mayers
(1 item)
f. 469
Flebbe, Beaulah
(5 Items)
f. 471
Flory, Elizabeth H.
(1 item)
f. 472
Fonteyn, Margot
(3 Items)
f. 475
The Ford Foundation
(8 Items)
f. 476
Fosdich, Harry E.
(1 item)
f. 483
Frankenstein, Alfred
(5 Items)
f. 484
Franklin, Mrs. Joseph
(1 item)
f. 485
Franklin, Leonard
(1 item)
f. 486
Franklin, Lidjia
(2 Items)
f. 489
Friends Seminary
(1 item)
f. 490
Frosch, Aaron R.
(2 Items)
f. 492
G. Schirmer, Inc.
(1 item)
f. 493
Galantiere, Lewis
(2 Items)
f. 494
Galbraith, John Kenneth
(1 item)
f. 496
Garrison, Lloyd K.
(2 Items)
f. 497
Gerardi, Mrs. Joseph A.
(1 item)
f. 498
George, Henry III
(3 Items)
f. 499
George Peabody College for Teachers
(3 Items)
f. 500
Gershwin, George
(1 item)
f. 505
Ghormley, Gretchen
(2 Items)
f. 502
Giannini, A. Christina
(1 item)
f. 503
Gibson, George D.
(1 item)
f. 504
Gifford, Mary B.
(1 item)
f. 505
Gilbert, Katharine
(3 Items)
f. 507
Gilkey, Stanley
(8 Items)
f. 508
Glackens, Mrs. Ira
(1 item)
f. 512-513
Golden Press, Inc.
(14 Items)
f. 514
Goldenberg, Billy
(2 Items)
f. 515
Goldman, James A.
(1 item)
f. 516
Gorham, George W.
(1 item)
f. 519
Gould, Shirley Bank
(2 Items)
f. 520
Graham, Martha
(10 Items)
f. 521
Grainger, Percy
(4 Items)
f. 522
Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
(1 item)
f. 526
Greenleaf, Robert A.
(1 item)
f. 528
Grenfall, Joyce
(3 Items)
f. 529
Gross, Catherine
(2 Items)
f. 530
Gurney, Albert R.
(2 Items)
f. 534
Hailes, Patrick
(2 Items)
f. 535-536
Hamilton, Margaret
(11 items)
f. 537
Hamish Hamilton, Ltd.
(2 Items)
f. 538
Hammerstein, Oscar
(3 Items)
f. 539-541
Hanes, R. Philip
(21 items)
f. 543
Hansen, Joseph C.
(2 Items)
f. 545
Harlan, Mrs. Peter
(1 item)
f. 547-549
Harold Ober Associates
(35 Items)
f. 550
Harper and Row Publishers
(1 item)
f. 551
Harper, Cecilia de Mille
(7 Items)
f. 553
Harriman, Margaret Case
(1 item)
f. 554
Harris, Inge Swensen
(1 item)
f. 555
Harry Walker, Inc.
(2 Items)
f. 556
Hart, Kitty Carlisle
(7 Items)
f. 558
Harvard University
(1 item)
f. 560
Haskell, Arnold
(2 Items)
f. 565
Henry Jaffe Enterprises
(1 item)
f. 566
Hepburn, Katharine Houghton
(1 item)
f. 569
Hernandez, Amalia
(1 item)
f. 573
Hill, William S.
(2 Items)
f. 575
Hirschfeld, Al & Dorothy
(1 item)
f. 578
Hollander, Jonathan
(1 item)
f. 580-582
Horner, Thérèse
(20 Items)
f. 584-585
Hovhaness, Alan
(15 Items)
f. 589
Humphrey, Hubert H.
(3 Items)
f. 591
Hurok, Sol/Hurok Atrractions
(8 Items)
f. 593
Internal Revenue Service
(1 item)
f. 594
International Press Service
(1 item)
f. 597
J.C. Williamson Theatre, Inc.
(1 item)
f. 598
Jacobs, Sophia Yarnell
(1 item)
f. 600
Jaroschi, Francoix
(2 Items)
f. 607
Joffrey, Robert
(3 Items)
f. 608
John F. Kennedy Medical Center
(1 item)
f. 609
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
(2 Items)
f. 610
Johnson, A. LeRoy
(2 Items)
f. 612
Johnson, Lady Bird
(4 Items)
f. 613-615
Johnson, Margot
(28 Items)
f. 616
Johnson, Milton
(2 Items)
f. 618
Jones, Anthony Armstrong
(1 item)
f. 621
Jupiter Recording Ltd.
(1 item)
f. 624
Kappa Alpha Theta
(2 Items)
f. 625
Karinska, Barbara
(1 item)
f. 626
Karsavina, Tamara
(6 Items)
f. 628
Katzenberg, Sylvia
(1 item)
f. 631
Kaye, Sylvia & Danny
(6 Items)
f. 634
Kendall, Elizabeth
(2 Items)
f. 636
The Kennedy Center Honors
(1 item)
f. 637
Kennedy, Jacqueline
(1 item)
f. 639
Kent State University
(1 item)
f. 640-642
Kerr, Walter & Jean
(28 Items)
f. 644
Keter Publishing House
(1 item)
f. 648
Kilpatrick, William H.
(1 item)
f. 649
Kimbrough, Emily
(3 Items)
f. 650
Kirstein, Lincoln
(12 Items)
f. 651
Kitawaki, Yoshiya
(1 item)
f. 654
Koenig, Victoria
(1 item)
f. 662
Ladies Home Journal
(1 item)
f. 664
Lanchester, Miss
(1 item)
f. 665
Langner, Lawrence
(1 item)
f. 668
Lazar, Irving Paul
(12 Items)
f. 669
LeClercq, Tanaquil
(1 item)
f. 670
LeDoux, Henry J.
(1 item)
f. 673
Leonard, Warren
(2 Items)
f. 674
Lerner, Alan Jay
(6 Items)
f. 675
Lert, Ruth Clark
(1 item)
f. 676
Levi-Tanai, Sara
(1 item)
f. 678
Levy, I. Montefiore
(1 item)
f. 680
Lewis, James H.
(4 Items)
f. 681-682
Lewitzky, Bella
(18 Items)
f. 683
Libidins, David
(2 Items)
f. 684
The Library of Congress
(1 item)
f. 689
Lincoln, Victoria
(12 Items)
f. 690
Lindgren, Robert (see also North Carolina School of the Arts)
(1 item)
f. 691
Lindsey, Ben B.
(2 Items)
f. 693
Little, Brown and Company
(21 items)
f. 696-697
Loewe, Frederick
(22 Items)
f. 699
Longueil, Alfred
(1 item)
f. 701
Lopez-Rey, Justa
(7 Items)
f. 704
Lowrie, Sarah D.
(1 item)
f. 710
MacDonald, Brian
(5 Items)
f. 711
MacDonald, John D.
(4 Items)
f. 712
Macdougal, Allan Ross
(2 Items)
f. 714
MacMillan, Kenneth
(1 item)
f. 717
Macy's Department Store
(1 item)
f. 720
Mainboucher (Main Rousseau Boucher)
(1 item)
f. 721
Mamoulian, Rouben
(1 item)
f. 723
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
(2 Items)
f. 725-726
Maracci, Carmelita
(9 Items)
f. 728
Marcussen, Marc
(2 Items)
f. 731
Marshall, Marilyn Young
(6 Items)
f. 732
Marshall University
(1 item)
f. 734
The Martha Graham Dance Company
(2 Items)
f. 735
Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
(4 Items)
f. 738
Martinson, Joseph B.
(1 item)
f. 739
Marvin, Ellison F.
(2 Items)
f. 741
Mastin, Georgann
(1 item)
f. 743
Matalon, Vivian
(2 Items)
f. 744
Mathsens, William Henry
(1 item)
f. 745
Mayberg, Phyllis
(1 item)
f. 747
Mayerhofer, Edward
(1 item)
f. 748
Mc Cagg, Caroline O.
(4 Items)
f. 749
Mc Call Corporation
(6 Items)
f. 751
Menotti, Gian Carlo
(1 item)
f. 752
Mensies, Michael
(2 Items)
f. 753
Merker, Harvey M.
(1 item)
f. 755
Mertz, Alice H.
(2 Items)
f. 756
Messinger, Lillie
(2 Items)
f. 757
Metropolitan Museum of Art
(3 Items)
f. 760
Meyer, J. Arthur
(2 Items)
f. 762
Meyers, Betty T.
(1 item)
f. 763
Middleton, George
(2 Items)
f. 764
Migatz, Marshall
(1 item)
f. 765
Mikotowicz, Joyce M.
(1 item)
f. 766
Miles Chemical Company
(2 Items)
f. 767
Milhaud, Darius
(4 Items)
f. 768
Minier, Ethel M.
(3 Items)
f. 769
Mintz, Corina & Shlomo
(1 item)
f. 770
Mitchell, Arthur
(1 item)
f. 771
Mitford, Jessica
(2 Items)
f. 772
Mitgang, Herbert
(1 item)
f. 774
Montgomery, Douglas
(4 Items)
f. 775-776
Montgomery, Elizabeth
(12 Items)
f. 780
Morgenthau, Rita Wallach
(2 Items)
f. 782
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
(2 Items)
f. 783-786
Muchnik, Jacabo
(23 Items)
f. 788
Mudge, Stern, Williams & Tucker
(2 Items)
f. 790
Municipal Theatre Association, St. Louis
(1 item)
f. 792
The Museum of Modern Art
(17 Items)
f. 793
The Museum of Natural History
(1 item)
f. 797
The National Council of Dance Teacher Organizations
(2 Items)
f. 798-799
National Endowment for the Arts
(7 Items)
f. 800
Neilan, Marshall
(3 Items)
f. 801
New York Herald Tribune Book Review
(2 Items)
f. 802
The New York Public Library - Research Libraries
(1 item)
f. 803
New York State Concil on the Arts
(6 Items)
f. 804
New York State Department of Labor
(1 item)
f. 805
The New York Times
(1 item)
f. 808
The Nightengale-Bamford School
(1 item)
f. 809
Nikolais, Alwin
(4 Items)
f. 812-818
North Carolina School of the Arts
(55 Items)
f. 819
Noyes, Charles H.
(1 item)
f. 822
O'Leary, M. Bede
(1 item)
f. 825
Omaha Women's Town Hall
(1 item)
f. 826
One Touch of Venus cast
(2 Items)
f. 829
Orcutt, Mrs. Frank A.
(1 item)
f. 831
Ostertag, Carl Heinz
(6 Items)
f. 832
Owens, Ruth Bryon
(1 item)
f. 833
Packard, William
(1 item)
f. 836
Panov, Valery & Galina
(7 Items)
f. 837
Paramount Pictures Corporation
(5 Items)
f. 838
Parke-Davis Co.
(4 Items)
f. 840
Parsons, William
(1 item)
f. 842
Paul Hamlyn Publishers
(4 Items)
f. 843
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison
(9 Items)
f. 844
Peck, Gregory & Veronique
(5 Items)
f. 846
Penney, Luke William
(1 item)
f. 848
Perlman, Itzhak & Toby
(2 Items)
f. 854
Pierce, Beatrice George
(7 Items)
f. 855
Pleisch, Honoria
(1 item)
f. 861
Powdermaker, Hortense
(1 item)
f. 862
Powell, Eleanor P.
(1 item)
f. 863
Power, Barbara Hudson
(2 Items)
f. 865
Prondato, Amelia Cimino
(1 item)
f. 870-871
Putnam & Co. Ltd.
(19 Items)
f. 872
Quigley, Colette
(1 item)
f. 878-881
Rambert, Marie
(26 Items)
f. 882
Random House Inc.
(1 item)
f. 884
Reagan, Ronald & Nancy
(2 Items)
f. 886
Reichenbach, Polly S.
(1 item)
f. 888
Reynolds, Nancy
(2 Items)
f. 889
Reynolds, Robert E.
(1 item)
f. 890
Richardson, Kathleen M.
(1 item)
f. 898-901
Robbins, Jerome
(38 Items)
f. 902
Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
(3 Items)
f. 903
Robertson, Susan
(1 item)
f. 904
Robinson, Arthur
(1 item)
f. 905
The Rockefeller Foundation
(10 Items)
f. 906
Rodewald, Elizabeth
(2 Items)
f. 907
Rodgers & Hammerstein Pictures
(2 Items)
f. 908
Rodgers, Richard & Dorothy
(10 Items)
f. 909
Rogers, Talmadge G.
(1 item)
f. 910
Romanoff, Dmitri
(3 Items)
f. 912
Roosevelt, Theodora
(1 item)
f. 914
Rosemont, Mrs. Franklin
(1 item)
f. 916-917
Roslavleva, Natalia
(17 Items)
f. 920
Rubenstein, Arthur & Annabelle
(6 Items)
f. 921
Rudy, William Marion
(1 item)
f. 922
Runyon, Cornelia
(2 Items)
f. 923
Ryokuen Shobo Publishing House
(2 Items)
f. 924
Sachar, Edward J.
(1 item)
f. 927
Salt Creek Summer Theater
(2 Items)
f. 928
The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation
(1 item)
f. 929
Sanders, Marlene
(1 item)
f. 930
Sapienza, Mrs. V.P.
(1 item)
f. 933
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
(1 item)
f. 934
Sargent, Winthrop
(3 Items)
f. 938
Scherl, Ruth & Henry
(1 item)
f. 939
Scheuer, Philip K.
(1 item)
f. 940-941
Schmidt, Harvey
(11 items)
f. 942
Schuler, Pat & Bob
(1 item)
f. 946
Screen Actors Guild
(2 Items)
f. 949
Semans, Mary & Jim
(1 item)
f. 950
Seton Hill College
(1 item)
f. 952
Shaw, C. T. (Mrs. George Bernard)
(1 item)
f. 954
Shaw, Jacqueline
(1 item)
f. 956-958
Shearer, Sybil
(18 Items)
f. 961
Signoret, Simone
(1 item)
f. 962
Simmons, Stanley
(1 item)
f. 963
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
(6 Items)
f. 964
Simpson, Clinton
(5 Items)
f. 965
Skinner, Cornelia Otis
(3 Items)
f. 966
Skouras, George P.
(1 item)
f. 967
Slenczynska, Ruth
(1 item)
f. 975
Smithsonian Institution
(2 Items)
f. 976
Smyth, Sanford & Gerard
(1 item)
f. 978-979
Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc.
(14 Items)
f. 980
Soederbaum, Ulla
(4 Items)
f. 984
Sommers, Michael
(1 item)
f. 987
Sparchner, Mrs. John B.
(1 item)
f. 988
Sparling, Marion
(1 item)
f. 989
Stark, Richard Boies
(2 Items)
f. 990
Stegner, Wallace
(2 Items)
f. 991
Steinberg, William
(2 Items)
f. 993
Stern, Isaac & Vera
(4 Items)
f. 995
Stevenson, Norah
(3 Items)
f. 996
Steyer, Mrs. Roy H.
(1 item)
f. 997
Stokowski, Leopold
(2 Items)
f. 998
Stranaban, Marion
(1 item)
f. 1004
Taylor, Harold
(10 Items)
f. 1005
Taylor, Judith Lerner
(1 item)
f. 1006
Taylor, Margaret
(1 item)
f. 1009
Television Industries, Inc.
(2 Items)
f. 1010
Templeton, Lloyd
(1 item)
f. 1013
The Theatre Guild
(4 Items)
f. 1015
Theatrical Interests Plan
(11 items)
f. 1018
Thomson, Virgil
(4 Items)
f. 1022
Tomlinson, Mel A.
(3 Items)
f. 1023
Trieste, Frances
(3 Items)
f. 1025
Tucker, Mrs. Harold N.
(1 item)
f. 1030
Turnbull, Agnes Sligh
(8 Items)
f. 1031
Twentieth Century Fox Studios
(1 item)
f. 1032
Underwood, Sharry Traver
(1 item)
f. 1033
United States Information Agency
(6 Items)
f. 1034
United States Patent Office
(1 item)
f. 1035
University of California at Los Angeles
(1 item)
f. 1036
University of Colorado
(1 item)
f. 1037-1038
University of North Carolina Press
(19 Items)
f. 1039
University of Michigan League
(1 item)
f. 1040
University of Puerto Rico - English Department
(5 Items)
f. 1041
University of Texas
(1 item)
f. 1042
University of Utah
(2 Items)
f. 1044
Urtula, Lucretia (Indai)
(2 Items)
f. 1045
VHH Dance Seminar
(1 item)
f. 1046
Van Druten, John
(3 Items)
f. 1047
Van Praagh, Peggy
(9 Items)
f. 1048
Van Scott, Glory & Gail Reese
(2 Items)
f. 1049
Van Vechten, Carl
(6 Items)
f. 1053
Vickrey, Robert
(2 Items)
f. 1055
Villella, Edward
(1 item)
f. 1056
Vincent, J. Austin & Helen L.
(1 item)
f. 1058
WNET Television Thirteen
(2 Items)
f. 1061
Warhaftig, Claire
(1 item)
f. 1062
Waring, Marion J.
(8 Items)
f. 1063
Wasserman, Herbert
(1 item)
f. 1064
Webster, Margaret
(1 item)
f. 1084
Weidman, Charles
(1 item)
f. 1086
Weissberger, L. Arnold
(1 item)
f. 1088
Welch, Joseph N.
(2 Items)
f. 1089-1093
West, Rebecca (Mrs. Henry Maxwell Andrews)
(32 Items)
f. 1094
Western Michigan University
(2 Items)
f. 1095-1097
Western Publishing Co.
(20 Items)
f. 1098
Wharton, Beatrice
(5 Items)
f. 1099-1102
The White House
(14 Items)
f. 1103
White, William A.P.
(1 item)
f. 1104
Whitehead, Robert
(7 Items)
f. 1106
Whitney, Phyllis A.
(1 item)
f. 1109
Wilbur, Richard & Charlee
(5 Items)
f. 1110
Wilder, Thornton
(4 Items)
f. 1112-1115
William Morris Agency
(44 Items)
f. 1116-1118
Williams, Emlyn
(21 items)
f. 1119
Wilson, John C.
(3 Items)
f. 1121
Windreich, Leland
(3 Items)
f. 1122
Winnipeg Summer Theatre Association
(1 item)
f. 1123
Wittgenstein, Victor
(2 Items)
f. 1125
The Woman's College of Georgia
(1 item)
f. 1126
Women's Lying-In Hospital
(1 item)
f. 1128
Woodford, Charles
(1 item)
f. 1131
Wyckoff, Bonnie
(3 Items)
f. 1132
Yarborough, “Senator”
(4 Items)
f. 1135
Zilberg, Gregory
(1 item)
f. 1138-1143
miscellaneous (A-Z by first name)
(49 Items)
f. 1144
unidentified (chronological order)
(10 Items)
f. 1145
empty envelopes
(7 Items)
D. Agnes de Mille and Dance Companies
(512 items)
f. 1146
Ann Arbor Civic Ballet
(2 Items)
f. 1147
Ballet Oklahoma
(6 Items)
f. 1148-1166
Ballet Theatre (1941-1982)
(139 Items)
f. 1169
Cologne Bühnen der Stadt
(1 item)
f. 1170
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
(11 items)
f. 1171
Deutsche Oper Berlin
(11 items)
f. 1172
Festival Ballet of Rhode Island
(2 Items)
f. 1173
The Joffrey Ballet
(1 item)
f. 1174
The Jose Limon Dance Company
(1 item)
f. 1176-1207
Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company
(320 Items)
f. 1208
Wiener Volksoper Ballett
(1 item)
E. General Correspondence
(written neither by nor to AdM)
1. Anna George de Mille
(288 items)
f. 1209
Adams, James Truslaw
(2 Items)
f. 1211
“Alexandra Victoria” (Princess)
(1 item)
f. 1216
Bacon, Josephine Daskam
(1 item)
f. 1217
Baker, Ray Stannard
(1 item)
f. 1220
Beard, Daniel Carter
(2 Items)
f. 1221
Beebe, Will & Elsevyth
(2 Items)
f. 1222
Benet, William R.
(1 item)
f. 1225
Bigelow, Pauling
(2 Items)
f. 1228
Bragaw, Annie Townsend
(1 item)
f. 1230
Bromfield, Louis
(1 item)
f. 1232
Buckland, Wilfred
(4 Items)
f. 1233
Bullitt, William C.
(1 item)
f. 1236
Davenport, Marcia
(1 item)
f. 1237
Davenport, Russell W.
(1 item)
f. 1238
de Mille, Beatrice
(3 Items)
f. 1239
de Mille, Cecil B.
(1 item)
f. 1240
de Mille, Margaret George
(3 Items)
f. 1241
Densmore, Francis
(1 item)
f. 1245
Edsall, Margaret
(1 item)
f. 1246
Ellenoff, Herman
(1 item)
f. 1248-1249
Farrar, Geraldine
(15 Items)
f. 1251
Ficke, Arthur Davison
(4 Items)
f. 1252
Fosdick, Harry Emerson
(3 Items)
f. 1253
Frohman, Daniel
(3 Items)
f. 1254
Garbett, Cyril Forster
(1 item)
f. 1255
George, Anna Fox
(1 item)
f. 1257
George, Henry Jr.
(4 Items)
f. 1263
Grenfell, Wilfred
(4 Items)
f. 1264
Hamilton, Calyton
(1 item)
f. 1267
Henderson, Archibald
(1 item)
f. 1275
Kennedy, Edith Wynne
(1 item)
f. 1276
Kusbloch, Edward
(1 item)
f. 1278
Lummis, Charles F.
(1 item)
f. 1280
Macnaughton, Allan
(1 item)
f. 1281
Matthews, Brander
(3 Items)
f. 1282
Matzenauer, Margaret
(1 item)
f. 1283
Maugham, W. Somerset
(1 item)
f. 1284
McGroaty, John Steven
(1 item)
f. 1286
Middleton, George
(1 item)
f. 1287
Miller, Alice Duer
(1 item)
f. 1288
Miller, Harry W.
(1 item)
f. 1291
Morley, Christopher
(1 item)
f. 1292
Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
(4 Items)
f. 1294
Norris, Kathleen
(3 Items)
f. 1296
Novick, Morris S.
(1 item)
f. 1297
O'Neill, Carlotta Monterey
(1 item)
f. 1298
Owen, Ruth Bryon
(1 item)
f. 1299
Parker, Gilbert
(3 Items)
f. 1300
Phelps, William Lyon
(2 Items)
f. 1302
Post, Alice Fracher
(1 item)
f. 1305
Roosevelt, Sarah (Mrs. James)
(1 item)
f. 1306
Russell, Bertrand
(1 item)
f. 1310
Shaw, George Bernard
(3 Items)
f. 1311
Sheehan, Percy Poole
(1 item)
f. 1312
Sheldon, Edward
(5 Items)
f. 1316
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
(1 item)
f. 1320
Terhune, Albert Payson
(1 item)
f. 1321
Terhune, Mary Virginia
(6 Items)
f. 1326
Towne, Charles Hanson
(2 Items)
f. 1329
Wedgwood, Joshua
(2 Items)
f. 1330
Wentworth, Marion Craig
(1 item)
f. 1333
Zimbalist, Alma
(3 Items)
f. 1334
Zimbalist, Efrem
(5 Items)
f. 1335
Zimbalist, Maria V.
(1 item)
2. Walter For Prude
(17 items)
f. 1339
de Mille, Clara Beranger
(1 item)
f. 1340
Department of Labor
(1 item)
f. 1345
Manufacturers Trust Co.
(1 item)
f. 1348
The Rice Institute
(1 item)
f. 1349
Rubenstein, Arthur
(1 item)
f. 1350
Segovia, Andres
(2 Items)
3. Anna George de Mille and Walter Foy Prude
4. William de Mille
(8 items)
f. 1355
Balderston, John/WdM
(1 item)
f. 1356
Bynner, Witter/WdM
(1 item)
f. 1357
WdM/Cecil B. de Mille
(1 item)
f. 1358
WdM/Anna Fox George
(1 item)
f. 1359
WdM/Roma Foy Prude
(1 item)
f. 1360
WdM/Margaret Hoyt Robinson
(1 item)
f. 1361
van Kaathoven, Alice/WdM
(1 item)
f. 1362
unidentified/WdM
(1 item)
5. Miscellaneous
(23 items)
f. 1363
Adams, Nancy to Margaret de Mille
(1 item)
f. 1364
Baker, Newton D. to Henry George Jr.
(1 item)
f. 1366
Brush, George F. to Mr. Lewis
(1 item)
f. 1367
Cleveland, Grover to Henry George
(1 item)
f. 1368
Coughlin, Charles E. to J. Dawson
(1 item)
f. 1369
de Mille, Cecil to Margaret Hoyt Robinson
(1 item)
f. 1370
de Mille, Cecil to Janice A. Schilling
(1 item)
f. 1371
de Mille, Cecil to Mildred Smith
(1 item)
f. 1372
de Mille, Henry C. to Margaret Hoyt Robinson &
Charles William Bonner
(1 item)
f. 1373
Duncan, Maria-Theresa to Sol Hurok
(1 item)
f. 1374
Genée, Adeline to Francis Robinson
(1 item)
f. 1375
Fosdick, Harry Emerson to Margaret de Mille
(1 item)
f. 1376
Graham, Martha to “Craig”
(1 item)
f. 1377
Greene (?), Mary to Colonel & Mrs. H. A. Meyer
(1 item)
f. 1378
“The Management” to Mrs. Crippen
(1 item)
f. 1379
Mercé, Antonia (La Argentina) to
“Maria”
(1 item)
f. 1380
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick to Stephen Mann
(1 item)
f. 1381
Roosevelt, Eleanor to Sol Hurok
(1 item)
f. 1382
Segovia, Andrés to Edward I. Koch
(1 item)
f. 1383
Shaw, George Bernard to Joshua Wedgwood
(1 item)
f. 1384
Ulanova, Galina to “Leona”
(1 item)
f. 1385
W. R. S. to J. B. P.
(1 item)
II. Writings of Agnes de Mille
f. 1389
“The Books I've Read in a Year, August
16, 1916-August 16, 1917”
f. 1392-1394
“Notes on European Trip Summer 1925,
June 13-September 8”
B. Addresses, Essays, and Lectures,
(68 Titles)
Arranged alphabetically by title of first line.
f. 1395
Agnes de Mille, 1981 (galley
proof)
f. 1396-1398
Alicia Markova (3 annotated typescripts)
f. 1399
“American dancers are characterized...”
(annotated typescript)
f. 1400
Art Business Lunch Speech (annotated typescript)
f. 1401
The Ballet in America (annotated typescript)
f. 1402
Ballet in America and the Ballet Theatre, 1956
(typescript)
f. 1403
The Books Are About to Be Banished (typescript)
f. 1404
Briefing for Beginners, 1959
(typescript)
f. 1405
Business and Art (speech), 1981
(holograph & typescript)
f. 1406
“By success, I suppose the question
means...” (annotated typescript)
f. 1407-1410
Camelita Maracci (holograph & 2
typescripts)
f. 1411
“This charming and vivacious book is a theatrical
biography...” (typescript)
f. 1412
“Cheryl Crawford's record as a producer is highly
distinguished...” (typescript)
f. 1413
The Choreographic Art (book review) (typescript)
f. 1414-1415
Cleopatra, 1934 (2 annotated
typescripts)
f. 1416
Conversations About the Dance (holograph &
typescript)
f. 1417
Costumes Through the Ages (book review)
(typescript)
f. 1418
The Dance in America (2 annotated typescripts)
f. 1419
Day in the Life of Ballerina (annotated
typescript)
f. 1420
Dedication of Student Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College
(speech), 1952 (typescript)
f. 1421
“Deeply involved in any consideration of style are
the questions...” (holograph)
f. 1422
Edwardian Lady (typescript)
f. 1423
Eighteenth Birthday (annotated typescript)
f. 1424
Essay Based on Mackery End by
Charles Lamb (typescript)
f. 1425
The Evanescent Art - An Apology for Dancing (annotated
typescript)
f. 1426
Fancy Free (record album notes) (typescript)
f. 1427
Fashion Review (typescript)
f. 1428
Final Remarks in the Tribute to Rodgers at the Benefit for
the Museum of the City of New York (typescript)
f. 1429
Ford Foundation Grant Letter, 1963
(typescript)
f. 1430
Foreward to Biography by Philip Burton
(typescript)
f. 1431-1435
Fredegone, 1926 (typescript)
f. 1436-1437
Games, 1957 (holograph & 2
typescripts)
f. 1438-1439
Goodnight C.B., 1959 (annotated
typescript)
f. 1440-1443
The Harlot's Progress (A Pantomime after the paintings of
Hogarth) (typescript, annotated typescript &
holograph)
f. 1444
Henry George: Citizen of the World
preface (typescript)
f. 1445
“It has been the dream of my life to
form...”
(2 typescripts) Items)
f. 1446
“It is a historic fact that we Americans have long
despised art...” (typescript)
f. 1447
“It is an unusual, even awesome
experience...” (holograph &
typescript)
f. 1448
“Jean Dalrymple's `Careers and Opportunities int
the Theater' is clear...” (typescript)
f. 1449
Katherine Dunham - Kennedy Center Awards Speech
(typescript)
f. 1450
The Last Years of Nijinsky (book review)
(typescript)
f. 1451
A Little Captive Lad (From the Book by Beulah Marie Dix)
(typescript)
f. 1452
“Markova lay upstairs in Ted Shawn's great double
bed...” (2 annotated typescripts)
f. 1453
Margaret de Mille, 1978
(typescript)
f. 1454-1455
Martha Graham (miscellaneous notes) (typescript &
holograph)
f. 1457-1460
Methods of Choreography (holograph & 3
typescripts)
f. 1461
Museum Piece (book review) (typescript)
f. 1462-1464
“A musical begins when composer,
lyricist...”
(2 typescripts) Items)
f. 1465
Musical Comedy Tonight (television script)
(typescript)
f. 1466
The New Ballerina (typescript)
f. 1467
Patronage and Our Theatre (annotated typescript)
f. 1468
Patronage in our Theatre, 1956 (galley
proof)
f. 1469
Patronage Lecture (holograph)
f. 1470
Porcelain & White Ceiling (typescript)
f. 1471
Preface to Oscar Brand's Ballad Mongers
(typescript & galley proof)
f. 1472
Preface to the Centenary Edition of Progress &
Poverty (typescript)
f. 1473
Project for the New York Civic Dance Theatre
(holograph)
f. 1474
The Revolution of Isadora (typescript)
f. 1475
Rhythm in My Blood (excerpt from And
Promenade Home) (typescript)
f. 1476
The Sadlers Wells Ballet by Mary Clarke (book review)
(typescript)
f. 1477
“Sono Osato was the happy result of a Japanese
father and...” (typescript &
holograph)
f. 1478
Speech Made at Fund Gathering Rally 1972 May
9 (typescript)
f. 1479
“This tradition is exemplified...”
(holograph)
f. 1480
Voodoo (screenplay), 1936
(typescript)
f. 1481
We Deserve a Fair Showing, 1962
(annotated galley proof)
f. 1482
What Ever Became of Mommy? (typescript)
f. 1483
What Will Be Our Image? Mylai? (typescript)
III. Choreographic and Production Notes
A. Choreographic Notes
(8 Works)
b. Box 33
American Suite, 1933-1934
THIS IS A BOX NOT A FOLDER
b. Box 37
Three Virgins and A Devil
B. Production and Choreographic Notes
(68 Titles)
Includes some costume, music notes
f. 1485
Bach Suite - choreographic notes
f. 1486
Bitter Wierd - choreographic notes
f. 1488
- scenario & program notes
f. 1489
Bockerini (Boccherini?) - choreographic notes
f. 1490
Child and Murderess - choreographic notes
f. 1491-1494
Come Summer - choreographic and production notes
f. 1495-1500
Conversations About the Dance - script & musical
notes
f. 1501
The Dance of the Bull and the Lotus - choreographic
notes
f. 1502
Dumbarton Oaks Concerto - choreographic notes
f. 1503
Fall River Legend - prologue & program
notes
f. 1504
Farmer's Cursed Wife - choreographic notes
f. 1505
Girl in Pink Tights - dialogue
f. 1506
The Golden Age - choreographic notes
f. 1508-1509
Gould and Golden - choreographic notes
f. 1510-1511
The Harvest According - choreographic notes
f. 1513
Hornpipe - choreographic notes
f. 1514
Kwamina - production notes
f. 1518
“Music suggestions” (notes,
programs)
f. 1519
Oklahoma! (movie) - costuming & casting
notes
f. 1520
110 in the Shade (Rainmaker)
f. 1521-1526
Out of This World - script
f. 1528
- lyrics & rehearsal notes
f. 1529-1530
The Rehearsal - choreographic notes
f. 1531
Robin Hood - program notes
f. 1533
Stagefright - choreographic notes
f. 1534
- musical score with choreographic annotations
f. 1535
Three Virgins and the Devil - lighting design
f. 1536-1546
The Trial of Lizzie Borden - television scripts
f. 1547
Wind in the Mountains - program notes
f. 1548-1549
Miscellaneous choreographic notes
f. 1550
Miscellaneous costume tracings
IV. Financial Papers
f. 1551-1579
A. Contracts, 1941-1980, n.d.
(130 items)
f. 1584
C. Miscellaneous
(11 items)
V. Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre (Heritage Dance Theatre)
A. Writings on the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre
(9 items)
f. 1585
“Prospectus for the American Lyric
Theatre”
(2 items)
f. 1586
“Prospectus for a National Heritage
Company” and related essays
(5 items)
f. 1587
“Proposal for a Professional Heritage Dance
Theatre to Function Autonomously Within the Framework of New York
State University on the Westchester Campus”
(2 items)
f. 1588-1590
B. Contracts, 1973-1974
(16 items)
f. 1591-1593
C. Legal and Business Correspondence
(14 items)
f. 1594-1599
D. Tour Itineraries, Program Notes, Miscellaneous,
1953-1974
(38 items)
f. 1600-1601
E. Property and Costume Notes and Inventory
(7 items)
F. Financial Papers, 1970-1978
Includes banking records, bills, receipts
f. 1602
Miscellaneous bill,
1970-1971
f. 1603
Miscellaneous bills, 1972
f. 1605
Miscellaneous bills - Summer 1973 at North Carolina School of
the Arts
f. 1607-1611
Miscellaneous bills, 1973
f. 1614
Invoices - Mary Green, 1973
f. 1622
Miscellaneous bills, 1974
f. 1625
Miscellaneous bills, 1975
f. 1626
Miscellaneous bills, 1977
f. 1627
Miscellaneous bills, 1977
f. 1628
Payment to dancers, 1978
June
f. 1629-1632
Miscellaneous bills, 1978
f. 1633-1634
Telephone bills, 1972-1978
b. Box 46
Accounting ledger books, 1971-1974
(4 items)
b. Box 46
Check book, 1971-1973
(1 item)
VI. Honorary Degrees and Awards
alphabetized by name of institution.
A. Honorary Degrees
(28 items)
f. 1635
Clark University
(2 Items)
f. 1636
Goucher College
(3 Items)
f. 1638
Marshall College
(2 Items)
f. 1641
New York University
(2 Items)
f. 1642
Northwestern University
(1 item)
f. 1643
Russell Sage College
(4 Items)
f. 1645
University of California at Los Angeles
(1 item)
f. 1646
Western College for Women
(3 Items)
f. 1647
Western Michigan University
(2 Items)
f. 1648-1653
B. Awards and Citations
(29 Items)
(alphabetized by name of institution or organization)
VII. Legal Documents, Certificates, and Personal
Memorabilia
A. Anna George de Mille and William de Mille
(7 items)
Includes wedding invitations and program, AGdM will, WdM Columbia
University commencement program.
f. 1654
Dance card - Pansy Club 1897 (AGdM)
(1 item)
f. 1655
“Class Day Exercises of the Class of 1900 Columbia
College” (WdM)
(1 item)
f. 1656
Wedding invitations
(2 Items)
f. 1657
“The Wedding Service” 1903
Mar. 30
(1 item)
f. 1658
Last Will and Testament, 1930 & 1935
(AGdM)
(2 Items)
B. Agnes de Mille
(27 items)
Includes high school diploma, horoscope, handwriting analysis
f. 1659
Horoscope ca. 1916
(2 Items)
f. 1660
“Pine Points” newspaper, Hollywood
School for Girls, 1922 May
(1 item)
f. 1661
Hollywood School for Girls, diploma, 1922 June
9
(1 item)
f. 1662
Kappa Alpha Theta initiation certificate, 1925 Oct.
25
(1 item)
f. 1663
University of California commencement program, 1926
June 11
(1 item)
f. 1664
Handwriting analysis
(1 item)
f. 1665
Paper dolls and dresses made for war orphans
(20 Items)
C. Walter Prude
(4 items)
Includes copy of birth certificate, college transcript
f. 1666
Birth Certificate (copy) 1909 Dec. 24
(1 item)
f. 1667
Transcript of WP at Rice Institute
(1 item)
f. 1668
“Application for pay reservation for purchase of
defense savings bond” 1942
(1 item)
f. 1669
Income Tax Statement, 1942
(1 item)
D. Miscellaneous
(3 items)
de Mille and Blount family geneologies
f. 1670
The de Mille Family in the Netherlands and in
America” (geneology)
(1 item)
f. 1671a
“Lineage of the Blount Family”
(1 item)
f. 1671b
“Lineage of John Mead of England through de Mille
family
(2 Items)
VIII. Miscellaneous Writings
(writings by other authors)
A. Anna George de Mille
(8 titles)
f. 1675
“Alas, I really knew William Marion Reedy for
less...”
f. 1676
“It is a very great pleasure to be introduced as
the mother of my child...”
f. 1681
“Red Jacket, American
Indian”
f. 1682
“Son of a publisher of church books, Henry
George...”
f. 1683
“Travel Diary of a Philosopher's
Daughter”
B. Miscellaneous Authors
(2 titles)
f. 1684
“Antidote For Fear” by Clara
Beranger
f. 1685
Epitaph for Marie Switzer Allen including “Life
After Death” by Cecil B. de Mille
IX. Miscellaneous
includes drawings by other artists, address lists, various notes and memos
by AdM
f. 1687
Caricature of AdM by Alan DeVoe
(1 item)
f. 1688
Ink drawings by Jose Ferrer
(4 Items)
f. 1689
International Ballet Competition, Moscow, 1969,
judging notes
(5 Items)
f. 1690
Miscellaneous notes, watercolors
(19 Items)
f. 1691
Pencil drawing of AdM (unknown artist)
(1 item)
f. 1692
Pencil drawing of Martha Graham by Milton Johnson
(1 item)
f. 1693
Pencil figure sketches (unknown artist)
(2 Items)
f. 1694
Program (typescript with annotations), AdM with Warren Leonard,
ca. 1929
(1 item)
f. 1695
“The Voice of the Wires” sheet music by
Harry Allen, set to poem by H.C. De Mille and Chas. Barnard
(1 item)
Separated Material
The following material was received with the original purchase but has been separated
from the manuscript collection. The current location of the material (as of February
1985) is indicated. All materials have remained in the possession of the Dance
Collection.
- Art works
- Engravings by Thomas Piroli, 9 items including title page - Location:
for print cataloging
- Fanny Elssler colored lithograph in “Shadow
Dance” by N. Currier, 1 item - Location: for print cataloging
- Audiotapes
- 4 tape cassettes of correspondence dictated by de Mille and
miscellaneous conversations - Location: *MGZTC 3-744; *MGZTC 3-745;
*MGZTC 3-746; *MGZTC 3-747
- Book manuscripts - Location: Basement
- America Dances - Location: *MGZMB-Res 84-4264
- And Promenade Home - Location: *MGZMB-Res 84-4265
- Dance to the Piper - Location: *MGZMB-Res 84-4268
- Lizzie Borden: Dance of Death - Location: *MGZMB-Res 84-4266
- Reprieve - Location: *MGZMB-Res 84-4262
- Where the Wings Grow - Location: *MGZMB-Res 84-4263
- Clippings and magazine articles (1 box) - Location: Clipping file, *MGZR
- Photographs (2½ boxes) - Location: for photograph files
- Posters - Location: poster drawers
- Programs (½ box) - Location: for program file, *MGZB de Mille, etc.
- Three-dimensional objects - Location: four boxes above the 3-D cabinets
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society Fellow, scroll, 1982
- Arts Hall of Fame, booklet, 1974
- Birmingham, key to city
- Birmingham Centennial coins, 1971
- Birmingham Festival of Arts Hall of Fame, plaque, 1974
- City of New York Certificate of Appreciation, 1980
- Dance Educators of America, 1950 Award, plaque
- Dartmouth College Honorary Doctorate, scroll and citation, 1984
- Duke University Honorary Doctorate, diploma, citation, program, 1975
- Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence, plaque, 1984
- International Society of Performing Arts Administrators Award, plaque,
1977
- Newspaper Guild of New York, Page One Award, printing block, 1944
- North Carolina School of the Arts, Honorary Doctorate, medallion 1980
- Professional Dancers Society, plaque, 1984
- United States National Ballroom Championships, citation, 1981
- University of California, achievement award, plaque, 1953
- William de Mille's Columbia University athletic belt (metal)
- Women's Committee of Washington Performing Arts Society, plaque
- Women's Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Spirit of
Achievement Award, plaque, 1958
