Guide to the Papers of Miriam Winslow ca.
1931-1950
(S)*MGZMD 10
Jerome Robbins Dance Division. New York Public Library.
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Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary 
Title
Papers of Miriam Winslow ca. 1931-1950
Collection ID
(S)*MGZMD 10
Size
58 folders (ca. 450 items
Repository
The New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts.
Jerome Robbins Dance DivisionNew York, New York
Administrative Information
Source
Unknown.
Access
The collection is open to research.
Restrictions on Use
For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division,
The New York Library for the Performing Arts.
Preferred Citation
Papers of Miriam Winslow ca. 1931-1950, (S)*MGZMD 10, Jerome Robbins Dance
Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Biographical History
Miriam Winslow, the daughter of a New England industrialist, originally trained with
Ted Shawn and performed with Shawn and company until the formation of Ted Shawn and
His Men Dancers. She then went to Europe where she studied classic Spanish dance and
flamenco as well as training with Mary Wigman and Harold Kreutzberg. In 1929 in
Boston, she opened the Miriam Winslow School of the Dance. In 1935, she formed a
partnership with Foster Fitz-Simons, a member of Ted Shawn's all male troupe.
Winslow and Fitz-Simons worked together for many successful years which included
appearances with the Boston, Detroit, and Toronto Symphonies as well as New York
City's Guild Theatre and the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center. In 1941, the duo
made a five-month tour of South America. Returning alone in 1943, Winslow settled in
Buenos Aires, Argentina where she did solo concerts, taught modern dance, and formed
Ballet Winslow, which toured Argentina and Chile. After 18 years in Buenos Aires,
she returned to the United States became a sculptor, alternating her time between
Cape Cod and Paris, France.
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes personal and professional correspondence of Miriam
Winslow, contemporary American dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
Also included are scenarios, dance notations, lectures, and class notes for her work
with the Denishawn School, her partner Foster Fitz-Simons, and
her own group based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contains contracts, financial
reports, program copy, reviews, and route lists for tours.
Language: English, Spanish, French, German.
Organization
- I. Correspondence
- II. Manuscripts
- III. Business Records
- IV. Miscellaneous Materiels
- V. Choreographic Notebooks
Container List
I. CORRESPONDENCE. A Personal
(1 folder)
f. 1
Bertha & Francesca Braggiotti 1922 Oct. 26
f. 1
“Bertha” to MW 1922 Dec. 26
f. 1
“Francesca” to MW 1922 Wednesday
f. 1
Alice B. Winslow to MW 1930 Dec. 21
Invitation (printed) to a children's Christmas party
f. 1
“Bee” to MW no date
Leaving for Germany; will be glad to teach for MW next winter
f. 1
“Bee” to MW no year Aug. 20
Study at the Wigman & Günther schools in Munich
f. 1
[illegible] to MW no year May 30
Thankyou for the flowers; MW's performance, especially the Javanese
number, very enjoyable
I. CORRESPONDENCE. B. Letters of Appreciation
(2 folders)
The items in this category were originally in a file folder bearing the
label, “Letters of Appreciation.”
f. 2
Huntington White [n.p.] 1931 Nov. 1
Forthcoming production of “The Miracle” in which MW
will play the role of the nun.
f. 2
William A. Ryan, Boston 1931 Nov. 1
f. 2
A.R. Shelander, Trenton 1932 Jan. 20
Dance program at the Norfolk (Mass.) State Prison Colony
f. 2
A.R. Shelander, Norfolk, Mass. 1932 Jan. 26
f. 2
May Hall Smith, Larchmont, N.Y. 1935 Oct. 22
Dance program at the Larchmont Woman's Club
f. 2
Marjorie Gibaut, Quebec 1936 Nov. 6
Dance program at I.O.D.E. chapter meeting
f. 2
Hugh J. Tudor, Silver City, N.M. 1937 Mar. 18
Dance program at New Mexico State Teachers College
f. 2
Mabel Anderson, Brookline, Mass. 1937 May 24
A play by the letter writer in which pupils of MW danced
f. 2
A. Hill, Francestown, N.H. 1937 Sept. 15
Dance program on Labor Day
f. 2
A. Hill, Francestown, N.H. 1938 Feb. 11
f. 2
Lucien Price, Boston 1939 Apr. 18
An unfavorable review by John Martin
f. 2
Grace Helen Heller, Brookline, Mass. 1939 June 2
f. 3
Nathena P. Godfrey, Hartford 1940 July 28
Dance program at the Ladder
f. 3
“Nathalie,” Watan, Mass. Friday
Dance program and reduction in class fee for her daughter
f. 3
“Anne” [?], New York Monday
f. 3
Sally Adams McCl[illegible] no date
Performance at a private party
f. 3
Mrs. Samuel M. Lindsay, Brookline, Mass. Thursday
Anne has profited greatly from the MW school
f. 3
Loring Holmes Dodd, Worcester, Mass. Wednesday
f. 3
James C. Simpson, Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 10
f. 3
Corinne Lindon Smith, Dublin, N.H. Sept. 12
MW's dance in “our Persian play”
f. 3
Lyle A. Brookover, Washington Sept. 3
Louise H. Parsons, Boston May 26
I. CORRESPONDENCE. C. Professional: Music
(8 folders)
The items in this category were originally in a separate file folder labeled
“Music.
In this category “MW” refers
to letters written on behalf of MW as well as letters actually signed by
her.
f. 4
MW to Homeyer 1937 Aug. 4
Payment of June-July bills
f. 4
MW to Tams-Witmark 1937 Sept. 24
Massenet: “Andalouse” from Le Cid
Kodály: “Intermezzo” from Hary János
Suite
f. 4
MW to Elkan-Vogel 1937 Sept. 24
Ravel: Valses Nobles et
Sentimentales
f. 4
MW to Associated 1937 Sept. 28
Kodály: “Intermezzo” from Hary János
Suite
f. 4
Elkan-Vogel to MW 1937 Sept. 29
f. 4
Tams-Witmark to MW 1937 Oct. 2
f. 4
MW to Associated 1937 Oct. 5
f. 4
MW to Elkan-Vogel 1937 Oct. 5
f. 4
Elkan-Vogel to MW 1937 Oct. 6
f. 4
MW to Elkan-Vogel 1937 Oct. 7
f. 4
Associated to MW 1937 Oct. 7
f. 4
Associated to MW 1937 Oct. 8
f. 5
Homeyer to MW 1938 Feb. 25
f. 5
Homeyer to MW 1938 May 21
f. 5
Homeyer to MW 1938 June 18
Ibert: Divertissments
Shostakovich: Symphony No.
1
Vaughan Williams: Tallis
Fantasia
Gluck: Gavotte
f. 5
MW to Associated 1938 June 20
Request for their catalog
f. 5
MW to Gramophone Shop 1938 June 20
Milhaud: Sodades de
Brazil
Ippolitov-Ivanov: In the
Village
D. Scarlatti: Harpsichord
Sonatas arranged for [UNK]
Medtner: Piano
Sonatas
f. 5
MW to Elkan-Vogel 1938 June 20
Request for their catalog
f. 5
Associated to MW 1938 June 21
f. 5
Elkan-Vogel to MW 1938 June 21
f. 5
Gramophone Shop to MW 1938 June 23
f. 5
MW to G. Schirmer 1938 June 24
Griselle: 2 Dances of Olden
Times
Gould: 3 Conservative
[UNK]
f. 5
Gramophone Shop to MW 1938 June 28
f. 5
Gramophone to Fitz-Simons 1938 June 28
f. 6
MW to Gramophone 1938 July 13
Tansman: Tryptique for
[UNK]
f. 6
Gramophone to MW 1938 July 14
f. 6
MW to Axelrod 1938 July 29
Request for their catalog
f. 6
Axelrod to MW 1938 Aug. 1
f. 6
MW to Homeyer 1938 Aug. 15
Bach: Air on the G
String
f. 6
MW to Fischer 1938 Sept. 15
Bach: orchestration of the “Gigue” from French Suite No. 5
f. 6
Tams-Witmark to MW 1938 Sept. 30
Costume and music rentals
f. 6
MW to Associated 1938 Oct. 20
Milhaud: Saudades de
Brazil
Kodály: Hary
János Suite
f. 6
MW to Gramophone 1938 Oct. 20
Request for their catalog
f. 6
MW to Elkan-Vogel 1938 Oct. 20
Ravel: Alborado del
Gracioso
Satie-Debussy: Gymnopedie
f. 6
Elkan-Vogel to MW 1938 Oct. 21
f. 6
Associated to MW 1938 Oct. 26
Same as Oct 20 MW to Associated
f. 6
MW to Associated 1938 Oct. 27
Same as Oct 20 (for use with Detroit Symphony on Feb 11)
f. 6
MW to Gramophone 1938 Oct. 27
F. Schmitt: Rhapsodie
Viennoise
f. 6
Associated to MW 1938 Oct. 28
f. 7
MW to Elkan-Vogel 1938 Nov. 12
Tansman: Pour Les
Enfants
f. 7
Elkan-Vogel to MW 1938 Nov. 14
Above inquiry forwarded to Associated
f. 7
MW to Phillip Lang 1938 Nov. 23
Fee for orchestrating Gould's Satirical Dance
f. 7
MW to Schirmer 1938 Nov. 29
Is it OK to have the Gould pieces orchestrated & played?
f. 7
MW to Schirmer 1938 Dec. 6
f. 7
Schirmer to MW 1938 Dec. 6
f. 7
MW to Lang 1938 Dec. 7
Another arranger will orchestrate the score
f. 7
MW to Schirmer 1938 Dec. 7
Please confirm terms for permission
f. 7
Schirmer to MW 1938 Dec. 17
f. 7
MW to Schirmer 1938 Dec. 20
f. 7
MW to Associated 1938 Dec. 31
Milhaud: Saudades de
Brazil
f. 8
Associated to MW 1939 Jan. 4
Milhaud: Saudades
(contract)
f. 8
Associated to MW 1939 Jan. 4
Milhaud: Saudades
(shipping receipt)
f. 8
Associated to MW 1939 Jan. 4
f. 8
MW to Associated 1939 Jan. 27
Tansman: Pour Les
Enfants
Milhaud: Saudades...
f. 8
Associated to MW 1939 Jan. 31
Tansman: Pour Les Enfants
(receipt)
f. 8
MW to Associated 1939 Feb. 28
f. 8
Associated to MW 1939 Mar. 9
f. 8
MW to Associated 1939 Mar. 10
f. 9
MW to Gramophone 1939 Apr. 4
f. 9
MW to Schirmer 1939 Apr. 21
f. 9
Schirmer to MW 1939 Apr. 26
f. 9
MW to Associated 1939 May 3
f. 9
Associated to MW 1939 May 6
Milhaud: Saudades...
(contract)
f. 9
Associated to MW 1939 May 6
f. 9
Associated to MW 1939 May 9
f. 9
MW to Associated 1939 May 12
f. 9
MW to Associated 1939 May 21
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 10
Associated to MW 1939 June 1
Milhaud: Saudades...
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 10
Associated to MW 1939 June 2
f. 10
MW to Associated 1939 June 5
Milhaud: Saudades...
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 10
MW to Schirmer 1939 June 14
f. 10
Schirmer to MW 1939 June 21
f. 10
MW to Schirmer 1939 July 12
f. 10
Schirmer to MW 1939 July 13
f. 10
Boston Music to MW (letter & return postcard) 1939 July 17
f. 10
Muriel Watson to MW 1939 Aug. 11
Percussion music for “Incantation”
f. 10
Jacobus Langendoen to MW 1939 Nov. 8
Langendoen: Pastorale
& Procession
f. 11
MW to Schirmer 1940 May 1
Etenraku (Japanese court music)
f. 11
MW to Schirmer 1940 May 8
Debussy: La Plus que
Lente
f. 11
Schirmer to MW 1940 May 10
Debussy: La Plus que
Lente
Whithorne: The Rain &
La Nuit
Griffes: Clouds &
3 Tone
Pictures
Godowsky: Triakontameron
f. 11
MW to Schirmer 1940 May 13
f. 11
Schirmer to MW 1940 May 14
f. 11
MW to Joseph Wagner 1940 May 15
Wagner: unspecified scores
f. 11
Schirmer to MW 1940 June 20
f. 11
MW to Associated 1940 July 3
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 11
Associated to MW (rental fee receipt) 1940 July 9
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 11
Associated to MW 1940 July 11
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 11
MW to Associated 1940 Aug. 18
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 11
Associated to MW 1940 Aug. 20
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 11
MW to Associated 1940 Sept. 3
Tansman: Pour les
Enfants
f. 11
Joseph Wagner to MW 1940 Nov. 15
f. 11
MW to Joseph Wagner 1940 Nov. 15
I. CORRESPONDENCE. D. Professional: Other
(9 folders)
In this category “MW” refers to letters written on
behalf of MW as well as letters actually signed by her.
f. 12
MW to H.W. Stopher 1937 Sept. 24
Orchestral scores for concert at Louisiana State University
f. 12
Stopher to MW 1937 Sept. 30
f. 12
MW to Stopher 1937 Oct. 5
f. 12
MW to Stopher 1937 Oct. 8
f. 12
Stopher to MW 1937 Oct. 12
f. 12
MW to Stopher 1937 Oct. 19
f. 12
MW to Stopher 1937 Nov. 24
f. 13
MW to Stopher 1938 Jan. 6
Please return Chopin Prelude
f. 13
Stone & Son to MW 1938 Jan. 7
f. 13
MW to her pupils 1938 Jan. 10
Student works for “Creation Day”
f. 13
MW to Stone 1938 Feb. 5
First payment on the drums
f. 13
Archives Internationales de la Danse to MW 1938 May 1
Request for information & materials for their collection
f. 13
MW to Archives 1938 May 6
f. 13
Michael Lorant to MW 1938 Sept. 16
Request for pictures & information for a European newspaper
chain
f. 13
MW to “Muriel & Betty” 1938 Oct. 24
Isadora Bennett has been hired as representative; Detroit Symphony date
coming up
f. 13
Isadora Bennett to general 1938 Dec.
f. 14
Vernon Rice to Bennett 1939 Apr. 18
Thankyou for letter about his review of MW
f. 14
Bennett to Rhea Powers 1939 May 17
Proposed children's program
f. 14
Bennett to Marian Blood 1939 Oct. 12
f. 14
Bennett to H.T. Swinn 1939 Oct. 13
f. 14
Bennett to Charles Schwartz 1939 Oct. 21
f. 14
Bennett to Ann Watson 1939 Nov. 28
f. 14
Bennett to Hugh Hodgson 1939 Nov. 30
f. 14
Bennett to Francis Taylor 1939 Dec. 1
f. 14
Daniel Heefner to Rhea Powers 1939 Dec. 4
Endorsement of Winslow-Fitz-Simons programs
f. 15
Bennett to Ernesto de Quesada 1940 May 16
Proposal for a South American tour
f. 15
Bennett to Mary Campbell 1940 ca.June 20
Do not mail German & Italian music to Toronto
f. 15
Toronto Symphony to Campbell 1940 ca.June 20
f. 15
MW to Ernest Johnson (Toronto Symphony manager) 1940 June 21
f. 15
Johnson to MW 1940 June 26
f. 15
MW to Johnson 1940 June 27
f. 15
Johnson to MW 1940 July 3
f. 15
Johnson to MW 1940 July 6
f. 15
Johnson to MW 1940 July 17
Reviews of concert enclosed
f. 15
Johnson to MW 1940 July 19
Missing orchestral parts being returned
f. 15
George Emery to Bennett 1940 Sept. 20
Can't engage Winslow-Fitz-Simons
f. 16
Bennett to MW [ca. 1941 spring]
Dance gossip & career advice
f. 16
S.R. Tedford to Bennett 1941 June 16
John Livingston in Dallas is trying to set up a dance season
f. 16
Bennett to general 1941 June 16
f. 16
Bennett to Ruther H. Ottaway 1941 June 16
f. 16
Bennett to Mrs. Vincent Ober 1941 June 16
f. 16
Bennett to John Livingston 1941 June 18
f. 16
Bennett to general 1941 June 19
f. 16
Bennett to Franklin Robinson 1941 June 25
f. 16
[illegible] to Bennett 1941 June 26
Possibilities for a Chicago date
f. 16
Bennett to general 1941 June 27
f. 16
L.E. Moyer to Bennett 1941 June 27
f. 16
Bennett to general [ca. 1941 June]
Draft of a booking inquiry
f. 16
Bennett to general [ca. 1941 June]
Draft of a booking inquiry
f. 17
Laura Buck to Bennett 1941 July 7
f. 17
Mrs. Leiland Irish to Bennett 1941 July 9
f. 17
Nathan Rubin to Bennett 1941 July 12
Offers terms for Pensicola date
f. 17
Bennett to Rubin 1941 July 30
f. 17
Leo Nadon to MW 1941 Aug. 14
Proposal for her to teach at the Academy of Alied Arts
f. 17
Dorothy Granville to Bennett 1941 Sept. 15
f. 17
G.H. Dalrymple to MW 1941 Oct. 1
Booking a West Coast tour
f. 17
Bennett to C.S. Smith 1941 Oct. 18
Requests he meet Lota de Macada-Soares of Brazil
f. 17
Mary Bran to Bennett 1941 Nov. 10
Collaboration on MW and other bookings
f. 17
Bennett to Bran 1941 Nov. 13
Collaboration not necessary
f. 17
Elizabeth Ogilvie to Made moiselle 1941 Dec. 1
f. 17
Emily Beebe to Bennett 1941 Dec. 4
f. 17
Ruth Norman to Bennett 1941 Dec. 4
CBS-TV appearance a success
f. 17
Bennett to Norman 1941 Dec. 5
f. 18
Grace Benjamin to Bennett 1942 Jan. 17
f. 18
Bennett to Benjamin 1942 Jan. 20
f. 18
Bennett to Gustavo Duran 1942 Dec. 9
f. 18
Kenneth Holland to Bennett 1942 Dec. 12
Come next week for meeting
f. 19
[illegible] to MW 1945 Sept. 13
Sends translations of Argentine tour reviews
f. 19
Francisco Meana to Mr. Tonazzi 1947 Mar. 1
Asks “El Círculo” at the Teatro Opera in
Rosario to present MW
f. 19
Ramaccis [?] to Meana 1947 Apr. 29
f. 19
Jorge Borén to Meana 1947 May 24
f. 19
[illegible] to Meana 1947 June 6
f. 19
[illegible] to Meana 1947 June 7
f. 19
[unsigned] to Meana 1947 July 9
f. 20
[illegible] to MW 1948 Apr. 2
Arrangements for Montevideo concert
f. 20
Dante Viggiani to Juan L. Fajardo 1948 June 30
Engagement at the Municipal Theater in Buenos Aires
f. 20
Fajardo to Burle Marx [1948 ca. July]
f. 20
MW to Celestino Fernández & Cía 1948 July 28
f. 20
vier Viertel
to MW 1948 Oct. 7
Request for picture and information
f. 20
MW to Rhea Powers [1948] Nov. 15
Asks about possibilities for a U.S. tour & describes conditions
in Argentina
f. 20
Powers to MW 1948 Dec. 23
f. 20
MW to vier
Viertel 1949 Jan. 22
Encloses pictures & information
f. 20
[illegible] to MW 1950 Apr. 12
Problem with the Instituto Nacíonal de Previsión
Social
f. 20
GHD[alrymple] to MW [?] [no date]
People to contact in South America
f. 20
[undated & illegible telegram]
II. MANUSCRIPTS. A. Lectures
(2 folders)
f. 21
Transcript of a radio interview conducted by “Mrs.
Thorpe” with MW and Foster Fitz-Simons in Macon, Ga.
According to the contract in folder 39, the date of their concert in
Macon was Feb. 2, 1940.
(6 pp.)
f. 21
An outline, in pencil, of five lecture-demonstration topics
(3 pp.)
f. 21
Lecture-demonstration beginning with the words, “Every
nation”
(6 pp.)
f. 21
Lecture-demonstration beginning with the words, “The
rich heritage”
(4 pp.)
f. 21
Lecture-demonstration, “Modern Dance
Technique” (5 pp. of which p. 2 is blank)
f. 21
“Brief of Miriam's Speech for Boston
University”
(24 pp.)
f. 21
[Remarks on the nature of music]
(1 p.)
f. 22
Lecture-demonstration, “Modern Dance,”
carbon copy of the first item below
(7 pp.)
Four items, originally stapled together in this order:
f. 22
1) Lecture-demonstration, “Modern
Dance”
(7 pp.)
f. 22
2) Notes, in pencil, for another lecture-demonstration
(1 p.)
f. 22
3) Lecture-demonstration, “La Danza
Moderna,” Spanish translation of item No. 1
(7 pp.)
f. 22
4) Additional material, written in pen, for the end of item
No. 3
(2 pp.)
II. MANUSCRIPTS. B. Dance Notations
(13 folders)
The names of choreographers for the dances in folders 23-29 are as given on
the dance-notation sheets, with the exception of those titles preceded by an
asterisk. The latter attributions are taken from the first repertory list in
folder 36.
f. 23
“Index to Dance Notes,” typed list of most
of the items in this category
(5 pp.)
f. 23
Denishawn *Baby Subert
(2pp. )
f. 23
Denishawn *Second Arabesque
(2 pp. )
f. 23
Denishawn *Soaring
(3 pp.)
f. 23
Hazel Kraus Prelude in C Minor--Chopin
(2 pp.)
f. 23
Hazel Kraus Rondo--Beethoven
(1 pp.)
f. 23
Jacqueline Magrath Easter Bonnet
(2 pp.)
f. 23
Miriam Marmein Egyptian Dance
(4 pp.)
f. 23
“The Marmeins” A Paper of Pins
(3 pp.)
f. 23
“The Marmeins” Tarter Dance
(2 pp.)
f. 23
“The Marmeins” Three Blind Mice
(2 pp.)
f. 23
Nancy Minor The Humming Bird
(1 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn Allegrias Trianeras
(2 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn Boston Fancy
(3 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn Cambodian Dance
(3 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn Chinese Dance
(2 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn Choeur Dance
(1 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn *Chopin Nocturne
(1 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn The Dandhara
(1 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn “Dithyrambe,” a Classic Adagio to
(2 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn Espana Mia
(2 pp.)
f. 24
Ted Shawn Flor de Triana
(2 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn *Flower Basket Dance
(2 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn *Frohsinn
(1 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn The Galloping Sleighride Polka
(2 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn The Gracious Maid
(1 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn Herd-Girl's Dream
(1 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn Humoreske
(2 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn Impromptu
(2 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn *Javanese
(2 (2 copies) pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn Line Study
(2 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn Lonesome Road
(1 pp.)
f. 25
Ted Shawn Max Reger
(4 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn *Oriental
(2 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn *Osage-Pawnee: Dance of Greeting
(2 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn Scales of Lightness
(2 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn Schubert Impromptu
(2 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn Siamese Dance
(2 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn *Sonatina
(1 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn Thunderbird
(1 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn *Valse Brilliante
(4 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn Viennese Vignette
(2 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn Viennese Waltz
(2 pp.)
f. 26
Ted Shawn Viva Faraon
(1 pp.)
f. 27
Dana Sieveling Plastique
(2 pp.)
(See also “The Bat” under Winslow)
f. 27
Ruth St. Denis *Burmese
(2 pp.)
f. 27
Ruth St. Denis *East Indian Hands
(2 pp.)
f. 27
Ruth St. Denis Javanese Dance
(2 plus 4 pp.)
f. 27
Ruth St. Denis Javanese Dance
(4 plus 1 pp.)
f. 27
Ruth St. Denis *Modern Nautch
(1 pp.)
f. 27
Ruth St. Denis Sonate Pathetique
(5 pp.)
f. 27
Ruth St. Denis *Temple Bells
(1 pp.)
f. 27
Elizabeth Waters *Fire Fly
(1 pp.)
f. 27
Elizabeth Waters Line Study
(2 pp.)
(See also “Gothic Line” under Winslow)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Allegretto
(1 pp.)
f. 28
Winslow & Dana Sieveling The Bat
(1 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Brittany Peasant Dance
(2 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Chopin Etude
(1 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Fire Dance
(1 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow The Flame
(2 pp.)
f. 28
Winslow & Elizabeth Waters *Gothic Line
(6 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Grand Pas Espagnol
(2 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Largo
(2 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Liebestraum
(2 pp.)
f. 28 f. 29
Miriam Winslow Minuet
(2 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Modern
(2 pp. (2 copies)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Mood Indigo
(2 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Nuances
(1 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Ode to a Greek Vase
(2 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Ravel Waltzes
(11 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Religious Prelude
(1 pp.)
f. 28
Miriam Winslow Valse Mignonne
(1 pp.)
f. 30
Unattributed Apsarrasses
(1 pp.)
f. 30
Beethoven Rondo
(1 pp. (3 copies)
f. 30
Betty's Music Box
(1 pp.)
f. 30
A Blake Plastique for Three Little Girls
(1 pp.)
f. 30
Burmese Dance
(2 plus 4 pp.)
f. 30
Dance in 5/4 Rhythm
(1 pp.)
f. 31
Unattributed La Danse des Demoiselles
(1 pp.)
f. 31
Unattributed Greek
(4 pp.)
f. 32
Unattributed Maria Mari
(1 pp.)
f. 32
Max Reger Music Visualization
(2 pp.)
f. 32
Max Reger Plastique
(1 pp.)
f. 32
Paso Doble Flamenco
(1 pp.)
f. 33
Unattributed Red and Gold Sari
(2 pp.(2 copies of p.1)
f. 33
Der Rosen Kavalier
(4 pp.)
f. 33
Schubert Waltz for Three Girls
(1 pp.)
f. 33
Sculpture Plastique
(4 pp.)
f. 33
Unattributed Sevillanos
(3 pp.)
f. 33
South Sea Island Dance
(2 pp.)
f. 33
Thanksgiving Hymn
(2 pp.)
f. 33
This Animal World
(3 pp.)
f. 34
Large sketch book containing notations for
“Sonatina”
II. MANUSCRIPTS. C. Miscellaneous
(1 folder) pp.)
f. 35
Description of a fiesta “in the north of our
country” [Argentina?], perhaps intended as a ballet scenario
(2 pp.) pp.)
Five sets of notes from techniques classes with
“Bulnes” bearing the dates as follows:
f. 35
[n.d.] (1 p., probably p. 2 of a set of
notes for which p. 1 is missing)
f. 35
“Ted Shawn's Thirty New Ballet Technique
Combinations”
(4 pp.)
f. 35
Draft of a circular entitled, “Miriam Winslow Summer
Course / Francestown, N. H. / from July 11 to September 3,
1937”
III. BUSINESS RECORDS. A. Repertory Lists
(1 folder)
f. 36
List (typewritten, 8 pp.) wubdivided as follows:
f. 36
“Spanish and Oriental Numbers”
(20 titles, 1 p.)
f. 36
“Music for Lyric and Other Dances”
(52 titles, 3 pp.)
f. 36
“Modern Style Numbers”
(37 titles, 3 pp.)
f. 36
“Suggested Music for Creative Work” (44
titles by 29 composers, 1 p.)
f. 36
“Repertory of Ballet Winslow”
(typewritten, 2 copies, 2 pp. each)
f. 36
“Programs” (typewritten, 2
pp.)
f. 36
“Programs” (typewritten, 1
p.)
f. 36
“Ballet Winslow / Programs,” printed
circular announcing the programs for a two-week season [in Buenos
Aires?] (3 copies, 1 p. each)
f. 36
“Orchestrations for Winslow Dancers
[sic]” (typewritten, 1 p.)
f. 36
An untitled list of composers, titles, place and date of
premiere, etc. for seven dances
(1 p.)
f. 36
An untitled list, in Spanish, of dances, composers,
publishers, and “number of copies”
(1 p.)
III. BUSINESS RECORDS. B. Route Lists
(1 folder)
f. 37
“Shawn and his Men Dancers--Spring 1939 [March 31-May
8]”
(1 p.)
f. 37
“Shawn and his Men Dancers--Route List fall
1939--First Section [Oct. 17-Nov. 28]”
(2 pp.)
f. 37
“Isadora Bennett Winslow Itinerary--open June 5
[1939]”
(1 p.)
f. 37
“Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons / Summer
Schedule [June 5-July 3, 1939]”
(2 pp.)
f. 37
“Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons / Route List
[Jan. 31-Mar. 5, 1940]”
(1 p.)
f. 37
“Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons / Route List
[Oct. 19-Mar. 5, no year]”
(1 p.)
f. 37
“Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons / Route List
[Dec. 2-Mar. 5, no year]”
(1 p.)
f. 37
“Route Sheet,” a tentative schedule for
Jan.-Mar. (no year) (2 copies, 3 pp. each)
f. 37
“Ballet Winslow / Tournee por la Republica Argentina
[June 3-July 19, no year]”
(1 p.)
(See also the lists of engagements in folder 51.)
III. BUSINESS RECORDS. C. Packing Lists
(1 folder)
f. 38
“Green Locker Trunk” and “Large
Wardrobe Trunk”
(1 p.)
f. 38
“Orchestrations in Box 5”
(6 pp.)
f. 38
One-page list of 25 cases followed by a six-page list of wardrobe
trunks
(7 pp.)
III. BUSINESS RECORDS. D. Contracts
(1 folder)
f. 39
Contract between Isadora Bennett and Emily Massee Brown, Macon,
Ga., for a Winslow-Fitz-Simons concert to take place on Feb. 2,
1940.
f. 39
“Memorandum of the Proposed Agreement Between Academy
of Allied Arts and Miriam Winslow-Foster Fitz-Simons [for the 1941-42
season].
f. 39
“Contrato Teatral,” Buenos Aires, dated at
end, 1941 Jan. 2. (Miriam Winslow's age is given in
this contract as 30.)
f. 39
Contract between Miriam Winslow and H.H. Sorin, dated Buenos
Aires, 1946 Mar. 12.
f. 39
Three copies of an unsigned agreement between Ballet Winslow and
the Instituto Nacional de Prevision Social (Argentina).
III. BUSINESS RECORDS. E. Financial Records
(6 folders)
f. 40
Ballet Winslow budgets for 1947 and 1948.
f. 41
Payroll records for 1947 and 1948 (all of these items were
originally contained in a file folder labeled “Salary
Receipts”).
f. 41
Two lists, both in duplicate, on Ballet Winslow stationary,
giving the paid and unpaid members of the school and/or company for 1947
and 1948.
f. 42
“Liquidation of Cordoba Concerts 31/3/41
1/6/41” (a group of financial records originally all clipped
together).
f. 43
A miscellaneous group of three records, originally all pinned
together, dated 1948 and 1949.
f. 44
A group of receipts and payroll records, originally all stapled
together, apparently kept for the “instituto Nacional de
Prevision Social,” and dated 1947, 1948, 1949, and
1950.
f. 45
A group of eight miscellaneous financial records dated
1941, 1942 (Miriam Winslow's Mass. state income tax
receipt), and 1948.
IV. MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS. A. Program Copy
(3 folders)
f. 46
Program copy for a children's program (originally included with
the letter of May 17, 1939 in folder 14).
f. 46
Four sets of program notes, all without dates and all prepared by
Isadora Bennett:
f. 46
1) “Program Notes--Misiam Winslow and Foster
Fitz-Simons”
(3 pp.)
f. 46
2) “The Dances / of / Miriam Winslow and Foster
Fitz-Simons”
(7 pp.)
f. 46
3) Same title as item No. 2, apparently a draft for it (pp.
1-2 only, of which there are two copies of p. 2)
f. 46
4) “Music Notes” (4 pp.;
“Toronto” is written in the left margin on p.
1 in Isadora Bennett's hand, indicating that these notes were
probably prepared for the Toronto Symphony appearance in July
1940)
f. 47
“Program Copy / Miriam Winslow / In a Program of
Dances...”
(2 pp.)
f. 47
“Dances With Notes” (2 copies, 1 p.
each)
f. 47
Untitled set of program notes
(5 pp.)
f. 47
Program copy for a tour program (3 pp. pasted
together)
f. 48
Five single pages of notes.
IV. MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS. B. Publicity
(3 folders)
f. 49
Publicity statement concerning “The Scarlet
Letter”
(1 p.)
f. 49
Biographical information about Miriam Winslow and press quotes
about her and Foster Fitz-Simons
(4 pp.)
f. 49
Three copies of the biographical information and press quotes
above (4 pp. each). One of these copies was originally stapled to the
reviews of Aug. 18, 1948 in folder 54.
f. 49
“Foreign Papers Actually Abroad--South and Latin
American Countries”
(2 pp.)
f. 49
“Lista de diarios y revistas...”
(1 p.)
f. 49
Copy for a Spanish-language circular about Miriam Winslow
(4 pp.)
f. 50
List of local booking agents in the U.S. (11 pp.) plus two office
memos related to this list (one memo on Western Union stationery, the
other on a 3×5 card)
f. 51
“Miriam Winslow Concert Engagements / September 1,
1935 -- May, 1940”
(10 pp.)
f. 51
“Dates Played--to Be Approached for Subsequent
Booking,” a list prepared by Isadora Bennett for Miriam
Winslow-Foster Fitz-Simons covering the period Nov. 14, 1938--Mar. 9,
1940 (2 copies, 9 pp. each)
f. 51
Another copy of pp. 4 & 7 of the list immediately
above.
f. 51
“For Mr. G. Dalrymple / Performances of Miriam Winslow
[with orchestra],” 1934 May 3--1940 Aug.
28
(1 p.)
IV. MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS. C. Reviews
(3 folders)
f. 52
Buenos Aires Herald
(5 copies, 1 p. each, first copy partly destroyed) 1943 Sept. 21
f. 52
La Nacion & La Razor 1943 Sept. 21
(1 p.)
f. 52
El Nacional (2
copies, 1 p. each; the first copy is a draft of an English translation
of the review, and the second copy, partly destroyed, is the final
version) 1943 Sept. 21
f. 52
The Standard
(1 p., partly destroyed) 1943 Sept. 21
f. 53
Los Principios,
Córdoba 1945 Aug. 26
f. 53
La Voz del Interior,
Córdoba 1945 Aug. 26
f. 53
La Capital,
Rosario 1945 Aug. 30
f. 53
El Litoral,
Santa Fé 1945 Sept. 1
f. 53
El Orden,
Santa Fé 1945 Sept. 1
f. 53
La Mañana
de Santa Fé, Santa Fé 1945 Sept. 2
f. 54
La Nacion,
Buenos Aires (4 copies, 2 pp. each, plus 1 copy of which only p.
1 exists) 1948 Aug. 18
f. 54
La Prensa,
Buenos Aires (3 copies of 1 p. each plus 1 copy of 2 pp.) 1948 Aug. 18
f. 54
A review by Fernando Emery, publication and date not given but
the program is the same as that immediately above [1948]
(2 pp.)
f. 54
An unidentified review, pp. 2-3 only [no date]
f. 54
Draft in pencil for an English translation of an unidentified
review [no date]
IV. MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS. D. Miscellaneous
(1 folder)
f. 55
“Jacob's Pillow School of the Dance,” a
general statement of aims prepared for the opening season, which began
1940 July 1
(3 pp.)
f. 55
“Copy of a Report...On Inter-American Relations in the
Field of Music”
(2 pp.)
f. 55
“The Ballad of Khas-Bulaht,” 1 p. from a
book
f. 55
Picture [of Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons?]
f. 55
Strip cut out of a program in Spanish. The strip contains the
title and program notes for
“Encantamiento.”
V. CHOREOGRAPHIC NOTEBOOKS
f. 56-58
3 holograph notebooks of notation for
“Concerto,” “Go Down
“Moses” & “I Know the
Lord,” “Little Match Girl,”
“What Ho Jides,” “Swing Low Sweet
Chariot,” and “High, Low,
Study”
