Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 109 items

Summary

1. This collection, a gift from the estate of Gwendolyn Ruddell (Miss Bonfanti's granddaughter), consists primarily of correspondence with her Italian relatives and accounts of her ballet school in New York.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Estate of Guendolyn Ruddell.

Subject

1. Personal records
2. Dancers > United States > 19th century
3. Manuscripts > Collections

Genre/Form

1. Personal records.

Call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 43

Source (note)

1. Ruddell, Gwendolyn Ruddell, estate of

Biography (note)

1. Maria Bonfanti (1847-1921), an Italian born and trained ballerina, toured the United States and Europe with great success between 1869 and 1894.

Language (note)

1. In Italian and English.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of the estate of Gwendolyn Ruddell

Processing action (note)

1. cataloged (DC)
2. cataloged (AMC)

Author

1. Bonfanti, Maria.

Title

1. Maria Bonfanti papers, 1868-1917.

Biography

1. Maria Bonfanti (1847-1921), an Italian born and trained ballerina, toured the United States and Europe with great success between 1869 and 1894. She also danced as prima ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1885 to 1886 and maintained a ballet school in New York following her retirement.

Language

1. In Italian and English.

Provenance

1. Gift of the estate of Gwendolyn Ruddell, 1983.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material
2. Finding Aid

Local subject

1. Manuscripts -- Collections.

Research call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 43