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Records of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

Title
  1. Records of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, circa 1936-1978.
Author
  1. Denham, Sergei, 1896-1970.

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Containerreel 145 (folders 4359-4383)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 145 (folders 4359-4383)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 144 (folders4323-4358)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 144 (folders4323-4358)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 143 (folders 4291-4322)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 143 (folders 4291-4322)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 142 (folders 4269-4290)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 142 (folders 4269-4290)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 141 (folders 4243-4268)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 141 (folders 4243-4268)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 140 (folders 4210-4242)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 140 (folders 4210-4242)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 139 [Denham's address book to Denham's notebooks]FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 139 [Denham's address book to Denham's notebooks]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 138 [stock certificate book to payroll books (3)]FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 138 [stock certificate book to payroll books (3)]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 137 [W-4 forms (7), withholding statements (8)]FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 137 [W-4 forms (7), withholding statements (8)]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 136 [account books payments stubs]FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 136 [account books payments stubs]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 135 [check stubs, 8 books]FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 135 [check stubs, 8 books]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 134 [cancelled checks]FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 134 [cancelled checks]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 133 (folders 4190-4209)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 133 (folders 4190-4209)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 132 (folders 4160-4189)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 132 (folders 4160-4189)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 131 (folders 4130-4159)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 131 (folders 4130-4159)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 130 (folders 4102-4129)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 130 (folders 4102-4129)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 129 (folders 4076-4101)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 129 (folders 4076-4101)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 128 (folders 4065-4075)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 128 (folders 4065-4075)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 127 (folders 4024-4064)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 127 (folders 4024-4064)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusContainerreel 126 (folders 3985-4023)FormatArchival MixAccessSupervised useCall number*ZBD-492 reel 126 (folders 3985-4023)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Details

Additional authors
  1. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Description
  1. 46 cartons (4383 folders), and 2 cartons (ledger books, check stubs, and ephemera)
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Irina Pabst, The Ballet Foundation, and Michel Subotin.
Subject
  1. Denham, Sergei, 1896-1970
  2. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Call number
  1. *ZBD-492 [microfilm]
Note
  1. The collection documents every aspect of the company's operation with particular emphasis on the business and financial side. The records consist mainly of office correspondence, papers, and memoranda and are divided into 11 distinct subject series: I. General Company Files, 1936-1978 (1365 folders); II. Artists (989 folders); III. Productions (238 folders); IV. Administration (511 folders); V. Development (335 folders); VI. Bookings (215 folders); VII. Promotion (87 folders); VIII. Legal (124 folders); IX. Financial (345 folders plus check stubs, ledgers, etc.); X. Schools (90 folders); and XI. Sergei Denham - Personal Papers (84 folders plus misc. notebooks). Each of these 11 series is also divided into several sub-series. The General Company Files comprise nearly one third of the collection and consist mainly of carbon copies of Denham's out-going, day-to-day business correspondence. The Artists series contains hundreds of handwritten and autographed letters from a total of 565 dancers, choreographers, composers, conductors, musicians, designers, librettists, photographers, and writers who corresponded with Denham.
  2. One of the collection's strong points is the thorough documentation of the original founding of the company in 1937, as well as the various attempts to reestablish it after it officially disbanded in 1962.
  3. Other subjects for which there are files include individual booking agents and organizations such as Sol Hurok, David Libidins, and Columbia Artists Management Inc., union negotiations, patrons, itineraries, royalties, tours and seasons, television production, programs and casts, and publicity material.
Processing action (note)
  1. Cataloged
Author
  1. Denham, Sergei, 1896-1970.
Title
  1. Records of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, circa 1936-1978.
Local note
  1. Originals cataloged in: (S) *MGZMD 48.
  2. The collection has been microfilmed (145 reels); only the microfilm is available on-site. Originals are stored off-site in (S) *MGZMD 48d. Additional libretti were added to folders 2435, 2552 and 2554 after the collection was microfilmed.
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  1. Finding Aid
Local subject
  1. Manuscripts -- Collections.
Added author
  1. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Research call number
  1. *ZBD-492 [microfilm]
  2. (S) *MGZMD 48
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