Research Catalog

Title

Ted Shawn papers, Additions, 1833-1980 (bulk 1920-1970).

Author

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Dreier, Katherine S. (Katherine Sophie), 1877-1952.
• St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.

Description

36.93 linear feet (56 boxes, 17 volumes, 8 oversized folders)

Summary

Ted Shawn (1891-1972) was an American dancer, choreographer, educator, and founder of Jacob's Pillow, an internationally renowned dance education center and performance space. With Ruth St. Denis, he created the Denishawn School of Dance, the first dance school to produce a professional company in the United States. The Ted Shawn papers, Additions date from 1833 to 1980 (bulk 1920-1970) and document Shawn's career through correspondence, writings, business records, musical scores, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and other printed material. The collection also holds a small amount of St. Denis's business records, concerning her activities between 1930 and 1932.

Subjects

• O, libertad! (Choreographic work : Shawn)
• Posters
• Scores
• Pilates, Joseph H (Joseph Hubertus)
• Denishawn Dancers
• Kinetic molpai (Choreographic work : Shawn)
• Jacob's Pillow
• Dance > Study and teaching
• Photograph Albums
• Business records
• Scrapbooks
• Modern dance > United States
• Writings (document genre)
• Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
• Photographs
• Choreographers
• Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers
• Eurythmics
• Male dancers
• Programs (documents)

Genre/Form

• Business records.
• Photograph Albums.
• Photographs.
• Posters.
• Programs (documents)
• Scores.
• Scrapbooks.
• Writings (document genre)

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of Use (note)

• The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.

Source (note)

• Gift of the Estate of John Christian, 1992.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 419

OCLC

936209042

Author

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.

Title

Ted Shawn papers, Additions, 1833-1980 (bulk 1920-1970).

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms Of Use

The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Ted Shawn papers, 1913-1982 (bulk 1940-1972); Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Source

Gift of the Estate of John Christian, 1992.

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Finding aid

Occupation

Choreographers.

Male dancers.

Added Author

Dreier, Katherine S. (Katherine Sophie), 1877-1952.

St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 419