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Description

1. 1.61 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 oversized folder)

Summary

1. Caird Leslie (circa 1900-1970) was an American ballet dancer and teacher. He was raised in Seattle and, after dancing in Europe, returned to teach at the Cornish School (1935-1950.) He had a longtime association with Adolph Bolm, and danced for him in his Ballet Intime and for the Metropolitan Opera. Leslie also taught ballet in New York City. The collection contains photographs, programs, clippings, flyers, drawings, several posters, and a small amount of correspondence. The photographs include professional portraits and candid images of Leslie individually, and with others on tour. There are a number of portraits of other dancers, such as Ruth Page and Adolph Bolm, and past students. Leslie's career is traced in programs, clippings and posters from the United States, Germany, and France, and in advertising material for dance lessons.

Subject

1. Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951
2. Clippings (information artifacts)
3. Scrapbooks
4. Programs (documents)
5. Ballet dancers
6. Fliers (printed matter)
7. Photographs

Genre/Form

1. Clippings (information artifacts)
2. Fliers (printed matter)
3. Photographs.
4. Programs (documents)
5. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 470

Access (note)

1. Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials.

Terms of use (note)

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

Source (note)

1. Unknown.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Provenance (note)

1. This material was presumably separated from the Caird Leslie papers, 1915-1965.

Author

1. Leslie, Caird, 1899-1970.

Title

1. Caird Leslie papers, 1900s-1958.

Restricted access

1. Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials.

Terms of use

1. 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

1. Caird Leslie papers, 1915-1965; Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Provenance

1. This material was presumably separated from the Caird Leslie papers, 1915-1965.

Source

1. Unknown.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Ballet dancers.

Research call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 470