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Ted Shawn papers

Title: Ted Shawn papers, 1913-1982 (bulk 1940-1972)
Author: Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 90	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 90	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 89	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 89	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 88	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 88	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 87	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 87	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 86	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 86	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 85	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 85	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 84	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 84	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 83	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 83	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 82	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 82	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 81	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 81	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 80	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 80	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 79	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 79	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 78	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 78	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 77	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 77	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 76	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 76	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 75	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 75	Offsite
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 73	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 73	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 72	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 72	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 71	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 133 Box 71	Offsite

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Description

39 linear feet (91 boxes)

Summary

The Ted Shawn papers span the years 1913-1982 and consist mostly of correspondence and personal papers.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Clippings.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Photographs.
Posters.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

See also Ted Shawn Collection ((S) *MGZMC-Re. 31) and Letters to Barton Mumaw ((S) *MGZMD 126) in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography (note)

Dancer, choreographer, educator, and writer, Ted Shawn (1891-1972) was a seminal figure in American dance.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 133

OCLC

NYPG06-A138

Author

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.

Title

Ted Shawn papers, 1913-1982 (bulk 1940-1972)

Biography

Dancer, choreographer, educator, and writer, Ted Shawn (1891-1972) was a seminal figure in American dance. Among his many notable accomplishments was the founding of the Denishawn School of Dancing, with his wife, Ruth St. Denis. Within a few years of their opening of the first Denishawn school in Los Angeles, Shawn and St. Denis had established Denishawn schools throughout the United States and built up an extensive repertory of dances, which they performed with their company of Denishawn Dancers on tours of the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Far East from 1915-1932. Some of their dancers, including Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman, later went on to develop the field of modern dance. In 1932 Denishawn disbanded, and Shawn and St. Denis pursued separate careers. He developed a company of all male dancers in an effort to prove that dancing was an acceptable art form for men. They rehearsed, choreographed, and trained at Jacob's Pillow, Shawn's farm in Lee, Massachusetts, and performed throughout the United States from 1933 to 1940. An outgrowth of these efforts was the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and University of the Dance, which, by combining daily classes and evening performances, became the first intensive summer dance program in the United States. In addition to his work at Jacob's Pillow, Shawn lectured at universities and other institutions throughout the United States. During his lifetime he also published nine books. Shawn continued to direct Jacob's Pillow every summer and also pursued his career as a scholarly speaker and writer until the time of his death.

Location of Other Archival Materials

See also Ted Shawn Collection ((S) *MGZMC-Re. 31) and Letters to Barton Mumaw ((S) *MGZMD 126) in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Occupation

Choreographers.

Dance teachers.

Dancers.

Added Author

Hadassah, 1909?-1992.

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.

Joel, Lydia.

Lyon, Margerie.

Poole, Gray Johnson.

Poole, Lynn.

Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956.

Limón, José.

Pilates, Joseph H. (Joseph Hubertus)

St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.

Sedgwick, Gabriella.

Stuart, Richard.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 133

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