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Archives related to: Delarue, Allison
| title | Allison Delarue collection, ca. 1820-1990s ©2007 Princeton University Library | repository | Princeton University |
| description | Consists of the draft manuscript of Delarue’s unpublished autobiography, MEMOIRS OF A BALLETOMANE, photographs of Delarue, and approximately 250 letters (1930-1990) received by Delarue from various European and American friends, associates, and people involved in dance and the theater. Correspondents include Marian Hannah Winter (133 letters), also a dance historian, Anibal Navarro (80 letters), Eugene Berman (25), Paul Bowles (29), Stanislav Buzek,Paul Cadmus, Anton Dolin, Margot Fonteyn, John Hall, Pavel Tchelitchev, Alice B. Toklas, and others. There is also an extensive series of letters (1941-1960) by Delarue to Alexander D. Wainwright, lifetime friend and Princeton classmate. An addition to the collection consists of approximately 170 objects collected by Delarue, relating to the ballet and its history, including porcelain figurines, paintings and portraits, drawings, engravings, costume designs, lithographs, prints, posters, musical scores, and printed books. There are representations, in various forms, of Fanny Elssler, Marie Taglioni, Fanny Cerito, Waslaw Nijinsky, and others by such artists as F. Kruger, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joseph Eymer, Paul Cadmus, Faivre, Lerasseur, and others. Location: Special Collections Call number: TC012 |
| extent | 58.2 linear feet (5 archival boxes, 18 oversize flat boxes, 24 custom boxes, 3 record center cartons) |
| formats | Works of Art Correspondence Photographs Scrapbooks Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions. |
| record link | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ht24wj420 |
| record source | http://catalog.princeton.edu |
| finding aid | A finding aid to the collection (53 pp.) is available, as well as a Web site containing many images of items in the collection. Finding Aid Published in 2002, ©2007 Princeton University Library. |
| acquisition information | The collection was a gift of Allison Delarue, Princeton Class of 1928. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:56 |
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| title | Allison Delarue letters from Joseph Cornell, 1965. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Two letters, November 30, 1965, and December 5, 1965, to Delarue from Joseph Cornell, describing his living quarters and neighborhood in Flushing, New York. |
| extent | 2 items. roll 2803 |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1978 by Allison Delarue. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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