Allan, Maud
Variant namesEpithet: dancer
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000813.0x00036f
Biography
Maud Allan was born in Toronto, Canada in 1883; raised in San Francisco, California; performing debut, Vienna, 1903; best known solo performance, The vision of Salome, 1908; toured India in 1913, Southeast Asia in 1913 and 1923, South America from 1919 to 1920, and the U.S.; had a school in England beginning in 1928; died in Los Angeles, October 7, 1956.
From the guide to the Maud Allan Papers, 1910-1934, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)
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| referencedIn | American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) | University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Drawings for the London Stage Collection, 1886-1924, 1886-1897 | Yale Center for British Art | |
| creatorOf | Maud Allan Papers, 1910-1934 | University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. | |
| creatorOf | Allan, Maud, 1873-1956. [Clippings] | New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection | |
| referencedIn | Robert Baldwin Ross Collection, 1888-1951 | University of California, Los Angeles. Library. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Vol. IV (ff. 246). A-H.includes:f. 2 Henry Ainley, Manager, St. James's Theatre: Letter to P. Pitt: 1930.ff. 4, 5 Effie Maria Albanesi, alias 'Effie Adelaide Rowlands': Letters to P. Pitt: 1911.f. 6b Max Aldenhoven: Letter to P. Pitt: 1913.: Ge... | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Souvenir programs of contemporary personalities, 1880-1993. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 | William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA | |
| referencedIn | Clarence McGehee collection on Ruth St. Denis, ca. 1908-1937 | University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections |
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| associatedWith | American Museum of Vaudeville | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Cattermole, Charles, fl. 1859 | person |
| associatedWith | Cullen, Frank, 1936- | person |
| associatedWith | Lucas, John Seymour, 1849-1923 | person |
| correspondedWith | MacLeod, W. Angus | person |
| associatedWith | McGehee, Clarence | person |
| associatedWith | McNeilly, Donald, 1945- | person |
| correspondedWith | Ross, Robert Baldwin 1869-1918 | person |
| associatedWith | William Andrews Clark Memorial Library | corporateBody |
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Birth 1873-08-27
Death 1956-10-07
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