Olga Spessivtzeva collection and letters 1949-1991

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Olga Spessivtzeva collection and letters 1949-1991

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19732

Chiefly correspondence about and with Olga Spessivtzeva and a typescript book entitled, To Olga Spessivtzeva: A memoir of loving.

349 items in 41 folders in 3 document size boxes

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6310901

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