Angna Enters correspondence 1921-1973

Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". In business, he was best known as a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who reorganized and consolidated railroads. In his personal life, he was a great patron of the arts, where among things, he served as the chairman of the Met...

Brice, Fanny, 1891-1951

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Fanny Brice was born in Manhattan on October 29, 1891. She began performing in burlesque in 1908; by 1910 she headlined Ziegfeld Follies. In the 1921 Follies, she was featured singing "My Man", which became both a big hit and her signature song. From the 1930s until her death in 1951, Fanny made a radio presence as a bratty toddler named Snooks. She was famously portrayed by Barbra Streisand in the stage musical Funny Girl. ...

Enters, Angna, 1897-1989

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Angna Enters (born 1897, Anita Enters) was a dancer, mime, and visual artist, performed solo productions such as “The Theater of Angna Enters,” “Pagan Greece,” and “Episodes” from 1924 through the end of the 1960s, most prolifically from 1924-1939, choreographing, designing, and performing all parts. (Enters is sometimes stated to have been born in 1907; this was the birthdate she used but she was born in 1897.) Enters was born in New York City and graduated from North Division High School in M...

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Celli, Vincenzo

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Vincenzo Celli was born Vincenzo Yacullo on May 4, 1900 in Salerno, Italy, immigrating soon thereafter with his parents to Chicago, Illinois. Celli was first exposed to ballet as a teenager and was awed by the movements of dancer Vaslaw Nijinsky, whom he saw perform during the only American tour of the Ballets Russes, under the direction of Serge Diaghilev. Several years later Celli moved to New York City, where he performed as an actor both on and off-Broadway with the Washington Square Players...

Garson, Greer, 1904-1996

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Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson was one of the most honored actresses in the history of film, receiving seven nominations from the Motion Picture Academy for "Best Actress" (six in the 1940s) and winning the award in 1942. From the description of Greer Garson collection, 1880-1996 (1935-1993) (Smithton Public Library District). WorldCat record id: 75287613 On September 29, 1904, Greer Garson was born in London to George and Nina Greer Garson. Following her education ...

Sloan, John

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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...

Doris Bry

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Scott, Winfield Townley, 1910-1968

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Brown class of 1931. Poet, essayist, literary editor of Providence lJournal, instructor of English at Brown. From the description of Papers, 1921-1966. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 145430023 Brown class of 1931. From the description of New verse anthology : typescript, 1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122418633 Poet; essayist; Literary Editor of the Providence Journal; Instructor of English; Brown Class of 1931. From the descri...

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)

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Art school. Organized in 1875 by students as a revolt against the National Academy of Design school. From the description of Art Students League records, 1875-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565877 ...

Jones, Robert Edmund

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Robert Edmond Jones was born in 1887, and spent his career as a theater set designer. He also worked on the production of early Technicolor films as a color consultant. As a stage designer, Jones is best known for his simplified sets that complemented the action of a production and his dramatic use of color in costuming and lighting. From the description of Robert Edmond Jones papers, 1916 - 1963. (Wesleyan University). WorldCat record id: 299159602 Jones graduated from Harv...

Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992

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Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Judith Anderson: oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632281 ...

Leigh-Emmerich Lecture Bureaus, Inc.

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Norman, Dorothy

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Gimbel Brothers

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Adam Gimbel established family in the retail business when he opened a store in Vincennes, Indiana in 1842. His sons, including Jacob, started the Gimbel Brothers firm. Gimbel Brothers began in Milwaukee in 1887 and later expanded to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York. Horace Saks sold Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks Thirty-fourth Street stores to Bernard Gimbel in 1923 for Gimbel stock. Gimbels Southgate was the first suburban Gimbels store in 1954. Gimbels merged with Schuster's Department Stor...

Libby Holman

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Itō, Michio 1893-1961

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Fogg Museum of Art

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Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

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Boston, Mass., publishing firm. From the description of Houghton, Mifflin and Company note [manuscript], 1899 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 715378844 ...

Enters, Henriette Styleau

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Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)

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American distribution and production corporation for motion pictures. From the description of Pressbooks, 1977-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480185 ...

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...

Goulden, Jane

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Giesen and Boomer, Inc.

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Capehart-Carey Corp.

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USO - Camp Shows, Inc.

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Hopper, Hedda, 1890-1966

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Renoir, Dido

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Anderson, Robin, 1948-2002

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Society of Independent Artists

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Honolulu academy of arts

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First Bank

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Michio Ito

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Berman, Edward L.

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Metropolitan Opera Guild.

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Lewin, Albert, 1894-1968

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Rambert, Marie

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Association française d'action artistique.

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Huttenback Artist Bureau.

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Lewin, Millie

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Shan, Bertha

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Farrar & Reinhart Inc. Publishers

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Lady Carter

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Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983

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Mrs. Leonard Elmhirst

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Museum of modern art New York, N.Y.

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Died 1989. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Titus, Roy V. : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83119924 Art museum; New York, N.Y. From the description of Museum of Modern Art first loan exhibition : November 8th to December 7, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557713 d. 2001. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Matisse, Maria-Gaetana : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unk...

K. Porter

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Mrs. Watkins Cushing

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Eric S. Pinker and Adrienne Morrison, Inc.

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MCA Artists, Ltd.

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Detroit institute of arts

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Art museum; Detroit, Michigan. Incorporated 1885 as Detroit Museum of Art and name changed to Detroit Institute of Arts in 1919. From the description of Detroit Institute of Arts records, 1882-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404328 Art museum; Detroit, Mich. From the description of The Rouge : the image of industry in the art of Charles Sheeler and Diego Rivera : panel discussion, 1978 Sept. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502662 ...

Mercury Theatre (London, England)

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A. and S. Lyons, Inc.

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Louis Kalonyme

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RCA Manufacturing Company, inc.

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Albert Lewin

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Columbia Artists, Inc.

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Lloyd, Margaret, 1887-1960

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Art Institute of Chicago.

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Phoenix Theatre

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Jerome, William

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Adler, Kurt Herbert

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Biographical Information Kurt Herbert Adler was born to Ernst and Ida (Bauer) Adler on April 2, 1905 in Vienna, Austria. The son of a textile manufacturer, he attended preparatory schools in Vienna, and was educated at the Vienna Academy of Music (1922-1926), the Vienna Conservatory of Music, and the University of Vienna (1923-1927). Adler made his debut in 1925 as an orchestral conductor at the Vienna theaters managed by Max Reinhardt, noted...

Audrey Raisbeck

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Copyright Office

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Alvin Theatre

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Ellie Greene

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Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946

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Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer, founder of the Photo-Secession Group, gallery owner, and editor and publisher of photography magazines, most notably, Camera Work. Frank Hermann was an American painter, who spent most of his career in Germany, where he associated with several avant-garde art groups. Childhood friends, Stieglitz and Herrmann were schoolmates, spent time together when Stieglitz was in Europe, and visited each other in the United States when Herrmann returned in 1919....

Eugene O'Neill

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Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

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Yale University.

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New York City Council for Art Week

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Toby

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DHCA

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Cochran, C. B. (Charles Blake), 1872-1951

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Sir Charles Blake Cochran, theatrical producer, agent and promoter. From the description of Sir Charles Blake Cochran papers, 1898-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79763221 From the description of Sir Charles Blake Cochran papers, 1898-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150310 ...

Grondahl, Louise

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Leigh Bureau of Lectures and Entertainment

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Ashley Famous Agency

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Russian War Relief

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Associated Press, The

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Bogue, Anna

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American National Theatre and Academy.

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Harcourt, Brace and Co.

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Art Institute of Chicago. School

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Jules Goldstone

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Brewster, Kate

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Fox, Goldman & Kagon

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Bossom, Emily

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Ullman, Arthur

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Kalonyme, Louis

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Le Centre D'Art

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a leading American film production company, was established in 1924, an amalgam of three older production companies: Metro Pictures Corporation, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures, and was under the corporate control of the exhibiting concern, Loew's Inc. From the guide to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films and personalities scrapbooks, 1920-1944, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the ...

Bank of America Trust Department

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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1959

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Dukes, Ashley, 1885-1959

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Epithet: author and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000111 British producer and playwright. From the description of Ashley Dukes papers, [ca. 1932-1942]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122502153 ...

ITHMA

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Columbia Management of California

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American Committee for Chinese War Orphans.

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Penn, Irving

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Irving Penn (b. 1917) is a commercial and fine arts photographer. In addition to fashion and portrait photography, much of it commissioned by Vogue, his oeuvre includes ethnographic studies, still lifes, nudes, and advertising works. From the description of Irving Penn paper archives, 1939-1997. (Art Institute of Chicago). WorldCat record id: 79003191 Penn, Irving. American Photographer. Born: Plainfield, New Jersey, June 16, 1917. Education: Studied design, under Alexey Bro...

Ashley-Stainer Inc.

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Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1966

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W. Colston Leigh, Inc

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