Caird Leslie papers 1915-1965

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Caird Leslie papers 1915-1965

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19764

The papers of include personal and business correspondence, autobiographical writing, and notes on ballet technique, particularly as taught by . Caird Leslie Adolf Bolm

63 legal size folders in 4 document boxes

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6310933

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