Lillian Moore correspondence ca. 1936-1967

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Lillian Moore correspondence ca. 1936-1967

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Lillian Moore (1911-1967) was an American dancer, writer, teacher, and dance historian. Holographs and typescripts. The correspondence is partially related to Miss Moore's research on the 19th century ballet, with letters from dance authorities such as Walter Toscanini, Ivor Guest, Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, Ted Shawn, and Clive Barnes. Other correspondence is with various art councils, libraries, dance companies, and a number of major American and Danish dancers.

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The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971

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