Nancy Hamilton Papers 1862-1992 1952-1959

Graham, Martha, 1894-1991

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Martha Graham, a pioneer in the establishment of American modern dance, was one of the principal choreographers of the twentieth century. Her work, which spanned more than seven decades, resulted in the development of a movement technique and a body of 180 choreographic works. Known also for her innovative collaborations, Graham worked with sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who created over thirty-five designs for Graham works; lighting designer Jean Rosenthal; costume designer Halston; and many composers...

Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974

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Katharine Cornell was born on February 16, 1893, in Berlin, where her father, Peter Cortelyou Cornell, a distant relation of Cornell University founder Ezra Cornell, was studying medicine. Later in 1893, Peter Cornell and his wife Alice Gardner Plimpton returned to their native city, Buffalo, New York with their daughter, Katharine. Her father practiced medicine in Buffalo, for several years, but he found his time and interest increasingly taken up with the family hobby. His father, S. Douglas C...

Henney, Nella Braddy, 1894-1973

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Levy, Adele Rosenwald, 1892-1960

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Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936

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Annie Sullivan was the teacher of Helen Keller. For biographical information see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letter, 1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007368 Anne Mansfield ("Annie") Sullivan (1866-1936) became the teacher of Helen Keller (1880-1968) in 1887 upon the recommendation of Michael Anagnos (1837-1906), director of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind in South Boston, Mass., from which...

Tyson, Mildred Keller

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Shute, James L.

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American foundation for the blind

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Burke, Billie, 1885-1970

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American actress of stage and screen. From the description of Billie Burke collection, 1910-1957. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70965264 Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld was a theatrical impressario who perfected a form of the musical comedy revue, the Follies, regarded as the pinnacle of the field, while he himself became a legendary figure, making and losing several fortunes, and marrying two of his biggest stars, Anna Held and Billie Burke. Born ...

Tyson, Katharine Keller

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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...

Thomson, Polly

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Hamilton, Nancy

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Helen Keller, undated Nancy Hamilton, Broadway actress, lyricist, author, scriptwriter, producer, and playwright was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1908, daughter of Charles Lee Hamilton and Margaret Miller Marshall. She was educated at Miss Dickinson's School in Sewickley, at the Sorbonne, and received a B.A. from Smith College in 1930. Hamilton began writings songs and sketches while at Smith, acting in and directing The Chocolate Soldier in her senior year...

Wood, Richard Carver

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Photographer and architect Richard Carver Wood was educated at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also worked on several documentaries, including Nancy Hamilton’s documentary on Helen Keller, The Unconquered (1954). From the guide to the Photographs of Harvard faculty and buildings, 1936, (Harvard University Archives) Richard Carver Wood was a photographer and architect in New York, N.Y. and Cambridge, Mass. From the de...