The Helen Shea collection 1920-1999

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The Helen Shea collection 1920-1999

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The Helen Shea collection contains photographs, costumes, musical scores, original writings, correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, clippings, and other materials related to the life and stage career of Helen Shea, a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies in the 1920s and 30s. Much of the material relates to Shea's original one-act dance, Leda and the Swan, and her attempts to maintain her rights as the copyright holder for Leda and the Swan and other pieces.

2.34 linear feet.

Emerson College, Iwasaki LIbrary

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Emerson College, Iwasaki LIbrary

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Emerson College Archives.

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Martin Shwartz was born in Boston, MA on September 30, 1923. In his pre-theater career, Shwartz held positions in mathematics at different institutions such as Tufts College and the Board of Supervisors of Harvard University in Mathematics. He also served as instructor in Mathematics, Electricity, Electronics and Gunnery for the Advanced Technical Service Schools in the U.S. Navy and as Civilian Mathematician at MIT. However, his true passion seems to have been theater. While teaching mathematic...

O'Shea, Helen Mary

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Shea, Helen.

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