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Title: Maud Allan Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1910-1934
Collection number: 2038
Creator:
Allan, Maud
Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Maud Allan (1883-1956) was a interpretive dancer. She made her performing debut in Vienna (1903) and was best known for her
solo performance in
The vision of Salome (1908). She toured India (1913), Southeast Asia (1913 and 1923), South America (1919-1920), and the U.S. The collection contains
manuscripts, photographs, postcard albums, books, ephemera, and a scrapbook related to Allan's life and career.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, purchase, 1965.
[Identification of item], Maud Allan Papers (Collection 2038). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Maud Allan was born in Toronto, Canada in 1883; raised in San Francisco, California; performing debut, Vienna, 1903; best
known solo performance,
The vision of Salome, 1908; toured India in 1913, Southeast Asia in 1913 and 1923, South America from 1919 to 1920, and the U.S.; had a school
in England beginning in 1928; died in Los Angeles, October 7, 1956.
Collection contains manuscripts, photographs, postcard albums, books, ephemera, and a scrapbook related to the life and career
of Canadian-born interpretive dancer Maud Allan. Correspondence in a letter book represents correspondence by her agent, W.
Angus MacLeod. Some books in the collection were presentation copies made to Allan, while others are from her library. The
postcard album is made up of postcards sent to Allan.
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts, ephemera, and books (Box 1).
- Photograph albums and books (Box 2).
- Scrapbook and postcard album (Box 3).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Allan, Maud--Archives.
MacLeod, W. Angus--Correspondence.
Women dancers--Archival resources.