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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Clarence McGehee collection on Ruth St. Denis ca. 1908-1937

Collection number:
MS-P025

Collector:
McGehee, Clarence

Extent:
4.7 linear feet (5 boxes)

Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557

Abstract:
The collection is comprised of correspondence, typescripts, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera collected by Ruth St. Denis' publicist, Clarence McGehee. Most materials, including a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, pertain to Ruth St. Denis and the Denishawn Dancers. Other materials pertain to contemporaries of Ruth St. Denis in the dance world, including Ted Shawn, members of Ballet Russe, Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Norma Gould and Trudi Schoop. Also in the collection are clippings of an anonymous author's newspaper column; McGehee may be the author. Items date from circa 1908 to 1937.

Language:
English.

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