Correspondence - Ted Shawn (from R. St. Denis). A single (badly typed) 5-page letter (with corrections and notations, by Ruth St. Denis, in green ink) sent to estranged husband and business partner Ted Shawn (dated August 11, 1939) from Ruth St. Denis ("Dearest Ted…All mixed up about you. Desiring you without even being willing to pay the price. Married and yet not married. Stupid blind egotist! No wonder you couldn't live with me. No wonder your manhood was thwarted and distorted by constant assumption of superiority...Floored constantly by vanity, pride and sensuality, faintly underhanded, cowardly. Attracting defenseless boys who need a friend and a mother and, instead find an impossible lover...")

Correspondence - Ted Shawn (from R. St. Denis). A single (badly typed) 5-page letter (with corrections and notations, by Ruth St. Denis, in green ink) sent to estranged husband and business partner Ted Shawn (dated August 11, 1939) from Ruth St. Denis ("Dearest Ted…All mixed up about you. Desiring you without even being willing to pay the price. Married and yet not married. Stupid blind egotist! No wonder you couldn't live with me. No wonder your manhood was thwarted and distorted by constant assumption of superiority...Floored constantly by vanity, pride and sensuality, faintly underhanded, cowardly. Attracting defenseless boys who need a friend and a mother and, instead find an impossible lover..."), Box: 1, Folder: 5. Denishawn Dance Collection, MS Group 035. Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/157957 Accessed July 15, 2025.