Background information and Ephemera. Miscellaneous background information and ephemera pertaining to the history of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (founded by Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis in 1933) in Lee, Massachusetts including miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles, JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL stationery, a (c. 1945) fundraising letter (from the President of the Board of Directors, Russell Chapin) discussing post-war plans for the dance festival ("...Next summer, with gas and tires available again, we should have the theatre filled for 28 projected performances, and have the school full to overflowing..."), JACOB'S PILLOW - A MOUNTAIN FARM (pre Ted Shawn/Ruth St. Denis) stationery and gardening instructions, multiple promotional copies of the official history of Jacob's Pillow by Ted Shawn ("...Having achieved so magnificently what I set out to achieve, I am now eager to go on to still newer and bigger fields..."), miscellaneous School of the Dance faculty lists (Iris Mabry, Margaret Craske, Joseph Pilates, etc. ), etc

Background information and Ephemera. Miscellaneous background information and ephemera pertaining to the history of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (founded by Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis in 1933) in Lee, Massachusetts including miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles, JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL stationery, a (c. 1945) fundraising letter (from the President of the Board of Directors, Russell Chapin) discussing post-war plans for the dance festival ("...Next summer, with gas and tires available again, we should have the theatre filled for 28 projected performances, and have the school full to overflowing..."), JACOB'S PILLOW - A MOUNTAIN FARM (pre Ted Shawn/Ruth St. Denis) stationery and gardening instructions, multiple promotional copies of the official history of Jacob's Pillow by Ted Shawn ("...Having achieved so magnificently what I set out to achieve, I am now eager to go on to still newer and bigger fields..."), miscellaneous School of the Dance faculty lists (Iris Mabry, Margaret Craske, Joseph Pilates, etc. ), etc, Box: 13, Folder: 1. 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/158091 Accessed April 20, 2026.