Box 1
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Correspondence - Dr. Sum Nung Au Young. Miscellaneous (handwritten and typed) letters (1935-42) sent to Dr. Sum Nung Au Young (Chinese poet/philosopher with whom Ruth St. Denis "experienced a searing physical love for the first time") in NYC from Ruth St. Denis in Sharon, Connecticut ("…With you Imperial One, Giver of Love, Deep Beauty I Knew in an 'Instant' full of wonder and the mystery of creating gods.")
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the private life and solo career of dance pioneer and businesswoman Ruth St. Denis.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Correspondence - Unknown Recipeint. A single (badly typed and cut) note (sent to an unknown recipient) from Ruth St. Denis (No date) referencing "Chris" (a former dance student?) and the death of his father ("Tell Chris for me that I am sure that he feels the near presence of his beloved Father, as I did my Blessed Mother…there is great mystery about this seeming end...")
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the private life and solo career of dance pioneer and businesswoman Ruth St. Denis.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Grace (Short story manuscript). A four-page (handwritten) short story (No date) manuscript (with ink doodles) - written by Ruth St. Denis ("The above is a fairy story by Grace. Translated it reads: Once upon a time, Bo-bo, that mischievous small square was walking about on Magic Meg's bureau, peeking here and there, and sniffing perfume bottles and smearing her best face powder about...")
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the private life and solo career of dance pioneer and businesswoman Ruth St. Denis.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Garden of Kama, The (Descriptive article). A five-page (handwritten by unknown author - c. 1916) description/review of a Ruth St. Denis-choreographed and performed "Indian dance drama" entitled THE GARDEN OF KAMA ("Inspired by the poems of Laurence Hope…the production was a splendid example of Miss St. Denis' incorrigible ability to invest a scene with atmosphere. every detail so correct and the ensemble so harmoniously welded together into one artistic unit.")
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the private life and solo career of dance pioneer and businesswoman Ruth St. Denis.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972