Box 12
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Dwight Godwin - Biographical Ephemera. Miscellaneous biographical information and ephemera pertaining to the private life and professional career of Dwight Godwin (Dancer, actor, photographer, filmmaker, DENISHAWN/Jacob's Pillow associate, educator and University of Florida Director for Photographic and Motion Picture Services) including various newspaper and magazine clippings, publicity and production photographs (various sizes/black and white - in his photography darkroom, as a dancer at Jacob's Pillow, in the 1939 Broadway production of STARS IN YOUR EYES with Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante and Dan Dailey, etc.), etc. According to Robert Midgett in the University of Florida Alligator (c. 1980: "...Many times Godwin heard it said that in order to become a better actor, it is necessary to study dance, so in 1936 he began studying at the School of the American Ballet...Also at this time, Godwin started studying photography, and some of his pictures were published in the New York Times and the New York Herald-Tribune...in late 1937...he got a part as a dancer in the Broadway musical STARS IN YOUR EYES starring Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante...Godwin appeared in the Broadway musical LOUISIANA PURCHASE with Victor Moore and Vera Zorina...After this musical, Godwin worked in the American Ballet Theater, but he resigned in 1941 to become a full-time professional photographer in ballet and theater..." SEE. ALSO: American Dance Films Association - Box 8/Folder 4
File — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the lives and careers of Denishawn associates, Dwight Godwin and Barton Mumaw.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Dwight Godwin - Photographs. Miscellaneous (black and white) theatre and dance photographs (various sizes) by photographer Dwight Godwin (c. 1937 - 41) including photo images of Noel Coward (actor, composer and playwright), Diana Wynyard (British stage and film actress), Isabel Jeans (British stage and film actress), Emlyn Williams (Welsh dramatist and actor), Margot Fonteyn (British ballerina), William "Billy" Chappell (British ballet dancer, designer and director), Gertrude Stein (novelist, poet and playwright), Alice B. Toklas (American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century - best known as the domestic partner of Gertrude Stein), Alicia Markova (British ballet dancer and choreographer), Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, Jess Meeker (Musical Director for Jacob's Pillow), Alexandra Danilova (Russian-born prima ballerina), Miriam Winslow (contemporary dancer, choreographer and teacher), etc. Photographs of Dwight Godwin (photographed by others) with Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis are also included in the folder
File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the lives and careers of Denishawn associates, Dwight Godwin and Barton Mumaw.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Barton Mumaw - Biographical Ephemera. Miscellaneous biographical information and ephemera pertaining to the private life and professional career of Barton Mumaw (dancer, choreographer, actor, educator and domestic partner of Ted Shawn - 1931-47) including miscellaneous newspaper and magazine clippings, a (2-page) handwritten (1943) letter from Maisie Mumaw (mother of Barton Mumaw) to Irma Gordon (?) discussing Barton Mumaw as an enlisted entertainer during the war, an undated Barton Mumaw "Holiday Greetings" card, etc. According to Barton Mumaw's New York Times Obituary by Jack Anderson (June 21, 2001): "Born in Hazelton, Pa., on Aug. 20, 1912, and reared in Florida, Mr. Mumaw studied dance with local teachers as a boy. In 1930 he attended a program by Denishawn, the dance company directed by Shawn and his wife, Ruth St. Denis, which was known for its choreographic eclecticism and theatrical vividness. Mr. Mumaw was so overwhelmed by the performance that he went to New York to study at the Denishawn school. After he joined the company in 1931, he also worked as Shawn's chauffeur and dresser. He was a member of Shawn's all-male troupe, Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers, from its inception in 1933 until it disbanded in 1940. That company's athletic style did much to make dancing seem like a respectable profession for men. Shawn remained the greatest influence on Mr. Mumaw. In 'Barton Mumaw, Dancer: From Denishawn to Jacob's Pillow and Beyond,' the autobiography he wrote with Jane Sherman (Dance Horizons, 1986), he declared that 'in essence, my life began in 1927, when I took my first dancing lesson in Eustis, Fla., and ended in 1972, when Ted Shawn died there.' In that memoir Mr. Mumaw also revealed that he had been Shawn's lover for many years and recorded how their involvement affected every aspect of their professional lives. So that no one could accuse dance of being morally questionable, the two took pains to conceal the true nature of their relationship. Mr. Mumaw was even forbidden to call Shawn by his first name in public. Shawn choreographed solos for Mr. Mumaw, who also created works of his own, which he began presenting in dance concerts..."
File — Box: 12, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the lives and careers of Denishawn associates, Dwight Godwin and Barton Mumaw.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Barton Mumaw - Photographs. Miscellaneous 8 x 10 -inch (black and white) publicity and production photographs of Barton Mumaw (c. 1931 - 72). An 11 x 14 - inch (black and white) photograph of Barton Mumaw (c. 1940) by photographer Dwight Godwin is also included in the folder
File — Box: 12, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the lives and careers of Denishawn associates, Dwight Godwin and Barton Mumaw.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Barton Mumaw - Signed Ephemera. Miscellaneous inscribed and/or signed (by Barton Mumaw) ephemera including an inscribed ("Christmas Greetings and love from Barton - England 1944") signed 4-page THE JUMPER by Hans Anderson broadsheet reprint (sent to Ted Shawn from Barton Mumaw during wartime) and an inscribed ("With many thanks from...") signed (on inside cover) 1965 JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL souvenir book (provenance unknown)
File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the lives and careers of Denishawn associates, Dwight Godwin and Barton Mumaw.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Barton Mumaw - Correspondence. Miscellaneous letters and notes (c. 1941 - 67) sent by Barton Mumaw to Ted Shawn, Erica and Alfreda Joslin (Jacob's Pillow benefactors and Board members), John Christian, Sara Yancey Belknap (University of Florida librarian and dance historian), etc. discussing his career and performances, life in wartime, Jacob's Pillow and donations to the University of Florida DANCE collections
File — Box: 12, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the lives and careers of Denishawn associates, Dwight Godwin and Barton Mumaw.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972
Barton Mumaw - Heralds/Programs/Souvenir Books. Miscellaneous background information pertaining to the career of Barton Mumaw including performances at City Auditorium in Eustis Florida (c. 1940), Carnegie Hall ("Barton Mumaw in Four Solo Dance Programs" - April 1941), at Kessler Field in Monmouth, NJ ("Ted Shawn and Corporal Barton Mumaw" - 1942), somewhere in Europe ("A Victorious Christmas to the United Nations" - 1943), the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (c. 1945), the Berkshire Hills Dance Festival in Lee, Massachusetts (c. 1945), etc
File — Box: 12, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Information and ephemera pertaining to the lives and careers of Denishawn associates, Dwight Godwin and Barton Mumaw.
Dates:
Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972