Martha Graham Collection
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Martha Graham Collection 1896-2003 (bulk 1926-1991)
Graham, Martha
Biographical History for: Martha Graham Collection 1896-2003 (bulk 1926-1991)
Biographical Note Martha Graham, a pioneer in the establishment of American modern dance, was one of the principal choreographers of the twentieth century. Her work, which spanned more than seven decades, resulted in the development of a movement technique and a body of 180 choreographic works. Known also for her innovative collaborations, Graham worked with sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who created over thirty-five designs for Graham works; lighting designer Jean Rosenthal; costume designer Halston; and many composers, including Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Robert Starer, William Schuman, and Louis Horst, who acted as accompanist, composer, and music director for Graham from 1926 to 1948. Graham founded a dance company in the 1920s that continues to perform her repertory (www.marthagraham.org). The following timeline makes reference to only a few of Graham’s choreographic works. For a complete repertory list, please consult Don McDonagh’s book, Martha Graham (1973). Date Event 1894 May 11 Martha Graham is born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1916 Graham begins studies with Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis at their Denishawn School 1918 Graham begins teaching at the Denishawn School 1919 Graham dances with Denishawn until 1923, appearing in title roles such as Xochitl 1923-1925 Graham appears in John Murray Anderson’s Greenwich Village Follies, dancing Ted Shawn’s Serenata Morisca and Michio Ito’s The Garden of Kama 1925 Graham establishes her first dance company and begins to develop her specialized dance technique 1926 Graham presents her first independent concert at the 48th Street Theater in New York City, assisted by the Martha Graham Concert Group. The New York Herald Tribune noted, “Miss Graham gave a successful performance, showing ability to present a mood or a picture, with the assets of grace, agility, effective poses and well chosen costumes” 1927 In a review of a program at New York City’s Little Theatre, the New York American said “Slender, sinuous and supple, and ever with a definite command of grace, Miss Graham may have many competitors in Terpsichore’s guild, but few rivals” 1928 Graham begins an association with the Neighborhood Playhouse and, in conjunction with the Cleveland Orchestra, Graham performs in Nuages and Fetes (music by Debussy) with dancer/choreographer Michio Ito 1929 Graham presents a concert which includes her first group masterpiece, Heretic 1930 Graham begins a seven-year relationship with Washington Irving High School in New York City and presents yearly concerts. She performs in Léonide Massine’s Rite of Spring with the Philadelphia Orchestra 1932 Graham is the first dancer to receive a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 1936 Graham tours the United States in a solo program. She is invited, but rejects, an offer to represent the U.S. at the International Dance Festival, held in conjunction with the Berlin Olympics. She states: “so many artists have been persecuted that I refuse to identify myself with the regime that made it possible” 1937 At the invitation of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Graham is the first dancer to appear at the White House. Graham and her company make their first transcontinental tour 1938 Graham begins a relationship with Bennington Collect in Vermont where she teaches each summer until 1941. Erick Hawkins becomes the first man to join her dance company. Merce Cunningham joins in 1939 1944 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge commissions three works: Imagined Wing (music by Darius Milhaud), Hérodiade (music by Paul Hindemith), and Appalachian Spring (music by Aaron Copland). The works are premiered in the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium. Writing about Appalachian Spring for the New York Times, critic John Martin states, “nothing Miss Graham has done before has had such deep joyousness about it” 1948 Graham marries dancer/choreographer Erick Hawkins 1950 The Louisville Symphony Orchestra commissions Graham to choreograph a new work (Judith to music by William Schuman). The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch declares the work to be “a dance of smashing impact” 1951 Graham’s second commission by the Louisville Symphony Orchestra results in The Triumph of St. Joan (music by Norman Dello Joio) 1954 The Graham company tours Europe, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. 1955 The Graham company tours Asia, sponsored by the U.S. State Department 1957 Graham receives a Dance Magazine Award 1960 Graham is recipient of a Capezio Award 1965 Graham receives an Aspen Award in Humanities 1966 Graham receives honorary doctorate from Harvard 1968 Graham choreographs the last new dance in which she appears (The Lady of the House of Sleep with music by Robert Starer). The Washington Post reports that it is “one of the most tangled and troubled of Graham dances” 1969 At age 64, Graham dances for the last time on 20 April and retires from the stage 1971 Graham receives honorary doctorates from Yale and Wesleyan 1976 President Gerald Ford presents the Medal of Freedom to Graham 1978 Graham choreographs Frescoes (music by Samuel Barber) for the dedication ceremonies of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Sackler Wing 1979 Graham receives a Kennedy Center Honors Award, Washington, DC and the Royal Medal of Jordan 1981 Graham receives the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award 1982 Graham accepts the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts, from Southern Methodist University 1984 The Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur is presented to Graham by President François Mitterand 1985 Graham receives a National Medal of Arts awarded by President Ronald Reagan and the Carina Ari Medal, which is presented by Princess Christina of Sweden 1991 April 1 Martha Graham dies in New York City
Scope and Content Note The Martha Graham Collection is comprised of materials that document the career of modern dance pioneer Martha Graham and trace the history of the development of her company, the Martha Graham Dance Company, which became the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, and school, Martha Graham School, later to be called the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. The collection also includes, unprocessed and unavailable for viewing at this time, five linear feet of materials from the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and four linear feet of archival materials relating to Graham’s sister, Georgia Graham Sargent.
Bibliography For further information on the life and work of Martha Graham, please consult the following sources: Graham, Martha. Blood Memory. New York, 1991. Helpern, Alice. The Technique of Martha Graham. Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1994. Jowitt, Deborah. “Martha Graham,” in International Encyclopedia of Dance, vol. 3, pp. 209-222. New York, 1998. Leatherman, Leroy. Martha Graham: Portrait of The Lady as an Artist. New York, 1966. McDonagh, Don. Martha Graham. New York, 1973.
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Music Inventory
One of the highlights of the collection is the Music Inventory that describes seventy-three of Graham’s works. It consists of original holograph or autograph scores by composers such as Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Alan Hovhaness, Louis Horst, Halim El-Dabh, Eugene Lester, Norman Dello Joio, Paul Hindemith, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Robert Starer, William Schuman, and Wallingford Riegger. The series also includes orchestral parts and piano rehearsal scores which often include choreographic notes.
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Choreographed Works
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Acrobats of God (1960) Composer: Carlos Surinach
Violoncello part
Acts of Light (1981) Composer: Carl Nielson
Photocopy published full score
Published extra parts
Extra parts
Photocopy full score, with choreographic notes
Full score with choreographic notes, part II (Ved en ung Kunstners Baare)
Published parts, part II
Extra parts, part II
Photocopy full score, with choreographic notes, part III (Helios)
Published parts
Extra parts, part III
Alcestis (1960) Composer: Vivian Fine
Ozalid full score
Piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Ozalid parts
American Document (1938) Composer: Ray Green
Photocopy full score: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (1989 version)
Ink piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes; music by Ray Green and Louis Horst
Ink piano rehearsal score
Photocopy of piano score, with choreographic notes
Photocopy of piano score (incomplete)
Negative Photostat of piano score
Ink parts
Adromache’s Lament (1982) Composer: Samuel Barber
Piano/vocal score
Wind parts
Percussion-harp parts
String parts
Extra string parts
Appalachian Spring (1944) Composer: Aaron Copland
Copyist’s original parts, woodwinds-piano
Copyist’s string partsOzalid full score with pencil annotationsOzalid rehearsal piano score with choreographic notes (copy 1 missing)Ozalid piano score, with choreographic notes (copy 2)
Ozalid copyist’s set of parts
Ozalid extra parts
New parts, string
Parts (flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano)
Archaic Hours, The (1969) Composer: Eugene Lester
Ozalid piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Ozalid piano rehearsal score, no choreographic notes
Ozalid piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes, incomplete
Copyist’s deschens parts
Ardent Song (1954) Composer: Alan Hovhaness
Copyist’s parts
Arma, Paul [Imre Weisshaus] see Satyric Festival Song
Baal Shem (1926) Composer: Ernst Bloch
Piano/Violin part
Baccanale (1931) Composer: Wallingford Reigger
Piano four hands
Photocopy, with notes
Photocopy, piano four hands
Ink copyists’ parts of oboe, piccolo, and piano
Ballet for Martha see Appalachian Spring
Barber, Samuel see Andromache’s Lament see Cave of the Heart
Bloch, Ernst see Baal Shem
But Not For Me (1999) Composer: George Gershwin
Photocopy of full score
Canticle for Innocent Comedians (1952) Composer: Thomas Ribbink
Photocopy full score
Ink and pencil piano score, with choreographic notes
Photocopy piano score, with pencil notes
Photocopy piano score
Photocopy piano score (copy 3)
Ink piano score, with corrections (incomplete)
Deschen piano score
Deschen parts
Deschen parts (string)
Obsolete parts
Deschen parts; ink parts (flute, clarinet, oboe bassoon, horn, percussion)
Photocopy percussion (2 copies)
Ink vocal score
Photocopy vocal score
Ink string parts
Cave of the Heart (1946) Composer: Samuel Barber
Ink rehearsal piano score with choreographic notes
Ozalid piano score
Ozalid wind parts
Ozalid piano part
Ozalid string parts
Celebration (1934) Composer: Louis Horst
Rehearsal piano score, with choreographic notes
Photocopy rehearsal piano score, with choreographic notes
Copyist’s deschens
Chávez, Carlos see Dark Meadow
Chronicle see Prelude to Action; Steps in the Street
Circe (1963) Composer: Alan Hovhaness
Ozalid full score, with choreographic notes
Ozalid full score, revised
Holograph piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Photostats (negative and positive), piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Piano score in pencil, reduction by Howard Douenfeld
Photocopy of piano score, reduction by Howard Douenfeld
Piano score in pencil, fragment and negative Photostat
Ozalid parts, winds
Ozalid parts, percussion-harp
Ozalid parts, strings
Circe, op. 204 see Circe
Clytemnestra (1958) Composer: Halim El-Dabh
Ozalid full score, act 1, part 1
Ozalid full score, act 1, part 2
Photocopy piano score, with cuts in pencil
Piano score of “Prologue,” with choreographic notes
Ozalid piano score of act 1, with choreographic notes
Ozalid piano score of act 2 and epilogue, with choreographic notes
Photocopy piano score (complete)
Piano score of act 1, with choreographic notes
Piano score of act 2 and epilogue, with choreographic notes
Ozalid flute (piccolo) part
Ozalid oboe/English horn part
Ozalid clarinet part
Ozalid bassoon part
Ozalid horn part
Ozalid trumpet part
Ozalid trombone part
Ozalid percussion part
Ozalid harp part
Ozalid violin I part
Ozalid violin II part
Ozalid viola part
Ozalid violoncello part
Ozalid double bass part
Concerto a tre see Secular Games
Concertante see Part Real-Part Dream
Copland, Aaron see Appalachian Spring ; Dithyrambic
Corigliano, John see American Document
Cortege of Eagles (1967) Composer: Eugene Lester
Photocopy full score (Hecabe)
Ozalid piano score, with choreographic notes
Unfoldered box of piano mutes
Misc. parts
Crumb, George see Phaedra’s Dream
Dance Songs see Satyric Festival Song
Dances of the Golden Hall (1982) Composer: Andrzej Panufnik
Published full score, with choreographic notes
Published full score, without choreographic notes
Dark Meadow (1946) Composer: Carlos Chávez
Ink conductor’s score
Ink piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Copyist’s deschens of bassoon part
Deaths and Entrances (1943) Composer: Hunter Johnson
Ozalid full score, chamber version
Photocopy/ink piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Photocopy piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Photocopy piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes, (fragment)
Ozalid full score, reduced version, with choreographic notes
Copyist’s parts (ink), chamber version
Parts (old set)
Parts (new set)
Extra parts (new set)
Dello Joio, Norman see Diversion of Angels ; A Time of Snow ; Triumph of St. Joan [Seraphic Dialogue]
Diamond, David see A Formal Dance
Dithyrambic, 1931 Composer: Aaron Copland
Copyists’ score in ink (incomplete); photocopy laid in
Diversion of Angels (1948) Composer: Norman Dello Joio
Ink rehearsal piano score, with choreographic notes
Ozalid wind-piano parts
Drei Klavierstücke, op. 32 see Harlequinade
Ecuatorial (1978) Composer: Edgar Varèse
Published full score
Egge, Klaus see Tangled Night
El-Dabh, Halim see A Look at Lighting; Lucifer; One More Gaudy Night
Elegiac (1933) Composer: Paul Hindemith
Copyists’ part for clarinet
Embattled Garden (1958) Composer: Carlos Surinach
Piano rehearsal score, no choreographic notes
Copyist deschens for 3 parts
Extra copies of copyist deschens for 3 parts
Engle, Lehman see Transitions
Episodes, Part I (1959) Composer: Anton Webern
Full score, with choreographic notes
Photocopy of piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Published full score, with choreographic notes (Six pieces, op. 6)
Ozalid piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes (Six pieces, op. 6)
Photocopy piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes (Six pieces, op. 6)
Notated piano reduction score: Passacaglia for orchestra, op. 1, photocopy
Errand into the Maze (1947) Composer: Gian-Carlo Menotti
Copyist parts, old set
Ozalid old parts
Deschens, new set of complete parts
Ozalid woodwind parts, new set
Ozalid horn-2nd piano
Every Soul is a Circus (1939) Composer: Paul Nordoff
Ink conductor’s score (arranged for seven instruments)
Conductor’s full score (orchestration by Ted Dale)
Conductor’s full score (arranged for eleven instruments)
Ink parts (arranged for eleven instruments)
Ink parts (arranged for seven instruments)
Ink parts (arranged for twelve instruments)
Ink piano part (arranged for eleven instruments)
Parts (arranged by Ted Dale)
Extra parts, violins
Extra parts, cello bass, viola
Negative photostat piano rehearsal score
Deschens full score
Negative photostat parts
Negative photostat piano part
Negative photostat strings
Deschens parts
Eye of Anguish, The (1950) Composer: Vincent Persichetti
Piano rehearsal score, without choreographic notes
Copyist parts (ink)
Fantasy Sonata for Violin and Piano see O Thou Desire to Who Art about to Sing
Fine, Vivian see Alcestis
Flute of Pan (1978) Composer: [Geheorghe] Zamfir
Full score, pencil
Formal Dance, A (1935) [Later titled Praeludium no. 2]Composer: David Diamond
Holograph score and parts
Flute and clarinet parts
Frontier (1935) Composer: Louis Horst
Full score in pencil
Piano rehearsal score (negative photostat)
Photocopy piano rehearsal score
Ink parts (old set)
Gershwin, George see But Not For Me
Gospel of Eve (1950) Composer: Paul Nordoff
Copyist’s deschen piano rehearsal score
Green, Ray see American Document
Harlequinade (1930) Composer: Ernst Toch
Published piano score; photocopy laid in
Hecabe see Cortege of Eagles
Helios, op. 17 see Acts of Light
Heloïse and Abelard see Time of Snow
Heretic (1929) Composer: Louis Horst
Piano fragment in ink
Piano part
Photocopy fragment (as recalled by Paul Creston)
Hérodiade (1944) Composer: Paul Hindemith
Piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes (incomplete)
Extra parts [missing]
Extra parts, strings
Hija de Cólquidea, La see Dark Meadow
Hindemith, Paul see Elegiac; Hérodiade
Holy Jungle (1974) Composer: Robert Starer
Horst, Louis see American Document; Celebration; Heretic; Primitive Mysteries; Frontier; El Penitente
Hovhaness, Alan see Ardent Song; Circe; Myth of a Voyage
Intégrales see Judith
Johnson, Hunter see Deaths and Entrances; Letter to the World; Scarlet Letter
Judith (1950; new music 1980) Composer, original version: William Schuman
Piano score in ink and pencil, with choreographic notes
Judith (1980 version) Composer: Edgar Varèse
Published full score Intégrales
Ozalid full score Intégrales
Ozalid parts Intégrales
Photocopy full score Offrandes
Published piano-vocal score Offrandes
Published full score (part III) Octandre
Ozalid parts Octandre
Lady of the House of Sleep (1968) Composer: Robert Starer
Ozalid rehearsal piano score, with choreographic notes
Ozalid rehearsal piano score, no choreographic notes
Lear see Eye of Anguish, The
Legend of Judith (1962) Composer: Mordecai Seter
Ozalid full score in 3 volumes
Ozalid piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes, 2 volumes
Lester, Eugene see Archaic Hours, The; Cortege of Eagles; The Plain of Prayer
Letter to the World (1940) Composer: Hunter Johnson
Typed script of narration
Lloyd, Norman see Panorama
Look at Lightning, A (1962) Composer: Halim El-Dabh
Published piano score
Published piano score with choreographic notes
Holograph in pencil
Ozalid parts, flute-harp
Extra parts [some missing]
Lucifer (1975) Composer: Halim El-Dabh
Lux Aterna for 5 Masked Musicians see Phaedra’s Dream
Medea see Cave of the Heart
Mekta’ In the Art of Kita’ see Look at Lightning, A
Menotti, Gian-Carlo see Errand into the Maze
Momenta Rustica (1929) Composer: Françoise Poulenc
Published piano four hands (incomplete)
Morisca see Serenata Morisca
Music for Martha Graham see Ardent Song
Myth of a Voyage (1973) Composer: Alan Hovhaness
Ozalid full score (original version)
Copyist full score
Photocopy piano rehearsal score (incomplete)
Copyist Deschens
Original parts
Nielson, Carl see Acts of Light
New Dance see Steps in the Street
Night Journey (1947) Composer: William Schuman
Negative Photostat piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Ozalid parts, old set
Deschens parts, new set
Ozalid extra parts, new set
Nocturne for Orchestra see Dances of the Golden Hall
Nordoff Paul see Every Soul is a Circus; Gospel of Eve; Salem Shore
Octandre see Judith
Offrandes see Judith
One More Gaudy Night (1961) Composer: Halim El-Dabh
Ozalid parts, woodwinds
Ozalid parts, brass-harp
Ozalid parts, string
Opening Dance for Martha Graham see Panorama
Ornstein Leo see Poems of 1917
O Thou Desire to Who Art about to Sing (1977) Composer: Meyer Kupferman
Published score and part
Photocopy score “Death and Water”
Photocopy score “Suspended Sun Solo”
Photocopy score “Stars Duet”
Photocopy score “Wind”
Photocopy score “Fire”
Photocopy score “Sun and Moon Love Duet”
Owl and the Pussycat (1978) Composer: Carlos Surinach
Ozalid full score, no choreographic notes
Photocopy, full score, no choreographic notes
Ozalid full score, reduced orchestra
Ozalid parts, reduced orchestra
Extra parts, reduced orchestra
Panorama (1935) Composer: Norman Lloyd
Reduction, arranged by Stanley Sussman
Photocopy reduction, arranged by Stanley Sussman
Copyist’s ink deschens, parts (Sussman arrangement)
Ink piano score, Opening Dance for Martha Graham
Pan og Syrinx [Pan and Syrinx], op. 49 see Acts of Light
Panufnik, Andrzei see Dances of the Golden Hall
Part Real-Part Dream (1965) Composer: Mordecai Seter
Conductor’s score
Piano-rehearsal score, with choreographic notes
Conductor’s score, no. 2
Parts (woodwinds, brass, harp, celeste); Deschen parts for flute
Ink deschens, full score
Ink deschens, copyist parts, woodwinds and brass
Ink deschens, copyist parts, percussion-harp
Ink deschens, copyist parts, strings
Miscellaneous inserts
Passacaglia for Orchestra, op. 1 see Episodes: Part I
Penitente, El (1940) Composer: Louis Horst
Photocopy set of parts
Photocopy extra parts
Persichetti, Vincent see Eye of Anguish, The
Perspectives: Frontier and Marching Song see Frontier
Phaedra (1962) Composer: Robert Starer
Full score
Full score (arrarnge for seven instruments)
Ink full score
Piano-rehearsal score, without choreographic notes
Piano-rehearsal score, incomplete
Parts (flute, clarinet, English horn, bassoon, horn, percussion [4], piano, oboe, trumpet, trombone)
String parts (violin I, violin II, viola, cello, bass)
Full set of parts
“Tiento de Peña,” violin (ink) part
“Phaedra” Ozalid, violin I part
Deschens string parts
Phaedra’s Dream (1983) Composer: George Crumb
Parts
Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 21 see Tangled Night
Piano Variations see Dithyrambic
Plain of Prayer, The (1968) Composer: Eugene Lester
Poems of 1917 (1928) Composer: Leo Ornstein
Point of Crossing (1975) Composer: Mordecai Seter
Poulanc, Françoise see Momenta Rustica
Praeludium no. 2 see A Formal Dance
Prelude to Action(from Chronicle) (1936) Composer: Wallingford Riegger
Photocopied parts
Photocopied extra parts
Primitive Mysteries (1931) Composer: Louis Horst
Oboe part
Flute part
Ink piano score, with choreographic notes
Punch and the Judy (1941) Composer: Robert McBride
Photocopy piano score, no choreographic notes
Ozalid 2-piano version
Copyist’s parts, woodwinds
Copyist’s parts in ink, bassoon, horn, piano
Copyist’s parts in ink, violin I and violin II
Copyist’s parts in ink, viola, violoncello, double bass
Ozalid parts, alternate version
Riegger, Wallingford see Baccanale; Prelude to Action; Steps in the Street
Ribbink, Thomas see Canticle for Innocent Comedians
Rite of Spring (1984) Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Published score, revised version with reduced orchestra by Robert Rudolf
Photocopy published score, revised version with reduced orchestra by Robert Rudolf
Salem Shore (1943) Composer: Paul Nordoff
Ink full score reduction, with choreographic notes
Photocopy of full score reduction, with choreographic notes
Set of parts for 4 instruments
Ozalid full score for 7 instruments
Photocopy full score, with pencil emendations
Satyric Festival Song (1932) Composer: Arma, Paul [Imre Weisshaus]
Ink piccolo part, Satyric Festival Song
Scarlet Letter, The (1975) Composer: Hunter Johnson
Satie, Erik see Trois Gnossiennes
Schuman, William see Judith; Night Journey; Voyage; Witch of Endor
Secular Games (1962) Composer: Robert Starer
Published score and parts
Seraphic Dialogue see Triumph of St. Joan
Serenata, op. 13 see Serenata Morisca
Serenata Morisca (1916) Composer: Enrico Tarenghi
Photocopy full score, orchestrated by J. McPhee
Copyist transparency parts
Set of parts
Serpent Heart see Cave of the Heart
Seter, Mordecai see Legend of Judith; Part Real-Part Dream; Point of Crossing
Six Pieces, op. 6 see Episodes: Part I
Starer, Robert see Holy Jungle; Lady of the House of Sleep; Phaedra; Visionary Recital; Secular Games
Steps in the Street (1989) Composer: Wallingford Reigger
Steps in the Street, orchestrated by Justin Dello Joio (reduced)
Transparency master
Stravinsky, Igor see Rite of Spring
Stroman, Susan see But Not for Me
Surinach, Carlos see Acrobats of God; Embattled Garden; Owl and the Pussycat
Táncszviť[Dance Suite] see Temptations of the Moon
Tangled Night (1986) Composer: Klaus Egge
Published full scores (2)
Temptations of the Moon (1986) Composer: Béla Bartók
Ozalid published parts
Time of Snow, A (1968) Composer: Norman Dello Joio
Photocopy piano/vocal score, with choreographic notes
Toch, Ernst see Harlequinade
Transitions (1934) Composer: Lehman Engle
Trumpet part in ink
Triumph of St. Joan Symphony, The see Triumph of St. Joan
Triumph of St. Joan, The (1951) Composer: Norman Dello Joio
Ozalid full score, arranged for chamber orchestra by Abraham Skulsky
Ozalid parts (old set)
Copyist’s transparencies, parts
Ozalid string parts (new set)
Ozalid parts, extra parts
Sing parts
Trois Gnossiennes (1926) Composer: Erik Satie
Piano score for no. 2; photocopy laid in ink
Varèse, Edgar see Ecuatorial; Judith
Ved en Ung kunstners baare [At the Bier of a Young Artist] see Acts of Light
Visionary Recital (1961) Composer: Robert Starer
Voyage (1953) Composer: William Schuman
Published piano score, with choreographic notes
Ozalid parts, horn, piano
Webern, Anton see Episodes, Part I
Weisshaus, Imre see Satyric Festival Song
Wilderness Stair see Diversion of Angels
Witch of Endor (1965) Composer: William Schuman
Ozalid piano rehearsal score, with choreographic notes (vol 1)
Zamfir, [Geheorghe] see Flute of Pan
Supplementary Music
Music by Louis Horst, composed and/or arranged for the Martha Graham Dance technique classes, circa 1927-1929
Photocopy of above
Twenty-three pieces by Clifford Bowens, with audiocassette
Elite Sync by Adam Ben-David
Sonata for Two Violins by Mordecai Seter
Ricercar by Mordecai Seter
Chacone et Scherzo pour Piano by Mordecai Seter
Yemenite Suite by Mordecai Seter
Movement for Piano by Yeshiva Lakner
Sextett by Yeshiva Lakner
(score and parts: Fl, Ob, Cl in C, Cor in C, Fag, Piano)
String Quartet by Josef Tal
(Score and Parts: Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
Dance (duet for two flutes) by Josef Tal
Out of the Dust by Ben-Zion Orgad
Morning Stars for alto, flute, violin, viola, and cello by Ben-Zion Orgad
Celestial Spheres for alto, flute, violin, viola, and cello by Ben-Zion Orgad
Songs of Rahel by Abraham Daus (two violas and flute)
Chronique by Carlos Surinach
Two scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra by Samuel Barber
Lord Hear my Longing by Johann Sebastian Bach; orchestrated by Walton
Concerto for Derabucca and Strings by Halim El-Dabh
Music for Mouths, Marimba, Nbira, and Roto-toms by Malcolm Forsyth
Tomorrow the Festivals, op. 130 by Alan Hovaness
Sonata for Horn, Trumpet, and Trombone by François Poulanc
Notturno (Jacob’s Dream), op. 44 by Karol Rathaus
Night Music by George Rochberg
String Quartet by George Rochberg
Dance Sonata, op. 24 by Marion Bauer
Prelude by Paul Creston
Myriologue, A by David Diamond
Songs of an Ancient People, op. 10 by Lehman Engle
(piano sketch in ink; ozalid piano score)
Dance by Herbert Haufreucht
To Martha Graham by Charles Naginski
Dance by Paul Nordoff
Evocation by Wallingford Riegger
Eclogue by Dane Rudman
Dance by Elie Siegmeister
Six pieces for solo voice by Imre Weisshause
Four Songs by Pelkam Whyte
The Train to Johannisberg (composer unknown)
G by Carlos Chávez
Tarantella in E minor by W. Lomas
Tarentella, op. 26 by Théodore Lack
Toccata, op. 1 by Serge Prokofiev
3rd Gymnopédie by Erik Satie
Dance by Gustave Ferrari
Music from Louis Horst’s Dance classes
“Star Spangled Banner”
Dance Symphony by Aaron Copland
Fragments
Scrapbooks
The Martha Graham Collection contains an especially rich collection of Scrapbooks that span from 1926 to 1976. Documents contained within the scrapbooks include the official invitation from Germany to participate in the 1936 Olympics and Graham’s carbon copy of her refusal; transcripts of a German radio program from 1941; telegrams and notes of congratulations from luminaries such as Helen Hayes, Mary Wigman, Lincoln Kirstein, Sir Frederick Ashton, Svetlana Beriosova, and Michael Somes; and significant information on the Graham Company’s European tours during the Cold War. Other materials contained within the scrapbooks include invitations, speeches, fan mail, interviews, photographs, correspondence, reviews, and letters of tribute. For similar materials, the reader should see other parts of the collection, including Clippings; Programs; Writings By and About Martha Graham; and New York City Season and National and International Touring.
1936 Tour
1939 Tour
1940 Tour
1946 Tour
1950 Tour
1955 Tour (Asia)
1955 Tour (Singapore)
1955 Tour (Indonesia, Burma)
1955 Tour (Japan)
1955 Tour (India, Pakistan)
1955 Tour (Philippines)
1955 Tour (Japan) and 1955 NYC Season
1955-1956 Tour (Israel, Greece)
1956 Tour (India, Pakistan, Iran, Ceylon)
1957 Tour (Berlin)
1958 Tour (Israel)
1958 NYC Season
1959 NYC Season
1960 NYC Season
1960 Capezio Award; 1961 General
1961 NYC Season
1962 Tour (Israel)
1962 Tour (Turkey, Yugoslavia)
1962 Tour (Poland, Germany, Sweden)
1962 NYC Season
1962 Tour (Finland, Netherlands, Germany)
1963 (September-October "Congressional Issue"); 1963 (October Eskin Court Case)
1963 NYC Season
1963 Tour (Edinburgh Festival and London)
1970 Tour (U.S.)
1974 Tour (Asia)
1941-1951 Martha Graham Dance School and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
Photographic Material
The Photographic Material series consists of over 8,000 photographs, dating from Graham’s Denishawn days through the late 1980s. In addition, there are family photographs and a number of informal shots taken at fund-raising events by former Graham board chair, Arnold Weissberger.
Acrobats of God
Hinkson, McGehee, MG, Powell, other
Hinkson, McGehee, MG, Wood, others
Kanda, McGehee, MG, Winter, Wood, others
Kanda, MG, Wood
Kanda, Taylor
McGehee, MG, Wood
McGehee, MG, Wood (incl. negatives)
McGehee, Ross
McGehee, Wood
McGehee, MG, Winter
McGehee, MG, Winter (negatives)
MG (incl. negatives)
MG, Powell
MG, Powell, Wood
MG, Ross, Winter
MG, Ross, Winter, Wood
MG, Winter, Wood, [Yuriko], other
MG, Wood
MG, Wood, other
MG, Wood, Yuriko
Wood
Group (negative)
Contact sheets
Rehearsals for film
Proofs
Acts of Light
Asakawa, Walker
Dakin
Garay, White
Kimura
Lyman, Sparling
Lyman, Wengerd, group
Sparling
Adorations
Delamo, Eilber, Homsey, Lyman, Maloney, Sparling, WalkerDelamo, Eilber, Homsey, Maloney
Eilber, Lyman, McGuire
Gray, Maloney, Wengerd, Yu
Homsey, Maloney
Homsey, Maloney, other
Maloney, McGuire
Alcestis
Hodes (Linda), McGehee, MG, Winter, others
Kuch, Winter, others
MG, Ross
MG, Ross (incl. negative)
MG, Ross, Taylor
MG, Ross, Taylor, group
MG, Taylor
MG, group
MG, others
MG, women (negative)
Taylor
Taylor, MG, Wood, others
Taylor, others
Contact sheets/proofs
Group
Set
American Document
Hawkins
Hawkins, Maslow, women
Hawkins, MG
Andromache’s Lament
Brown, Ruddy
Foreman, Morin, Ruddy
Lyman
Ruddy
Appalachian Spring
Asakawa, Gutelius, Lapsezon, other
Asakawa, Gutelius, Lapsezon, Wood (Marne), other
Capucilli, Littleford
Carter
Carter, other
Carter, Gutelius
Carter, Gutelius, Walker, others
Cohan, Turney, Winter
Cohan, Turney, Winter, others
Cohan, Winter, others
Cole, Hinkson, McGehee, Yuriko
Cole, Hinkson, others
Cole, Hodes, McGehee, MG, Ross, Turney, Winter, Yuriko
Cole, Hodes, MG, Ross, Turney, Winter, Yuriko
Eilber, others [Kimura, Wengerd]
Fonaroff, Lang, Mazia, MG, O’Donnell, Yuriko
Gray, Wengerd
Gutelius
Gutelius, Walker, others
Hawkins, Cunningham, others
Hawkins, Cunningham, MG, O’Donnell
Hawkins, MG, O’Donnell, Lang, Yuriko, other
Hawkins, MG, O’Donnell, others
Hawkins, MG, other
Hodes (Stuart)
Hodes (Stuart), MG
Hodes, McGehee, MG, Ross, Turney, Winter, Yuriko
Hodes (Stuart), MG, Ross, Turney
Hodes, Turney
Kimura, Sparling, Wengerd
Kimura, Wengerd
Kimura, [Wengerd], others
Lang
Littleford
Lyman, Sparling, chorus
MG (negative)
MG, O’Donnell
Nureyev, others [Eilber]
O’Donnell
Rooks
Ross
Sherman
Walker
Walker, others
Wengerd
White (Larry)
Winter
Winter, others
Unidentified
Slides (color)
Scene drawings
The Archaic House
Cohan, Louther, Ross, Thompson, others
Cohan, Powell, Ross, others
Dakin, [Thompson], others
Dakin, group
Ardent Song
Cohan, Lang, Wood
Hodes, McGehee, Taylor, Wood; Hodes, McGehee, Taylor, Wood,other
McGehee
Canticle for Innocent Comedians
Cohan, McGehee
Cole, Hinkson, Hodes (Linda and Stuart)
Cole, Hodes (Linda and Stuart)
Hinkson
Hinkson, and others
Hodes (Linda and Stuart), Wood
Lang, Ross
Lapsezon
Ross, Yuriko
Yuriko
Cave of the Heart
Asakawa
Asakawa, Hart, Parkes
Brown, Capucilli
Buglisi, White
Cohan, McGehee, Turney, Yuriko
Cohan, McGehee, Yuriko; Eilber (postcard)
Gray
Gray, Kimura
Hawkins, MG, O’Donnell, Yuriko; MG, O’Donnell, Yuriko
Hawkins, Yuriko
Homsey, Wengerd
Kimura, and other
MG, O’Donnell; MG, O’Donnell, Yuriko
Monte
Monte, Parkes
Turney
Washington, Wengerd
White, Wilber
Circe
Gain, Hinkson, [McDonald], Powell
Gain, Hinkson, Powell
Gain, Hinkson, Powell, [Randazzo]
Gain, Hinkson, Powell (incl. negatives)
Gain, Hinkson, others
Gain, Ross, Thompson
Garay
Garay, Morin, White
Hinkson, [McDonald], [Randazzo], [Ross], Thompson, other
Hinkson, [McDonald], [Randazzo], Thompson, others
Hinkson, Powell, Randazzo
Hinkson, Powell, Randazzo, Ross, Thompson
Hinkson, Powell, Ross
Hinkson, Ross, Thompson, other
Hinkson, Thompson, others
Powell
Ross, Thompson
Ross, Thompson, others
Thompson
Clytemnestra
Asakawa, Chase, Homsey
Asakawa, Chase, others
Asakawa, Parkes
Asakawa, Powell
Asakawa, other
Capucilli, Foreman, Littleford
Cohan
Cohan, Graff
Cohan, McGehee, MG
Foreman, Lyman, Sherman
Foreman, others
Gain
Gain, MG, Ross
Graff
Graff, McGehee, MG
Graff, McGehee, MG, Ross, Wagoner, other
Graff, MG, Ross, other
Hodes (Linda)
Kuch
Kuch, Ross, Wagoner, Yuriko
Kuch, Wagoner, Yuriko, other
Kuch, other
Littleford, Lyman, Rooks
Lyman, Rioult
McDonald
McDonald, McGehee, MG, Ross
McDonald, McGehee, MG, Ross, other
McDonald, McGehee, Ross
McDonald, MG, Ross
McDonald, McGehee, MG, Ross, Taylor, Turney, Winter, Yuriko
McDonald, MG, Ross, other [Graff]
McDonald, MG, Turney, other
[McDonald], MG, Ross, Turney
McDonald, MG, Ross, Turney
McDonald, MG, Winter
McDonald, MG, other
McDonald, Winter; McDonald, Winter, other
McGehee, others
McGehee, MG, Ross (incl. negative)
McGehee, MG, Ross, Taylor
MG, Ross, others
MG, Yuriko, others
MG, spear bearers
Ross, Yuriko, others
Cortege of Eagles
Cohan, Cohen, MG, Powell, Randozzo,Winter
Cohan, MG, Ross, Cohen, Powell
Cohan, MG, Ross, others
MG, Powell, others
MG, Robinson, Ross, Wood, others
White [George]
Dancing Ground
Asakawa, McGehee, Powell
Asakawa, McGehee, Powell, others
McGehee, Powell
McGehee, Powell, group
McGehee, group
Women
Dark Meadow
Cohan, Hodes (Linda)
Hawkins, MG; Hodes (Stuart), others
Hinkson, Ross; Hinkson, Ross, Wood, Yuriko
Hodes (Stuart), Yuriko, others
Kimura, Lyman
Kimura, others
Lang, Winter, Yuriko
McLain
MG, other
Turney, MG
Slides
Deaths and Entrances
Butler (incl. negative)
Butler (John and Ethel), Cunningham, Dudley, Fonaroff, Hawkins, Lang, Maslow, MG
Butler, Cunningham, Dudley, Hawkins, Maslow, MG
Butler, Cunningham, Hawkins, Horan, MG
Butler, Cunningham, Horan, Maslow, MG
Butler, Fonaroff, Lang, MG
Butler, Hawkins, MG (negative)
Butler, MG (incl. negative)
Capucilli
Capucilli, Garay, Giovanola
Capucilli, Morin
Capucilli, Morin, Rooks
Cohan, Hodes (Stuart)
Cohen, Hinkson, Ross, Walker
Cohen, Hinkson, Turney; Cohen, Hinkson, Walker
Cunningham, Hawkins, MG
Dudley, Maslow, MG
Garay, Giovanola
Gray, Hinkson, Kimura; Gutelius, Hinkson, Kuch, Ross, Turney
Gutelius, Newton
Gutelius, Newton, Parkes
Hinkson, Kuch
Hodes
Morin, Rooks
Deep Song
Diversion of Angels
Asakawa, Chao, Delamo, Homsey, Mitchell
Cohan, Lang
Cohan, Winter
Dakin, Terborgh
Delamo, Kimura, Lyman
Delamo, Kimura, Tuddy
Delamo, Kimura, others
Delamo, Lyman
Eilber
Eilber, Wengerd
Hart, Wengerd
Hinkson, Powell, Winter
Hinkson, Powell, Winter (incl. negative)
Hinkson, Ross
Kimura, Lyman, others
Lyman; Lyman, other
Ross, others
Winter, others (incl. negative)
Group (incl. negative)
Unidentified (negative)
Ecuatorial
Delamo, Kimura
Ekstasis
Embattled Garden
Hinkson, other
Kimura, Lyman, Maloney, Parkes
Kimura, Maloney
Kimura, Ross (incl. two negatives)
Kimura, Ross, other
[Ross], Turney, other
Ross, Tetley, Turney, Yuriko
Ross, other (negative)
Unidentified (incl. negative)
Episodes
MG, Ross, Wilson [in rehearsal]
MG, Wilson
MG, Wilson, others; MG, group
Wilson; Wilson, others
Errand into the Maze
Brown, Monte
Capucilli, White (Larry)
McGehee, Thompson
Thompson; Thompson, Turney; Turney
Slides/negatives
Every Soul Is a Circus
Asakawa, others
Birch, Ross
Butler, Cunningham, Flier, Marohowsky, Mazia, Hawkins, MG
Cunningham, Mazia, Flier, Butler, Maslow
MG, Cunningham
MG, Dudley, Hawkins
Eye of Anguish
Cohan, Ross
The Flute of Kirshna
Sabin, set, various groups and individuals
Flute of Pan
Frescoes
Brown
Brown, Lyman; Lyman, chorus
Lyman, Wengerd
Lyman, Wengerd, chorus
Frontier
Heretic
Hérodiade
MG (incl. negative)
MG, O’Donnell (small size)
Imperial Gesture
Judith
Asakawa, White
Brown [Charles]
Brown, Foreman, Lyman, Wengerd, White
Brown [David]
Capucilli, White
Foreman; Foreman, Monte
Lyman, Wengerd, other(s)
Lyman, others
White
Men
Lady of the House of Sleep
Louther
MG, and other(s)
Lamentation
Legend of Judith
Cain
Lyman, MG, Ross
MG, Ross; MG, Ross, other
MG, Ross, other (incl. negative)
MG, Thompson, Yuriko
Letter to the World
Butler, MG
Cohan, MG
Dudley, Hawkins, MG
Dudley, Lang, McGehee, MG, Yuriko
Dudley, Lang, McGehee, Yuriko
Dudley, women
Erdman, MG
Lang, other
A Look at Lightning
Hodes (Linda), Powell
Powell, Ross
[Powell], Ross, Turney
Powell, Ross, Turney, other
Lucifer
Delamo
Marionette Show
Biracree, MacDonald, Sabin
Mendicants of Evening
Group and contact sheets
Myth of a Voyage
Night Journey
Birch, McGehee, MG, Ross, Turney
Cohan, MG, Ross
Foreman, Lyman
Gray, Lyman, Wengerd, others
Gray, Maloney, Wengerd
Gray, Nureyev
Gray, Parkes
Gray, Parkes, Walker
Hawkins, chorus
Hawkins, Lang, chorus
Hawkins, MG, chorus
Kimura, Walker
MG, Ross, chorus
MG, Taylor; MG, Taylor, chorus
Nureyev
Parkes
Ross, chorus
Ross, chorus (negative)
Ross, Winter
Ross, Winter, chorus
Chorus
Contact sheets/proofs (small)
O Thou Desire Who Art About to Sing
Monte (incl. contact sheets)
Monte, Wengerd
One More Gaudy Night
The Owl and the Pussycat
Brown, Monte, Salvatori, White
Dakin, Kimura, Mitchell, Sparling, Tyers, Wengerd
Dakin, Mitchell, Tyers
Eilber, Kimura, Wengerd
Kimura, Minnelli, Sparling, Terborgh, Wengerd, dolphin chorus
Kimura, Minnelli, Terborgh, Wengerd
Kimura, Terborgh
Kimura, Wengerd, White
MG, Minnelli; Minnelli
Minnelli, dolphin chorus
Minnelli, Wengerd
Monte, Salvatori
Salvatori
Stewart
Part Real-Part Dream
Cohan, Hinkson, Ross, Turney
Cohan, Turney
Hinkson, Turney, other
Ross, Turney
El Penitente
Brown, Buglisi, Hochoy
McDonald, Wood (David), Wood (Marne)
Contact sheet
Persephone
Phaedra
Cohan, Hodes (Linda), Powell
Cohan, McGehee, MG, Ross, Winter
[Cohan], MG
Cohan, MG (negative)
Cohan, MG, Winter
Eilber, Sparling; Eilber, Sparling, Wengerd
Gain, Hodes (Linda), Powell, other
Gain, [Powell], Thompson, Winter, Wood, others (incl. negative)
Hinkson, Hodes, McGehee, MG, Turney
Homsey
Homsey, others
McGehee, MG, Ross, Winter
MG, Winter
Winter (incl. negative)
Unidentified negatives
Groups
Phaedra’s Dream
Capucilli, Rooks, White
Dakin, Morin, White
Dakin, others
Morin
The Plain of Prayer
Eilber, Sparling
Contact sheet/color slides
Point of Crossing
Parkes, Smith
Primitive Mysteries
Gutelius, group
Yuriko, group
Yuriko, group (incl. negative)
Punch and the Judy
Cunningham, Hawkins, MG, others
Rite of Spring
Capucilli, White, other
White, group
Salem Shore
Sarabande from Transitions
The Scarlet Letter
Eilber, Homsey, Nureyev
Secular Games
Eilber, Maloney
Fisher, MG, Thompson [in rehearsal]
Fisher, Thompson
McGehee, Thompson (negative)
Powell, Randazzo, Thompson
Powell, others; Randazzo, others
Seraphic Dialogue
Dakin, McLain, Tyers, White
Dakin, Walker, others
Dakin, White
Delamo, Eilber
Delamo, Eilber, McLain, Monte, Tyers; Delamo, McLain, Mitchell, Tyers; Delamo, McLain, Monte, Tyers
Delamo, Gray
Delamo, McLain, Tyers
Eilber, McLain, White
Eilber, White
Gutelius, Ross, Winter
Hinkson, Ross, others
Hinkson, others
Hodes, McGehee, Winter, Yuriko (incl. negative)
Hodes, Ross
Hodes, Ross (negative)
Homsey, Walker
Kanda
McGehee, Ross, Stevens, Turney, other
McGehee, Ross, Winter, other
McGehee, Ross, others
[Ross] (incl. negative)
Ross, Turney, others
Ross, Winter, others
van der Hoeven
White, other
Yuriko, others
Song
Barnes, Sparling
Tangara from Trois Gnossiennes
Tangled Night
Dakin, Foreman, other
Temptations of the Moon
Capucilli, White, others
A Time of Snow
Lapzseon, MG
Lapsezon, MG, Ross; Lapsezon, MG, Ross, other
Two Primitive Canticles
Voyage/Theatre for a Voyage
MG, Ross; Set
Other Performance Photographs
Graham, Georgia (with Denishawn)
Miscellaneous contact sheets
Unidentified performance photographs
Martha Graham Alone
Age 2
At airport
Bennington College, 1938
Columbia University (in performance), 1935
Denishawn
Denishawn School
Dogs
Early roles, (1920s-1930s)
Early roles
Edinburgh, 1963
Greenwich Village Follies, 1924
Headshots
Madonna
Outdoors (by tree)
Painting
Princess of Isis, 1916
Pyramid to Quetzalcóatl, Teotihuacán, Mexico
Santa Barbara, California
Sarah Lawrence, 1937
Stage shot
Stonehenge, 1967
Various roles
Wearing kimono
Youth
Miscellaneous
Martha Graham with Others
Bolshoi Ballet at the Metropolitan Opera, 1966
Capucilli, Terborgh at rehearsal for Rite of Spring
Cohan, Hinkson, Hodes (Linda), McGehee, Ross, Turney, Wood in rehearsal
Cohan, McGehee, MG in rehearsal
Coolidge, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague
Copland, Aaron
Copland, Nureyev, MG (contact sheet)
Dance group
Dance group (1920s)
DeMille, Agnes
DeMille, Horst, other
DeMille; Schuman, William
Denishawn School dancers
Denishawn on tour
Ford, Betty; Ford, Betty with others, 1975
Ford, Betty and dancers
Ford, Gerald and Betty
Halston; Minnelli; Peck, Gregory
Halston; Tiegs, Cheryl; other
Halston, others
Hawkins and others
Hinkson, Ross, Turney, and others (contact sheet)
Horst, Louis (in Graham’s studio), 1938
Horst, others (in Graham’s studio), 1938
Kelly, Gene; Reagan, Nancy; and others
Legarda, Mrs. Trinidad
Minnelli
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, and others at rehearsal
Protas, Ron
Malagueña with Ted Shawn, 1922
Sargent, Georgia (sister)
Sills, Beverly
St. Denis, Ruth
Taj Mahal
White House, 1976
White House, 1976 Metal of Freedom
Yuriko and students in rehearsal
Unidentified groups
Unidentified contact sheets
Unidentified negatives and slides
Family Members with Graham
Aunt Ree, father, Georgia (sister), Lizzie (Elizabeth Prendergast), Mary (sister), uncle; Aunt Ree, Georgia, Lizzie, Mary, mother, uncle
Georgia, Mary
Georgia, Mary, mother
Georgia, Mary, William (brother)
Mary
Mary, mother
Mother
Miscellaneous family
Family Members (no Graham)
Aunt Ree
[Aunt Ree], mother
Father (George Greenfield Graham)
Georgia
Georgia, Lizzie (Elizabeth Prendergast), Mary
Georgia, Mary, William
Georgia, mother
Grandmother, great-grandmother
Grandmother, mother, others
Mother (Jane Beers Graham)
Parents; parents with children; unidentified large group
William
Miscellaneous family members
Special Events and Tours (Graham with others)
Bloomingdale’s event (contact sheet), 1981
Family of Man Awards dinner, 1968
Berlin, 1956-1957
India, 1950s
Indonesia, 1955
Lecture/demonstration in Cologne, Germany, 1962
Lecture/demonstration at Lincoln Center
Martha Graham Center (contact sheets), 1971-1972
Philippines
Portugal
Rehearsal for Primitive Mysteries (Horst, MG, dancers, dog), 1931
Rehearsal for Primitive Mysteries (Yuriko, Hodes [Linda]), 1982
Rehearsal for Rite of Spring, 1984
Taiwan
White House (Gerald and Betty Ford and others)
Other People/Places (no Graham)
Alvarez, Anita
Asakawa, Takako at Carnegie Hall; Asakawa, Takako at the New York World’s Fair, 1936-1937
Bird, Bonnie
Bird, Dorothy
Butler, John and other (Bennington College)
Chase, David (contact sheet)
Cunningham, Merce (technique demonstration)
De Valois, Ninette, 1961
Denishawn Company
Dietrich, Marlene (postcard)
Duncan, Isadora
Gutelius, Phyllis
Halston
Hinkson, Mary
Horst
Horst, St. Denis
Horst, others
Kinch, Myra
Lyman, Peggy
MacDonald, Betty; Sabin, Evelyn
Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
McDonald, Gene
McGehee, Helen
McGehee, Helen; Ross, Bertram
Minnelli, Liza
Minnelli, Liza; Peck, Gregory
Native American
Nureyev, Rudolf
O’Donnell, May (Bennington College), 1938
Powell, Lillian and other in Julnar of the Sea
Powell, Robert
Repertory Playhouse Associates
Ross, Bertram
Roosevelt, Eleanor
(?) de Rothschild
Shawn, Ted
Shawn, Ted and Ruth St. Denis
Shawn and St. Denis in Jonas of the Sea
Sherman, Maxine in The Incense
Sparling, Peter
St. Denis
Swanson, Gloria and her husband
Thompson, Clive
Tully, Alice and other
Turney, Matt
Weiss, Jerome
Winter, Ethel
Wood, David
White House performance
Rome (sculpture)
Statues
Temple of Dundar
Woodpile
Miscellaneous and Unidentified Photographs
Bennington College
China (Denishawn tour)
Carnegie Hall, 1989
Israel (en route)
Malaysia (Hodes and others)
Mexico
Technique demonstration
Annual June course, 1945
Artwork of P Chann
Cover of November 1950 The Atlantic
Car accident, 1977
Doves
Graham's home in Santa Barbara
Louis Horst Memorial Chair, Jacob’s Pillow
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
Noguchi sets and models
Spanish mission church
Temple of Dundar (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
White Sands National Monument
Winter Garden, World Financial Center, 1989
Unidentified individuals
Unidentified groups of people
Photographs by Arnold Weissberger, 1974-1975
MG (alone); Performances (miscellaneous); Frontier
Photographs by Arnold Weissberger, Rehearsal shots (miscellaneous), 1974
Lamentations
“Pas de Deux” from White Swan
Photographs by Arnold Weissberger, Performance shots, 1974
MG, Paul Newman, Betty FordMG and Andy WarholMG and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.MG and Betty FordMG, Mrs. Igor Stravinsky, and othersMG and others
Photographs by Arnold Weissberger
Album #9, 1972 Album #10, 1975 Album #11, 1976 Album #12, 1980
Photo Album from Carroll Russell
Album #1: Far East trip (dinner party at the Rice Bowl)Album #2: Far East trip (dinner party at the Rice Bowl)
Album #3: Far East tripAlbum #4: Indonesia (Indonesian dance poses)
Album #5: Iran tourAlbum #6: Rubin Academy, Israel
Album #7: Family albumAlbum #8: Georgia Graham and friends
Clippings
The Clippings series contains newspaper and other periodical reviews and articles about Martha Graham and the Martha Graham Dance Company, ranging from 1925 to 1996. A more extensive collection of reviews is contained in the Scrapbooks series.
pre-1990s (n.d.)
Public Relations, Fundraising, and Special Events
The Public Relations, Fundraising, and Special Events series consists of sponsor lists, potential donors, information on corporate and foundation solicitations, press releases, business plans, general public relations materials, grant proposals, and correspondence relating to the 1966 fundraising campaign. This series also contains flyers and posters dating from the 1920s to the 1990s as well as information on special events, galas, and benefits. The materials span 1947 to 1996.
1987 journal ads
1987 journal ads (contracts)
1987-1988 fundraising report
1988 business plan
1988 guild membership campaign
1989 business plan
Potential donors, directors, and advisory council members
Plan for Martha Graham dancewear
Staff/artist biographies; notes on repertory
Program for the future
Plan for debt reduction, undated
Martha Graham Dance, undated
Grant Proposals and Letters of Inquiry
Jerome Foundation, 1979 Doris Duke Foundation, 1988 Liz Claiborne Foundation, 1988 Wang Machines, 1988 ABC Television Network, 1989 American Tobacco Co., 1989 American Airlines, 1989 Chase Manhattan Bank, 1989 Helena Rubinstein Foundation, 1989 Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, 1989 SER, 1989 AT&T Foundation, 1990 Chase Manhattan Bank, 1990 Cosmair, Inc., 1990 Crédit Agricole, 1990 Crum and Forster Foundation, 1990 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., 1990 Educational Foundation of America, 1991 EPAC, Inc., 1991
Cowles Charitable TrustELF Atochem North America, 1994 New York Community Trust, 1994 Owen Cheatham Foundation, 1994 Booth Ferris Foundation, 1995-1996(?) Hecksher Foundation for Children, 1995
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, 1995 Metropolitan Life Foundation, 1995 National Initiative to Preserve American Dance, 1995 Heathcote Art Foundation, 1995
Coca Cola Company, 1996
Coca Cola Company, 1993-1996
Graham Next, 1994 A Chance to Dance (Lincoln Center), 1995
Fund for Dance, 1993-1994
Department of Cultural Affairs, 1989
Educational outreach programs funding, 1994-1995
New York State Council on the Arts applications, 1971-1973
New York State Council on the Arts applications, 1974-1975
National Endowment for the Arts application, 1973
National Endowment for the Arts, challenge grant, 1983
National Endowment for the Arts, 1987
National Endowment for the Arts, 1988
National Endowment for the Arts, final report, 1989
1966 Fundraising Campaign
Undated or unidentified
School-related materials
Lists/Public relations
Film projects
Miro lithograph fundraising project, 1975-1976
Public Relations
Warhol purchases, 1987
Flyers and posters, 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s
Flyers and posters, 1960s
Flyers and posters, 1970s; 1983; 1984; 1985
Flyers and posters, 1986; 1987; 1988
Flyers and posters, 1988; 1989
Flyers and posters, 1990s
Flyers and posters, undated
Flyers and posters: non-Graham
Special Events
Tribute to Martha Graham, 1974
50th anniversary season, 1975
Celebration tribute to Alexander Calder, 1977
Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera House, 1978
A celebration for Halston, 1979
55th anniversary season, 1980
Gala world premiere, Washington, D.C., 1981 “A Halston Night for Martha Graham,” 1981
Martha Graham Guild gala garden party, 1982
Soiree de Gala, 1984
February tribute year, 1984
Los Angeles tribute to Martha Graham, 1984
Martha Graham School gala, 1984
World premiere gala, 1985 “A Supper on the Côte d’Azur,” 1985
60th anniversary celebration, Philadelphia, 1986
60th anniversary diamond jubilee, 1986
“Temptations of the Moon,” 1986
“Peggy Sue Got Married,” 1986
Cake sale gala, 1987
New York City season gala, 1987
“A Diamond for Martha,” 1987
Cake sale, 1987
New York City season gala, 1988
Night journey harbor cruise, 1988
Open rehearsal, 1988
Special evening for the Gotham Chapter of YPO, 1988
“In the American Grain” gala, 1989
“American Document” gala, 1989
Night journey harbor cruise, 1989
Suzanne Vega/Philip Glass benefit, 1989
Boston gala, 1989
Cake sale, 1989
Homage to Martha (Sotheby’s), 1989
96th birthday celebration, 1990
64th anniversary gala, 1990
“A Valentine for Martha”
Celebration of the publication of Blood Memory, 1991
66th anniversary gala, 1992
“Champagne on Ice,” 1992
Harbor cruise, 1992
“Kick-Off-Your-Shoes,” 1993
67th anniversary gala, 1993
“Radical Graham,” 1994
Centennial celebration, 1994
New York City season gala, 1995
New York City Seasons and National and International Tours, 1948-1996
The New York City Seasons and National and International Tours series consists of correspondence, memoranda, telefaxes, telegrams, cast lists, budgets, and itineraries for the Graham Company’s New York City seasons and national and international tours between 1948 and 1996. Further information on the New York City seasons and touring can be found in Correspondence; Scrapbooks; Production Elements; and Public Relations, Fundraising, and Special Events.
1974 Asia tour
1989-1990 Asia tour
1996 Australia tour
Undated cast and repertory lists
Tour contact sheets
Requirements list for tours, undated
Choreographic Notebooks
The Choreographic Notebooks series contains notebooks of ideas, sketches, steps, and steps sequences for approximately twenty-three of Graham’s choreographic works. Many were published in 1973 as The Notebooks of Martha Graham, with an introduction by Nancy Wilson Ross and published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. The piano-rehearsal scores found in the Music Inventory series often contain choreographic notes.
In the End is My Beginning (Mary Queen of Scots)
I Salute My Love
Clytemnestra; Canticle for Innocent Comedians
Heloise; Time of Snow (Later thoughts on Heloise and Abelard)
Witch of Endor and Circe
Notes for dances never choreographed
Choreographic studies for Clytemnestra and Alcestis
The Dark Meadow of the Soul
Miscellaneous notes (Errand into the Maze)
Studies for Saint Joan, Heloise and Abelard, and Phaedra
Every Soul is a Circus
Medea (Cave of the Heart)
Herodiade
Panorama and Formal Dance
Hecuba (Cortege of Eagles)
Correspondence
The Correspondence series in the Martha Graham Collection is divided into two sections. The first covers the day-to-day activities of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and the Martha Graham School. The letters (some carbon copies and xeroxes), memoranda, telefaxes, and telegrams are arranged chronologically by year. The correspondence is not inclusive, but covers activities from 1930 to 1996, with the majority of items from the 1980s and 1990s. The series also contains consignments, contracts, letters of agreement, promissory notes, and licenses, as well as correspondence, agendas, and member lists for the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance Board of Trustees and legal documents relating to the day-to-day activities of the Center. The second section consists of correspondence to and from Martha Graham that was unrestricted in 2008. Finally there are twelve containers of correspondence determined to be of a personal nature that are currently restricted.
Correspondence Dealing with Activities of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and the Martha Graham School
Letters, Memoranda, Telefaxes, and Telegrams
Undated items; letter fragments; unknown senders
Fan mail; cards and invitations
Consignments, Contracts, Letters of Agreement, Promissory Notes, and Licenses
American National Theatre and Academy, 1948 Isadora Bennett, 1948 Juilliard School of Music, 1952 Nathan Kroll, 1956 Martha Graham Foundation for Contemporary Dance, Inc., 1966
Adams Productions, 1970 Brooklyn College of CUNY (Shaw Concerts), 1970 State University of New York, Binghamton, 1970 Kritas Productions, Athens, 1971 New York State Council on the Arts, 1972 Alvin Theatre, 1973 Takako Asakawa, 1973 Feller Scenery Studios, 1973 Four Star Stage Lighting, 1973 Lake Placid Association, 1973 Merlin Group, Ltd., 1973 National Public Television, 1973-1975 Dance Notation Bureau, Inc., [197-?] C.F. Peters Corporation, 1973 David Hatch Walker, 1973
Columbia Artists, 1974 Department of State, 1974 Far East Conference, 1974 Feller Scenery Studios, Inc., 1974 Kazuko Hillyer International, Inc., 1974 Nippon Cultural Centre, 1974 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1975 Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 1976 Pace University/Schimel Center for the Arts, 1979
Alison Dodd, 1980 55th Street Dance Theater Foundation, 1982 “A Diamond for Martha” auction agreement, 1986 WNET/Thirteen, 1988 Art Planning, 1989 Doubleday, 1989 Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 1989 National Corporate Fund for Dance, Inc., 1989 Sotheby’s, 1989 Paul Szilard Productions, Inc., 1989 WNET/Thirteen, 1989
Chase Manhattan Bank, 1990 Spain ’92 Foundation, 1990 (2) Creative Artists Agency, Inc., 1991 L’Opera de Paris, 1991 Carl Fischer, 1992 City Center, 1992 Gedeon Saul, 1992 Juilliard School, 1992 Marymount Manhattan College, 1992
Chase Manhattan Bank, 1993 Marymount Manhattan College, 1993 North American Watch, 1993 Isamu Noguchi Foundation, 1995 PaceWildenstein, 1996 WNET/Thirteen, 1996 (2) Contract Proposal for Ballet Companies, United Scenic Artists, Local 829, undated Release, Dance in America, undated Television Espanola, S.A., undated
Contract fragments (1st or 1st and 2nd pages), undated; 1973; 1975; 1990; 1991
Correspondence and Materials Related to the Board of Trustees and Legal Documents, 1968-1988
Minutes, Board of Trustees
Agendas, Board of Trustees
Lists of members, Board of Trustees
Legal documents: United States Department of Justice, Notice of Approval or Extension of Nonimmigrant Visa Petition, 1988 Department of Treasury non-509 (a) determination, 1975 Bylaws of the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Inc., undated Certification of Incorporation, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance; Certificate of Change of Name of Martha Graham Foundation for Contemporary Dance to Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, 1968 Consent of Sole Surviving Member/Incorporator, 1987
Unrestricted Correspondence
To Martha Graham
Armstrong (US Ambassador)
Baer, Joseph
Baity, Elizabeth Chesley
Barton, Craig
Batchelder, William H.
Bentley, Eric
Brennecke, Tom (to and from)
Buchanan, Wiley T. [US Ambassador to Austria, 1975-1977]
Carson, Mrs. G. Prentice
Chavda, Shiavax
Council of Fashion Designers
Curtis, Donald (Church of Religious Science)
Dance News Invitation-Chamié, Tatiana
Davis, I.
Fine, Michael [Cunningham Dance Foundation]
Fischer, Barry
Fonteyn, Margot
Ford, Betty
Furse, Anna
Goldberg, H.
Goodkind, Louis W.
Graham Dance Company (card to Martha)
Graham, Martha (solicitations)
Graham School
Hare, Raymond (US Ambassador to Turkey, 1961-1965)
Harkness, Mrs. William H.
Hendelson, Margaret
Highet, Helen
Hindemith, Paul (assistant to)
Hoffman, May Foke
Hovhaness, Alan
Jackson, David
Johns, Jasper (from Martha Graham)
Jones, Lewis
Kanda, Akiko
Kawakami, Takako
Kenedy, Hailou
Kikuchi, Yuriko
Kirstein, Lincoln
Kuypens, John M.
Lalaounis, Ilias
Leona, Margaret
Leonard, Fox, Ltd. [rare books]
Liebenberg, Jean
MacArthur, Gray [New York State Council on the Arts]
Masrty-Ané, C.
Masani, Mrs. M. R.
McBean, Angus
McCormick, K.D.
Menotti, Gian Carlo
Merola, James
Morgan, Barbara
Moschopoulos, Paris
Newhouse, Mitzi
Ohba, Sab.
Onassis, Jackie
Parsons, J. Graham [US Ambassador to Stockholm 1961-1965]
Price, Richard
Ralph M. Chait Gallery
Robbins, Jerome
Rothschild, Bethsabee de
Taggard, Genevieve
Taylor, Conni
Tcherepnin, Ming & Alexander
Thompson, Daryl
Thomson, Virgil
Tucker, John A.
Tully, Alice
Welch, Mary
Wigman, Mary
Wilson, Dwight
Windhausen, Wolfgang
Xu, Han [Ambassador from People’s Republic of China to US 1985-1989]
Zemach, Benjamin [University of Judaism]
From Martha Graham
Barber, Samuel
Dello Joio, Norman
De Mille, Agnes
Rabin, Arnold
Restricted Correspondence
Production Elements
The Production Elements series consists of information relating to the New York City season performances and touring, including hanging plots, light plots and light cue tracks, call sheets, and condition reports. The lighting, set, and costume designers include Jean Rosenthal, Rouben Ter-Arutunian, Isamu Noguchi, Donna Karan, Beverly Emmons, Jennifer Tipton, and Thomas Skelton.
Equipment lists: Fall tour, 1970 Blossom Festival, undated
Condition reports, 1973, 1991
Orchestra requirements, undated
Shipments: London, 1963 European tour, 1967 Mexico City, 1968
Hanging plots: Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1967 Saville Theatre, London, 1967 Unidentified, undated
Lighting cues
Performance venue technical sheets
Light and hanging plots for 1974 tour
Hanging plot, lighting plot, and main scaffold in elevation for Episodes
Light plot by Jean Rosenthal for the Long Island Festival, 1967
Light plot, Blossom Festival, undated
Light plot by Jean Rosenthal for North American tour, 1989
Light plot, Israel tour, 1958
Light cue track for Part Real – Part Dream, 1968
Light cue track for Cortege of Eagles, [1967?]
Light plot by Jean Rosenthal for 1960 New York City season, 54th Street Theatre
Light plot by Thomas Skelton for the American Dance Festival, 1961
Section plot by Thomas Skelton for the American Dance Festival, 1962
Board hookup, 1962 Broadway season, 54th Street Theatre
Light plot and hanging plot, New York City Center season, 1969
Light plot, 54th Street Theatre, 1968
Light plot by lighting designers: Beverly Emmons, Jean Rosenthal, Jennifer Tipton, Thomas Skelton for the American Dance Festival, Connecticut College, 1967
Hanging, stage, and auditorium sections for Edinburgh International Festival and photographs of the venues
Donna Karan costume designs
Sketches for set design by Isamu Noguchi
Section light plot (preliminary plot), American Dance Festival, Connecticut College, 1967
Elevation, hanging plot, and light plot from 1960 New York City season, 54th Street Theatre
1963 New York City season, Lunt Fontanne Theatre light plot by Jean Rosenthal; Tormenters
Architects drawings for Space Theater for Dance and Noguchi sets (architects: Isamu Noguchi/Fuller & Sadao, Inc.), 1975
Touring light and hanging plots, 1974
Light and hanging plots, 1970 Fall tour
Elevation, Adelphi Theatre, New York City, 1958-1961
From One More Gaudy Night: ground plan and elevation, design by Jean Rosenthal; stool and moon set plans; elevations and boat
From Phaedra, Broadway 1962/Connecticut College 1962, cue sheet with scenery, set pieces, props
From Night Journey, 54th Street Theatre, New York City 1960, cue sheet
Call sheet (cast and crew), 1961 April 10
Basic touring light and hanging plots, 1970 (revised 1973)
Visionary recital for Martha Graham, 1961 March 8; Ground plan, design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Louis Horst memorial, American Dance Festival, light plots, 1964
House fronts and Cyc Border; Graham draperies and torms, Israel and Europe, 1962
Empire Theater, Edinburgh, electric layout, 1963
Martha Graham 1962 European tour, equipment layout
1966 U.S. tour, light plot, lighting by Jean Rosenthal; ground plan
Hartwell Theatre, lighting and rigging
Crate list and shipping lists
Unidentified production items
List of Noguchi sets and props
Special Projects
The Special Projects series consists of materials that relate to activities of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance between 1973 and 1992. It contains letters, memoranda, faxes, telegrams, and other items (notes, budgets, itineraries) for a number of ventures, including the 1973 summer Lake Placid, New York residency; the 1993 patrons tour to Spain; the Marymount Choreographers Project, 1988 and 1992; and special projects with sculptor Isamu Noguchi from 1982 to 1985.
MGCCD summer 1973 Lake Placid, New York residency
MGCCD patrons tour to Spain, 1993
MGCCD art planning, Rimini, Italy, 1988-1990
MGCCD 1990 Spain ’92 Foundation
MGCCD Marymount Choreographers Project, 1988
MGCCD Marymount Choreographers Project, 1992
MGCCD Noguchi projects, 1982-1985
MGCCD Noguchi collaboration, 1985
Writings by and about Martha Graham
The series Writings by and about Martha Graham consists of literary notes by Martha Graham or others for various choreographic works; articles and speeches by Martha Graham; interviews; articles about Martha Graham; poems and miscellaneous writings sent to Graham or contained in her papers, and fragments of literary works by and for Graham.
Literary Notes
Literary notes by Martha Graham for choreographic works (some fragments); literary notes by others for choreographic works.
Heloise and Abelard
Holy Jungle
Salem Shore (choreographic notes by Terese Capucilli and Carol Fried)
Scarlet Letter
Stone of Destiny
Witch of Endor
“Valley of Vision,” “Nautilus,” “The Lady of the Labyrinth” (notes by Robert Starer); Diversion of Angels (notes by B.B.)
Unidentified fragments of literary notes for choreographic works; miscellaneous writings
Articles and Speeches by Martha Graham
“John Martin Remembered,” in Ballet Review, Spring 1988 “Relates to After Tudor,” n.d. “Introduction,” draft, 1963 February 15 “A Tribute to Margot Fonteyn,” 1990
Writings about Martha Graham
Poems, writings, and scripts sent to Graham or contained in her papers (authors identified).
Angelou, Maya. Still I Rise. Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane. “The Ritual of Sculpture: Isamu Noguchi’s ‘From Behind Inner Seeking: Síva’s Dance,” 1984. Armitage, Merle. “Modern Dance,” (section) 1935. Armitage, Merle. “Modern Dance,” (section in French), n.d. Armitage, Merle, et al. “Big Chief of the Southwest.” (shooting script), n.d.
Ballard, Adele, M. “Midnight at June Second,” n.d. Barnhardt, Harry. Script for unnamed ballet, n.d. Berg, Paul. “Martha Graham’s Dancers” in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday, 1970 October 18. Berlitt, Ben. “Soundstage,” 1945. Blofeld, John. [lacks title and date] Buckwalter, John. “Byzantine Eyes,” n.d. Buckwalter, John. “A Psalm of Joy,” 1963.
Cahn, Sammy. “His Way.” Candee, Helen Churchill. “Ankor, the Magnificant,” n.d. Caras, Roger. Quotes from “The Private Lives of Animals,” n.d. Code, Grant. “Prologue,” n.d. Cook, Helen Fetter. “Enchanted Land,” 1944.
De LaRosa, L. “Production by Martha Graham,” 1987. De Mille, Agnes. No title, n.d.Devi, Rukmini. Chapter for a book, Where Theosophy and Science Meet, by Prof. D.D. Kanga, n.d.
Eisner, Igor. “Evocation de Martha Graham,” 1991. Engle, Paul. “Door,” n.d. Engle, Paul. “Variations,” n.d.
Fowlie, Wallace. “Martha Graham as Hérodiade,” n.d. Fowlie, Wallace. “Martha Graham comme Hérodiade,” n.d.
Gable, Maureen Clark. “Gone With Noelle,” n.d. Gale, Joseph. “The First Lady of Modern American Dance,” in Newark Sunday News, 1970 September 27. Gold, Ronald. “From Pungent Image to Vivid Life,” in Dance Magazine, 1969 May. Goodman, Saul. “Takako Asakawa,” in Dance Magazine, 1971 January. Goodman, Saul. “Rahamin Ron,” in Dance Magazine, 1971 February. Grendysa, Peter. “The Case of the Disappearing Composer,” n.d.
Hawwend (?), Richard. “Scenario for Abstract Ballet on the Story of Solomon – for Martha Graham,” 1931. Hodes, Stuart. “Review of Blood Memory,” in Ballet Review, 1991. Horosko, Marian. “Frontier of the Mind: Martha Graham at 95,” in Dance Magazine, 1989 May. Howard, Robin. Obituary in Ballet Review, 1989. Hull, William D. “On Martha Graham’s visit to Ceylon,” n.d.
Ignatin, Irving. “New Theatre,” 1935 December.
Jacobsohn, Helmuth. “The World-Weary Man and his Soul,” 1952. Jellinghaus, Fritz. [no title,] 1981.
Kaplan, Howard. “Simple Gifts,” 1987. Kostopoulos, Carmela. “For Martha Graham on her 90th Birthday,” n.d. Kulick, Jonathan, et al. “A True Story for Martha Graham,” n.d.
Larsson, Raymond E.F. “Good Friday Music,” n.d. Leatherman, LeRoy. [“A Note on Martha Graham’s Symbolism”], n.d. Leatherman, LeRoy. “Homage to the Secret-Bearer,” in The Sewanee Review, vol. LXXII, No. 2, April-June 1964. Legisos, Gloria M. “Danza Contemporanea Iniciacion al Aprendizaje de la Tecnica Graham,” Santiago, Chile, 1977
March, William. “The Bad Seed,” n.d. Marchal, Sappho. “Danses Cambodgiennes,” Saigon, MCMXXVI. Martin, John. [quotation in French], n.d. Martin, John. “A Classic,” n.d. Mason, Francis. “Martha Graham Dance Company,” n.d. McDonagh, Don. “Modern Dance Chronicle,” in The Hudson Review, vol XXII, no. 2, Summer 1969. Meursinge, B. “The Tree of Great Sorrow,” n.d. Mishima, Yukio. “The Damask Drum,” in Five Modern Nō Plays, 1957. Moe, Henry Allen. Remarks for Martha Graham convocation, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1965. Acceptance speech for Aspen Award by Martha Graham. Myers, L.H. “The/Root and the/Flower,” n.d.
Nauman, Hilda. “Around Eastern Connecticut,” n.d. Neal, Josie. “Modern Dance: The American Experience,” 1989.
Patterson, Daniel W. “Early Shaker Spirituals,” 1976. Pena, Jose Z de la. “The Four Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe,” n.d. Perse, Saint-John. “Anabasis, “ n.d. Phelps, Mary. “Advertisement,” 1938.
Rudhyar, D. “Martha Graham’s Utterances Reveal a New Dance Rhythm,” n.d.
Sabin, Robert. “The Evolution of Martha Graham’s Dance Technique,” n.d. Saint Victor, Hugh de. “Conversation Concerning the Wedding Gift of the Soul (summary)”Barbara Hanna, translator. Sark. “A Creative Companion,” n.d. Sherman, Jane and Norton Owen. “Martha Graham and Ted Shawn,” in Dance Magazine, 1995. Shirley, Wayne. A Ballet for Martha. Library of Congress. [Soars, Janet]. “Interview with [Christena Schlundt] on Ruth St. Denis,” in Dance Chronicle, n.d. Smith, Arthur Galusha. “Indian,” n.d. Smith, Cecil. “The Maze of the Heart,” in Theatre Arts, May 1947. Stav, Arie. “The Dance in Israel,” in Hadassah Magazine, Hartford, Connecticut, February 1971. Stodelle, Ernestine. “The View from Vermont,” chapter 7 from Deep Song: The Dance Story of Martha Graham, 1983. Sweeney, James Johnson. “Martha Graham,” n.d. [Synge, John Millinton]. Riders to the Sea, 1904.
Richman, Robert. “Erick Hawkins,” n.d. Rothschild, Bethsabee de. Extract from La Danse Artistique aux USA, 1949.
Taylor, Harold. Remarks by president of Sarah Lawrence College at Dance Magazine Awards ceremony, 1958. Terry, Walter. “Martha Graham’s Repertory,” n.d. Tracy, Robert. “Noguchi: Collaborating with Graham,” in Ballet Review, 9, Winter 1986 Tracy, Robert. “Artist’s Dialogue: Isamu Noguchi,” n.d.
Ulrich, Celeste. “Martha Graham,” n.d.
Weigle, Marta. “The Penitentes of the Southwest,” n.d. Weinberg, Nathan. “Horses, Machines and Dancers,” n.d. Williams, Peter and Clive Barnes. “Two Looks at Lighting: Martha Graham in Edinburgh and London,” in Dance and Dancers, 1963. Winters, Pamela. “An Introduction to Sacred Dance,” 1988. Wolfe, Katharine A. “Martha Graham,” n.d.
Interviews
Madoff Enterprises interview with Martha GrahamInterview fragmentsInterview, undated Interview, 15 December 1989 and 17 December 1989 Interview, 10 January 1989 Interview Nathan Kroll and Martha Graham, 6-7 December 1971 Interview with Bianca Jagger, 15 March 1990 Interview with Ron Protas (fragment, undated)Interview with Ron Protas (?) (fragments, undated)Interview with "Ruth," November 1951
Writings about Martha Graham (Authors Unidentified)
Poems, writings, and scripts sent to Graham or contained in her papers (authors unidentified).
“A Note on Martha Graham’s Symbolism,” no author, n.d.“The Aesthetic of Martha Graham,” no author, n.d. “Martha Graham ‘In the American Grain,’” no author, n.d.“About Martha Graham,” no author, n.d. “For Martha Graham,” no author, n.d.“Scenario for Martha Graham,” no author, n.d.“Martha Graham est un novatrice...” no author, n.d.“Martha Graham fait figure de preue sur...” no author, n.d.“She is Priestess of Intellectual Ballet,” 1947 (fragment)R ́esume for Martha Graham
“Decor for Hysteria,” no author, n.d.“Luke Tanner’s Daughter,” no author, n.d. “Poem: A Cambodian Dancer,” no author, n.d. “Phenomenal Woman,” no author, n.d.“The Mills of the Gods Grind Slow,” no author, n.d.“Marie Wigman, Danseuse Faustienne,” chapter 2 of unknown book manuscript, 1972.
“When the Pale Unraveling Brain Falls from Ariadne’s Anxious Hand,” no author, n.d.Lear, Edward. “The Owl and the Pussy Cat Went to Sea,” n.d.“An Alpha of Insight,” no author, n.d. “Reflections on Dance,” no author, n.d.“Prelude and Exhortation, 1936,” no author, n.d.“Directions and Suggestions concerning the Canto Hondo and its Percussion,” no author, n.d.“Speaking of Pictures...Dancers,” Life, 1938.“European Martha Graham Workshop of Contemporary Dance,” in Danzare, 1988Collection of Poems by Jean’s Fourth Grade, n.d.
Fragments, quotes, unidentified manuscripts
Notes/drafts for Blood Memory
Notes, Martha, the Musical
“Beauty and the Buckskins” and “Mahanttan Corner” by D.C. Glover, Jr., 1952
Barnes, Clive. “The Cold War in Modern-Dance,” in The New York Times Magazine, July 28, 1968.
Dreyer, Martin, “Foot Loose and Fancy,” in Houston Chronicle, Texas Magazine, Sunday, January 24, 1971.
Fragments of writings in the hand of Martha Graham (Restricted)
Programs
The Programs series contains a selection of programs that span the 1930s to 2003. A significant number of programs are also contained in the Scrapbooks series.
1930s (xerox copies)
Programs, undated
Drafts of programs; notes for programs; corrections for programs
Programs and flyers, non-Graham
Business Papers
The Business Papers series of the Martha Graham Dance Company; Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance; and Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance consists of financial information that spans 1941 to 1993, including payroll and salary information; bank statements; deposit information; checkbook stubs; cancelled checks; budget information; purchase orders and invoices; and tax information. To view the materials in this series, please consult the curator of dance.
Martha Graham Dance Company
Invoices, 1941
Checkbook stubs, 1942
Receipts and invoices, 1944
Cancelled checks, 1944 April 24 – June 2
Bank statements and cancelled checks, 1944
Payroll book, 1944
Payroll book, 1945
Cancelled checks, 1945
Check stubs, 1945
Petty cash receipts, 1945
Receipts and invoices, 1945
Payroll book, 1946
Cancelled checks, 1946
Payroll book, 1947
Profit and loss statements, 1942-1947
Payroll book, 1948
Checkbook/stubs, 1948
Salary list, 1948
New York City season budgets, 1948
Box office and ticket information, New York City season, February 1948
Invoices – William’s Theatrical Haulage, Inc., New York City season, February 1948
Payroll book, 1949
Budget information, 1949
Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance (MGSCD)
Cash dispersements, MGDC, 1947-1950
Cash dispersements, MGSCD, 1949-1952
Checkbook/stubs, 1949 April 1-1950 June 7
Payroll book, 1950
Bank statements and cancelled checks, 1950
Checkbook, 1950
Budget information, 1950
Checkbook/stubs, 1950-1951
Cancelled checks, 1950
Budget information, 1950-1951
Checkbook/stubs, 1951-1952
Cancelled checks, 1951-1952
Cancelled checks/bank statements, 1951-1952
Budget information, 1952
Receipts, 1951-1952
Checkbook/stubs, 1952-1953
Checkbook/stubs, 1953
Martha Graham Dance Company and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
Receipts (MGSCD), 1960
Auditor’s report for 1965 (MGDC)
Payroll, 1965 New York season
Purchase orders for 1965 New York season
B. de Rothschild Foundation
Miscellaneous budget notes and petty cash summary, 1965
Income/expense statement (MGSCD), 1965
Payroll (MGDC), 1966
Martha Graham Foundation checkbook, 1968-1969
Petty cash (MGDC), 1969
Ledger, 1968
Ledger, (MGDC/MGSCD), 1969 August 1-1970 July 31
Checkbook/stubs (MGSCD), 1969 July-1970 August
Checkbook/stubs (MGDC), 1969 March-1970 June
Checkbook/stubs (MGSDC), 1969-1970
Checkbook/stubs (MGDC), 1968-1969
Checkbook/stubs (MGDC), 1967-1968
Ledger, 1970 August 1-1971 July 31
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance (MGCCD) and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance (MGSCD), 1970-1973
Checkbook/stubs (for National Endowment grant), 1970
Checkbook/stubs (MGCCD), 1970 August 1-1972 January 20
Checkbook/stubs (MGCCD), 1970 August 17-1970 October 23
Checkbook/stubs (MGCCD), 1970 June 24-1971 January 28
Checkbook/stubs (MGSCD), 1970 September 22-1972 May 16
Checkbook/stubs (MGCCD), 1970 October 23 -1971 January 18
Checkbook/stubs (MGCCD), 1970 November 26-1970 December 2
Checkbook/stubs (MGCCD), 1970 January 1-1973 April 23
Miscellaneous receipts (MGSCD), 1971-1973
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance (MGCCD) and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance (MGSCD), 1971-1972
Ledger (MGCCD/MGSCD), 1971 August 1-1972 July 31 Receipts/certificates of deposit, 1971-1972 Payroll ledger (MGCCD/MGSCD), 1971 Payroll ledger (MGCCD/MGSCD), 1972
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, 1972-1973
Checkbook/stubs (MGCCD), 1972 January 24-1973 July 19
Petty cash receipts, 1972
Charities registration, State of New York, 1973 Ledger (MGCCD/MGSCD), 1972 August 1-1973 July 31
Financial information, 1973; 1975; 1980; 1982-1983; 1985-1986 Cumulative ledger (MGCCD), 1 January 1987-31 December 1987
Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance—Tax Information
Tax liabilities (MGSCD/MGCCD), 1986
State/city taxes, New York, 1984-1985
New York Department of Labor, 1984-1986
Quarterly tax return (MGSCD), 1984
Monthly returns (MGSCD), 1984
Sales and use tax, 1984
Quarterly federal tax (MGCCD), 1984
State/city taxes, New York (MGCCD), 1984
Quarterly wage report, 1984
Unpaid tax file, 1986
Unpaid tax file, 1987
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, 1984-1988
Earned income receipts, 1985-1986 Unearned income receipts, 1985-1986
Tax returns, 1988-1989
Year end processing for annual information, 1988
1099 reports, 1988
Payroll charges breakdown, 1988
Balance sheets/Cash flow, 1988
Petty cash receipts, 1988
Chemical Bank, 1988
W2 forms, 1988
Tax account/Debit slips, 1988
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance—Deposits 1988
January 1988
February 1988
March 1988
April 1988
May 1988
June 1988
July 1988
August 1988
September 1988
October 1988
November 1988
December 1988
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, budgets, 1968-1993
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, 1989-1990
Year end processing, 1990 Ledger, 1989
Budgets, 1989
Independent auditors report, 1989
Personal Papers and Finances
The Personal Papers and Finances series contains Graham’s personal papers, receipts, and tax returns. This series is currently restricted.
Tax returns, 1948
Tax returns, 1955
Tax returns, 1957
Tax returns, 1958
Tax returns, 1959
Tax returns, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966
Application for Medicaid, 1966
Group insurance benefits, 1984
Will of Alice Tully, 1995
Address book, undated Date book, 1969
Receipts, 1940s
Receipts, 1950s; 1960s
Receipts, 1970s
Receipts, 1988; undated
Realia
The Realia series contains a collection of awards, plaques, statues, honorary degrees, and other ephemera that honors the achievements of Martha Graham.
Awards and Honorary Degrees
To: Martha Graham, guide and mentor of Batsheva Dance Company. From: America-Israel Cultural Foundation, New York, 1970 December 8
To: Martha Graham, Woman of Achievement, ADL, 1975 November 13
To: Martha Graham, National Treasure. From: Family Weekly Magazine, 1983
Plexiglas base, with sterling silver plaque (damaged, separated from base)
To: Martha Graham, Woman of Accomplishment. From: Harper’s Bazaar, 1967
To: Martha Graham for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts. From: North Shore Community Arts Center, 1966 Annual Award
Bronze with plaque detached (base in poor condition)
To: Martha Graham, Award of Merit. From: The Lotos Club, 1967 January 24
“Frontier.” From: unknown, 1989
Bronze on marble base; artist: Beau Gage
To: Martha Graham. From: Studio Vandoni Premio Porselli “un a vita per la danza,” 1987
To: Martha Graham. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1989
Unknown
Blue plastic on marble base, inscription plaque missing
To: Martha Graham, Centennial Achievement Award for Achieving Excellence in the Arts, Metropolitan Opera House. From: Local One, I.A.T.S.E., 1986 June 15
To: Martha Graham, Ethel M. Barber Visiting Artist. From: Northwestern University, the Tribute Year, October 30 – November 5 [no year]
To: Martha Graham. An ancient shepherd’s flute to which maidens danced in Biblical times. From: In friendship, Teddy Kolieck. Jerusalem, 1974 July 4
To: Martha Graham, For an Extraordinary Lifetime of Contribution to American Culture Through the Performing Arts. From: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1979 December 2
Brass bars attached to multicolored ribbons and reception program in wood box with Plexiglas top
To: Martha Graham. From: Honor America and Boehm present the American Bald Eagle plate to honor America and Commemorate our Bicentennial
Porcelain plate in blue box; artist: Adapted from the porcelain sculpture of Edward Marshall Boehm
To: Martha Graham. From: The Chattanooga Welcoming Committee, Award of Welcome
To: Martha Graham, The American-Israel Award for the Arts, Sciences and Industry, New York City. From: The Israel Prime Minister’s Club, 1979 March 9
Daily Telegraph and Morning Post “World’s Best Dance Film,” 1959 October 15
To: Martha Graham. From: Office of the Mayor, City of Tucson, Arizona. Certificate of Appreciation, 1988 November 7
Japanese Award, undated
Star on red, white, blue ribbon in velvet box
Three brass medals. Il sindaco di Firenze, undated
To: Martha Graham, Honored for her contributions to the world of dance, New York City Dance Showcase IV. From: New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (NYSAHPERD), 1991 May 29
Aaron Copland and Martha Graham; photo by Bill Cunningham
To: Martha Graham, High Priestess of the Dance. From: DTCB (or DCB)
To: Martha Graham. Presidential Medal of Freedom, 10-14-76 Monnaie de Paris, 1976 October 14
To: Martha Graham, to a great artist with great admiration. From: Shlomo Lahat, Mayor of Tel-Aviv-Yato, 1979 August
Silver commemorative medal (Winston Churchill)
Stabilmenti Artistica Fiorentini “Il Sindaco di Firenze”
Gold coin in red leather box
To: Martha Graham, Distinguished New Yorker Award 1967 on Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of The City Club of New York, 1967
To: Martha Graham, with highest regards. From: Mayor Jonathan Hayes, San Jose, California
To: Martha Graham, For your dedication and outstanding contribution to dance and the American musical tradition. From: The Hartford Symphony Women’s Auxillary, 1966 September 14
To: Martha Graham. From: Mayor W. Wilson Goode, City of Philadelphia, 1986 October 24
Management Achievement Award presented to Arizona State University for Martha Graham Dance Company Arizona Residency. From: The Association of College, University and Community Arts Administrators, Inc., 1983 December 18
To: Martha Graham, A Special Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist for more than 70 Years. From: Governor Dick Thornburgh, 1986 November
Brass medal attached to red/black ribbon
Brass medal attached to small red/white ribbon, Margareta II Regina Dante
To: Martha Graham. Brandeis Book Collections, Brandeis University Library. In Honor of Martha Graham. From: The Cleveland Chapter, Brandeis University National Women’s Committee, undated
Small brown leather booklet with Graham’s name embossed on front
To: Martha Graham Dance Company. Premio Positano “L. Massine” per l’arte della danza XXIII Edizione, 3 Settembre 1994
Aluminum plaque on red velvet in black leather box
To: Martha Graham. 2 Juillet 1984, Avant Lion Le Melhor
To: Martha Graham. Henry Hadley Medal for her service to American music, 1955 May 19
To: Martha Graham, for her outstanding contributions to the Arts. From: The MacDowell Colony, 1974 November 7
Brass medal in black leather box; artist: Ernest Bruce Haswell, 1916
To: Martha Graham. The Family of Man Award, 1968 October 23
Commemorative 5 Dollar Coin, Seventh SEAP Games, Singapore, 1973
Commemorative 10 Dollar Coin, Singapore, 1973
Visite aux Etats-Unis d’Amerique De Monsieur Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Président de la République Française, 1976 May 17-22
Camp David Meeting Medal, September 1978, Given to Martha Graham by Frank Nothmann, Public Relations Manager, Jerusalem Hilton
Olav V Norges Konge, undated
Gold or silver-plated medal attached to red ribbon
To: Martha Graham, in recognition of her distinguished career in the theatre by John V. Lindsay, Mayor of the City of New York, 1970 October 2
Brass medal in black leather box; artist: Charlotte Temper Armus
To: Martha Graham. Commission Award for Noble Achievement in the Creative Arts, 1968
Ville de Paris a Martha Graham, 1985
Photo of Graham and Bertram Ross
Award stand (?) inscribed “J. Mesne(?) Brown, 1968”
Seven-sided Plexiglas paper weight
Biennale di Venezia Diploma Speciale al film Dancer’s World, 1958
Honorary Doctorate, Rutgers University, 1959
Laurel Leaf Award. From: American Composers Alliance, [1959]
Proclamation by his Excellency Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1984 June 21
State of New York, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor, sends congratulations on the occasion of the presentation of the Royal Golden Medal for talent and art by Her Majesty, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark to Martha Graham, 1987 January 14
Orfanatorios Latino American donor certificate to Martha Graham, undated
Award of Merit given by The National Association for American Composers and Conductors, 1946-1947 season (musical program included)
Govenor’s Citation by Milton J. Sharp, Governor of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1972 November 15
New School for Social Research Citation of Honor, 1962 September 20
Doctor of Fine Arts, Wesleyan University, 1971 June 6
Doctor of Humane Letters, Arizona State University, 1982 October 17
Doctor of Humane Letters, Marygrove College, 1973 December 2
Doctor of Fine Arts, Smith College, 1969 June 1
Certificate of Appreciation, City of New York, Edward I. Koch, Mayor, 1984 February 28
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Gerald R. Ford, 1976 October 14
Warm regards from Dick Thornburgh, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1986 November 14
Bravo Award presented by San Antonio Performing Arts Association, San Antonio, Texas, 1983 September 27
Doctor of Humane Letters, Skidmore College, 1978 April 26
Letter of Salutation, Edward I. Koch, Mayor of the City of New York, 1988 May 19
Proclamation from Raymond L. Flynn, Mayor of the City of Boston (declaring October 27, 1989 as “Martha Graham Day”)
Scroll of Honor from McKinley Elementary School on the 300th Birthday of the Founding of Pennsylvania
The President of the United States (Ronald Reagan) Recognizes Martha Graham, 1985 April 23
The State of Tennessee by Lamar Alexander, Governor. Honorary Citizen of Tennessee, 1986 November 26
Certificate of Honor, the Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco, 1976 March 15
Doctor of Humane Letters, Bard College, 1952
Doctor of Arts, Harvard University (damaged), 1960 June 26
Doctor of Arts, Yale University (damaged), 1971
To: Martha Graham, 1986 National Honor. From: Dance/USA, 1986
Night Journey selected for exhibition at the Fifteenth International Edinburgh Film Festival, 1961 August 20 – September 3
To: Martha Graham, Conservator of the Arts. From: American Conservatory Theatre, undated
To: Martha Graham, Life Membership in The Actors’ Fund of America, 1985 April 25
To: Martha Graham, Citation for Distinguished and Exceptional Service. From: John V. Lindsay, Mayor of the City of New York, undated
Citation to Martha Graham from the State of New York, Hugh L. Carey, Governor, 1981 January 30
City of Pittsburgh, Sophie Masloff, Mayor, Proclaims Martha Graham Day, 1989 January 30
Martha Graham elected to American Honorary Membership, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1983
Diploma Medalha do Mérito Artístico de Dança, 1989
Artwork--Miscellaneous
[Artwork, miscellaneous items, etc.]
Blue/white handkerchief with embroidered “G”Airmail envelope marked “Rubies”Japanese scarfEight silver or silver-plate spoons; Four bar implementsMartha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance blank stationeryBeaded and metal-ornamented hat