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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Clippings, n.d., 1924-2001
Series 2: Photographs, n.d., 1925-1997
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Inventory of the Alan Howard Papers, 1924-2002, bulk 1980-2002
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Joy L. Austria, 2008. ©2008. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Howard, Alan, 1930- |
| Title | Alan Howard Papers |
| Dates | 1924-2002 |
| Dates | bulk 1980-2002 |
| Extent | 1.5 cubic ft. (3 boxes) |
| Abstract | Clippings, photographs, programs, assorted miscellaneous printed material and memorabilia relating to ballet dancers and dance companies. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Dance MS Howard |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 48 10 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Alan Howard Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Bequest of Alan Howard, 2003.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
Access
The Alan Howard Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Alan Howard Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Alan Howard
American ballet dancer and teacher.
Alan Howard, born in Chicago in 1930, was a lead dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and a ballet teacher. He trained with Edna McRae in Chicago and joined the Ballet Russe in 1949. He rose to the rank of premier danseur in the company, which he left in 1960. He later danced with the Mia Slavenska Ballet, the New York City Ballet, the Metropolitan Opera Company and at Radio City Music Hall. Howard performed and choreographed with such notables as George Balanchine, Leonide Massine, Jerome Robbins, Agnes DeMille, Bronislava Nijinska and Kyra Nichols.
Howard was professor of dance at the Hannover Hochschule fur Musik und Theatre, in Germany, 1974-1991. He founded the Pacific Ballet Academy in San Francisco, which produced the Pacific Ballet, and choreographed several pieces for the company.
Howard was a popular guest teacher and ballet master at many companies and institutions. He died in Chicago in 2003.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Papers comprise ballet memorabilia from Howard’s career; the bulk concerning ballet performances and ballet-related events, much in New York City. Includes a large collection of articles, newspaper clippings, programs and photographs, many announcements, advertising, scheduling brochures and other printed materials. Also, material relating to benefits for fighting AIDS and a collection of items concerning the reunion of the Ballets Russes and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in New Orleans in 2000.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Clippings, n.d., 1924-2001. Box(es) 1
- Series 2: Photographs, n.d., 1925-1997. Box(es) 1
- Series 3: Dance Company Printed Material, n.d., 1939-2002. Box(es) 2
- Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1951-2001. Box(es) 3
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
- Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
- Ballets russes
- Howard, Alan, 1930-
- New York City Ballet
Subjects
- AIDS (Disease) and the arts
- Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Dance teachers
- Male dancers
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Photographs -- 1925-1997
- Programs -- 1939-2002
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Container List
Series 1: Clippings, n.d., 1924-2001 |
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| Material from magazines and newspapers concerning ballet performances and ballet dancers, mostly from 1991 to 2000. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Clippings, undated items | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Clippings, 1924-1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Clippings, 1991-1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Clippings, 1996 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Clippings, 1997, Jan.-May | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Clippings, 1997, June-Nov. | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Clippings, 1998, Jan.-Aug. | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Clippings, 1998, Sept.-Dec. | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Clippings, 1999, Jan.-July | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Clippings, 1999, Aug.-Dec. | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Clippings, 2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Clippings, 2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Obituaries, 1996-2001 | |||||||||
Series 2: Photographs, n.d., 1925-1997 |
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| Collection of images of well-known dancers, mostly taken in performance, including several of Mikhail Baryshnikov. The bulk are undated and some unidentified. Includes some images of Alan Howard. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically with Alan Howard and unidentified photographs at the end. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Alonso, Alicia, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1976-1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Bissell, Patrick, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Danilova, Alexandra, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Delarova, Eugenie, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | DeMille, Agnes, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Flynn, Errol, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Gardner, John, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Lander, Toni, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | LeClercq, Tanaquil, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Luders, Adam and Kistler, Darci, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | McKerrow, Amanda, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Makarova, Natalia, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Nagy, Ivan and Makarova, Natalia, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Nichols, Kyra and Joseph [?], undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Nureyev, Rudolf: Burial casket, 1997 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Pavlova, Anna, 1925 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Tanner, Tony, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Turnbaugh, Douglas, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Vasiliev, Vladimir, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Youskevitch, Igor, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Unidentified, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Howard, Alan (copies), undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Unidentified photoduplications, undated | |||||||||
Series 3: Dance Company Printed Material, n.d., 1939-2002 |
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| Articles, a large collection of advertising items, announcements, brochures, publicity material, programs and other memorabilia relating to a number of dance companies. Included are the American Ballet Theatre, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, the Ballets Russes, the Bolshoi and the Kirov Ballet, the New York City Ballet and a few others. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by dance company. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 2 | 38 | American Ballet Theatre, 1951-2002 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 39 | Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1939-1958 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 40 | Ballets Russes and Serge Diaghelev, 1996-2000 | |||||||||
| 2 | 41 | Bolshoi Ballet, 1989-1998 | |||||||||
| 2 | 42 | Eifman Ballet, 1998-2000 | |||||||||
| 2 | 43 | Kirov Ballet, 1992-1999 | |||||||||
| 2 | 44 | New York City Ballet: Advertising, Announcements, Brochures, 1993-2000 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 45 | New York City Ballet News, 1998-2000 | |||||||||
| 2 | 46 | New York City Ballet: Programs, 1950-2001 | |||||||||
| 2 | 47 | New York City Ballet: Subscription Booklets, 2000-2002 | |||||||||
| 2 | 48 | American Dance Companies: A-Z, 1996-2000 and undated | |||||||||
Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1951-2001 |
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| Materials of various types on the topics of dance companies, Russian Dance, AIDS, Art, and the Ballets Russes reunion in New Orleans, 2000. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 3 | 49 | Miscellaneous Advertising, Announcements, Brochures, etc., 1980-2001 and undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 50 | Miscellaneous Programs, 1957-2001 and undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 51 | Dance Publications, 1981-1999 | |||||||||
| 3 | 52 | Russian Dance Miscellany, 1994-2001 and undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 53 | AIDS benefits material, 1996-2001 | |||||||||
| 3 | 54 | Announcements and cards, 1996-2000 and undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 55 | Art-related Memorabilia, 1992;1999; undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 56 | Articles on dance (unpublished), 1951-1984 and undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 57 | Articles on dance, printed from the Internet, 1999 | |||||||||
| 3 | 58 | Ballets Russes and Ballet Russe Celebration Reunion, June, 2000 | |||||||||
| 3 | 59 | Cards with images of dancers, 1889-1992 and undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 60 | Dance Library of Israel, 1996-1999 | |||||||||
| 3 | 61 | Memorabilia, 1996-2001 and undated | |||||||||