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    Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev The world of ballet changed dramatically when the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev took Paris by storm at the Théâtre du Châtelet in May of 1909. Armed with ground-breaking choreographic originality and an innovative use of collaborating artists, the Ballets Russes produced some of the most significant ballet masterpieces of the twentieth century, including Les Sylphides, Schéhérazade, Firebird, Petrouchka, L’Après-midi d’un Faune, Parade, Les...
    • Date: 1909

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    Earl E. Ashworth Collection Lieutenant Colonel, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Greenville, Mississippi; China; Korea; Paris; Hawaii. Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953.
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    Philip Hurwitz Collection First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Italy; Paris; Japan; European Theater.
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    William Sylvanus Morris Collection First Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Paris; France; Bordeaux, France.
    • Contributor: Hinton, Richard F. - Morris, William Sylvanus
    • Date: 1917
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    Eugene Donovan Mounts Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort McClellan, Alabama; Reims, France; Paris; Frankfurt, Germany.
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    Lars Schmidt Collection Swedish theatrical producer, director, and publisher Lars Schmidt (1917-2009) spent over 50 years in the theater business. He began as a licensee of American plays and owner of a theater boat in Sweden, ultimately becoming a theater owner in France and a producer throughout the world. His urbane manner and his business acumen allowed him to develop friendly, and usually successful, business partnerships of...
    • Contributor: Schmidt, Lars
    • Date: 1910

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    Bronislava Nijinska Collection The collection of notable dancer, choreographer and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) contains a diverse variety of materials documenting dance and the arts in the twentieth century. Available here are over 200 collection items, including manuscripts, books, diaries, choreographic notebooks, correspondence, moving image materials, music scores, photographs, posters, programs, set and costume designs, and scrapbooks.
    • Contributor: Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Ashton, Frederick - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Petipa, Marius - Dolin, Anton - Exter, Alexandra - Chagall, Marc - Stravinsky, Igor - Reinhardt, Max - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky ... Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Ashton, Frederick - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Petipa, Marius - Dolin, Anton - Exter, Alexandra - Chagall, Marc - Stravinsky, Igor - Reinhardt, Max - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky - Pavlova, Anna - Nijinska, Bronislava - Annenkov, I︠u︡ri - Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich - Goncharova, Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna - Vertès, Marcel - Kirsta, Georg - Cuevas, George De - Jacob's Pillow - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Nijinska, Irina - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Singaevsky, Nicholas - Poulenc, Francis - Diaghilev, Serge - Rubinstein, Ida
    • Date: 1740

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    David Golden Roy Collection Sergeant Major, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas; Hempstead, Long Island, New York; Paris; France. World War, 1939-1945. Korean War, 1950-1953. Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
    • Contributor: Harris, Ruth R. - Roy, David Golden