Sydney Leonard collection on Maria Paporello
Summary
Collection includes photographs of Maria Paporello, her students, and recitals; musical scores used for ballets; choreographic notes on recital routines, in Italian and English; dance notation; notes on dance by Olive C. Lucas (mother of donor Sydney Leonard) taken at Posse Nissen School, circa 1915; programs from student recitals, mostly 1940s.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1900-1960
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
3.5 linear feet (2 boxes)Biographical / Historical
Maria Paporello (circa 1860-1960) was a dancer, a prima ballerina and ballet mistress of the Boston Opera Company, and owner of a ballet studio in Boston.
Arrangement
Unprocessed.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2004MT-88. Gift, Sydney Leonard, 2004 November.
Processing Information
Minimal description derived from existing records and converted to online finding aid, Betts Coup, 2020.
Topical
- Title
- Leonard, Sydney, collector. Sydney Leonard collection on Maria Paporello, circa 1900-1960 (2004MT-88): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- November 16, 2018
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou04134
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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