Overview
Preliminary box list only for Vera Zorina photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-2000
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English and German.
Physical Description
Some materials (those in boxes 16 and 17) were treated by conservators for water and damage and mold. Visual signs of past damage remain, but the material is safe for access.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
This collection is not housed at the Harvard Theatre Collection but 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
16 linear feet (5 portfolio boxes, 11 boxes)Includes photographs, slides and negatives documenting Vera Zorina's career and personal life, and photographs of her family and friends.
Biographical / Historical
Vera Zorina (1917-2003) was a ballet dancer, a movie and musical theater actress, a choreographer, and an opera director. She was born Eva Brigitta Hartwig in Berlin to a German father, Frederick Hartwig, and Norwegian mother, Bille Hartwig (née Abigael Johanne Wimpelmann). In 1933 she joined Col. W. de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo where her stage name was changed to Vera Zorina. She was married to George Balanchine from 1938 to 1946. After divorcing him she married composer and CBS artistic director Goddard Lieberson (1911-1977) with whom she had two sons, composer Peter Lieberson (1946-2011) and philosopher, writer and journalist Jonathan Lieberson (1949-1989). In 1991 she married harpsichordist Paule Wolfe.
Arrangement
Minimally processed. Arrangement is a rough box list only and materials are not fully sorted. Readers should note that when fully processed, the order of materials may change.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2008MT-103. Gift of Vera Zorina Estate, received: 2009 June 1.
Processing Information
Processed by: Irina Klyagin
- Title
- Zorina, Vera. Vera Zorina photographs, circa 1920-2000: PRELIMINARY BOX LIST
- Author
- Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02313
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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