Doris Dickinson Dinsmore papers relating to Serge Soudeikine
Overview
Doris Dickinson Dinsmore's notes and drafts of monograph on Soudeikine and information about her collection of his art.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1940-1979
Language of Materials
Collection material is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. 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
2 linear feet (2 boxes)Includes Doris Dickinson Dinsmore's notes and drafts for a planned monograph, images and lists of Soudeikine's artwork from Dickinson's collection, displayed at her 50th reunion at Mt. Holyoke College, 1975, photographs of Soudeikine, programs for productions designed by Soudeikine and invitations to exhibitions of his art. Also includes a printed monograph on Soudeikine in Russian, and Dickinson's family photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Doris Dinsmore was a collector of Soudeikine's art. Serge Soudeikine, or Sergei IUr'evich Sudeikin (1882-1946) was a Russian emigré artist and theater designer for Ballets russes and Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2003MT-252. Gift of Doris Dickinson Dinsmore and Carl Miller, 1977-1988.
Processing Information
Processed by Irina Klyagin and Jonathan Gray, 2018
- Title
- Dinsmore, Doris Dickinson, collector. Doris Dickinson Dinsmore Papers Relating to Serge Soudeikine, circa 1940-1979 (MS Thr 640): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2018 March 8
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02899
Repository Details
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