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Fern Helscher papers

Title: Fern Helscher papers, circa 1910-1971.
Author: Helscher, Fern.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 7	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 8	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 9	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 10	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 12	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 13	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 13	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 14	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 14	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 15	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 15	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 16	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 191 Box 16	Offsite

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Description

8 linear feet (16 boxes)

Summary

The Fern Helscher papers are comprised of correspondence, diaries, photographs, and travel materials that document her life from 1933 to 1971.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Correspondence.
Diaries.
Photographs.
Travel documents.

Source (note)

Estate of Fern Helscher

Biography (note)

Fern Helscher (1901-1974) was a publicist and booking agent, who, through her long association with Ted Shawn and his circle, was instrumental in helping to increase the popularity of dance in general and in making dance an acceptable profession for men in the United States.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 191

OCLC

122898414

Author

Helscher, Fern.

Title

Fern Helscher papers, circa 1910-1971.

Biography

Fern Helscher (1901-1974) was a publicist and booking agent, who, through her long association with Ted Shawn and his circle, was instrumental in helping to increase the popularity of dance in general and in making dance an acceptable profession for men in the United States. Born in Robstown, Texas, she graduated from Southwestern University in 1917 and first met Ted Shawn in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1928. In 1933, Helscher began work as the press agent and booking manager for Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers coordinating and generating publicity on behalf of Shawn as an individual artist, as well as for his company. Her close working relationship with Shawn extended into the 1940s when she assumed the position of business manager for Jacob's Pillow, the dance festival and school established by Shawn in Lee, Massachusetts. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s Helscher would promote the work of many dance artists, including José Limon and Barton Mumaw. She also traveled extensively throughout her life, most notably on a tour of the Middle East and Asia with New York State businessman Edward T. Clark to promote the concept of World Government. Helscher was returning from a tour of islands in the Indian Ocean and West African countires at the time of her death.

Indexes

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Occupation

Arts administrators.

Concert agents.

Press agents.

Added Author

Argentinita, 1898-1945.

Clark, Edward T., 1898-1960.

Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983.

Graff, Grace Cornell.

Graff, Kurt.

La Meri, 1898-1988.

Laubin, Gladys.

Laubin, Reginald.

Limón, José.

Mahoney, Arthur.

Mara, Thalia.

Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.

Mumaw, Barton, 1912-

Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972.

Pilates, Joseph H. (Joseph Hubertus)

St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.

Terry, Walter.

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 191

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