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Machine readable finding aid created November 2006. Description is in English JPB 06-19 Guide to the Isadora Bennett Papers, 1945-1966 Music Division The New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsNew York, New York Processed by: Lee Spilberg Date completed: November 2006 Encoded by: Lee Spilberg Processed and encoded through a gift from Robert W. Wilson.

Descriptive Summary Isadora Bennett Papers, 1945-1966 Bennett, Isadora JPB 06-19 1.5 linear feet; 2 boxes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Music Division.

New York, New York

Isadora Bennett (1900-1980) was a publicist specializing in dance and concert artists. The Isadora Bennett Papers focus on her musical clientele. Subjects Personal Names Organizations Subjects Places Document Types Occupations Titles Administration Information Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Restrictions on use

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.

Preferred Citation

Isadora Bennett Papers, JPB 06-19. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography

Isadora Bennett (1900-1980) was a publicist specializing in the performing arts. Beginning with her work for Martha Graham in the late 1930s, Bennett became associated with modern American dance companies, and the association would last for the rest of her life. She expanded her clientele to encompass other types of artists after entering a partnership with Richard Pleasant in 1948. After his death in 1961, Bennett continued working as a publicist until 1972, when she retired. She received numerous awards for her contribution to the field of dance in America, and occasionally published essays on the subject.

Scope and Content Note

The Isadora Bennett Papers are exclusively concerned with Bennett’s clients from the world of concert music, and do not include material from Bennett’s dance clients. Most of the collection consists of clippings and publicity materials, with a small amount of notes and correspondence. All of the material in the collection is related to individual clients, with no personal papers or general office files. The collection is arranged alphabetically, by client name.

Arrangement

Alphabetical

Series Descriptions/Container List 1 1 Beaux-Arts String Quartet, Undated Chamber Music in Washington Square Park 1 2 Clippings, 1953; 1959; 1966 1 3 Correspondence, 1959-1966; Undated 1 4 Notes, 1958-1959 1 5 Programs, 1959; 1966

2 programs

Publicity 1 6 Fliers, 1959; Undated 1 7 Press Releases, 1959-1966; Undated 1 8 Conant, Robert, Undated 1 9 Double in Hearts, 1956

Cast list and scene synopsis of Broadway play

1 10 Greenhouse, Bernard, 1952; Undated

Clippings and a publicity biography

1 11 Haieff, Alexei, 1953 1 12 Hovhaness, Alan and Lessard, John, Undated 1 13 The Juilliard String Quartet, Undated 1 14 Kay, Richard, Undated Marlowe, Sylvia 1 15 Clippings, 1952-1953 1 16 Correspondence, 1952-1954 1 17 Programs, 1952-1955

5 programs

Publicity 1 18 Fliers, 1947; 1957; Undated 1 19 Press Releases, 1953; Undated 1 20 Moscona, Nicola, Undated 1 21 Nagel, Robert, Undated 1 22 Presidential Inaugural Ball, 1953

Clippings

1 23 The Rachmaninoff Society, 1950; Undated Sebastian, John 1 24 Clippings, 1952-1956 1 25 Correspondence, 1952-1953

Includes a signed letter from Hedda Hopper

Publicity 1 26 Fliers, 1952-1954; Undated 1 27 Press Releases, 1952; Undated 1 28 Scripts, 1952; Undated

Six radio scripts for "The John Sebastian Show"

1 29 Tcherepnin, Alexander, 1952 Teyte, Maggie 1 30 Publicity, 1945; Undated 1 31 Repertoire Lists, 1946; 1950; Undated 1 32 Washington, Barbara, Undated 1 33 Unidentified clippings, 1953; Undated Oversized 2 1 Chamber Music in Washington Square Park, Undated 2 2 Marlowe, Sylvia, 1952-1956 2 3 Tarack, Gerald, 1956 Related Materials

For further information on Isadora Bennett, especially her work with dance companies, see The Isadora Bennett Collection in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.