Creator:

Lewitzky, Bella, 1916-2004  Search this

Subject:

Horton, Lester  Search this

Federal Theater Project (Calif.)  Search this

Place of publication, production, or execution:

Other

Physical Description:

0.2 Linear feet, (on partial microfilm reel)

Access Note / Rights:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Summary:

Scrapbook containing clippings, theater programs, and newspaper articles about Lewitzky's career as a dancer in the southern California dance troupe the Lester Horton Group and the WPA Federal Theater Dance Group.

Citation:

Bella Lewitzky scrapbook, 1937-1950. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Additional Forms:

35mm microfilm reel LA 8 (frames 901-937) available at Archives of American Art offices through interlibrary loan.

Location of Originals:

Originals returned to Lewitzky after microfilming.

Loan:

Loan

Biography Note:

Ballet dancer, San Bernardino, Calif. Attended high school and junior college in San Bernardino. Danced with the WPA Federal Theatre Dance Group before joining the Lester Horton Group in Los Angeles where she became the group's prima ballerina.

Language Note:

English .

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1964 by Bella Lewitsky.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Ballet  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- United States  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9439

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211637

AAA_collcode_lewibell

Theme:

New Deal

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211637