Scope and Content From the Collection:

Correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to Russell Meriwether Hughes ("La Meri")-- ethnic dance icon, instructor, friend (and one-time lover) of Charles Miller who saved the materials which comprise this collection. The collection also includes Miller's own research material and dissertation on Edward Gordon Craig, published in the late 1950s.

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Programs from Jacob's Pillow from 1946-1950, most 1946. There are duplicates of several of them.

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Two programs from the Ethnic Dance Festival: 1968 and 1969.

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Ethnic Dance Arts newsletters: Autumn 1972, January 1973, Spring 1973, September 1973, December 1973, February 1974, January 1975, Fall 1975, September 1977, June 1980, August 1982, Undated.

Ethnic Dance Arts ephemera, 1970s-1980s: Class description and fees (2 copies), Summer Festival of Ethnic Dance (7 flyers), St. Denis Award for Creative Choreography (10 announcements)

Scope and Content Postcard depicting a photograph of the Ted Shawn Theatre, home of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Lee, Massachusetts. Message from La Meri to Charles Miller saying that she will write a letter when they are both back home from their travels. Dated 15 Aug 1963. Course materials: La Meri's suggestions and lists of references for dance class syllabi (presumably for Charles Miller) Typed copies of programs of La Meri and her company and three printed programs of a production of ...

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Several of La Meri's visiting cards from the 1940s through the 1980s. Two of the early (1940s) cards have drawings on the back--one of "Milt" and one of "Chuck." Two others have notes to Chuck, including one that says "May this first Christmas not be the last one!"