Claire Holt papers

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Identifier: 14-27-2648

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection consists of slides of Indonesia created for the Cornell Indonesian Arts Project. Subjects include art, architecture, ceremonies, landscapes, painting, people, sculpture, textiles, and theater. Collection also includes research materials, typescript notes about a trip to Indonesia in 1955-1956, index cards relating to Holt's work and travel in Indonesia, and materials from the dedication of the Claire Holt Memorial Collection Inauguration Ceremony at Lembaga, August 6, 1970.

Dates

1927-1970.

Creator

Holt, Claire. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Journalist.

Claire Holt was born in Riga, Latvia in 1901. She served as a reporter for the The New York World, publishing dance reviews. She traveled to Indonesia in 1930, where she studied dance, working with the anthropologist Willem Stutterheim and then assisting the Swedish dance archivist and patron Rolf de Mare with his photo and film documentation of Indonesian dance. She returned to the U.S. and served as a research assistant to Margaret Mead, as a research analyst for the Office of Strategic Services, and as a foreign affairs specialist for the State Department. She then came to Cornell University, where in 1962, she helped found the Modern Indonesia Project.

Extent

6.8 cubic feet. (6.8 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection consists of slides, correspondence, and research materials of Claire Holt.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Visual Materials

Series II. Correspondence

Subseries IIa. Individuals

Subseries IIb. Groups and Organizations

Series III. Research Materials

Series IV. Lectures and Writings

Series V. Cornell Indonesian Arts Program

Series VI. Claire Holt Memorial Collection

RELATED MATERIALS

See digital versions of some of this material here: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5597787.

The Claire Holt Collection of Indonesian Dance and Related Arts is located in the Dance Division of the New York Public Library.

Physical Description

Correspondence, Photographs, Research Materials

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: November 2012
EAD encoding:: RMC Staff, November 2012
Date modified:: RMC Staff, March 2015