Margaret Barr Collection, 1918-1991
Margaret Barr Collection, 1918-1991
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1918-1991
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Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Albums
Design Drawings
Drawings
Ephemera
Textual Records - manuscript, printed, and typescript
Clippings
Photographs
Sound Recordings
Moving Images - video recordings
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Series 01
Margaret Barr - papers, 1919-1991
Series 02
Margaret Barr slides and negatives, 1950s-1980s
Series 03
Margaret Barr albums and scrapbooks, ca. 1931-1988
Series 04
Margaret Barr sketches, sketchbooks and plans, 1918-1950s
Series 05
Margaret Barr miscellaneous photographs including family photos, d...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Margaret Barr Collection, 1918-1991
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Contextual Information
Source
Presented 1991
Pic.Acc.7195
Administrative / Biographical history
Margaret Barr (1904-1991) was born in Bombay, India. She went to school in California, USA, and in the 1920s studied dance with Martha Graham in New York and choreographed her first works. During the 1930s she taught at Dartington Hall in Devon, England, an experimental school run by Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst, and opened a studio in London....
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
Yezd5mb9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yezd5mb9
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Reference code
421430
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