HOLDER, GEOFFREY, 1930-2014.
Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade papers > Scrapbooks

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of scrapbooks from circa 1945-2015 containing photographs, clippings, programs, correspondence, sketches, and administrative material documenting the life and work of Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder.

The scrapbooks are of mixed document type. Some highlight a specific period in de Lavallade and Holder's lives. Early correspondence from the Trinidad Public Library along with programs and clippings from the Trinidad Art Society (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) document Holder's early visual art career (circa 1945-1949). A collection of clippings and photographs from the John Butler Dance Company and Lester Horton Dance Company (circa 1949-1956) document de Lavallade's early dance career.

Miscellaneous arrangement of administrative material includes name badges for entry into theaters and Holder and de Lavallade's contracts from the Metropolitan Opera Ballet (New York, New York) for the 1957-1958 season. Correspondence from friends, family, and colleagues like Judith Jamison (2004 November 11), Dorothy Ross (undated), and Marguerite Wyke (1949) are placed throughout, as well as one page of correspondence from Janet Collins (undated) and letters from Carmen de Lavallade to Holder and their son, Léo Holder(circa 1960s).

Arrangement Note

Arranged in chronological order by date.

Restrictions on Access

Scrapbook, circa 1952-2003 and two items from folders 192 and 196 are on hold for preservation.

Processing Note

Scrapbooks were removed from the original portfolios and rehoused for preservation purposes. Each scrapbook was kept together and the items in it were kept in their original order. Multiple items arranged together on a single page were kept together in white folder inserts.