Guide to the Litz, Katherine, 1912-1978. Papers, 1901-1979

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Descriptive Summary
Repository	The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Jerome Robbins Dance Division New York, New York
Creator	Litz, Katherine
Title	Litz, Katherine, 1912-1978. Papers,
Dates:	1901-1979
Size	9 document boxes (180 folders, 1,546 items
Abstract
Collection ID	(S) *MGZMD 65
Languages Represented	English

Biographical History

Katherine Litz, a modern dancer, teacher and choreographer, was born July 26, 1912 in Colorado and died in New York City on December 19, 1978.

Litz moved to New York to study with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. She also studied composition, ballet, music, acting and voice. She danced with the Humphrey-Weidman company and with Agnes De Mille's concert company. During the 1940's she danced in the Broadway musicals Oklahoma! and Carousel, and she also choreographed and danced the leading role in “Susanna and the Elders,” a section of Ballet Ballads. In 1960 she had an acting-dancing role in The Crystal Heart, an off-Broadway musical. She worked with Al Carmines on several productions at Judson Church. Beginning with a concert in 1948, Litz presented programs of her own works, both solos and for groups, in New York and around the country. She was known for her use of satire and humor in dances such as “The Glyph.” She also taught and lectured at colleges and universities over a period of many years.

During her career, Litz was the recipient of grants from several organizations, including the Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Lena Robbins Foundation.

In 1947, Litz married the American artist and set designer Charles Oscar, from whom she later separated.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Katherine Litz span the years 1901-1979. The bulk of the collection, both in size and importance, consists of correspondence and performance-related material from the period c.1950-1977. Most of the material relates to her professional life, with its continuing search for work and funding as well as ideas for dances.

Finding and deciphering information can be difficult, as Litz often used the backs of letters, pages in scripts, or envelopes to draft replies to letters, make lists, and write notes or reminders to herself. She could also include several subjects in her jottings on a piece of paper.

Other types of material included in the Katherine Litz Collection have been separated from the papers and are listed on the Separation List. The listing of music includes valuable information as to the title of the dance for which the music was used, and usually the date of the first performance of the dance.

Organization

The papers are divided into the following series:

I. Personal Material, 1901-1977 [297 items]

II. Correspondence Personal, 1932-1978 [251 items] Business, 1939-1979 [396 items]

III. Performance-Related Material, 1939-1977 [210 items]

IV. Teaching Material [71 items]

V. Grant Applications and Related Correspondence, 1958-1978 [136 items]

VI. Legal/Financial, 1933-1978 [60 items]

VII. Notes from Courses Taken by Litz, 1928?-1972 [65 items]

VIII. Transcripts/Copies of Articles [9 items]

IX. Miscellaneous [51 items]

Restrictions

Access

The collection is open to research.

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts.

Related Material

The following items were received with the original gift of the Katherine Litz Collection but have been separated from the papers. The current location of these items (as of November 1990) is indicated.

Audiovisual materials separated from archival collections are cataloged individually and can be found in the Library catalog. Search CATNYP, The New York Public Library catalog.

Subjects

Personal Names

Organizations

Subjects

Places

Document Types

Occupations

Titles

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Litz, Katherine, 1912-1978. Papers, (S) *MGZMD 65, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Source

Gift of Estate of Katherine Litz. Received: 1979.

Administrative Information

Source

Gift of Estate of Katherine Litz. Received: 1979.

Access

The collection is open to research.

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts.

Preferred Citation

Litz, Katherine, 1912-1978. Papers, (S) *MGZMD 65, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Separated Material

Audiovisual materials separated from archival collections are cataloged individually and can be found in the Library catalog. Search CATNYP, The New York Public Library catalog.

Clippings - Location: *MGZR

Music recording “Ticktock” and “A Frog Went Walking on a Summer's Day” 1948 - Location: Rogers and Hammerstein Division, NYPL at Lincoln Center

Music [see attached list]

Photographs - Location: *MGZE/MGZEA

Programs [1936-1979] - Location: *MGZB-Res 79-1819

Programs - Location: *MGZB

List of Music Given to Music Division - November 8, 1979

A. Manuscript music and photostats which belonged to choreographer Katherine Litz.

Bergersen, Baldwin. Basket-makin' basket, from Carib song. 1945.

Music by Baldwin Bergersen. Lyric by William Archibald. For voice and piano. (Katherine Lttz had this song because Bergereen was a friend. To his knowledge she never used it for dance.)

Kleiner, Arthur. Untitled piano solo. Holograph. Feb. 1948.

“For Katherine Litz.” With pencil notes.

(Used for How I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. Choreography: K. Litz. Solo dance, 1948)

Banks, Dick. Hayshaker. Oct. 17, 1948. “For Countess Helena Morsztyn.” Photostat of ms. With pencil notes.

(Used for Hayshakers. Choreography: K. Litz. First performed: April 23, 1950)

Banks, Dick. Celebration. Aug. 29, 1948. Piano solo. Photostat, with pencil notes.

Trio. Piano solo. Ms. (holograph?) in ink.

(These are the same composition but with different titles.

Used for Celebrations. Original title: Trio. Choreography: K. Litz. 1950.)

Banks, Dick. Untitled piano solo. Sept. 1949. Photostats of ms. 2 copies.

(Not the same composition as the above, but possibly also used for Celebrations. 1950)

Banks, Dick. A Valentine. February 14, 1951. Piano solo. Holograph (?) in ink.

(Written for Katherine Litz. Not used for dance.)

Bauer, Marion. Moods. Op. 46. Peterboro, N. H., June 1950. Piano solo.

Photostat of ms. With pencil notes.

(Used for Moods for dance interpretation. Choreography: K. Litz. First performed: May 8, 1951.)

Harrison, Lou. A thought on the anniversary of Katherine Litz & Charles Oscar, July 26, 1951. Holograph, in ink.

Harrison, Lou. Little gamelon for Katherine Litz to teach with. Black Mountain College, March 23, 1952. Holograph, in ink.

Harrison, Lou. Adjustable chorale, For Katherine Litz. Holograph in ink.

(Used for Chorales for spring. Choreography: K. Litz. First performed: Black Mountain College, November 29, 1951.)

Harrison, Lou. Chorale for spring. March 22, 1951. For Katherine Litz. Holograph, in ink. On reverse: Pencil sketch for The glyph. (Used for Chorales for spring.)

Harrison, Lou. The glyph. Holograph, in ink and pencil. For prepared piano.

(Used for The glyph. Choreography: Katherine Litz. First performed: Black Mountain College, Aug. 2-4, 1951.)

Nicolait, Eugene. Four studies. Piano arrangement. “To Katherine Litz.”

Blueprints, 4 copies. Copy no. 4 contains Studies nos. 1-2 only and Includes 3 leaves of pencil notes by K. Litz..

(Used for Studies. Choreography: K. Litz. 1949.)

Nicolait, Eugene. Blood of the lamb. Easter 1950. Piano solo. Blueprints of ms., 2 copies.

(Used for Blood of the lamb. Choreography: K. Litz. 1950.)

Feldman1 Morton. Blood of the lamb. Holograph (?) in ink. Piano solo.

(Used for a later version of Blooif of the lamb in the 1970's. Choreography: K. Litz.)

Horst, Louis. [Piano music for dance exercises] Photostat of ms. 8 leaves. For piano solo.

Unidentified ms. sketch for woodwinds and strings, composer unknown. In pencil. 1 leaf.

Unidentified ms. composition for Prepared Piano, composer unknown. In ink. 3 pages.

Scarlatti, Doinenico. Sonata #209 (Longo) Ms. copies, one in ink, one in pencil.

(Used for The long night. Choreography: K. Litz. 1951.)

Corelli, Arcangelo. Sarabande from Sonata VII, Giga from Sonata IX, and Badinerie. Ms. copies in ink and pencil, with pencil notes by K. Litz.

(Used for Suite for a woman. Choreography: K. Litz. 1949.)

Richter, Marga. All desire is sad. April 1951. Holograph, in ink, and photocopy. For piano.

(Used for All desire is sad. Choreography: K. Litz. First performed: Juilliard School, May 16, 1951.)


Index of Personal Correspondents
	Anderson, Jo Ann	Folder No. 35
	Anna	Folder No. 34
	Annie	Folder No. 36
	Anthony, Joe	Folder No. 30
	Arnold, Ginny	Folder No. 34
	B.J.	Folder No. 35
	Bales, Bill	Folder No. 29
	Banks, Dick	Folder No. 30,Folder No. 36,, Folder No. 38,
	Baughn, Bret	Folder No. 34
	Bennett, Isadora	Folder No. 28
	Bill	Folder No. 33
	Bowen, Dorothy	Folder No. 32
	Carolyn	Folder No. 29,Folder No. 37,
	Charles	Folder No. 29,Folder No. 37,
	Charley	Folder No. 38
	Clark, Barbara	Folder No. 33,Folder No. 34,
	Cohen, Ze'eva	Folder No. 33
	Concado, Marie	Folder No. 31
	Cowell, Mary Jean	Folder No. 38
	Crowell, Nancy	Folder No. 33
	Cunningham, Merce	Folder No. 28
	Currier, Richard	Folder No. 26,Folder No. 27,
	De Mille, Agnes	Folder No. 27,Folder No. 28,, Folder No. 29,, Folder No. 34,
	Delevante, S.	Folder No. 27
	Di	Folder No. 36,Folder No. 37,
	DuBois, Marion	Folder No. 34
	Dudley, Jane	Folder No. 27
	Ellen	Folder No. 35
	Eugenie	Folder No. 32
	Farber, Viola	Folder No. 35
	Fippinger, Fe Alf	Folder No. 36
	Fisher, Isabelle	Folder No. 31,Folder No. 38,
	Forty, Bert P.	Folder No. 26
	Frank	Folder No. 26
	Fred & Anna	Folder No. 32
	Freidman, Sheila	Folder No. 35
	Fulkerson, Mary	Folder No. 35
	Gene	Folder No. 30
	George	Folder No. 27
	Gerry	Folder No. 27
	Grans_oke [?]	Folder No. 28
	Harrison, Lou	Folder No. 28
	Haven, Kathleen	Folder No. 29
	Haviland, Louise Allen	Folder No. 34
	Helman, Carol	Folder No. 30
	Hnot-Kennedy, Denise	Folder No. 31
	Huelster, Laura	Folder No. 32
	Humphrey, Doris	Folder No. 27
	Jennerjahn, Elizabeth	Folder No. 28,Folder No. 33,, Folder No. 34,, Folder No. 36,, Folder No. 38,
	Jessica, Tom, Audrey	Folder No. 34
	Johnston, Ben	Folder No. 30,Folder No. 32,, Folder No. 36,
	Jordan, Dr. and Mrs. Henry	Folder No. 32
	Judith	Folder No. 33,Folder No. 38,
	Kase, Joan	Folder No. 35
	Katayen, Lelia	Folder No. 29
	Keats, Kathy	Folder No. 35
	King, Bruce	Folder No. 34
	King, Eleanor	Folder No. 33
	Kloepper, Louise	Folder No. 37
	Krevitsky, Nathan “Nik”	Folder No. 30,Folder No. 37,
	Kroll, Lucy	Folder No. 30
	La Farge, Timothy	Folder No. 38
	Larry	Folder No. 35
	Lee, Deborah	Folder No. 36
	Leo	Folder No. 32,Folder No. 37,
	Levine, Paula	Folder No. 32,Folder No. 33,
	Lewis, Carole	Folder No. 31,Folder No. 38,
	Loewe, Ralph W.	Folder No. 32
	Love, Barbara Ann	Folder No. 29
	Luckie, Joey	Folder No. 36
	Madole, Dena	Folder No. 31,Folder No. 35,
	Mannino, Anthony	Folder No. 29
	Mansfield, Portia	Folder No. 33
	Martin, Dick	Folder No. 36
	Maynard, Olga	Folder No. 32
	McCord, John	Folder No. 35
	McGhee, Joanne	Folder No. 29,Folder No. 36,
	McLeod, Leslie	Folder No. 26
	Mom	Folder No. 29
	Mother	Folder No. 28,Folder No. 36,
	Mozen, Dorothy S.	Folder No. 30
	Muriel	Folder No. 35
	Neill, Susan	Folder No. 34
	Nielsen, Alf C.	Folder No. 27
	O'Brien, Peter	Folder No. 32
	O'Connor, Jack	Folder No. 37
	Oscar, Emma	Folder No. 33,Folder No. 34,
	Paul	Folder No. 37
	Peranja	Folder No. 36
	Perry & Joe	Folder No. 37
	Polly	Folder No. 36
	Prouty, Steve	Folder No. 30
	Reich, Elsa	Folder No. 36
	Ross, Bill	Folder No. 35,Folder No. 38,
	Schoenberg, Bessie	Folder No. 37
	Scott	Folder No. 35,Folder No. 38,
	Scott, Gladys	Folder No. 37
	Shattuck, Nora	Folder No. 37
	Shawn, Ted	Folder No. 32
	Shearer, Sybil	Folder No. 30,Folder No. 37,
	Shelton, Mary	Folder No. 34
	Sherman, Bill	Folder No. 29
	Sylvia	Folder No. 26,Folder No. 37,
	Tammany, Maude	Folder No. 32
	Tronowsky, Clara Mae	Folder No. 32
	Viscusi, Margo	Folder No. 31
	Wilder, Grace	Folder No. 32
	Williams, Jonathan	Folder No. 28
	Wines, George M.	Folder No. 27
	Wodynski, Jan	Folder No. 37
	Zuckermann, W.J.	Folder No. 32
	bj	Folder No. 34
	jan	Folder No. 33


Index of Business Correspondents
	Altschuler, Sheila	Folder No. 70
	Ames, Elizabeth	Folder No. 48
	Amram, David	Folder No. 60
	Anderson, Peter	Folder No. 67
	Andrews, Jerome	Folder No. 62,Folder No. 65,
	Anthony, Elizabeth B.	Folder No. 56
	Anthony, Joe	Folder No. 51
	Aronson, Fannie	Folder No. 52
	Babuscio, Liz	Folder No. 62,Folder No. 63,
	Barclift, Nelson	Folder No. 69
	Beiswanger, Barbara	Folder No. 51
	Beiswanger, Geroge	Folder No. 61
	Belknap, Lisa	Folder No. 72
	Bellinger, Jean	Folder No. 49
	Ben	Folder No. 55
	Bennett, Isadora	Folder No. 44
	Berg, Harriet	Folder No. 52
	Berghof, Herbert	Folder No. 51
	Bernhardt, Melvin	Folder No. 50
	Bettis, Valerie	Folder No. 64
	Bill & LaVerne	Folder No. 44
	Birch, Amos Litz O'Brien	Folder No. 44
	Bjorklund, LaVern	Folder No. 55
	Black Mountain College, Officers	Folder No. 50
	Boas, F.	Folder No. 47
	Bockman, George	Folder No. 44
	Boettcher, Henry	Folder No. 50
	Bonali, Gloria	Folder No. 70
	Brock, Nancy	Folder No. 52
	Brockway, Thomas P.	Folder No. 49
	Broffman, Mildred	Folder No. 46
	Broughton, Shirley & David	Folder No. 50
	Brown, Margaret	Folder No. 45
	Burkhardt, Frederick	Folder No. 49
	Capezio	Folder No. 45
	Carmines, Al	Folder No. 71
	Carns, Marie	Folder No. 56
	Catherman, Terrence	Folder No. 49,Folder No. 72,
	Chilkovsky, Nadia	Folder No. 51
	Clark Sharon Leigh	Folder No. 64
	Clark, Barbara	Folder No. 55
	Clark, Christopher	Folder No. 68,Folder No. 69,
	Clark, Madilyn	Folder No. 62
	Clemo, Richard	Folder No. 54
	Cohen, Fanny Marchall	Folder No. 63
	Coleman, Martha	Folder No. 44
	Collins, Donald E.	Folder No. 58
	Colwell, Frederick	Folder No. 54
	Conques, Barbara	Folder No. 50
	Corriston, Michael S.	Folder No. 60
	Couch, Pat	Folder No. 64
	Crabb, Eugene N.	Folder No. 60
	Cunningham, Merce	Folder No. 51,Folder No. 55,
	Dalbotten [?], Ted	Folder No. 71
	Dance Magazine	Folder No. 58
	Dance Notation Bureau	Folder No. 71
	Davis, Marion	Folder No. 52
	De Mille, Agnes	Folder No. 44,Folder No. 55,
	Deschere, John M.	Folder No. 59
	Deutsch, J.L.	Folder No. 51
	Donald	Folder No. 53
	Donner, Carol	Folder No. 64
	Dowling, Susan	Folder No. 65
	Dudley, Jane	Folder No. 68
	Duffy, Blanche	Folder No. 45,Folder No. 47,, Folder No. 48,
	Duffy, Judith	Folder No. 72
	Duncan, Angus	Folder No. 53
	Duprogny, Jim	Folder No. 60
	EV	Folder No. 67
	Earl, Bill	Folder No. 56
	Eisen, Isabel	Folder No. 69
	Erlanger, Margaret	Folder No. 53,Folder No. 54,, Folder No. 55,, Folder No. 56,, Folder No. 73,
	Fairchild, Johnson E.	Folder No. 51
	Fisher, Isabelle	Folder No. 56
	Foss, Robert H.	Folder No. 58
	Freund, Louis	Folder No. 48
	Fulkerson, Mary	Folder No. 69,Folder No. 71,
	Garren. Lois Z.	Folder No. 70
	Gaskell, Sonia	Folder No. 56
	Gaudreau, Ronald Lee	Folder No. 65
	Geldzahler, Henry	Folder No. 71
	Genter, Sandra	Folder No. 68
	Gerdine, L.	Folder No. 58
	Godkin, Paul	Folder No. 44
	Goeb, Janey Price	Folder No. 49
	Gray, Kathy Harty	Folder No. 70
	Gray, Miriam	Folder No. 55
	Greenhut, Elizabeth Ince	Folder No. 63
	Greenspan, Sara	Folder No. 44
	Greenwood, Alan	Folder No. 45
	Gregersen, Sonya	Folder No. 70
	Groot, Kenneth	Folder No. 50,Folder No. 56,
	Guilliat, Lee	Folder No. 62
	Gurganus, Buddy	Folder No. 73
	Hager, Bengt	Folder No. 69
	Haim, Matti	Folder No. 44
	Halverson, Lolas	Folder No. 57
	Harkness House for Ballet Arts	Folder No. 72
	Hartong, Corrie	Folder No. 57,Folder No. 72,
	Hawkins, Alma	Folder No. 55
	Hawkins, Erick	Folder No. 56
	Hendl, Walter	Folder No. 53
	Hibbard, William	Folder No. 62
	Hicks, John	Folder No. 48
	Hieber, Helmuth	Folder No. 62
	Hill, Martha	Folder No. 47
	Hodes, Stuart	Folder No. 67
	Hollister, Louis	Folder No. 44
	Holloway, Robert	Folder No. 63
	Houston, Sara	Folder No. 48
	Huelster, Florence	Folder No. 57
	Huelster, Laura	Folder No. 48,Folder No. 49,, Folder No. 55,, Folder No. 56,, Folder No. 61,
	Isaac, Marjorie	Folder No. 73
	JN	Folder No. 58
	Jalowitz, Johanna	Folder No. 47
	James, Willard	Folder No. 50
	Javits, Jacob K.	Folder No. 64
	Johnson, FoCo	Folder No. 60
	Johnson, Nancy D.	Folder No. 65
	Johnson,Mary	Folder No. 45
	Karmatz, Sheila	Folder No. 68,Folder No. 69,
	Karson, Nat	Folder No. 44
	Kawalek, Glenn	Folder No. 66
	Keast, A. [?]	Folder No. 71
	Kennedy, Celeste	Folder No. 64
	Kirchner, Joy Miller	Folder No. 48
	Kleemann, Gary	Folder No. 66
	Kloepper, Louise	Folder No. 52,Folder No. 57,, Folder No. 72,
	Kolodney, William	Folder No. 45,Folder No. 50,
	Koppelmann, William	Folder No. 51
	Korne_dw_eff [?]	Folder No. 46
	Korsyn, Irene	Folder No. 68
	Krevitsky, Nathan “Nik”	Folder No. 54
	Kuhn, Harold	Folder No. 72
	LaTouche, John	Folder No. 44
	Langner, Lawrence	Folder No. 51,Folder No. 55,
	Laurenzen, Heinz	Folder No. 68,Folder No. 69,
	Levine, Paula	Folder No. 70
	Lippincott, Gertrude	Folder No. 58
	Livingston, D.D.	Folder No. 49
	Lockman, Evelyn	Folder No. 57
	Lorber, Richard	Folder No. 65
	Lowenberg, Sidney	Folder No. 54
	Luffman, Helen E.	Folder No. 47
	Mains, Margaret	Folder No. 73
	Malfatti, Roger A. Jr.	Folder No. 66
	Maloney, Bill	Folder No. 73
	Manfred, Ernest F.	Folder No. 60
	Margaret [Performing Artservices]	Folder No. 67
	Martin, John	Folder No. 44
	Massifi, Anna	Folder No. 66
	Mattlage, Louise	Folder No. 44
	Maynard, Olga	Folder No. 58,Folder No. 59,, Folder No. 60,
	McDonagh, Don	Folder No. 67,Folder No. 68,
	Meaders, Margaret	Folder No. 48
	Mertz, Annelise	Folder No. 54,Folder No. 55,, Folder No. 62,
	Mohamed, Koita Yaguine	Folder No. 60
	Moomaw, Virginia	Folder No. 48
	Moore, Stella	Folder No. 69
	Murat, Lalla	Folder No. 54,Folder No. 56,
	Nassif, Anna	Folder No. 70
	Nathanson, Lucille	Folder No. 54
	North, Marion	Folder No. 68,Folder No. 69,
	O'Brien, Peter F.	Folder No. 60
	Oates, Andy	Folder No. 46
	Okie, Suzanne	Folder No. 65
	Olney, Virginia B.	Folder No. 54
	Otterson, William L.	Folder No. 71
	Palmer, Ruth	Folder No. 52
	Park, Rosemary	Folder No. 45
	Paul, Wilson	Folder No. 56
	Pease, Esther	Folder No. 52
	Pelton, Judith	Folder No. 60
	Perper, Kay	Folder No. 62
	Petersen, Kay	Folder No. 68
	Pieroni, Mrs. F.A.	Folder No. 52
	Pinsker, Adam	Folder No. 66
	Pomeroy, Cynthia	Folder No. 48
	Pryor, Lee	Folder No. 72
	Puretz, Susan	Folder No. 68,Folder No. 70,
	Rae, Nell	Folder No. 51
	Ranney, Austin	Folder No. 54
	Reiss, Winold	Folder No. 44
	Richter, Marga	Folder No. 72
	Riley, Emily	Folder No. 62
	Ritman, Bill	Folder No. 56
	Ritner, Gary D.	Folder No. 63
	Robbins, Jerome	Folder No. 52,Folder No. 55,
	Roberts, Louise	Folder No. 51
	Robin, Harry L.	Folder No. 44
	Robin, Jean	Folder No. 66
	Roby, Shirley	Folder No. 70
	Rockford Art Association	Folder No. 47
	Rogers, Linda	Folder No. 65
	Roitman, Rita	Folder No. 53
	Roth, William	Folder No. 48
	Rothsbard, Lesley	Folder No. 72
	Rubenstein, Carol	Folder No. 59
	Ryder, Mark	Folder No. 56
	Saddler, Donald	Folder No. 65
	Sampson, Henry A.	Folder No. 46
	Sanford, Lathan	Folder No. 72
	Saudek, Robert	Folder No. 52
	Schlottmann, Jeanette	Folder No. 55,Folder No. 56,
	Schoenberg, Bessie	Folder No. 49
	Schreiber, Meyer	Folder No. 52
	Schwarz, Hermene	Folder No. 45
	Scott, Judie	Folder No. 55
	Seelig, Frances	Folder No. 45
	Shawn, Ted	Folder No. 48,Folder No. 55,
	Shelly, Mary J.	Folder No. 44
	Shirley, Suanne	Folder No. 64
	Shostal, H. Claude	Folder No. 70
	Siegel, Marcia B.	Folder No. 60
	Skinner, Joan	Folder No. 72
	Sloan, Muriel	Folder No. 66
	Smith, C. Duryea III	Folder No. 47
	Smolik, Claire	Folder No. 71
	Solomon, Ruth	Folder No. 66
	Spencer, Michael Jon	Folder No. 63
	Spicer, Verna	Folder No. 59
	Stanistreet, Grace	Folder No. 57,Folder No. 59,
	Stanton, Judie	Folder No. 51
	Stodelle, Ernestine	Folder No. 71,Folder No. 73,
	Strassner, William R.	Folder No. 47
	Sullivan, Pat	Folder No. 54
	Symon, Gail	Folder No. 49
	Takei, Kei	Folder No. 67
	Talbot, George A.	Folder No. 57
	Terry, Walter	Folder No. 62
	Tharp, Twyla	Folder No. 56
	Thompson, Harry F.	Folder No. 71
	Thompson, Louise	Folder No. 51
	Thuesen, Barbara	Folder No. 62
	Tjerandsen, Carl	Folder No. 65
	Urpalainen, Eija	Folder No. 55
	Verhulst, Lucille	Folder No. 47
	Vernon, Gwenne	Folder No. 52
	Vernon, Kathryn	Folder No. 47
	Wadhams, Emily	Folder No. 64,Folder No. 65,
	Warfield, J.W.	Folder No. 48
	Watlington, H. Stirling	Folder No. 44
	Weaver, Michael	Folder No. 60
	Weisfield, Muriel	Folder No. 45
	Weisman, Sari E.	Folder No. 71
	Whittlesey, Peregrine	Folder No. 64
	Widener, Winifred	Folder No. 50
	Willoughby, John W.	Folder No. 64
	Wilson, John	Folder No. 61
	Wislocki, Florence C.	Folder No. 59
	Wolz, Carl	Folder No. 66,Folder No. 69,
	Woods, Willis	Folder No. 47
	Xoregos, Shela	Folder No. 64,Folder No. 66,
	Young, Arthur R.	Folder No. 48

Container List and Series Descriptions


I. Personal Material
		Series I, Personal Material, contains such documents as a copy of Litz's birth certificate, passport, and identity and membership cards for such organizations as AGMA, Equity, University of Illinois, and the New York Public Library. There are also appointment calendars with notations, and various papers pertaining to her apartment and a dispute between the tenants and the management.
Box	Folder
1	1	Biographical Information 17 Items
1	2	Documents 9 Items
				Includes:
				Delayed Birth Certificate, 1912 Census Record, 1920 Perry-Mansfield Certificate, 1929 Graduation Diploma, 1930 Florence Nightingale Pledge, 1942 Marriage Certificate, 1947 Colorado College Grade Report, 1956 AGMA Membership Application, 1957 Passport, 1964
1	3	Wedding Book of Parents, 1901 1 Items
1	4	Identity and Membership Cards 40 Items
1	5-6	Notes and Memos 35 Items

		Appointment Calendars
Box	Folder
1	7		1959-1969 7 Items
1	8		1970-1973 5 Items
1	9		1974-1977 5 Items
1	10	Address Books/Lists 4 Items

		Records of Apartment
Box	Folder
1	11		1959 2 Items
1	12		1960-1969 24 Items
Box	Folder
2	13		1970-1971 22 Items
2	14		1972-1973 13 Items
2	15		1974-1975 27 Items
2	16		1976-1977 39 Items
2	17		n.d. 8 Items
2	18	Notes/Documents Relating to European Trip, 1964 30 Items
2	19	Misc. 9 Items


II. Correspondence
		Series II, Correspondence, includes letters, drafts of letters, postcards, telegrams, invitations, and greeting cards. The series is divided into Personal and Business, with some correspondents appearing in both sections. If there are more than 6 items from an individual, a folder has been established for the correspondent and these folders are listed alphabetically by name. The Outgoing subseries under Business contains letters and drafts of letters by Litz. The remainder of the correspondence is arranged chronologically, with alphabetical indexes for the personal and business correspondents located at the end of the Folder List. In these indexes, if unable to ascertain a surname, the name is given as the letter was signed, i.e. “George,” “bj”. If the signature was illegible, a semblance of the letters is given, with a [?] after the name.

		Personal
Box	Folder
2	20		Charlip, Remy, 1954-1969, n.d. 10 Items
2	21		Gress, Elsa, 1956-1977 20 Items
2	22		O'Brien, Kathleen, 1952-1978 7 Items
2	23		Paludan, Marsha, 1965-1978, n.d. 22 Items
2	24		Rigg, Jean, 1970-1977 7 Items
2	25		Shawn, Ted, 1960-1969 6 Items

			Wright, Clifford [see Gress, Elsa]
Box	Folder
2	26		1932-1939 7 Items
2	27		1940-1949 15 Items
2	28		1950-1952 14 Items
2	29		1953-1959 12 Items
2	30		1960-1963 12 Items
2	31		1964-1967 10 Items
2	32		1968-1969 14 Items
2	33		1970-1972 12 Items
2	34		1973-1975 15 Items
2	35		1976-1978 18 Items
Box	Folder
3	36-38		n.d. 50 Items

		Business

			Outgoing
Box	Folder
3	39			1940-1957 7 Items
3	40			1960-1964 9 Items
3	41			1966-1969 12 Items
3	42			1970-1975 11 Items
3	43			1976-1978 12 Items

			Incoming
Box	Folder
3	44			1939-1949 18 Items
3	45			1950 Jan.-June 10 Items
3	46			1950 July-Dec. 9 Items
3	47			1951 12 Items
3	48			1952 16 Items
3	49			1953-1954 11 Items
3	50			1955-1957 11 Items
3	51			1958 13 Items
3	52			1959 Jan.-June 14 Items
3	53			1959 July-Dec. 9 Items
3	54			1960 16 Items
3	55			1961 17 Items
3	56			1962-1964 16 Items
3	57			1965 10 Items
3	58			1966 Jan.-May 10 Items
3	59			1966 June-Dec. 10 Items
3	60			1967 13 Items
3	61			1968-1969 3 Items
3	62			1970-1971 12 Items
3	63			1972 6 Items
3	64			1973 11 Items
3	65			1974 10 Items
3	66			1975 13 Items
3	67			1976 Jan.-June 6 Items
3	68			1976 July-Dec. 11 Items
3	69			1977 Jan.-May 12 Items
3	70			1977 June-Dec. 10 Items
3	71			1978-1979 12 Items
3	72-73			n.d. 24 Items


III. Performance-Related Material
		Series III, Performance-Related Material, is arranged by type of material. It includes notebooks and notes with ideas for and about dances and performances; 36 scripts and 7 music scores (some with brief annotations, stage directions, etc.) of works Litz choreographed, performed, or studied; clippings, drawings, and art reproductions which Litz saved for ideas for dances and costumes; promotional material such as flyers and 14 drawings or sketches by Charles Oscar for possible use for brochures; and box office reports for several performances.

		Notebooks
Box	Folder
4	74		1939 1 Items
4	75		1969 1 Items
4	76		“Dance Plans,” “Dramatic Fantasy” 2 Items
4	77	Performance and Dance Notes 12 Items
4	78	Programs, Flyers 5 Items

		Promotion
Box	Folder
4	79		Advertising Copy 17 Items

			Brochures
Box	Folder
9	173			Mechanicals and Paste-ups 16 Items
						=oversized box
9	174			Drawings of Charles Oscar 14 Items
						=oversized box
Box	Folder
4	80		Press Releases 14 Items
4	81		Mailing Lists 9 Items
4	82	Repertory Lighting Plots, 1977 1 Items
				Includes Baroque Suite Territory Like an Unending Song Homage to Silence and Lillian Gish
4	83	Diagram - Delacorte Stage 1 Items
4	84	Box Office/Tickets 5 Items
				Includes: Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences, 1954 Performance, 1967 Feb. 27 American Theatre Lab., 1974 American Theatre Lab., 1975 Dance Theatre Workshop, 1976
4	85	Tour Schedule, “Musical Americana” 1 Items

		Scripts of Works Litz Choreographed, Performed, or Studied
				[=annotated, *=some music included]
Box	Folder
4	86		Aurora, Fornes 1 Items
4	87		*Ballet Ballads: “Susanna and the Elders,” LaTouche 2 Items
4	88		Before the Game, Carmines 1 Items
4	89		*The Birthday 1 Items
4	90		The Blossom, McClure 1 Items
4	91		Blue Mountain Blues, Williams 1 Items
4	92		The Car That Went With Motor 88 Miles, Lipsky 1 Items
4	93		The Crystal Heart, Archibald 1 Items
4	94		Dr. Kheal, Fornes 1 Items
4	95		*The Dumb Waiter, Pinter 1 Items
4	96		*The Enchanted 4 Items
Box	Folder
5	97		Harangue and Inner Thoughts 1 Items
5	98		Hurrah, It's Lewis Carroll Day, Katzman 1 Items
5	99		In 3 Zones, Leach 1 Items
5	100		*Iphigenia in Aulis 1 Items
5	101		**The Journey of Snow White, Carmines 2 Items
5	102		*The Line of Lease Existence, Drexler 1 Items
5	103		**Listen to Me, Stein 2 Items
5	104		*Madrigal of War, Wulp 1 Items
5	105		**A Manoir, Stein 3 Items
5	106		Professor Omnium, Roitman 1 Items
5	107		*Sacred and Profane Love, Carmines 1 Items
5	108		*San Francisco's Burning, Adam 1 Items
5	109		*The Service for Joseph Axminster, Dennison 1 Items
5	110		*Soap Opera, Gruen 1 Items
5	111		Thaswachuthinck 1 Items
Box	Folder
6	112		A Triptych for Hieronymus, Smalley 1 Items
6	113		*Ubu Roi, Jarry 1 Items
6	114		Ulysses in Nightgown, Barkentin 1 Items
6	115		*The Wax Engine, Nichols 1 Items
6	116		The Women at the Tomb, deGhelderode 1 Items
6	117		*[no title, characters Ted, Jeremy, Virtue, Prudence, Charity] 1 Items
6	118		[no title, characters Leonce, Valerio, Rosetta] 1 Items
6	119		Portions of Scripts 3 Items
					Includes: Saint Joan The Sign of Jonah *[no title, characters Hagar, Sarah, Abraham, Ishmail]
Box	Folder
9	175	Music Scores Litz Choreographed 4 Items
				[*=annotated]
				=oversized box
				Inlcudes: Alborado del gracioso, Ravel [used for Twilight of a Flower] Celebration, Banks Nos. #1 & #2 of Four Studies,* Nicolait [used for Prayer and Argument] Susanna and the Elders, LaTouche

		Research and Reference Materials
Box	Folder
9	176-177		“Art Reproductions for Study - Ideas for Costumes and Movement” 42 Items
					=oversized box
9	178		“Art - Materials - Reading and Photographs” 21 Items
					=oversized box


IV. Teaching Material
		Series IV, Teaching Material, is arranged by type of material and contains notes for classes, student evaluations, and class rosters and schedules.
Box	Folder
6	120	Thoughts on Modern Dance 1 Items
6	121-122	Notes for Classes 28 Items
6	123	Student Evaluations of Classes/Performances 10 Items
6	124	Report - “Problems in Dance,” Schramm 7 Items
6	125	Papers - Adelphi College Children's Center, 1963-1966 15 Items
6	126	Class/Attendence Rosters, Lists, Schedules 10 Items


V. Grant Applications and Related Correspondence
		Series V, Grant Applications, is arranged by organization and then chronologically within the folders. It contains correspondence relating to the applications (including responses of those whom Litz asked for letters of recommendation, such as Agnes De Mille, John Martin, Ted Shawn, Paul Taylor, Charles Weidman), drafts of information for the applications and a few copies of actual applications.

		CAPS [Cultural Council Foundation]
Box	Folder
6	127		1971-1978 7 Items

		Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Box	Folder
6	128		1958-1959 9 Items
Box	Folder
7	129		1960-1961 10 Items
7	130		1962-1963 4 Items
7	131		1965-1966 14 Items
7	132		1969-1978 13 Items

		National Endowment for the Arts
Box	Folder
7	133		1968-1972 8 Items
7	134		1973-1978 14 Items

		NY State Council on the Arts
Box	Folder
7	135		1967-1972 8 Items
7	136		1972-1973 4 Items
7	137		1973-1974 6 Items
7	138		1974-1975 8 Items
7	139		1975-1976 2 Items
7	140		1976-1977 3 Items
7	141		1977-1978,n.d. 4 Items
7	142	Lena Robbins Foundation 3 Items
7	143	Ingram Merrill Foundation 4 Items
7	144	Misc. Organizations 15 Items


VI. Legal/Financial
		Series VI, Legal/Financial, includes contracts for Litz as a performer and with sponsoring organizations for concerts of her group, and a small amount of income and expense information.

		Contracts
Box	Folder
7	145		1933-1949 8 Items
7	146		1954-1966 15 Items
7	147		1973-1978 10 Items

		Financial Papers
Box	Folder
7	148		1948-1967 17 Items
7	149		1971-1978 10 Items


VII. Notes from Courses Taken by Litz
		Series VII, Notes from Courses Taken by Litz, contains her hand-written notes and/or printed notes from the instructors in classes from high school through 1972.
Box	Folder
7	150	High School Classes 2 Items
7	151	Lectures by John Martin, 1936 1 Items
7	152	Voice and Diction Syllabus, Pasadena Playhouse, 1938-1939 1 Items
Box	Folder
8	153	Voice with Marian Rich 18 Items
8	154	Labanotation Reading Material 4 Items
8	155	Music, Central YMCA College, Chicago 2 Items
8	156	Music Notebooks 5 Items
8	157	Acting Class 1 Items
8	158	Acting Technique with A. Mannino 20 Items
8	159	Acting Roles Done in Classes 10 Items
8	160	Ballet Class, Long Beach Summer School, 1972 1 Items


VIII. Transcripts/Copies of Articles
		Series VIII, Transcripts/Copies of Articles, contains primarily articles written by Litz or about her or her performances.
Box	Folder
8	161	Maynard article on Litz 1 Items
8	162	“Performance Can Have a Dangerous Connotation,” Litz, Dance Magazine, 1977 May 1 Items
8	163	“How Lost, How Amazed, How Miraculous We Are,” Fry, Theatre Arts, 1952 Aug. 1 Items
8	163	“The Mime Theatre of Etienne Decroux” Epstein 1 Items
8	164	“Katherine Litz,” Wolfe 1 Items
8	165	“How to Compose a Dance” Litz, Report of Eighth Annual Conference, Creative Teaching of Dance, 1963 1 Items
8	166	“Working With Kathryn Litz,” Mary-Jean Cowell 1 Items
8	166	Review of Litz Concert 1 Items
8	167	“La danza moderna in America,” Vaughan 1 Items


IX. Misc.
		Series IX, Miscellaneous, is arranged by type of material and contains a proposal for a theater school, food recipes saved by Litz, newspaper clippings she considered of interest, and several books and pamphlets.
Box	Folder
8	168	Proposal for Theatre School “Ion” 1 Items
8	169	Recipes 22 Items
8	170	Taglioni Paper Doll 9 Items
8	171	“Newspaper Clippings of Interest” 13 Items
8	172	Photograph, cast of Much Ado About Nothing, Carnegie Tech 1955 1 Items
Box	Folder
9	179-180	Books, Pamphlets 5 Items
			=oversized box
			Includes: About Carl Ruggles by Lou Harrison Dracula by Bram Stoker Poems by Shelley the muse, fall 1972. vol. VIII, no. 2, Bard College small hand-bound book from students in composition class, 1971