Denishawn School of Dancing

Ruth St. Denis performs as the ''Black Nautch.''

This box contains (2) photo albums/scrapbooks from Denishawn's tour of Asia in 1925 to 1926. These albums include photographs of Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, Doris Humphrey, and other company members. The books were given by their owner to Pauline Lawrence who annotated some of the photos herself.

Ruth St. Denis performs with two parisols in ''Burmese'' in 1929.

Ruth St. Denis ruffles her skirts as she performs ''Cadmons Naucht'' at Jacobs Pillow in 1955.

Photograph of a photo board with some of the pictures crossed out.

Photograph of numbered negatives of Ruth St. Denis and others performing on stage.

Ruth St. Denis performs 'Cuardo Flamenco' with other dancers in 1923. Left to right, Ted Shawn, Martha Hardy, Pauline Lawrence, George Steares, Louise Brooks, Ann Douglas, Charles Wiedman, Ruth St. Denis as La Gitana, Leanore Sheffer, Doris Humphrey, J. Roy Busclark, unidentified girl, Therea Sadowska and Robert Gorham.

Drawing of Ruth St. Denis on front of promotional flyer for dance lessons St. Denis and Ted Shawn taught together.

Ruth St. Denis performs in ''Dance of the Royal Ballet of Siam.''

Photograph of Ruth St. Denis twirling in a full white skirt on the back of an announcement of a new Illustrated edition of Dance We Must.