Harriet Hoctor collection, 1917-1972

Collection Summary

Title	Harriet Hoctor collection, 1917-1972
Span Dates	1917-1972
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1923-1937)
Call No.	ML31.H58
Creator	Hoctor, Harriet
Extent	1,700 items ; 12 containers ; 10 linear feet
Language	Material in English
Location	Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary	Harriet Hoctor (1905-1977) was a dancer in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in films during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. The collection contains materials that document her professional life in all of these venues. It also contains items related to her early dance training at the Louis H. Chalif Normal School of Dancing in New York and the founding of the Harriet Hoctor Ballet School in Boston in 1945. Materials include correspondence from various notables, including Mary Pickford, Ted Shawn, Walter Winchell, Billy Rose, Milton Berle, and Florenz Ziegfeld; a scrapbook; clippings; contracts; photographs; programs; posters; reviews; publicity materials from various periods of her performing career; choreographic notes; music; personal papers; and costume designs.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010013
LCCN Permalink	LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/2006568178