MS 2376
National Library of Australia
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Created: 2005
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Series 1. Family correspondence, 1915-1966
Featuring an extensive set of letters from Algeranoff to his mother, Alice Essex, together with some replies. These letters illuminate Algeranoff's life as a touring dancer in the 1920s and 1930s, including visits to Australia in 1926 and 1929. There are also letters to Algeranoff from his sister Kitty Hutter (Catherine), his brother R.A.Y. (Richard Alistair Yorke) Essex, his wife Claudie (Didi) and his son Noel, together with letters to the Kendall family...
Subseries 1.1. Letters to Alice Essex, 1921-1939
Please note: selected letters from this subseries have been digitised, and are available online through this finding aid. The digitised items are numbers 222-228, 230, 232-236, 300-318, 407-582, 584-596 and 598-604.
Letters to Alice Essex, 1926 (File 7)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 14 March 1926 (Item 222)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 21 March 1926 (Item 223)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 13 April 1926 (Item 225)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 May 1926 (Item 226)
Pages 3-6 only.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 4 May 1926 (Item 227)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7-9 May 1926 (Item 228)
Please note: there is no page numbered 'iii', while there are two pages numbered 'iv'.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 16 May 1926 (Item 230)
Written from Sydney. Pages 1-4 only.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [May] 1926 (Item 232)
Written from [ Sydney]. Pages 4-9 only.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [June] 1926 (Item 233)
Written from [ Christchurch]. Pages 3-4 only.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [July] 1926 (Item 234)
Written from [ Brisbane]. Pages 3-4 only.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 July 1926 (Item 235)
Written from Adelaide.
Manuscript of poem 'We toured the whole antipodes with Anna the Pawlowa...', [July] 1926 (Item 236)
Letters to Alice Essex, 1929 (File 9)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 17 March 1929 (Item 300)
Written from the SS Marella.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 25 March 1929 (Item 301)
Written from Townsville.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 March 1929 (Item 302)
Written from Bundaberg.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 29 March 1929 (Item 303)
Written from Brisbane.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 April 1929 (Item 304)
Written from Brisbane. Pages 1-3 only.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 16 April 1929 (Item 305)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 21 April 1929 (Item 306)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 April 1929 (Item 307)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 6-7 May 1929 (Item 308)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 12 May 1929 (Item 309)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 14 May 1929 (Item 310)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 19 May 1929 (Item 311)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 May 1929 (Item 312)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 June 1929 (Item 313)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 14 June 1929 (Item 314)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 19 June 1929 (Item 315)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 June 1929 (Item 316)
Written from Adelaide.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 July 1929 (Item 317)
Written from the SS Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 13 July 1929 (Item 318)
Written from Perth.
Letters to Alice Essex, 1931 and 1933 (File 11)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 November 1933 (Item 407)
Written from Birmingham.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 December 1933 (Item 408)
Written from Plymouth.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 12 December 1933 (Item 409)
Written from Plymouth.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 14-17 December 1933 (Item 410)
Written from the Lafayette.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 19 December 1933 (Item 411)
Written from the Lafayette.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 21-27 December 1933 (Item 412)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 29 December 1933 (Item 413)
Written from New York.
Letters to Alice Essex, 1934 (File 12)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 16 January 1934 (Item 414)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 21 January 1934 (Item 415)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 24-30 January 1934 (Item 416)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 4 February 1934 (Item 417)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 February 1934 (Item 418)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 12 February 1934 (Item 419)
Written from St Paul, Minnesota.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 18 February 1934 (Item 420)
Written from Chicago, Illinois.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 20 February 1934 (Item 421)
Written from Chicago, Illinois.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 February 1934 (Item 422)
Written from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 March 1934 (Item 423)
Written from Atlanta, Georgia.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 March 1934 (Item 424)
Written from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 11 March 1934 (Item 425)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 25 March 1934 (Item 426)
Written from Monte Carlo.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 3 April 1934 (Item 427)
Written from Monte Carlo.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 10-12 April 1934 (Item 428)
Written from Monte Carlo.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 19 April 1934 (Item 429)
Written from Monte Carlo.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 April 1934 (Item 430)
Written from Monte Carlo.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [May] 1934 (Item 431)
Written from Paris.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 May 1934 (Item 432)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 11 May 1934 (Item 433)
Written from Barcelona.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 21 May 1934 (Item 434)
Written from Barcelona.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 May 1934 (Item 435)
Written from Paris.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 4 June 1934 (Item 436)
Written from Paris.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 8 June 1934 (Item 437)
Written from Paris.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 18 August 1934 (Item 438)
Written from the MS Christiaan Huygens.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 22-23 August 1934 (Item 439)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 24 August 1934 (Item 440)
Written from the MS Christiaan Huygens.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 August 1934 (Item 441)
Written from the MS Christiaan Huygens.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [August] 1934 (Item 442)
Written from the MS Christiaan Huygens.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 September 1934 (Item 443)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 11 September 1934 (Item 444)
Written from the MS Christiaan Huygens.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 18 September 1934 (Item 445)
Written from Bandoeng.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 September 1934 (Item 446)
Written from Soerabaja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 23 October 1934 (Item 447)
Written from Brisbane.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 October 1934 (Item 448)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 4 November 1934 (Item 449)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 November 1934 (Item 450)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 11 November 1934 (Item 451)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2-7 December 1934 (Item 452)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 14 December 1934 (Item 453)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 21 December 1934 (Item 454)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 December 1934 (Item 455)
Written from Melbourne.
Letters to Alice Essex, 1935-1936 (File 13)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 January 1935 (Item 456)
Written from the SS Strathnaven.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 13 January 1935 (Item 457)
Written from Perth.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 17 January 1935 (Item 458)
Written from Perth.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 January 1935 (Item 459)
Written from Colombo.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 8 February 1935 (Item 460)
Written from the SS Modasa.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 15 February 1935 (Item 461)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 1 March 1935 (Item 462)
Written from Bombay.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 March 1935 (Item 463)
Written from Bombay.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 15 March 1935 (Item 464)
Written from Bombay.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 26 March 1935 (Item 465)
Written from Cairo.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 4 April 1935 (Item 466)
Written from Cairo.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 11 April 1935 (Item 467)
Written from Le Caire.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 19 April 1935 (Item 468)
Written from Alexandrie.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 25 April 1935 (Item 469)
Written from Port Said.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 April 1935 (Item 470)
Written from the SS Moreton Bay.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 11 May 1935 (Item 471)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [May] 1935 (Item 472)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 26 June 1935 (Item 473)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 June 1935 (Item 474)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 13 November 1935 (Item 475)
Written from Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [1936] (Item 476)
Written from Bristol.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [March] 1936 (Item 477)
Written from Plymouth.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [March] 1936 (Item 478)
Written from Plymouth.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [March] 1936 (Item 479)
Written from Bournemouth. Pages 1-2, 5 only.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [April] 1936 (Item 480)
Written from Birmingham.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 3 April 1936 (Item 481)
Written from Birmingham.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 April 1936 (Item 482)
Written from Leeds.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 10 April 1936 (Item 483)
Written from Leeds.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [April] 1936 (Item 484)
Written from Nottingham.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [April] 1936 (Item 485)
Written from Oxford.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 20 April 1936 (Item 486)
Written from Glasgow.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [24] [April] 1936 (Item 487)
Written from Glasgow.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 April 1936 (Item 488)
Written from Glasgow.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 1 May 1936 (Item 489)
Written from Glasgow.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 15 May 1936 (Item 490)
Written from Edinburgh.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 17 May 1936 (Item 491)
Written from Manchester.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 22 May 1936 (Item 492)
Written from Manchester.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 May 1936 (Item 493)
Written from Manchester.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 3 June 1936 (Item 494)
Written from Blackpool.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 23 June 1936 (Item 495)
Written from Bournemouth.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 July 1936 (Item 496)
Written from Brighton.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 8 July 1936 (Item 497)
Written from Eastbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 10 July 1936 (Item 498)
Written from St Leonards.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 29 September 1936 (Item 499)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 September 1936 (Item 500)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 9 October 1936 (Item 501)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 13 October 1936 (Item 502)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 19 October 1936 (Item 503)
Written from Paris.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 26 October 1936 (Item 504)
Written from the SS Ile de France.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 6 November 1936 (Item 505)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 15 November 1936 (Item 506)
Written from Newark, New Jersey.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 20 November 1936 (Item 507)
Written from Worcester, Massachusetts.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 22 November 1936 (Item 508)
Written from Providence, Rhode Island.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 December 1936 (Item 509)
Written from Montreal.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 December 1936 (Item 510)
Written from Denton, Texas.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 6 December 1936 (Item 511)
Written from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 10 December 1936 (Item 512)
Written from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 22 December 1936 (Item 513)
Written from Chicago, Illinois.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 29 December 1936 (Item 514)
Written from Chicago, Illinois.
Letters to Alice Essex, 1937 (File 14)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 January 1937 (Item 515)
Written from St Louis, Missouri.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 January 1937 (Item 516)
Written from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 20 January 1937 (Item 517)
Written from Los Angeles, California.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 25 January 1937 (Item 518)
Written from San Diego, California.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 31 January 1937 (Item 519)
Written from San Francisco, California.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 6 February 1937 (Item 520)
Written from Eugene, Oregon.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 February 1937 (Item 521)
Written from Seattle, Washington.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 17 February 1937 (Item 522)
Written from Salina, Kansas.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 February 1937 (Item 523)
Written from Atlanta, Georgia.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 4 March 1937 (Item 524)
Written from Richmond, Virginia.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 24 March 1937 (Item 525)
Written from Chicago, Illinois.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 March 1937 (Item 526)
Written from Chicago, Illinois.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 9 April 1937 (Item 527)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 May 1937 (Item 528)
Written from Florence.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 6 May 1937 (Item 529)
Written from Florence.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 9 May 1937 (Item 530)
Written from Florence.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 13 May 1937 (Item 531)
Written from Florence.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 25 July 1937 (Item 532)
Written from the RMS Queen Mary.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 August 1937 (Item 533)
Written from Boston, Massachusetts.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 21 October 1937 (Item 534)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 8 November 1937 (Item 535)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 15 November 1937 (Item 536)
Written from Montreal.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 16 November 1937 (Item 537)
Written from Montreal.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 23 November 1937 (Item 538)
Written from York, Pennsylvania.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 November 1937 (Item 539)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 December 1937 (Item 540)
Written from Fargo, North Dakota.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 17 December 1937 (Item 541)
Written from Cleveland, Ohio.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 December 1937 (Item 542)
Written from Chicago, Illinois.
Letters to Alice Essex, and undated, 1938-1939 (File 15)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 4 January 1938 (Item 543)
Written from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 January 1938 (Item 544)
Written from Quincy, Illinois.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 11 January 1938 (Item 545)
Written from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 20 January 1938 (Item 546)
Written from Providence, Rhode Island.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 January 1938 (Item 547)
Written from San Francisco, California.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 1 February 1938 (Item 548)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 10 February 1938 (Item 549)
Written from Seattle, Washington.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 18 February 1938 (Item 550)
Written from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 20 February 1938 (Item 551)
Written from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 4 March 1938 (Item 552)
Written from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 10 March 1938 (Item 553)
Written from New York.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [March] 1938 (Item 554)
Written from Paris.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 29 March 1938 (Item 555)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 6 April 1938 (Item 556)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 April 1938 (Item 557)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 8 April 1938 (Item 558)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 12 April 1938 (Item 559)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 21 April 1938 (Item 560)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 April 1938 (Item 561)
Written from Berlin.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 1 June 1938 (Item 562)
Written from Paris.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [August] 1938 (Item 563)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 25 August 1938 (Item 564)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 26 August 1938 (Item 565)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 26 August 1938 (Item 566)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 August 1938 (Item 567)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 August 1938 (Item 568)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 3 September 1938 (Item 569)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 8 September 1938 (Item 570)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 10 September 1938 (Item 571)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 12 September 1938 (Item 572)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 23 September 1938 (Item 573)
Written from the P and O Maloja.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 September 1938 (Item 574)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 October 1938 (Item 575)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 9 October 1938 (Item 576)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 24 October 1938 (Item 577)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 31 October 1938 (Item 578)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 9 November 1938 (Item 579)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 15 November 1938 (Item 580)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 16-18 November 1938 (Item 581)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 22 November 1938 (Item 582)
Written from the P and O Mooltan.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5 December 1938 (Item 584)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 12 December 1938 (Item 585)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 26 December 1938 (Item 586)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 January 1939 (Item 587)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 14 January 1939 (Item 588)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 January 1939 (Item 589)
Written from Sydney.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 January 1939 (Item 590)
Written from the MV Wanganella.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 2 March 1939 (Item 591)
Written from Wellington.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 8 March 1939 (Item 592)
Written from Christchurch.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 20 March 1939 (Item 593)
Written from Invercargill.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 22 March 1939 (Item 594)
Written from the SS Maunganui.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, [10] April 1939 (Item 595)
Written from Melbourne.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 22 April 1939 (Item 596)
Written from Adelaide.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 27 April 1939 (Item 598)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 30 April 1939 (Item 599)
Written from the RMS Orford.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 5-9 May 1939 (Item 600)
Written from the RMS Orford.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 20 May 1939 (Item 601)
Written from Polonnaruwa.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 24 May 1939 (Item 602)
Written from the SS Otranto.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 7 June 1939 (Item 603)
Written from the SS Otranto.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alice Essex, 28 November 1939 (Item 604)
Written from Melbourne.
Series 3. General correspondence, 1920-1967
General correspondence, including personal and some business and financial correspondence. The business correspondence mainly relates to Algeranoff's lectures on dance. A highlight of the personal correspondence is the detailed correspondence with Peggy van Praagh, 1960-1967. Some drafts and carbons of Algeranoff's own letters are found in this series. Some of the correspondence is written in French, German and Spanish...
General correspondence, 1931-1932 (File 4)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mr Solosy, 2 February 1931 (Item 98)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mr Stuart, 11 August 1931 (Item 105)
General correspondence, 1933-1935 (File 5)
Includes original watercolour Christmas card and letter by Daryl Lindsay.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mr Stuart, 1 November 1933 (Item 133)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Vivian Van Damm, 1 September 1935 (Item 151)
Harcourt Algeranoff to E. Nakhimoff, 6 October 1935 (Item 154)
General correspondence, 1936-1937 (File 6)
Includes letters by Troy Kinney on dance lecturing; as well as a long biographical letter from Algeranoff to Miss Tuer-Partriege describing his career, the Anna Pavlova Company, and his impressions of Japan.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Madame Gheltzer, 26 May 1936 (Item 162)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Miss Tuer-Partriégé, 20 October 1937 (Item 172)
Pages 1-4 only.
Harcourt Algeranoff to Miss Tuer-Partriégé, 20 October 1937 (Item 173)
Pages 1-2 only.
General correspondence, 1938-1939 (File 7)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Joseph Paget-Fredericks, 2 November 1938 (Item 184)
General correspondence, 1940-1943 (File 8)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Victor Dandré, 9 October 1941 (Item 206)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst and Lola, 1942 (Item 214)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Elfrida and Ted, 1942 (Item 215)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mr Meade, 16 January 1943 (Item 216)
Harcourt Algeranoff to R.A. Cowling, 20 January 1943 (Item 217)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Nellie Campebello, 22 January 1943 (Item 218)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Fausto Garcia Medele, 25 January 1943 (Item 219)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mrs de Kanter, 31 January 1943 (Item 221)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Thamara, [January] 1943 (Item 222)
Harcourt Algeranoff to R.A. Cowling, 3 February 1943 (Item 223)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mrs Porter, 20 February 1943 (Item 227)
Harcourt Algeranoff to [unknown], 24 February 1943 (Item 228)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mr Goldberger, 27 February 1943 (Item 229)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Edgar Craig Schenck, 1 March 1943 (Item 230)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mr Mead, 3 March 1943 (Item 231)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mr Goldberger, 20 March 1943 (Item 237)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Marian Jobson, 16 September 1943 (Item 255)
General correspondence, 1944-1945 (File 9)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Nana and Paul, 27 April 1944 (Item 268)
General correspondence, 1946-1949 (File 10)
Harcourt Algeranoff to The Dancing Times, [March] 1946 (Item 303)
General correspondence, 1951 (File 12-13)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Robert Wieder, 22 October 1951 (Item 426)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mona Inglesby, 9 December 1951 (Item 432)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mona Inglesby, [December] 1951 (Item 433)
General correspondence, 1952-1953 (File 15)
Harcourt Algeranoff to G.B. Wilson, 13 March 1952 (Item 526)
Harcourt Algeranoff to René Bon, 16 June 1952 (Item 534)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Faith Pridie, 9 October 1952 (Item 542)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Jaques Corseuil, 25 January 1953 (Item 553)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Alexander Levitoff, 17 April 1953 (Item 557)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Jaques Corseuil, 16 June 1953 (Item 560)
Harcourt Algeranoff to A. Penley, 2 July 1953 (Item 562)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Sol Hurok, 9 September 1953 (Item 566)
Harcourt Algeranoff to J. Nevin Tait, 26 October 1953 (Item 568)
General correspondence, 1954 (File 16)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Joan Van Wart, 17 February 1954 (Item 577)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 15 April 1954 (Item 581)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Sol Hurok, 23 April 1954 (Item 583)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Takizo Miyazaki, 11 May 1954 (Item 586)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 27 May 1954 (Item 591)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 22 June 1954 (Item 596)
Harcourt Algeranoff to L.J. Dooling, 20 July 1954 (Item 603)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mrs R.G. Casey, 31 July 1954 (Item 610)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Sir Bernard Heinze, 6 August 1954 (Item 613)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 9 December 1954 (Item 627)
General correspondence, 1955 (File 17)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 17 April 1955 (Item 637)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 15 June 1955 (Item 639)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Mr Burbridge, 2 July 1955 (Item 646)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Jaques Corseuil, 8 October 1955 (Item 658)
Harcourt Algeranoff to S. Mishiku, 14 October 1955 (Item 659)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Fuki Nishi, 15 October 1955 (Item 660)
Harcourt Algeranoff to R.A. Close, 24 November 1955 (Item 667)
General correspondence, 1956 (File 18)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 19 March 1956 (Item 673)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Lucie Saronova, 14 April 1956 (Item 675)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Hugh Hunt, 17 May 1956 (Item 677)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Janka, 22 August 1956 (Item 679)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Joan Van Wart, 22 August 1956 (Item 680)
General correspondence, 1957 (File 19)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Leo McCabe, 16 March 1957 (Item 686)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 9 May 1957 (Item 689)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss, 12 June 1957 (Item 695)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss, 13 June 1957 (Item 696)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Fay Zwicky, 2 July 1957 (Item 700)
Harcourt Algeranoff to H.J. Kelly, 3 July 1957 (Item 701)
Harcourt Algeranoff to R.A. Close, 12 August 1957 (Item 705)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Ernst Krauss and Ecoline Krauss-Adema, 8 September 1957 (Item 711)
General correspondence, 1958 (File 20)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Leonide Massine, 12 February 1958 (Item 721)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Senor Sirvente, 14 February 1958 (Item 722)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Leonide Massine, 19 March 1958 (Item 726)
Harcourt Algeranoff to J.J. de Crane, 8 October 1958 (Item 737)
General correspondence, 1959 (File 21)
Harcourt Algeranoff to J.J. de Crane, 25 January 1959 (Item 772)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Walter Gore, 7 February 1959 (Item 779)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Leonide Massine, 15 August 1959 (Item 806)
Harcourt Algeranoff to J. Nevin Tait, 9 September 1959 (Item 811)
General correspondence, 1960 (File 22)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Gunnar Brunvoll, 16 July 1960 (Item 851)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Norman Tett, 27 July 1960 (Item 854)
Harcourt Algeranoff to J. Lucas, 27 July 1960 (Item 855)
General correspondence, 1961 (File 23)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Gunnar Brunvoll, 19 January 1961 (Item 866)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Serge Babichev, 10 February 1961 (Item 877)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Sydney Ure Smith, 14 February 1961 (Item 879)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Agnes Babicheva, 24 February 1961 (Item 885)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 30 March 1961 (Item 897)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Agnes Babicheva and Serge Babichev, 22 May 1961 (Item 909)
Harcourt Algeranoff to The Charge d'Affaires for China, 20 July 1961 (Item 929)
Harcourt Algeranoff to John M. Young, 22 July 1961 (Item 930)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Agnes Babicheva and Serge Babichev, 22 July 1961 (Item 931)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, [July] 1961 (Item 935)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 14 September 1961 (Item 944)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Paul Szilard, 8 November 1961 (Item 960)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 13 November 1961 (Item 961)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Florence M. Hansford, 11 December 1961 (Item 968)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 11 December 1961 (Item 969)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, [1961] (Item 973)
Correspondence with the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1961-1962 (File 24)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Eric, 27 September 1961 (Item 978)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Louis van Eyssen, 17 January 1962 (Item 987)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Valrene Tweddie, 10 February 1962 (Item 998)
General correspondence, 1962 (File 25)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 13 January 1962 (Item 1006)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 12 March 1962 (Item 1010)
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Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 19 August 1962 (Item 1036)
Harcourt Algeranoff to J.B. Piggott, 14 September 1962 (Item 1042)
General correspondence, 1963 (File 26)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Eileen Pearcey, 3 January 1963 (Item 1057)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 21 January 1963 (Item 1067)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Joan Rayner and Betty Rayner, 29 January 1963 (Item 1075)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Stefan Haag, 6 June 1963 (Item 1106)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 18 August 1963 (Item 1120)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Margaret King, 8 September 1963 (Item 1126)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 10 September 1963 (Item 1127)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peter Hill, 6 October 1963 (Item 1130)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Arthur van Langenberg, 7 October 1963 (Item 1132)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Peggy Van Praagh, 1 December 1963 (Item 1149)
General correspondence, 1964 (File 27)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Nan and Geoffrey, 22 October 1964 (Item 1208)
General correspondence, 1965 (File 28)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Rudolf Nureyev, 23 May 1965 (Item 1230)
General correspondence, 1966 (File 29-30)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Keith Glennon, 17 May 1966 (Item 1279)
Harcourt Algeranoff to Janka, 3 December 1966 (Item 1336)
Series 6. Ballets Russes, 1932-1946
Algeranoff danced with Ballets Russes in 1933-1934 and 1937-1942, touring throughout Australia, the United States, Canada and South America...
Scrapbook titled 'Algeranoff : Algunas Fotografias y Criticas De Sus Varios Papeles', featuring photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to performances by Algeranoff, 1920s-1950s (File 7)
Algeranoff: Algunas Fotografias y Criticas De Sus Varios Papeles
Anna Pavlova and Harcourt Algeranoff in Danse russe (Russian dance), ca. 1920s, [1] [picture].
Anna Pavlova, Harcourt Algeranoff and dancers of the Pavlova company in Danse russe (Russian dance), ca. 1920s [picture].
Harcourt Algeranoff as Fate in Les presages Ballets Russes, [1] [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff as Fate in Les presages, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s, [2] [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff as the Astrologer in Le Coq d'or, Ballets Russes, ca. 1940 [picture].
Harcourt Algeranoff as Pierrot in Le Carnaval, Ballets Russes, ca. 1940, [2] [picture].
Harcourt Algeranoff as Pierrot in Le Carnaval, Ballets Russes, ca. 1940, [1] [picture].
Portrait of Harcourt Algeranoff as the Astrologer in Le coq d'or, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff as Fate in Les presages, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture]
Anna Pavlova and Harcourt Algeranoff in Danse russe (Russian dance), [2] [picture].
Harcourt Algeranoff as Fate in Les presages, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s, [4] [picture]
Portrait of Harcourt Algeranoff as Pierrot in Le Carnaval, Ballets Russes, ca. 1940 [picture]
Portrait of Harcourt Algeranoff as Girolamo in Francesca da Rimini, Ballets Russes, ca. 1940 [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff as Girolamo with another Ballets Russes dancer as Chiara in Francesca da Rimini, ca. 1940 [picture].
Harcourt Algeranoff performing as Girolamo in Francesca da Rimini, Ballets Russes, ca. 1940 [picture].
Harcourt Algeranoff as Girolamo with other Ballets Russes dancers in Francesca da Rimini, ca. 1940 [picture].
Harcourt Algeranoff as Girolamo in Francesca da Rimini Ballets Russes, ca. 1942, [1] [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff as Girolamo in Francesca da Rimini, Ballets Russes, ca. 1942, [2] [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff as a faun, ca. 1942 [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff as the Witch Doctor, ca. 1942, [1] [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff as the Witch Doctor, ca. 1942, [2] [picture]
Harcourt Algeranoff in costume for Japanese dance, ca. 1940 [picture].
Harcourt Algeranoff in Japanese dance Spring rain, ca. 1940, [picture].
Series 21. Photographs, 1924-1966
Photographs of Algeranoff, Anna Pavlova, Dorothy Stevenson, Claudie and Noel Essex, Mona Inglesby, Angelo Andes, Edouard Borovansky and scenes from performances of the Borovansky Ballet, Ballet Russe and other companies. Also some postcards and printed portraits. Most of the photographs are unidentified and undated.
Photographs, including Algeranoff and family (File 1)
Photograph of Harcourt Algeranoff with his mother, Alice Essex, in London, c.1937 [picture]
Photographs, including Algeranoff, Anna Pavlova and the Ballet Russe (File 5)
Photograph of Anna Pavlova, seated on an elephant during her tour of India, 1923 [picture].