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Moscelyne Larkin and Roman Jasinski Collection

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Identifier: BRSCA-MLRJ-088
The Larkin/Jasinski collection contains manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, programs, and dance costume pieces.

Dates

  • Majority of material found in 1941-2012

Extent

27 Linear Feet

Biographical / Historical

Moscelyne Larkin was member of the Shawnee-Peoria Tribe from Oklahoma. She joined the Original Ballet Russe when she was 15 and is one of the 5 Moons Native American ballerinas. Roman Jasinski, was a Polish-born dancer who joined Col. W. de Basil’s Ballets Russes in 1932. Larkin and Jasinski married in Buenos Aires on Christmas Eve in 1943. They later joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo where they danced from 1948 to 1954. In 1956 they founded a ballet school and company in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Title
Moscelyne Larkin and Roman Jasinski Collection
Status
in_progress
Author
Jeri Smalley
Date
Began May 9, 2023
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
English

Repository Details

Part of the Ballets Russes Special Collections and Archive Repository

Contact:

405-325-4051