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Collection · 17 September 1953

Autobiography, 1953

Leonid Yakobson’s autobiography, dated 17 September 1953: his own account of his life and work in the theatre. Here are the final version and a draft with corrections in his hand.

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JFE.COLLECTION.AUTOBIO.1953

Collection · 1967

Letters from Japan

Three letters Leonid Yakobson wrote from Japan in July 1967, by hand on hotel stationery, with their envelopes.

3 items/12 images

JFE.COLLECTION.JP.1967

Collection · 1972

Leonid Yakobson before the viewing by Igor Moiseyev, 1972

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JFE.COLLECTION.MOISEYEV.1972

Collection · 1975

Irina and Leonid Yakobson. Vosstaniya, 1975

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JFE.COLLECTION.VOSSTANIYA.1975

Collection · 20 October 1975

The only Soviet report of Leonid Yakobson’s death

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JFE.COLLECTION.OBITUARY.1975

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Copies of letters to Leonid Yakobson: Shostakovich, Plisetskaya and Shchedrin, Lopukhov, Ruchkan

Apart from the labels, every sheet is a colour print of a scan of the original letter or envelope. The originals were donated to Stanford University. Each sheet carries a pencil mark, such as «27.1».

4 items/14 images

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Photographs from Leonid Yakobson to Irina. Originals

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JFE.COLLECTION.LY.TO.ME

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Irina Yakobson. Stage photographs

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Old and rare photographs: on stage and in rehearsal

39 items/64 images

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Irina Yakobson at rehearsals

11 items/21 images

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Rehearsing The Seagull

Two newspaper cuttings from a folder labelled “Irina Yakobson at rehearsals of The Seagull with Maya Plisetskaya”.

2 items/4 images

JFE.COLLECTION.SEAGULL

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Irina Yakobson. San Francisco Ballet

Colour slides of Irina Yakobson in a ballet studio, showing movements and correcting dancers at the barre. The slide pouch is marked “Katy Raddatz, S.F. Ballet, Irina Jakobson”.

20 items/20 images

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Special

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Round-the-world voyage: photographs and documents

Photographs and documents. Business cards, including the handwritten card of the captain of a Japanese ship (Capt. M. Kayahara). An article about Bramhall’s arrival in the USSR.

14 items/23 images

JFE.COLLECTION.VOYAGE