Pete Stanley diary
name: label: Creator
content: Stanley, Pete, 1940-
label: Names
content: Grooms, Mimi Gross
label: Names
content: Grooms, Red
label: Names
content: Kean, Katharine
topic: label: Occupation
content: Musicians -- England -- London
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2014 by Pete Stanley.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stanley, Pete, 1940-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Pete Stanley diary
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Pete Stanley diary measures 0.01 linear feet and dates from 1961-1962. Stanley's diary is primarily about a trip that he took by horse-drawn carriage with Mimi Gross, Red Grooms, Katharine Kean (known as KK), and Nello Falteri (known as Paperino) from Florence to Venice, Italy and back performing shadow puppet shows as Il Piccolo Circo d'Ombra di Firenze (the Little Shadow Circus from Florence).
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Pete Stanley (1940- ) is a bluegrass musician in London, England.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stanpete
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Laurel Wilson in 2024.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in 2024 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Pete Stanley diary measures 0.01 linear feet and dates from 1961-1962. Stanley's diary is primarily about a trip that he took by horse-drawn carriage with Mimi Gross, Red Grooms, Katharine Kean (known as KK), and Nello Falteri (known as Paperino) from Florence to Venice, Italy and back performing shadow puppet shows as Il Piccolo Circo d'Ombra di Firenze (the Little Shadow Circus from Florence). The diary includes entries from July 24, 1961 (leaving Florence) to August 23, 1961 (in Venice) and entries from March 24-31, 1962 about Stanley's travels in Germany. Also included are a few sketches of puppets and acquaintances, such as circus performer Alberto Adami.