Bella Lewitzky scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Lewitzky, Bella
label: Names
content: Federal Theater Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: Horton, Lester, 1906-1953
topic: label: Occupation
content: Dancers -- California -- Los Angeles
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was lent for microfilming in 1964 by Bella Lewitsky and was returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lewitzky, Bella
setName: label: See more items in
content: Bella Lewitzky scrapbook
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Bella Lewitzky scrapbook dates from 1937 to 1950. Found is a scrapbook concerning Lewitzky's career as a dancer in southern California as a member of the Lester Horton Group and her participation in the Dance program of the Federal Theater Project, Works Progress Administration. Found are magazine and newspaper clippings, playbills, and theater programs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bella Lewitzky (1916-2004) was a ballet dancer and American modern dance choreographer in Los Angeles, California. Lewitzky was educated in San Bernadino, California and moved to Los Angeles to dance with the Dance program of the Federal Theater Project, Works Progress Administration. Later, she joined the Lester Horton Group where she became the troop's prima ballerina.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lewibell
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel LA08 and was returned to Bella Lewitzky after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel LA08. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Bella Lewitzky after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Bella Lewitzky scrapbook dates from 1937 to 1950. Found is a scrapbook concerning Lewitzky's career as a dancer in southern California as a member of the Lester Horton Group and her participation in the Dance program of the Federal Theater Project, Works Progress Administration. Found are magazine and newspaper clippings, playbills, and theater programs.