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Introduction
Scope and Content
The Maroussia Richardson Collection comprises papers relating to Richardson's mother, Betty Frank, and consists largely of letters by Frank to her mother, Amy Scorer, during Frank's tour of Australia and New Zealand as a member of Colonel W. de Basil's Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1936-1937. Frank danced with the company under the name Elisabeth Souvorova. There are also typed transcripts of the letters, together with photographs, newspaper cuttings, programs and related papers.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into series by the Library. Within each series, material has largely been arranged into chronological order.
Access
The collection is available for reference.
Provenance
The collection was assembled by Maroussia Richardson, Frank's daughter, and donated to the Library in September 2005.
Copying and Publishing
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Maroussia Richardson Collection, National Library of Australia, MS 9915, [series and folder or item number]'.
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