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Cultural Diplomacy
State Department Coordination
“Coordination for U.S. Cultural Relations Abroad,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0184]
Mary V. R. Thayer. “Culture Is Coin of Diplomacy.” Washington Post, August 23, 1959. Reproduction. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (185.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0185]
“Coordination for U.S. Cultural Relations Abroad,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0184p1]
“World Wide Performances by President’s Fund Cultural Groups—1959,” November 24, 1959. Slide print. Robert Helyer Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (184.00.02)
[Digital ID # bhp0184p2]
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie charms a snake in Karachi, Pakistan, April 1956. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (186.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24377]
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman in Moscow Sports Palace, July 8, 1962. Associated Press Photo. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (187.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24378]
Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos.
Satchmo in the Congo
Louis Armstrong arrives in Leopoldville, Congo, greeted by Congolese cultural affairs director, playwright Albert Mongita, who dressed for the occasion in traditional garb, October 28, 1960. Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos (187.01.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0187_01]
Martha Graham in Asia
Martha Graham with Thai dancers in Bangkok, November 1955. Reproduction. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (188.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0188]
“Cave of the Heart.” Thai souvenir booklet from 1955 Asia tour with photograph of Martha Graham as “Medea” in a wire dress designed by Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), May 10, 1946. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (190.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0190]
Drawing of Martha Graham. Thai program from 1955 Asia tour. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (189.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0189_01]
Martha Graham in Lisbon
Martha Graham & Dance Company. Program from performance in Lisbon, Portugal, April 26, 1967. Martha Graham Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (189.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0189]
“The Strongest Weapon on Earth”
Letter from Turner B. Shelton, director of the Motion Picture Service, United States Information Agency, to Rouben Mamoulian, June 21, 1961. Rouben Mamoulian Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (185.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0185_02]
Leonard Bernstein in the Soviet Union
Booklet showing Leonard Bernstein with Russian citizens, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0193]
Leonard Bernstein. “Opening and Closing.” Notes for broadcast, October 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0194]
Leonard Bernstein. Introduction to Shostakovich “7th,” September 1959. Typescript with emendations. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0193_01]
Leonard Bernstein. “Jottings—Moscow Show” Notes for broadcast, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (193.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0193_02]
Leonard Bernstein. “Closing.” Notes for broadcast, October 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0194p1]
Leonard Bernstein. “Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Moscow: Closing.” Notes for broadcast, September 1959. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (194.00.02)
[Digital ID # bhp0194p2]
Leonard Bernstein and Russian Cultural Icons
Felicia Bernstein (1922–1978), Leonard Bernstein, and Boris Pasternak in dressing room. Moscow, September 1959. Copyprint. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (191.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0191]
Don Hunstein, photographer. Leonard Bernstein shaking hands with Dmitri Shostakovich, Moscow, September 1959. Copyprint. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (192.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0192]
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