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[This collection is unprocessed.] The Maria Pogee Papers (approximately 1952-2015) document the life and career of Argentinian born dancer, choreographer, and actress, Maria Pogee. Pogee worked extensively in Argentina, Chile, Lebanon, Las Vegas, Nevada, and around the United States. Material includes seven scrapbooks of her dance career dating from 1952 to 2009. The scrapbooks contain original correspondence, programs, photographs, and newsclippings.
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[This collection is unprocessed.] The Maria Pogee Papers (approximately 1952-2015) document the life and career of Argentinian born dancer, choreographer, and actress, Maria Pogee. Pogee worked extensively in Argentina, Chile, Lebanon, Las Vegas, Nevada, and around the United States. Material includes seven scrapbooks of her dance career dating from 1952 to 2009. The scrapbooks contain original correspondence, programs, photographs, and newsclippings.
The collection includes material documenting her work as a choregrapher for the show Stars in Sun City, Africa, and as a producer for a ski wear fashion show called Ellesse. Other material includes various unproduced show concepts with designs and storyboards that she worked on with costume designer Jose Luis Vinas. Other files focus on her work for Ra Ma Tours, which she co-owned with her husband, Ruben Grinspanas. Lastly, the collection includes examples of her Spanish-language poetry and photographs of her unique painted roses.
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Collection is open for research.
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Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
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Materials remain as they were received.
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Maria Pogee Papers [UNPROCESSED], approximately 1952-2015. MS-00383. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1249h
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2024 by Maria Pogee; accession number 2024-023.
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This collection is unprocessed. In 2024, Sarah Jones accessioned the collection and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
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Acquired by Su Kim Chung, curator, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings in entertainment. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.