Ruth St. Denis in a long formal gown, signed in August 1949 and addressed to Christopher Ruess. Signature: Ruth St. Denis. | src Stella Knight Ruess Archives ~ Utah.edu
Dancer in Bronx Park. Note on verso: “An old classmate of Ella took this one morning early in Bronx Park”. 1910s to 1930s. | src Stella Knight Ruess Archives ~ Utah.edu
Two girls holding balloons in front of a stone dwelling in Brooklyn, New York. One of them might be Stella Knight (later Ruess). (1910s?) | src Stella Knight Ruess Archives ~ Utah.edu
Young Dancers, photograph of two young people in an outdoor dance performance (1940s to 1964) | src Stella Knight Ruess archives ~ Utah.eduYoung Dancers, photograph of two young people in an outdoor dance performance (Detail)Young Dancers, photograph of two young people in an outdoor dance performance (1940s to 1964) | src Univ. of Utah
Dancer with knives [photograph of a male (?) dancer with knives, in an outdoor performance]; 1940-1964 | src Stella Knight Ruess Archives ~ Univ. of Utah
Page 2 (left). “To sister Bertha(e) Knight who urged me to attend summer school at (…) Morgan Dancers” (handwritten). Probably 1920. From the Scrapbook kept by Stella Knight Ruess containing photographs, articles, poems, and notices related to dance performances from 1913 to 1952. | src University of Utah ~ J. Willard Marriott Library @ Omnia and MWDL
Page 39: snapshots and card announcing the celebration of Edwin Markham 97th anniversary of his birth (1949). From the Scrapbook kept by Stella Knight Ruess containing photographs, articles, poems, and notices related to dance performances from 1913 to 1952. | src University of Utah ~ J. Willard Marriott Library @ Omnia and MWDL