Boarding School Album--Natalia Paley, 1920-1923
Scope and Contents
The Paley Family Collection consists of letters, correspondence, poetry, photographs, portraits, sketches and books related to the lives of Olga, Vladimir, Natalie and Irina Paley. The collection holds sketches and portraits by Cecil Beaton, correspondence between Erich Maria Remarque and Natalie Paley, correspondence between Natalie Paley and Jean Cocteau, and portrait photos of Natalie by well-known photographers George Hoyningen-Heune, Horst P. Horst and John Alfred Piver. Also of note are letters written in exile by Olga Paley, unpublished poetry by Vladimir Paley, and books containing intimate inscriptions and correspondence between Irina Paley and her second husband Count Hubert de Monbrison.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1923
Full Extent
From the Series: 7.5 Linear Feet (7 flat storage boxes, varying sizes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: Russian
General
album includes photographs, letters, drawings and poetry. Letters are in English, French and Russian. Received from family with a card stating "Mama's little book with a letter from her mother Princess Olga Paley and letters from her friends at her boarding school in Switzerland."
Repository Details
Part of the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Archives and Special Collections Repository
4155 Linnean Ave NW
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens
Archives and Special Collections
Washington DC 20008 USA
202-243-3912
kaughenbaugh@hillwoodmuseum.org