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2016.070. Yvonne Chouteau Collection

September 15, 2021

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Collection Summary

Title
Yvonne Chouteau Collection
Repository Number
2016.070
Repository
Oklahoma Historical Society, Research Archives

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Yvonne Chouteau Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division

Processing Information

Released on 2017-01-17.

format M2016.070. Manuscripts

Quantity
1 legal box (location 1818.02)
Oversize folder 1 (location 3281)
Oversize folder 2 (location 3259)

Administrative Information

Originals/Duplicates

Mix of some originals and some copies.

Description of Material

Contains programs and newspaper clippings related to the ballet careers of Yvonne Chouteau and her husband, Miguel Terekhov.

Processing Information

Released on 2017-01-17.

box 1. Programs, Newspaper Clippings

Other/Variant Title
M2016.070 location 1818.02

Administrative Information

Container List

Folder 1. Funeral Program, Yvonne Chouteau Terekhov, March 7, 1929 - January 24, 2016.

Folder 2. Correspondence, Groups Honoring Yvonne Chouteau.

Folder 3. Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Oklahoma Historical Day Committee, July 1977, C. E. Chouteau.

Folder 4. Column, C. E. Chouteau, "State Culture History Long".

Folder 5. Programs. Oklahoma Memorial Association, 1933, 1937, 1938.

Folder 6. The Oklahoma Historical Quilt, 1935, Program, Correspondence.

Folder 7. Programs, Correspondence, Central Oklahoma Folk Festivals, 1937, 1939.

Folder 8. Program, The Rosary School, May 26, 1941.

Folder 9. Envelope, Oklahoma Sesquicentennial, Muskogee, OK, 1946.

Folder 10. Program, 5th Annual Tahlequah Rodeo, July 1948, Yvonne Chouteau, pg. 5.

Folder 11. Flyer, Dance Masters of America, Oklahoma Chapter, No. 27, State Convention, March 1961.

Folder 12. Welcome to Tulsa Magazine, October 1961, "International Stars at Ballet October 14".

Folder 13. Programs, Oklahoma City Civic Ballet with the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra, December 1963, December 1964, December 1973.

Folder 14. Programs, Oklahoma City Civic Ballet, Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov, Artistic Directors, October 1964, December 1967.

Folder 15. Program, Uruguay Embassy, Washington, DC, Chouteau - Terekhov Performance/Honored, 1964.

Folder 16. Ticket, Hall of Fame Banquet, November 16, 1966, Oklahoma Hall of Fame Reunion, June 2009.

Folder 17. Programs, Yvonne Chouteau Liturgical Dancers, 1973-1974.

Folder 18. Flyer, Parade of American Music, Oklahoma Style, October 1976, ticket.

Folder 19. The National Music Council's Bicentennial Parade of American Music, Press Releases, Invitation, Schedule, September 1976.

Folder 20. "A History of Oklahoma's First Permanent White Settlement".

Folder 21. Programs, Oklahoma Historical Day, 36th Annual Celebration at Salina, First Permanent White Settlement in Oklahoma honoring Major Jean Pierre Chouteau, October 1976.

Folder 22. Brochure "The Chouteau Domain, Northeastern Oklahoma".

Folder 23. Program, St. Louis Municipal Opera Presents Rip Van Winkle, Yvonne Chouteau, Premiere Danseuse.

Folder 24. Drawing of flowers for Mrs. Chouteau.

Folder 25. Article "Oklahoma's Indian Ballerina's".

Folder 26. Programs, Newspaper Clippings, Indian Ballerinas, Oklahoma Indian Ballerina Festival.

Folder 27. Programs, Events honoring and Featuring Yvonne Chouteau.

Folder 28. Flyer, "The Ballet Theater School" Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terakhov.

Folder 29. Postcards, Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terakhov, Commemorative Card, Yvonne Chouteau.

Folder 30. Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terakhov, Academy of Ballet, Invitations, Press Release, Brochure.

Folder 31. Calendars, Chouteau - Terekhov Academy of Ballet, 1964, 1965.

Folder 32. Advertisement for Ballet Academy, 1988.

Folder 33. Correspondence, Press Release, Yvonne Chouteau, Professor, University of Oklahoma, 1974, Distinguished Service Citation, 1974, Honorary Degree, 2000.

Folder 34. Pamphlets, University of Oklahoma, circa 1960's, featuring Yvonne Chouteau.

Folder 35. Programs, University of Oklahoma, Fine Art, 1961-1974.

Folder 36. List of Professors, University of Oklahoma, School of Dance, Founders, Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terakhov.

Folder 37. Flyer, "Ballet Training in the Finest Classical Tradition" Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terakhov, January 26, 1961.

Folder 38. Newspaper Clippings, Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terakhov.

Folder 39. State of Oklahoma, House Journal, February 1971, Congratulations to Yvonne Chouteau.

Folder 40. Invitation for the Opening of the Oklahoma History Center, November 2005.

Folder 41. Inauguration, Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry, 2003, Program, Correspondence to Yvonne Chouteau, 2003.

Folder 42. A message from Governor David Hall, "Ballerina in 40th Year of Performing".

Folder 43. "Oklahoma's Birth from the Mouth of Jean Pierre Chouteau" by C. R. Jackson, President, Pioneers of Oklahoma, 1973.

Folder 44. Oklahoma Senate Resolution No. 4, "Designating Miss Chouteau as Miss Oklahoma Semi-Centennial" January 14, 1957.

Folder 45. Proclamation, "Yvonne Chouteau Day" City of Tulsa, OK, January 4, 1957.

Folder 46. Oklahoma House Resolution No. 524, A Resolution commending Ballerina Yvonne Chouteau and her Husband Miguel Terekhov, February 4, 1965.

Folder 47. Programs, "This is Oklahoma," "Oklahoma Day," and "National Museum of the American Indian".

Folder 48. American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT), Directory, Oklahoma Chapters, October 1963.

Folder 49. Newspaper Clipping, "9 Year Old Princess Yvonne Chouteau" and Postcard, Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov.

Processing Information

Released on 2017-01-17.

oversize folder 1. Ballet Posters

Other/Variant Title
M2016.070 location 3281

Administrative Information

Container List

1. University Theatre, '65-66 Season Presents an Evening of Ballet featuring Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhov.

2. University Theatre, '65-66 Season Presents an Evening of Ballet featuring Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhovs.

3. University Theatre, '65-66 Season Presents an Evening of Ballet featuring Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhov.

4. University Theatre, '66-67 Season Presents an Evening of Ballet featuring Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhov.

5. Oklahoma Historical Day Celebration, Salina, Oklahoma's Oldest White Settlement, "Chouteau Day".

6. Ballet Gala, University Theatre, Yvonne Chouteau in Anniversary, Miguel Terekhov, Director.

7. Oklahoma Indian Ballerina Festival featuring Yvonne Chouteau, Moscelyne Larkin, Rosella Hightower, Majorie Tallchief, Artistic Directors, Miguel Terekhov and Roman Jasinsky, original ballet "The Four Moons".

8. The Oklahoma City Civic Ballet, Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhov, Artistic Directors, presenting "Coppelia".

9. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, 1953, Yvonne Chouteau, Gilbert Reed.

10. Highlight 68 Opera and Ballet Series, Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhov, "Giselle".

11. Nutcracker Ballet, Maria Tallchief, Royes Fernandez, Premiere Performance of the Oklahoma City Civic Ballet.

12. Nutcracker Ballet, Maria Tallchief, Royes Fernandez, Premiere Performance of the Oklahoma City Civic Ballet.

13. Nutcracker Ballet, Maria Tallchief, Royes Fernandez, Premiere Performance of the Oklahoma City Civic Ballet.

14. 6th Annual Civic Ballet sponsored by the Pilot Club of Tulsa, starring Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhov, Yura Lazovsky, Moscelyne Larkin, Roman Jasinski.

15. University Playhouse Presents Ballets from the classical repertoire featuring Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov, Holmberg Hall.

16. University Playhouse Presents Ballets from the classical repertoire featuring Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov, Holmberg Hall.

17. An Evening of Ballet, Rupel J. Jones Theatre, Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhov.

18. The Oklahoma City Civic Ballet with the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra, Guest Artists, Marjorie Tallchief, Nicholas Polajenko, Yvonne Chouteau, Miguel Terekhov.

19. The Nutcracker and the Oklahoma City Civic Ballet with the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra, Guest Artists Melissa Hayden, Andre Prokovsky.

20. University Theatre presents An Evening of Ballet, 1976, with Yvonne Chouteau and the University of Oklahoma Ballet, Miguel Terekhov, Director.

21. University Theatre, Ballet Gala, Ballet from the Repertoire of Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov.

22. University Theatre, Ballet Gala, Ballet from the Repertoire of Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov.

Processing Information

Released on 2017-06-05.

oversize folder 2. Oversize Newspapers, Career of Yvonne Chouteau

Other/Variant Title
M2016.070 location 3259

Administrative Information

Container List

Item 1. "Ballet Chat with Yvonne Couteau...Decentralization of Arts Key to Survival, Says Ballerina" 4 December 1972.

Item 2. "Showcase" 27 July 1969.

Item 3. "India Ballerina Festival to Salute State" 18 September 1967.

Item 4. "A New Pioneer: Oklahoma's Ballet Master Miguel Terekhov" 22 April 1978.

Item 5. "Our Third Generation Ballet Family" 27 October 1968.

Item 6. "Four Moons Over Oklahoma" 23 October 1967.

Item 7. "Campus Jumps with the Ballet" 4 May 1961.

Item 8. "An Evening of Elegance" 21 March 1971.

Item 9. "Yvonne Chouteau: Legends of the Community".

Item 10. Artistry in Nature" 5 February 1966.

Item 11. Various articles on one sheet.

Item 12. Poster, Tri-Music Festival, Enid, OK, May 1961.

Processing Information

Released on 2017-07-22.

oversize folder 3. Certificates

Other/Variant Title
M2016.070 location 3003

Item List

Oversize item 1. Citation Presented to Yvonne Choteau, 02/09/1971

Oversize item 2. Certificate Appointing Yvonne Choteau to the Semi-Centennial Commission, 11/14/1956

Oversize item 3. Certificate Commissioning Yvonne Choteau to be Queen of the Navy, 12/01/1979

Oversize item 4. The Oklahoma Memorial Association Oklahoma's Hall of Fame Certificate for Myra Yvonne Chouteau, 11/16/1947

Oversize item 5. Citation of Appreciation Naming Yvonne Choteau 1993 Woman of the Year, Arts, 11/08/1992

Oversize item 6. Resolution Commending Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov for Sharing their Love of Ballet, 04/25/1967

Oversize item 7. Certificate of Appreciation Issued to Yvonne Chouteau for her Contribution to the Central Oklahoma Multi Media Association, 01/20/1976

Oversize item 8. Proclamation from the City of Muskogee Honoring Yvonne Choteau and her Work as a Good Will Ambassador, 08/22/1958

Oversize item 9. Resolution Honoring Yvonne Chouteau's Achievements, 10/23/1947

Oversize item 10. Certificate Honoring Yvonne Chouteau and Appointing her an Honorary Colonel on the Governor's Staff, 10/24/1956