Maya Deren in a still from her film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). A Ukrainian immigrant, scholar of French Symbolism, progressive activist, avant-garde filmmaker and dancer, "Deren introduced Merrill to spirit possession not as a metaphor, but as a…
Recommendation for Donald Finkel for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, December 1, 1965. Swenson tells how long she has know Finkel and his wife, Constance Urdang. Swenson met them on a visit to Washington University in St. Louis. She…