Abstract The collection consists of an inscribed book, 2 letters, and 8 newspaper and magazine clippings collected by Lisan Kay related to the life and career of modern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis. The book is a copy of St. Denis' autobiography: Ruth St. Denis: an unfinished life, dated 1939 and inscribed to Lisan Kay in 1955. The letters relate to a visit to Kay which St. Denis had intended, but was unable to make while the clippings include newspaper and magazine photographs of St. Denis,...