Daughter of Colchis script (BSt-1)
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154127/

This was the first script that Graham sent to Copland (on 7 July 1942) for their collaboration. It is very different from the work that ultimately emerged.

House of Victory script (BSt-2)
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154130/

In this script, sent on 16 May 1943, the outlines of the final ballet begin to take shape.

Letter, Graham to Copland, 16 May 1943
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154095/

Letter, Graham to Copland, 29 May 1943
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154097/

Timing (BSt-3)
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154131/

Approximate timings by Graham for sections of the ballet, sent c. 31 May 1943.

First “Name” script (BSt-4)
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154133

Graham’s ideas about the action of the ballet start to crystallize in this script, sent on 10 July 1943.

Letter, Graham to Copland, 10 July 1943
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154112/

Letter, Graham to Copland, 22 July 1943
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154113/

Letter, Graham to Copland, 19 August 1943
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154114/

Second “Name” script (BSt-5)
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154132/

The final script that Graham sent to Copland, on 5 September 1943, was the one that Copland worked from while composing the music.

Letter, Graham to Copland, 5 September 1943
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154116/

First rough sketches (BPh-sk-1)
https://www.loc.gov/item/copland.sket0024

These sketches are fragmentary in nature and present embryonic versions of themes used in the final composition as well as music that was not used.

Later sketches (BPh-sk-2)
https://www.loc.gov/item/copland.sket0023

Although some details were to change during Copland’s compositional process, most of the final score is recognizable in these sketches.

Copy of piano score (BPh-mg-1)
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200153917/

The markings in this source, which was in the possession of the Graham Company for many years, preserve some details of Graham’s choreography; they also contain information indicating that this source was used during the filming of the Kroll film in 1957.

Letter, Graham to Copland, 19 June 1944
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154117/

Letter, Graham to Copland, 5 August 1944
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200154118/

Program from the premiere of the ballet
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200153473/

“A Program Devoted to the Dance” begins on page 11.