Cynthia Maddux papers, 1901-2021 (bulk 1958-2021)
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Albertine School of the Dance (Nashville, Tenn.).
Albertine Summer Dance Workshop (Bar Harbor, Me.).
Arenas, Isabel, pseud.
Ballet -- New York (State) -- New York.
Ballet -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Ballet companies -- New York (State) -- New York.
Ballet companies -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Ballet dancers -- Biography.
Ballet dancers -- Training of.
Bar Harbor (Me.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Barcelona (Spain : Province) -- Description and travel.
Barnstable (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Barnstable (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources.
Bhaskar Dances of India, Inc.
Bhaskar, 1930-2003.
Bible -- Study and teaching -- Presbyterian Church.
Brothers and sisters -- Family relationships.
Butsova, Hilda.
Cape Cod (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Catalonia (Spain) -- Description and travel.
Costa Brava (Spain) -- Description and travel.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Personal narratives.
Dance -- India.
Dance -- Spain.
Dance -- Study and teaching -- New England.
Dance -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York.
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Dance companies -- Spain.
Dance companies -- United States.
Dance costume -- Photographs.
Dance festivals -- New England.
Dance festivals -- New York (State).
Dance festivals -- Southern States.
Dance schools -- New England.
Dance schools -- New York (State) -- New York.
Dance schools -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Dance teachers -- New England.
Dance teachers -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Dance teachers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources.
Dancers -- Biography -- Sources.
Dancers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Dancers -- Photographs.
Dancers -- Spain.
Dancers -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Dancers -- United States.
Delta Beta Sigma (High school sorority : Nashville, Tenn.).
Depressed persons -- Family relationships.
Depression in women -- United States.
Depression, Mental -- Personal accounts.
East Indians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Ethnic Dance Arts, Inc.
Families of the mentally ill -- United States.
First Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.).
Girls -- Societies and clubs.
Greek letter societies -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
High school girls -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
High school student activities -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
High school students -- Social conditions.
High schools -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Hillsboro High School (Nashville, Tenn.).
Joffrey Ballet School -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
Jose̹ Molina Bailes Espan̳oles.
La Meri, 1898-1988.
Lorca, Roberto.
Los Solera Spanish Ballet.
Luis Rivera Spanish Dance Company.
Maddux family.
Maddux, Cynthia, 1953-
Male dancers -- United States.
Manic-depressive illness -- Treatment.
Manic-depressive persons -- Biography.
Manic-depressive persons -- Family relationships.
Maxwell, Albertine (Ellen Albertine Chaiser), 1902-1996.
Mental health -- Personal narratives.
Mental health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Mental health -- United States.
Mental health education -- United States.
Mental health services -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Mental illness -- United States -- Biography.
Molina, Jose̹, 1936-2018.
Montero, Luis.
Mother-daughter relationship.
Najan, Nala, 1932-2002.
NAMI Tennessee.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Religious life and customs -- 21st century -- Sources.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources.
Nashville Ballet Society.
New England -- Description and travel.
New England -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources.
New York Buddhist Church (New York, N.Y.).
Nonprofit organizations -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Olivares, Luis.
Performing arts -- New England.
Performing arts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Performing arts -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Petrie, William, 1946-
Piersall, Jim, ballet dancer
Presbyterians -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Psychiatrists -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Reyes, Manuela, pseud.
Rivera, Luis, d. 1992.
Southeastern Regional Ballet Festival.
Spain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Summer Festival of Ethnic Dance.
Tachibana, Sahomi.
Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital.
Women -- Family relationships.
Women -- Mental health.
Women -- New England -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Women -- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Women -- Tennessee -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
Women -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Women dancers -- United States -- Biography.
Women in the arts -- United States.
Albertine Summer Dance Workshop (Bar Harbor, Me.).
Arenas, Isabel, pseud.
Ballet -- New York (State) -- New York.
Ballet -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Ballet companies -- New York (State) -- New York.
Ballet companies -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Ballet dancers -- Biography.
Ballet dancers -- Training of.
Bar Harbor (Me.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Barcelona (Spain : Province) -- Description and travel.
Barnstable (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Barnstable (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources.
Bhaskar Dances of India, Inc.
Bhaskar, 1930-2003.
Bible -- Study and teaching -- Presbyterian Church.
Brothers and sisters -- Family relationships.
Butsova, Hilda.
Cape Cod (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Catalonia (Spain) -- Description and travel.
Costa Brava (Spain) -- Description and travel.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Personal narratives.
Dance -- India.
Dance -- Spain.
Dance -- Study and teaching -- New England.
Dance -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York.
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Dance companies -- Spain.
Dance companies -- United States.
Dance costume -- Photographs.
Dance festivals -- New England.
Dance festivals -- New York (State).
Dance festivals -- Southern States.
Dance schools -- New England.
Dance schools -- New York (State) -- New York.
Dance schools -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Dance teachers -- New England.
Dance teachers -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Dance teachers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources.
Dancers -- Biography -- Sources.
Dancers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Dancers -- Photographs.
Dancers -- Spain.
Dancers -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Dancers -- United States.
Delta Beta Sigma (High school sorority : Nashville, Tenn.).
Depressed persons -- Family relationships.
Depression in women -- United States.
Depression, Mental -- Personal accounts.
East Indians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Ethnic Dance Arts, Inc.
Families of the mentally ill -- United States.
First Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tenn.).
Girls -- Societies and clubs.
Greek letter societies -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
High school girls -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
High school student activities -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
High school students -- Social conditions.
High schools -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Hillsboro High School (Nashville, Tenn.).
Joffrey Ballet School -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography.
Jose̹ Molina Bailes Espan̳oles.
La Meri, 1898-1988.
Lorca, Roberto.
Los Solera Spanish Ballet.
Luis Rivera Spanish Dance Company.
Maddux family.
Maddux, Cynthia, 1953-
Male dancers -- United States.
Manic-depressive illness -- Treatment.
Manic-depressive persons -- Biography.
Manic-depressive persons -- Family relationships.
Maxwell, Albertine (Ellen Albertine Chaiser), 1902-1996.
Mental health -- Personal narratives.
Mental health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Mental health -- United States.
Mental health education -- United States.
Mental health services -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Mental illness -- United States -- Biography.
Molina, Jose̹, 1936-2018.
Montero, Luis.
Mother-daughter relationship.
Najan, Nala, 1932-2002.
NAMI Tennessee.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Religious life and customs -- 21st century -- Sources.
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources.
Nashville Ballet Society.
New England -- Description and travel.
New England -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources.
New York Buddhist Church (New York, N.Y.).
Nonprofit organizations -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Olivares, Luis.
Performing arts -- New England.
Performing arts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Performing arts -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Petrie, William, 1946-
Piersall, Jim, ballet dancer
Presbyterians -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Psychiatrists -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Reyes, Manuela, pseud.
Rivera, Luis, d. 1992.
Southeastern Regional Ballet Festival.
Spain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Summer Festival of Ethnic Dance.
Tachibana, Sahomi.
Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital.
Women -- Family relationships.
Women -- Mental health.
Women -- New England -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Women -- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Women -- Tennessee -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
Women -- Tennessee -- Nashville.
Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Women dancers -- United States -- Biography.
Women in the arts -- United States.
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Format
Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material
Physical Desc
2.9 cu. ft.
Language
English
Notes
Organization & arrangement of materials
Organization: Three series: I. Personal; II. Dance; III. Mental Illness; Arrangement: Generally chronological within each series or subseries.
General Note
Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.
Restrictions on Access
In library use only. Available by appointment.
Description
Scope and content: Papers of Cynthia Maddux, documenting her personal life; her dance education in Nashville, Tenn. with instructor Albertine Maxwell; her international career as a professional dancer in the 1970s and its sudden end; and her struggles with mental illness in the years that followed. Among the dancers documented in this collection are: Jose Molina; Luis Montero; Nala Najan; La Meri; Luis Rivera; Madame Sahomi Tachibana; Bhaskar; and others. Also included is an autobiography, written in 2018 through 2021, which focuses upon Cynthia's recollections of her childhood, family dynamics, friendships, spiritual beliefs, and her medical and mental health. A portion of the autobiography also recounts her experiences and feelings during the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in March 2020.
Preferred Citation of Described Materials
Cite as: [description of item or folder heading], [series title], Cynthia Maddux Papers, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Copyright in materials created by Cynthia Maddux deeded to Nashville Public Library at time of acquisition. The Nashville Public Library does not have intellectual property rights to any other materials. Materials created by others are protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code).
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All intellectual property rights of photographs taken by Jack Mitchell are retained by the Jack Mitchell Archives (as of Jan. 2022).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Series I and II Cynthia Maddux; Gift; 2014. Acc. 2014.014
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Series III Cynthia Maddux; Gift; 2015. Acc. 2015.004
Location of Other Archival Materials
Associated Materials: The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library holds several associated collections, including: La Meri Papers; Nala Najan Papers; and Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury Papers.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Related Materials: The Albertine Society Collection is held by the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library.
Biographical or Historical Data
Cynthia Maddux was born in Knoxville, Tenn. in 1953, but grew up in Nashville, Tenn. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1971, where she was a member of Delta Beta Sigma sorority. At age 11, Maddux began studying ballet under Albertine Maxwell. Maddux also spent five summers at Albertine's Summer Dance Workshop in Bar Harbor, Me., studying ballet, Spanish, and East Indian or Hindu dancing. Maddux performed with the Nashville Ballet Society and at the Southeast Regional Ballet Festival. After high school graduation, she immediately moved to New York City to further her studies at Joffrey Ballet School. Among the individuals that Maddux learned from or performed with are: Nala Najan; La Meri; Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury; Luis Rivera; Jose Molina; and Madame Sahomi Tachibana. Some of the dance companies she performed with included: Ethnic Dance Arts; Bhaskar's Dances of India; Los Solera; and Bailes Espanoles. In 1979, at age 25, Maddux was forced to suddenly end her dance career due to physical restrictions and under doctor's orders.
Biographical or Historical Data
Maddux began to suffer from depression and sought medical treatment, which alleviated her depression for several years. Meanwhile, she began working with a Nashville securities firm, and then relocated to Sarasota, Fla. Her depression returned in 1987, and she again sought medical treatment, but this time the treatments were less successful. She moved back to Nashville to seek support from her family, and in 1993 Dr. William Petrie diagnosed her with bipolar disorder after a sudden manic attack. She continues to live with this chronic condition which affects every aspect of her life.
Language
In English, with small portions in Spanish.
Cumulative Index/Finding Aids
Finding aid availabe in repository; folder level control. https://catalog.library.nashville.org/Record/CARL0000910109/DownloadSupplementalFile?fileId=66
Ownership and Custodial History
Materials created or collected by Cynthia Maddux and in her custody until donation to the Nashville Public Library in 2014 and 2015, with addition of autobiography in 2021.
Action
process; 2018-2019 and 2021-2022; Cynthia Maddux, volunteer, with supervision from staff member Linda Barnickel
Accumulation and Frequency of Use
No further accruals are expected.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)
Maddux, C., La Meri., & Mitchell, J. 1. Cynthia Maddux papers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Maddux, Cynthia, 1953-, La Meri and Jack 1925-2013. Mitchell. Cynthia Maddux Papers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Maddux, Cynthia, 1953-, La Meri and Jack 1925-2013. Mitchell. Cynthia Maddux Papers. .
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)Maddux, C., La Meri. and Mitchell, J. 1. (n.d.). Cynthia maddux papers.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)Maddux, Cynthia, La Meri, and Jack 1925-2013 Mitchell. Cynthia Maddux Papers.
Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.
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