found: Hollyer, B. Stories from the classical ballet, 1995:t.p. (Irina Baronova)
found: International dict. of ballet, c1993(Baronova, Irina; Russian/Brit. dancer; b. Petrograd, Russia; danced with Ballets russes de Monte Carlo, Original Ballet Russe, Ballet Theatre; retired 1946; lives in London)
found: NYPL Dance Coll. files, 7/30/96(hdg.: Baronova, Irina)
found: New York times WWW site, July 2, 2008(Irina Baronova; b. Mar. 13, 1919, Petrograd; d. Saturday [June 28, 2008], Byron Bay, N.S.W., aged 89; international ballet star who was one of three celebrated prodigies known as the "baby ballerinas" after George Balanchine discovered them in Paris in the 1930s)