Guide to the Donald Bradburn Papers MS.P.030
Joanna Lamb; updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2022.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2022
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Donald Bradburn papers
Creator:
Bradburn, Donald
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.030
Physical Description:
32.6 Linear Feet
(22 document boxes; 21 record cartons; 4 flat boxes; 2 half size letter document boxes; 1 XOS folder)
Date (inclusive): 1950-2001
Abstract: This collection comprises materials that document Bradburn's career as a dance photographer, choreographer, and professor
at the University of California, Irvine. Included are programs, manuscripts, clippings, notebooks, scrapbooks, research files,
teaching materials, videotapes, and photographic images.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
The collection has not been processed. It may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department of Special Collections
and Archives in advance to request access.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their
heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Donald Bradburn papers. MS.P.030. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises materials that document Bradburn's career as a dance photographer, choreographer, and professor
at the University of California, Irvine. Included are programs, manuscripts, clippings, notebooks, scrapbooks, research files,
teaching materials, videotapes, and photographic images.
Unprocessed addition, 2000 Accession 2000-019
circa 1950s-1998
Physical Description: 8.1 Linear Feet(7 record cartons, 2 flat boxes; 1 XOS folder)
Series Scope and Contents Summary
Accession includes programs, photographs, negatives, slides, clippings, notes and notebooks, press kits, scrapbook and correspondence
documenting Bradburn's career as a photographer, choreographer, and teacher of dance at UCI.
Access
This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
box accn2000-019 001
Box 1
circa 1970s-early 1980s
Scope and Contents Note
Dance programs, clippings, notes and notebooks, press kits, Bradburn calendars
box accn2000-019 002
Box 2
circa 1950s-1998
Scope and Contents Note
Dance programs, some UCI departmental files, correspondence, some Bobbie Gentry Show files
box accn2000-019 003
Box 3
circa 1950s-1998
Scope and Contents Note
Mainly UCI Dance Dept. files, teaching files, correspondence
box accn2000-019 004
Box 4
circa 1950s-1998
Scope and Contents Note
Press kits for dance companies--many from OC Performing Arts Center, some photographs, binders of academic review materials
box accn2000-019 005
Box 5
circa 1950s-1998
Scope and Contents Note
Programs and press kits
box accn2000-019 006
Box 6
circa 1989
Scope and Contents Note
'Billy the Kid' at UCI (1989), photographs of models, some Bobbie Gentry Show materials
box accn2000-019 007
Box 7
circa 1950s-1998
Scope and Contents Note
Bobbie Gentry Show, press kits, some UCI 'Billy the Kid'
box accn2000-019 008
Box 8
circa 1950s-1998
Scope and Contents Note
OS photographs, notes, scrapbook
box accn2000-019 009
Box 9
circa 1950s-1998
Scope and Contents Note
OS photographs
folder accn2000-019 XOS 1
Folder 1
circa 1950s-1998
Unprocessed addition, 2000 Accession 2000-031
1980
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(1 half document box)
Access
This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Series Scope and Contents Summary
This accession contains slides (approx. 230 slides total) recording various performances, including Swan Lake, Firebird, Kabuki,
Rodeo, and Pillar.
box accn2000-031 001
Box 1
1980
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(1 half letter size document box)
Unprocessed addition, 2003 Accession 2003-020
circa 1970-2000
Physical Description: 11.5 Linear Feet(11 record cartons, 1 flat box)
Access
This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Series Scope and Contents Summary
This accession includes programs, photographs, research files, teaching materials, videotapes, and other materials relating
to Bradburn's career as a dance educator, researcher, and choreographer.
box accn2003-020 001
Box 1
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
VHS videos of UCI dance dept. events, rehearsals, etc.; class materials, scrapbooks
box accn2003-020 002
Box 2
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
UCI set designs
box accn2003-020 003
Box 3
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Non-UCI press kits and programs
box accn2003-020 004
Box 4
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
UCI teaching and dance, especially materials relating to Bradburn's production at UCI of Scheherazade
box accn2003-020 005
Box 5
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
UCI dance, including VHS videos
box accn2003-020 006
Box 6
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
UCI dance and Bradburn's dance photography
box accn2003-020 007
Box 7
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials and photographs
box accn2003-020 008
Box 8
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
UCI dance and non-UCI programs
box accn2003-020 009
Box 9
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Teaching and research materials
box accn2003-020 010
Box 10
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Teaching and research materials
box accn2003-020 011
Box 11
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Non-UCI programs and research materials
box accn2003-020 012
Box 12
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
OS photographs, posters, and publications
Unprocessed addition, 2007 Accession 2007-009
1956, 1973-2001
Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet(1 flat box; 1 record carton; 1 half size letter document box)
Series Scope and Contents Summary
Accession primarily consists of black and white photographs and labels from a thirty-year retrospective exhibition of Bradburn's
dance photography entitled Ballet in Los Angeles - A Moment in Time. The exhibition was held 16 July through 12 August 2001
at California State University, Los Angeles in the Luckman Fine Arts Gallery in conjunction with Balletfest 2001: A celebration
of professional dance in Los Angeles. The labels are not paired with the photos. Accession includes brochures, magazines,
and a book that contains several of Bradburn's photos. Also included are accessories from a "Billy the Kid" dance costume
said to have come from a UCI production.
Access
This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
box accn2007-009 001
Box 1
circa 1956, 1973-2001
box accn2007-009 002
Box 2
circa 1956, 1973-2001
box accn2007-009 003
Box 3
circa 1956, 1973-2001
Unprocessed addition, 2017 Accession 2017-039
circa 1956-1984
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet(3 folders)
Access
This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Series Scope and Contents Summary
This accession contains 35mm photo negatives depicting unidentified theatrical performance (circa 1956), 30 4"x6" color photographs
of an unidentified swim team (circa 1984) and the July 1973 issue of
After Dark.