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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Nancy Ruyter papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.013
Physical Description:
39 Linear Feet
(39 record cartons)
Date (inclusive): circa 1950-2013
Date (bulk): 1980-2000
Abstract: A collection of research files, correspondence, notes and papers, clippings, catalogs, and other materials collected by Nancy
Ruyter documenting 19th and 20th century dance in the United States, as well as African and Balkan dance, opera, musical theatre,
and musicals.
Language of Material:
English
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Preferred Citation
Nancy Ruyter papers. MS.P.013. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Collection Scope and Content Summary
Nancy Lee Ruyter is a dance historian, choreographer, and professor at the University of California, Irvine. This collection
comprises research materials gathered by Ruyter while writing
Reformers and Visionaries: The Americanization of the Art of Dance (1979) and
The Cultivation of Body and Mind in 19th-Century American Delsartism (1999). Additionally, the collection includes clippings, catalogs, and other research materials documenting 19th and 20th
century dance in the United States, as well as African and Balkan dance, opera, musical theatre, and musicals.