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Call Number: SC0140
Creator:
Orchesis (Stanford University)
Title: Orchesis (Stanford University) records
Dates: 1922-1961
Physical Description:
5.25 Linear feet (8 boxes)
Summary: The collection includes correspondence, programs, photographs and scrapbooks relating to this honorary women's modern dance
society.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
The records were received by the Stanford University via administrative transfer from the Women's Athletic Association, Department
of Physical Education in 1975, and from Professor Miriam Lidster in 1977.
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Orchesis (Stanford University) Records (SC0140). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Orchesis was an honorary modern dance society at Stanford. Members auditioned for election to the society, and had to serve
an apprenticeship before receiving full membership.
The collection includes the written records of the group beginning in 1936 and extending through 1949, with minimal materials
from the 1950s; records include correspondence, minutes, membership lists, programs, and notes including some on their choreography.
Also included are photographs, sketches, and scrapbooks covering, sporadically, the years from 1922 to 1961.
Records are arranged as received.
Orchesis (Stanford University)
Modern dance.
Photoprints.