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Call Number: SC0574
Creator:
Anderson, Dorotheda Revay.
Title: Dorotheda Revay Anderson papers
Dates: 1842-1989
Bulk Dates: 1931-1989
Physical Description:
4 Linear feet
Summary: This collection largely pertains to Anderson's professional
career and includes her curriculum vita, letters of recommendation, clippings, teaching
materials, correspondence, photographs, and her reference files on dancers and artists.
Correspondents include British dancer Vera Fredova (Winifred Edwards) and Ivor F. Guest.
There is also a plaster cast of Victor Frisch's life mask of Anna Pavlova and a framed
German notice for a performance of the ballet Gisella, 1842. Other items include
clippings, newsletters, and photographs pertaining to tennis, 1950-1988.
Language(s): In English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of the estate of D. Revay Anderson, 1999.
This collection is open for research.
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.
Dorotheda Revay Anderson Papers (SC0574). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Dorotheda Revay Anderson, a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New
York City, was a member of the Amercan Ballet Theatre from 1951-53. She earned her B.A.
in anthropology at Stanford University in 1960 and her M.A. in education in 1961. From
1962 to 1964 she was in charge of ballet and modern dance at UC Berkeley. In 1964 she
was appointed professor of dance at California State University, Sacramento and retired
in 1988 with the rank of professor emeritus. Prof. Anderson has served as consultant on
a national public television series and as juror and panelist for several ballet
companies and competitions.
This collection largely pertains to Anderson's professional career and includes her
curriculum vita, letters of recommendation, clippings, teaching materials,
correspondence, photographs, and her reference files on dancers and artists.
Correspondents include British dancer Vera Fredova (Winifred Edwards) and Ivor F. Guest.
There is also a plaster cast of Victor Frisch's life mask of Anna Pavlova and a framed
German notice for a performance of the ballet Gisella, 1842. Other items include
clippings, newsletters, and photographs pertaining to tennis, 1950-1988.
Anderson, Dorotheda Revay.
Edwards, Winifred.
Frisch, Victor, 1876?-1939.
Guest, Ivor Forbes.
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931.
Ballet dancers.
Dance--Study and teaching--United States.
Tennis.