North Carolina School of the Arts dance programs collection, 1911-1991

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Summary

Creators:
North Carolina School of the Arts
Abstract:
Collection of dance programs, playbills, and clippings spanning the twentieth century.
Extent:
8.34 linear feet (20 document boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], North Carolina School of the Arts dance programs collection, PA Mss 92. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of dance programs, playbills, and souvenir programs spanning the twentieth century from teens to nineties. Several files include American Ballet Theater programs from 1940 to 1991. Collection contains both U.S. dance troupes and overseas touring troupes, representative of ballet and native dance troupes from Africa, Bali, Cambodia, France, Greece, Haiti, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Yugoslavia. Programs often contain descriptions of regional dances and practices.

Files contain clipping collections of dancers and artists related to dance, such as costumers/set designers Leon Bakst and Horace Armistead, as well as subjects related to dance, such as stage setting and scenery; pictorial works; costume; ballet and dancing depicted in art; ballet of the 20th century; cartoons and caricatures of dance.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from North Carolina School of the Arts, 2012.
Processing information:

Processed by Hannah Freund, Zachary Liebhaber, and Fran Smith, 2014.

Arrangement:

This collection is divided into the following series: I. Dance troupe program files, II. Subject files, III. Dancers and artist, and Series IV. Accession PA.2013.012.

Physical location:
The collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. The collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], North Carolina School of the Arts dance programs collection, PA Mss 92. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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