Sandra Bagnall collection on Millicent Hamburger, 1928-2009

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Summary

Creators:
Bagnall, Sandra and Mayes, Elaine
Abstract:
Millicent Hamburger was a modern dance teacher who taught at Acalanes High School, in the Bay Area town of Lafayette, California, for three decades. This collection contains production files, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and ephemera generated or collected from Hamburger's archive by one of her former students, Sandra Bagnall, during the creation of the documentary film, When I Dance. Also included are Hamburger's personal papers and books from her library on dance.
Extent:
14.2 linear feet (15 document boxes; 3 record cartons; 4 shoeboxes; 3 flat boxes; 3 oversize flat boxes)
Language:
Materials are primarily in English, some materials in German.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sandra Bagnall Collection on Millicent Hamburger (Collection 2175). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains materials gathered by Sandra Bagnall during the production of her film When I Dance, about the modern dance program at Acalanes High School and its director, Millicent Hamburger. Materials include production files; correspondence; photographic prints, negatives, and slides; audio and moving image recordings of Acalanes performances, dancers, class reunions, and interviews; and ephemera such as concert posters and programs for Acalanes performances. Many of the photographs have been taken by Elaine Mayes. Also included are personal papers and books from the library of Millicent Hamburger.

Biographical / historical:

Millicent Hamburger (born 1903) was raised in New York, graduated from Smith College and received her M.A. in English from Columbia University. While at Columbia, she began studying with Ethel Mandell, a student of the Isadora Duncan School, and later accepted a teaching position in dance at the settlement houses in New York City. In 1941, Hamburger relocated to Lafayette, California (in the Bay Area), where she taught English and directed the modern dance group at Acalanes High School for three decades. The Acalanes Dance Group gave two performances a year, in the winter and spring, and was well- loved by generations of Acalanes dancers. Retiring and returning to New York in 1970, she nonetheless returned annually to Lafayette for dance reunions with her former students. Hamburger passed away in Orient, New York on 1 June 2004.

Sandra Humble Bagnall was a student of Millicent Hamburger and a member of the Acalanes Dance Group. Her documentary film about these experiences, When I Dance, was completed in 2002.

Acquisition information:
Gift of James Bagnall, 2013.
Processing information:

Photos in Box 13 Folder 14 were removed from a deteriorating scrapbook, which was discarded.

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Arrangement:

Collection has been organized into the following series:

  • Series 1. When I Dance production files
    • Subseries 1.1. Process and treatments
    • Subseries 1.2. Recording logs
    • Subseries 1.3. Funding and legal documents
    • Subseries 1.4. Screenings and press
  • Series 2. Correspondence
  • Series 3. Class material
  • Series 4. Photographs
  • Series 5. Recordings

Physical / technical requirements:

CONTAINS DIGITAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed digital and audiovisual materials. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sandra Bagnall Collection on Millicent Hamburger (Collection 2175). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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