Elizabeth Selden dance collection, 1923-1930 and undated

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Summary

Creators:

Selden, Elizabeth S., 1888-

Abstract:

This collection includes materials collected by modern dance choreographer, theorist, and critic Elizabeth Selden.

Extent:

0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Elizabeth Selden dance collection. MS-P022. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:: This collection includes materials collected by modern dance choreographer, theorist, and critic Elizabeth Selden. The collection comprises primarily undated dance photographs and clippings of dancers from various unknown sources. The photographs and clippings include a number of notable images and dances from choreographers such as Martha Graham, Margaret Gage, Ruth St. Denis, as well as Selden's own work. Additionally, the collection contains loose plates from Selden's book, The Dancer's Quest: Essays on the Aesthetic of Contemporary Dance, sketches, two dance programs, a performance flyer, and one Dance Observer newsletter from 1930.
Biographical / historical:: Elizabeth Selden was a dance choreographer, theorist, and critic with a modern dance focus. She published two works related to dance theory and criticism in the 1930s.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Sunni Bloland and Nancy Lee Ruyter, 1995.
Custodial history:: This collection was created by Elizabeth Selden and held by Sunni Bloland, a friend and colleague of Selden's. Sunni Bloland transferred the records to UC Irvine dance faculty member Nancy Ruyter, who in turn donated them to the UC Irvine Special Collections Department.
Processing information:: Processed by Joanna Lamb, 2009.
Arrangement:: This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by material type.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Dance -- Photographs.
Dance--United States--20th century.
Choreography -- United States -- History -- Sources
Dancers -- Photographs.
Photographic prints -- 20th century.
Sketches -- 20th century.
Dance cards
Names:: Selden, Elizabeth S., 1888- -- Archives

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.