Finding aid for the Alma Hawkins papers, 1919-1998 LSC.2182

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Alma Hawkins papers
Creator: Hawkins, Alma M.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2182
Physical Description: 21.8 Linear Feet (32 boxes, 8 flat storage boxes, 4 record cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1919-1998
Abstract: This collection contains the professional and personal files of Alma Hawkins, the creator and original chair of the UCLA Dance Department; faculty member at UCLA, George Williams College, and Santa Monica College; and practicing dance therapist.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9975427973606533 

Biography/History

Alma Hawkins (1904-1998) was a pioneering dance administrator and educator who wrote a number of books about dance education and composition. Hawkins helped to establish the field of dance therapy, and founded the nation's first autonomous university dance department at UCLA.
Hawkins was born in the rural town of Rolla, Missouri, daughter of a dairy man and a homemaker. Having no outlets or training for dance, her early interests as a young girl were in athletics. With the help of her high school basketball coach, Hawkins was able to attend the University of Missouri, where she majored in physical education and received her first exposure to interpretive, folk, and social dancing.
Upon graduating in 1927, Hawkins returned to Rolla, MO to teach physical education at the local high school, where she also began teaching dance and choreographing for local recitals and pageants. She eventually left Missouri for New York City in 1931 to work on a Master's degree at Columbia University's prestigious Teachers College. Hawkins received her degree from Columbia in 1932 and remained in New York City to teach physical education and dance at the YWCA, while also participating in the developing but vibrant modern dance scene of downtown New York.
In 1938 she moved to Chicago to begin teaching at George Williams College teaching physical education and dance courses, while also helping to build a large national community of university educators to support modern dance. In the late 1940s, during her tenure at George Williams College, she began to spend her summers in New York to work on her PhD at the Columbia Teachers College. Her doctoral research focused on the integration of dance in physical education programs and the function of modern dance in university education, and, by 1952, she received her PhD.
Her growing reputation as a national figure in dance and physical education led to her being recruited to join the faculty of the UCLA Physical Education Department in 1953. Collaborating with a number of other dance faculty within the Physical Education Department, Hawkins oversaw the development of a dance major in the department. This eventually paved the way for a split in the department between dance and physical education, which was encouraged by the university, culminating in the institution of dance as an autonomous department, replete with its own graduate program, in 1962. Hawkins chaired and taught in the newly formed UCLA Dance Department until her retirement in 1977.
During her tenure at UCLA, Hawkins also served as a dance therapist and researcher at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute from 1960-1977, making a number of dance therapy films, while also finding time to form the Council of Dance Administrators, a national organization that created the guidelines and standards for national dance accreditation.
Upon Hawkins' retirement from UCLA, she taught as a distinguished professor at Santa Monica College until 1987. Over the course of her career, Hawkins authored four books including Modern Dance in Higher Education (1953), Creating through Dance (1963), Dance – A Projection for the Future (1968), and Moving from Within (1991). Hawkins died in her Santa Monica home in 1998.

Scope and Content

This collection includes the professional and personal files of Alma Hawkins, the creator and original chair of the UCLA Dance Department, the nation's first autonomous university department dedicated to the discipline of Dance. Significant topics represented in the collection are papers documenting the creation of the UCLA Dance Department; national and local articles profiling Hawkins and the UCLA Dance Department; Hawkins' work with the Council of Dance Administrators, in establishing guidelines and curricula for university dance program accreditation; published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, conference papers, and speeches; research and evaluations from her work at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute; and personal ephemera from her youth, including items from her time at Columbia Teachers College, University of Missouri, and photos from her time at the Bennington College summer program for modern dance, which feature Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, and John Martin. Materials in the collection are largely textual, comprising notes, articles, agendas, publications, correspondences, memos, publications, and books. Among other formats scattered throughout the collection are photographs, videocassettes (Beta and VHS), audiocassettes, and artifacts, such as plaques and awards.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series. In many cases, original folder titles have been kept.
  • Series 1: Administrative (1926-1998)
  • Series 2: Writings (1930-1995)
  • Series 3: Teaching (1935-1993)
  • Series 4: Dance Therapy (1964-1997)
  • Series 5: Personal (1919-1998)

 

Series 1: Administrative records 1926-1998

Scope and Content

This series is focused on Hawkins' career as a Dance administrator, primarily in her capacity as Chair of the UCLA Dance Department (1953-1977), and as a faculty member and administrator responsible for helping to establish and develop the UCLA Dance Department as it separated from the UCLA Physical Education Department. The files include documents, conference programs, and correspondences related to Hawkins' leadership and membership in the Council of Dance Administrators (CODA), a national organization of dance department administrators from colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. Included here too are CODA's early guidelines and curricula for dance departments and dance programs seeking accreditation. This series are is also comprised of documents and research notes related to Hawkins' development of the UCLA Dance Department, from its beginning as an undergraduate major in the UCLA Physical Education Department to its culminating state as an autonomous university department. There are also minutes, directories, correspondences, and documents associated with Hawkins' tenure as chair of the UCLA Dance Department, as well as student theses that Hawkins oversaw, professional organization material, a collection of academic dance journals, and local and national articles profiling Hawkins and the UCLA Dance Department.

Organization and Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 1, folder 1

Academic Journals: Dance Ethnology 1977-1983

box 1, folder 2

Academic Journals: Dance Ethnology 1984-1987

box 1, folder 3

Academic Journals: Dance Ethnology 1989-1993

box 1, folder 4

Academic Journals: Dance Research Journal 1998

box 1, folder 5

Academic Journals: Dance Teacher Now 1992

box 1, folder 6

Academic Journals: Focus On Dance vol. 1 1961

box 1, folder 7

Academic Journals: Focus On Dance vol. 2 1962

box 2, folder 1

Academic Journals: Focus On Dance vol. 3-5 1965-1969

box 2, folder 2

Academic Journals: Impulse 1951-1955

box 2, folder 3

Academic Journals: Impulse 1956-1959

box 2, folder 4

Academic Journals: Impulse 1961-1964

box 2, folder 5

Academic Journals: Impulse 1965-1966

box 2, folder 6

Academic Journals: Impulse 1967-1970

box 2, folder 7

Academic Journals: Journal of Dance at UCLA 1968-1969

box 2, folder 8

Academic Journals: Noetic Sciences Review 1996

box 3, folder 1

American Academy of Physical Education 1968

box 3, folder 2

Articles About Hawkins and UCLA Dance (1 of 8) 1967-1969

box 3, folder 3

Articles About Hawkins and UCLA Dance (2 of 8) 1970-1990

box 3, folder 4

Articles About Hawkins and UCLA Dance (3 of 8) 1960-1980

box 3, folder 5

Articles About Hawkins and UCLA Dance (4 of 8) 1972-1998

box 3, folder 6

Articles About Hawkins and UCLA Dance (5 of 8) 1965

box 3, folder 7

Articles About Hawkins and UCLA Dance (6 of 8) 1964-1991

box 3, folder 8

Articles About Hawkins and UCLA Dance (7 of 8) 1979-1990

box 3, folder 9

Articles About Hawkins and UCLA Dance (8 of 8) 1965-1968

box 4, folder 1

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1966 (1 of 2) 1966

box 4, folder 2

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1966 (2 of 2) 1966

box 4, folder 3

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1967 1967

box 4, folder 4

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1968 1968

box 4, folder 5

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1970-1975 1970-1975

box 4, folder 6

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1975-1980 1975-1980

box 4, folder 7

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1980-1985 1980-1985

box 5, folder 1

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1985 1985

box 5, folder 1

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1985 1985

box 5, folder 2

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1986-1988 1986-1988

box 5, folder 3

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1989-1991 1989-1991

box 5, folder 4

Council of Dance Administrators: Conferences 1994-1997 1994-1997

box 6, folder 1

Council of Dance Administrators: Constitution Undated-1988

box 6, folder 2

Council of Dance Administrators: Curriculum 1979

box 6, folder 3

Council of Dance Administrators: Financial Reports 1979-1982

box 6, folder 4

Council of Dance Administrators: Letters of Appreciation 1966

box 6, folder 5

Council of Dance Administrators: Letters of Appreciation 1967

box 6, folder 6

Council of Dance Administrators: Letters of Appreciation 1968 (1 of 2) 1968

box 6, folder 7

Council of Dance Administrators: Letters of Appreciation 1968 (2 of 2) 1968

box 6, folder 8

Council of Dance Administrators: Membership 1968-1993

box 6, folder 9

Council of Dance Administrators: Photos 1986-1994

box 6, folder 10

Council of Dance Administrators: Project on Standards 1979

box 6, folder 11

Council of Dance Administrators: Publications 1968

box 6, folder 13

Council of Dance Administrators: Research 1990

box 6, folder 14

Council of Dance Administrators: Speeches and Presentations 1985

box 7, folder 1

Central Midwest Education Laboratory 1969

box 7, folder 2

Correspondence: Unknown 1997

box 7, folder 4

Curriculum Development Research 1969

box 7, folder 5

Curriculum Vitae (1 of 2) Undated

box 7, folder 6

Curriculum Vitae (2 of 2) Undated

box 7, folder 7

Hong Kong International Dance Conference 1990

box 7, folder 8

Lecture Demonstrations and Concerts 1957-1963

box 7, folder 9

Letterhead Undated

box 7, folder 10

Magazines: The Dance Magazine 1926

box 7, folder 11

Magazines: Time 1957

box 8, folder 1

Marian Chace Memorial Fund 1990

box 8, folder 2

National Association of Schools of Dance: Correspondence 1977-1991

box 8, folder 3

National Association of Schools of Dance: Handbooks 1983-1984

box 8, folder 4

National Association of Schools of Dance: Speeches and Presentations 1983

box 8, folder 5

National Association of Schools of Dance: Presentations 1991

box 8, folder 6

Professional Competency Materials 1957-1962

box 8, folder 7

Professional Service Outside of UCLA 1965-1984

box 9, folder 1

Student Theses UCLA (1 of 5) 1986

box 9, folder 2

Student Theses UCLA (2 of 5) 1985

box 9, folder 3

Student Theses UCLA (3 of 5) 1976

box 9, folder 4

Student Theses UCLA (4 of 5) 1989

box 9, folder 5

Student Theses UCLA (5 of 5) 1992

box 10, folder 1

UCLA: Annual Report 1985-1986

box 10, folder 2

UCLA: Staff and Faculty Directory

box 10, folder 3

UCLA Dance Department: Book Donations 1987

box 10, folder 4

UCLA Dance Department: Correspondences 1955-1972

box 10, folder 5

UCLA Dance Department: Directory 1985

box 10, folder 6

UCLA Dance Department: Faculty Meetings 1977

box 10, folder 7

UCLA Dance Department: Graduate Curriculum 1969

box 10, folder 8

UCLA Dance Department: Graduate Program Fundraising 1971-1972

box 10, folder 9

UCLA Dance Department: Hiring Documents 1953-1967

box 10, folder 10

UCLA Dance Department: Retirement Documents 1974-1976

box 10, folder 11

UCLA Dance Department: Retreat 1981

box 10, folder 12

UCLA Department of Physical Education: Dance Major 1957

 

Series 2: Writings 1930-1995

Scope and Content

This series consists of Hawkins' writings, both published and unpublished. Included are copies, manuscripts, and drafts from her books--Modern Dance in Higher Education (1954), Creating through Dance (1964), Moving from Within (1991)--and her oral history Creating the UCLA Dance Department (1985). The series also includes research and source material notes, conference papers, and journal articles written by Hawkins, as well as speeches she delivered at various events and meetings.

Organization and Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 11, folder 1

Books: Creating the UCLA Dance Department (1 of 2) 1985

box 11, folder 2

Books: Creating the UCLA Dance Department (2 of 2) 1985

box 12, folder 1

Books: Creating Through Dance (1 of 3) 1964

box 12, folder 2

Books: Creating Through Dance (2 of 3) 1964

box 12, folder 3

Books: Creating Through Dance (3 of 3) 1964

box 13, folder 1

Books: Modern Dance in Higher Education (1 of 3) 1954

box 13, folder 2

Books: Modern Dance in Higher Education (2 of 3) 1982

box 13, folder 3

Books: Modern Dance in Higher Education (3 of 3) 1982

box 14, folder 1

A Biographical Sketch 1980

box 14, folder 2

An Experimental Approach to Choreography 1980-1981

box 14, folder 3

Articles 1958-1961

box 14, folder 4

Columbia University Papers (1 of 2) 1949

box 14, folder 5

Columbia University Papers (2 of 2) 1949

box 14, folder 6

Conference Papers (1 of 2) 1967-1985

box 14, folder 7

Conference Papers (2 of 2) 1976-1989

box 14, folder 8

Contracts and Sales: Creating Through Dance 1987-1995

box 14, folder 9

Contracts and Sales: Creating Through Dance 1963-1987

box 14, folder 10

Contracts and Sales: Modern Dance in Higher Education 1957-1965

box 14, folder 11

Contracts and Sales: Moving From Within 1990-1995

box 14, folder 12

Contracts and Sales: Oral History Book 1985

box 14, folder 13

Creating Through Dance: Publication Illustrations 1965

box 14, folder 14

Dance Accompanist-Composer in University Training 1959

box 15, folder 1

Developing Democratic Human Relations: Methods Essay 1957

box 15, folder 2

Floppy Disk 1995

box 15, folder 3

How to Keep Fit Manual For Civilians 1943

box 15, folder 4

Interviews 1978

box 15, folder 5

Manuscripts: The Intuitive Process in Dance Undated

box 15, folder 6

Manuscripts: Moving From Within (1 of 3) undated

box 15, folder 7

Manuscripts: Moving From Within (2 of 3) undated

box 16, folder 1

Manuscripts: Moving From Within (3 of 3) undated

box 16, folder 2

Moving From Within: Publication Photos undated

box 16, folder 3

Need for Dance Research 1977

box 16, folder 4

Notes and Quotes Undated

box 16, folder 5

Oral History: Notes and Sources undated

box 16, folder 6

Physical Education for High School Students 1955

box 16, folder 7

TV camera for Dance Education 1961-1962

box 16, folder 8

Research Projects and Creative Work 1955-1963

box 17, folder 1

Research and Sources: Art Healing undated

box 17, folder 2

Research and Sources:Creative America 1956-1967

box 17, folder 3

Research and Sources:Creativity 1972

box 17, folder 4

Research and Sources: Creativity Form Undated

box 17, folder 5

Research and Sources: Developments in Dance Education undated

box 17, folder 6

Research and Sources: Image Making undated

box 17, folder 7

Research and Sources: Modern Dance History 1930-1962

box 17, folder 8

Research and Sources: Movement Analysis 1965

box 17, folder 9

Research and Sources: Notes and Quotations undated

box 17, folder 10

Research and Sources: Physical Education undated

box 17, folder 11

Research and Sources: Quotations 1982-1986

box 17, folder 12

Research and Sources: Whitehouse and Skinner undated

box 18, folder 1

Rhythmic Gymnastics 1943

box 18, folder 2

Speeches: American Dance Therapy Association Conference 1972

box 18, folder 3

Speeches: Aspen 1976 1976

box 18, folder 4

Speeches: Colorado Dance Conference 1965

box 18, folder 5

Speeches: Creative Arts Therapies Conference 1990

box 18, folder 6

Speeches: Dance Education Forum 1989

box 18, folder 7

Speeches: Dance Therapy 1966-1980

box 18, folder 8

Speeches: Dance Therapy 1990

box 18, folder 9

Speeches: Santa Monica College Lecture 1984

box 18, folder 10

Speeches: Varied 1967-1993 1967-1993

box 18, folder 11

Student Quotations Used in Hawkins' Books undated

box 18, folder 12

Symposium on Health and Recreation: Outdoor Sports Essay 1936

box 18, folder 13

Teaching Modern Dance undated

 

Series 3: Teaching files 1935-1993

Scope and Content

This series is comprised almost exclusively of hand-written discussion and lecture notes from various classes Hawkins taught in the UCLA Dance Department. Included too are syllabi, bibliographies, and some research notes for her courses. These courses pertain to dance teaching preparation, dance administration, dance history, dance therapy, dance composition, creativity, and current trends in modern dance. This series also includes a small selection of photographs, documents, and other paraphernalia from her tenure at George Williams College in Chicago and as a professor emerita at Santa Monica College.

Organization and Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 19, folder 1

Abstracts: Creativity and Foundational Knowledge Undated

box 19, folder 2

Accompaniment: Music Scores undated

box 19, folder 3

Accompaniment: Music Scores 1935-1947

box 19, folder 4

Aesthetic Model 1969-1970

box 19, folder 5

Bibliographies 1969-1973

box 19, folder 6

Choreography and Composition 1974

box 19, folder 7

Courses Developed at UCLA undated

box 19, folder 8

Dance History Diagram undated

box 19, folder 9

Dance Therapy: Bibliography undated

box 19, folder 10

Dance Therapy: Class Roster 1963-1978

box 19, folder 11

Dance Therapy: Curriculum 1975-1978

box 19, folder 12

Dance Therapy: Summer Session 1974

box 19, folder 13

George Williams College: Bulletin 1938

box 19, folder 14

George Williams College: Dance Photos undated

box 19, folder 15

George Williams College: Miscellaneous 1941-1982

box 20, folder 1

Letters from Students 1967-1984

box 20, folder 2

Letters of Recommendation 1973-1988

box 20, folder 3

Letters of Support for Distinguished Teaching 1975

box 20, folder 4

Movement and the Imaginative Process 1982

box 20, folder 5

Movement Observation Guidelines 1977

box 20, folder 6

Notes: Aesthetics 1973-1978

box 20, folder 7

Notes: Aesthetic Education in Dance 1968-1970

box 20, folder 8

Notes: Body-Self undated

box 20, folder 9

Notes: Creativity undated

box 20, folder 10

Notes: Creativity 1973

box 21, folder 1

Notes: Dance 158 1955-1973

box 21, folder 2

Notes: Dance Administration Policy 1971-1976

box 21, folder 3

Notes: Dance Education (1 of 2) undated

box 21, folder 4

Notes: Dance Education (2 of 2) undated

box 21, folder 5

Notes: Dance Lab 1976

box 21, folder 6

Notes: Dance rehabilitation 1967-1976

box 21, folder 7

Notes: Experiencing 1973-1976

box 21, folder 8

Notes: Expressing 1978

box 21, folder 9

Notes: Dance History 1960

box 21, folder 10

Notes: Mobility Patterns 1975

box 21, folder 11

Notes: Point of View 1970-1976

box 22, folder 1

Notes: Relaxation 1973-1976

box 22, folder 2

Notes: Scene Today 1978

box 22, folder 3

Notes:Theoretical Model 1969-1973

box 22, folder 4

Research: Choreography undated

box 22, folder 5

Santa Monica College: Book List 1981

box 22, folder 6

Santa Monica College: Choreography Notes 1993

box 22, folder 7

Santa Monica College: Dance 48 Notes 1985-1986

box 22, folder 8

Santa Monica College: Dance Classes 1984-1985

box 22, folder 9

Santa Monica College: Distinguished Scholar Press Release 1991

box 22, folder 10

Santa Monica College: Fundamentals of Choreography 1981

box 22, folder 11

Santa Monica College:Lecture Notes 1979-1985

box 22, folder 12

Santa Monica College: Mentoring Notes 1986-1987

box 22, folder 13

Santa Monica College: Mentor Program in the Arts 1987

box 22, folder 14

Santa Monica College: Photos undated

box 22, folder 15

Santa Monica College: Research Grant 1979-1981

box 23, folder 1

Santa Monica College: Student Journals 1984-1985

box 23, folder 2

Santa Monica College: Teaching Credential 1977

box 23, folder 3

Santa Monica College: Teaching Evaluation 1983

box 23, folder 4

Scholarly Writing Guidelines 1978

box 23, folder 5

Student Comments undated

box 23, folder 6

UCLA Teaching Contracts 1954-1962

box 23, folder 7

UCLA Dance 227 1967-1974

box 23, folder 8

UCLA Course Syllabi undated

box 23, folder 9

UCLA Course Descriptions 1970-1971

box 23, folder 10

UCLA Course Dance 158A undated

box 23, folder 11

UCLA Dance Therapy Class Photos undated

box 23, folder 12

UCLA Extension 1959

box 23, folder 13

UCLA Student Publications 1968-1969

box 23, folder 14

UCLA Material for Promotion 1957

 

Series 4: Dance therapy 1964-1997

Scope and Content

This series pertains to Hawkins' role as a practicing dance therapist and includes documents and clinical evaluations relating to her work at the UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute. Also included are notes, scripts, documentation, and photos from Hawkins' films about dance therapy. Lastly, the series contains writings, research, documents of certification, and conference material from her membership in the American Dance Therapy Association, as well as copies from Hawkins' collection of the American Journal of Dance Therapy.

Organization and Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 24, folder 1

American Dance Therapy Association: Conferences 1971

box 24, folder 2

American Dance Therapy Association: Early Writings 1989

box 24, folder 3

American Dance Therapy Association: Membership 1995-1997

box 24, folder 4

American Dance Therapy Association: Southern California Luncheon Honor undated

box 24, folder 6

American Journal of Dance Therapy 1991-1993

box 24, folder 7

American Journal of Dance Therapy 1994-1997

box 24, folder 8

American Journal of Dance Therapy 1984

box 25, folder 1

Dance Therapy Certification 1973

box 25, folder 2

Dance Therapy Films: Notes (1 of 3) 1970

box 25, folder 3

Dance Therapy Films: Notes (2 of 3) undated

box 25, folder 4

Dance Therapy Films: Notes (3 of 3) undated

box 25, folder 5

Dance Therapy Films: Participant Notes Undated

box 25, folder 6

Dance Therapy Films: Participant Release Forms 1970

box 25, folder 7

Dance Therapy Films: Photos undated

box 25, folder 8

Dance Therapy Films: Script 1970

box 25, folder 9

Grad Council of Dance Movement Educators (1 of 3) 1979-1986

box 25, folder 10

Grad Council of Dance Movement Educators (2 of 3) 1980-1985

box 25, folder 11

Grad Council of Dance Movement Educators (3 of 3) 1972-1982

box 25, folder 12

Patient Evaluations (1 of 6) 1964

box 25, folder 13

Patient Evaluations (2 of 6) 1966

box 26, folder 1

Patient Evaluations (3 of 6) 1966

box 26, folder 2

Patient Evaluations (4 of 6) undated

box 26, folder 3

Patient Evaluations (5 of 6) undated

box 26, folder 4

Patient Evaluations (6 of 6) undated

box 26, folder 5

Patient Interviews: Relaxation undated

box 26, folder 6

Research: Research Articles undated

box 26, folder 7

Research Projects and Proposals 1966-1975

box 26, folder 8

Research and Sources 1969

box 26, folder 9

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute (2 of 2) undated

box 26, folder 10

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute (1 of 2) 1972-1973

 

Series 5: Personal papers 1919-1998

Scope and Content

This series contains Hawkin's personal materials, and includes family genealogies, birth certificates, and photos, scrapbooks, and yearbooks from her adolescence and young adulthood. Also included are professional portraits and candid photographs, including photos from Hawkins' attendance at the summer dance school at Bennington College, which feature Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and John Martin. The series also includes the numerous awards, plaques, and trophies Hawkins' was given for her professional service to the dance community. Finally, the series contains documents relating to Hawkins' funeral, obituary, and memorial service at UCLA.

Organization and Arrangement

This is arranged alphabetically by subject.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of audio and moving image material requires production of listening and viewing copies.
box 31, folder 1

80th Birthday Council of Dance Administrators Scrapbook 1984

box 30, folder 1

80th Birthday Scrapbook 1984

box 30, folder 2

90th Birthday Scrapbook 1994

box 37, folder 1

Address and Phone Books undated

box 38, folder 6

Alice Hawkins: Diploma from University of Minnesota 1936

box 33, folder 4

American Dance Therapy Association Award undated

box 32, folder 4

American Dance Therapy Association Award Plaque 1993

box 33, folder 3

Artworks 1995

box 32, folder 5

Artworks undated

box 35, folder 1

Audiovisual materials: American Contemporaries LP record 1985

box 35, folder 2

Audiovisual materials: Tortuga del Sol videocassette (VHS) undated

box 35, folder 3-4

Audiovisual materials: National Dance Association Honor videocassette (VHS) 1995

box 35, folder 5

Audiovisual materials: 90th Birthday Party videocassette (VHS)

box 35, folder 6-7

Audiovisual materials: Council of Dance Educators Workshop videocassette (Betamax) 1980

box 35, folder 8

Audiovisual materials: Interview with Alwin Nikolais videocassette (Betamax) undated

box 35, folder 9-10

Audiovisual materials: Interview with Murray Louis videocassette (Betamax) 1987

box 35, folder 11

Audiovisual materials: Dan and Dale sound cassette 1988

box 35, folder 17

Audiovisual materials: Sylvia Fein sound cassette 1982

box 35, folder 18

Audiovisual materials: Dr. Joseph Bogen sound cassette 1982

box 35, folder 19

Audiovisual materials: Dr. Joboson sound cassette undated

box 35, folder 20

Audiovisual materials: Poetry sound cassette undated

box 35, folder 12-16

Audiovisual materials: Robert Ornstein sound cassettes 1982

box 35, folder 24-25

Audiovisual materials: Summer Session sound cassettes undated

box 35, folder 21-22

Audiovisual materials: Sybil Shearer sound cassettes 1980

box 35, folder 23

Audiovisual materials: Mentor Group Discussions sound cassette undated

box 35, folder 26

Audiovisual materials: Awin Nikolais Imagery sound cassette

box 35, folder 27

Audiovisual materials: Murray Louis Interview sound cassette 1987

box 35, folder 28

Audiovisual materials: Notes-to-self sound cassette undated

box 35, folder 29

Audiovisual materials: Speech Intuitive Process as a Force for Change sound cassettes 1990

box 35, folder 30-33

Audiovisual materials: Unidentified sound cassettes undated

box 32, folder 6

Awards and Honors 1972-1989

box 37, folder 2

Awards: American College Dance Festival 1990

box 37, folder 3

Awards: American Dance Therapy Association 1995

box 37, folder 4

Awards: California Dance Educators Association 1979

box 37, folder 9

Awards: LA Area Dance Alliance 1981

box 37, folder 10

Awards: LA Area Dance Alliance 1982

box 37, folder 11

Awards: LA Cultural Center 1982

box 37, folder 5

Awards: National Association for Sports and Physical Education 1985

box 37, folder 6

Awards: National Dance Association 1985

box 37, folder 7

Awards: National Dance Association 1994

box 37, folder 8

Awards: National Dance Association Plaudit Award undated

box 37, folder 12

Awards: Perry-Mansfield School of Dance Scholarship 1961

box 37, folder 13

Awards: UCLA Teaching Award 1975

box 37, folder 14

Awards: University of Missouri Women's Centennial 1968

box 37, folder 15

Birth Certificate 1974

box 37, folder 16

Choreography: High School Play Programs 1930

box 33, folder 5

Clay Sculpture Award undated

box 28, folder 1

College Diary undated

box 38, folder 1

Columbia Teachers College PhD material 1949-1952

box 38, folder 2

Columbia University Commencement 1932

box 38, folder 3

Correspondence (1 of 2) 1958-1997

box 38, folder 4

Correspondence (2 of 2) 1987-1998

box 32, folder 2

Council of Dance Educators Association Award 1979-1980

box 32, folder 1

Dance Chair Deskplate undated

box 38, folder 5

Dance magazine Autographed Copy 1973

box 34, folder 1

Diplomas: Columbia University Doctor of Education 1952

box 34, folder 2

Diplomas: Columbia University Masters 1932

box 34, folder 4

Diplomas: Rolla High School 1923

box 34, folder 3

Diplomas: Rolla Public Grammar School 1919

box 34, folder 5

Diplomas: University of Missouri Bachelor of Science 1927

box 38, folder 7

Family History: Family Tree undated

box 38, folder 8

Family History: Marriage License undated

box 36, folder 1

Graduation Commencement Gown undated

box 27, folder 1

High School Scrapbook 1919-1923

box 28, folder 2

High School Yearbooks 1919-1923

box 38, folder 9

Household Documents 1996-1997

box 38, folder 10

List of Awards undated

box 38, folder 11

Medical Literature (1 of 2) undated

box 38, folder 12

Medical Literature (2 of 2) 1994-1996

box 31, folder 2

National Dance Association Heritage Award 1995

box 38, folder 13

Obituary Draft 1998

box 38, folder 14

Organizational Membership 1996

box 39, folder 1

Photos: 80th Birthday 1984

box 39, folder 2

Photos: 85th Birthday 1989

box 39, folder 3

Photos: 90th Birthday 1994

box 39, folder 4

Photos: 1992 1992

box 39, folder 5

Photos: Award Ceremonies undated

box 39, folder 6

Photos: Bennington College Dance undated

box 39, folder 7

Photos: Candid Photos

box 39, folder 8

Photos: Early Dance Photos undated

box 39, folder 9

Photos: Early Family Photos undated

box 39, folder 10

Photos: Early Photos of Hawkins undated

box 39, folder 11

Photos: Friends, Family, Colleagues undated

box 39, folder 12

Photos: Headshots undated

box 39, folder 13

Photos: House undated

box 39, folder 14

Photos: John Martin undated

box 39, folder 15

Photos: June 16, 1983 1983

box 39, folder 16

Photos: Mark Harmel Photo Shoot undated

box 39, folder 17

Photos: Other People undated

box 39, folder 18

Photos: Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts Camp undated

box 39, folder 19

Photos: Professional Photography undated

box 39, folder 20

Photos: Retirement Party undated

box 39, folder 22

Photos: Sybil Shearer undated

box 39, folder 21

Photos: UCLA Award undated

box 39, folder 23

Photos: UCLA Campus undated

box 39, folder 24

Photos: UCLA Commencement undated

box 39, folder 25

Photos: UCLA Dance Concerts 1956

box 39, folder 26

Photos: UCLA Retirement Party undated

box 39, folder 27

Photos: UCLA Teaching undated

box 39, folder 28

Photos: Xmas 1988 1988

box 28, folder 3

Sheet Music undated

box 33, folder 2

Signature Stamp undated

box 40, folder 1

Sybil Shearer: Press Material 1993

box 40, folder 2

Sybil Shearer: Writings 1976-1990

box 40, folder 3

Sybil Shearer: Autobiography Manuscript (1 of 2) undated

box 40, folder 4

Sybil Shearer: Autobiography Manuscript (2 of 2) undated

box 40, folder 5

Teachers Certificate Missouri Public Schools 1923

box 32, folder 3

UCLA Distinguished Service Medal undated

box 33, folder 1

UCLA Distinguished Service Plaque undated

box 40, folder 6

UCLA Memorial Service 1998

box 29, folder 1

University of Missouri Yearbook 1923-1927