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Bagnall (Sandra) collection on Millicent Hamburger, 1928-2009
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Sandra Bagnall collection on Millicent Hamburger
Creator:
Bagnall, Sandra
Creator:
Mayes, Elaine
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2175
Physical Description:
14.2 Linear Feet
(15 document boxes; 3 record cartons; 4 shoeboxes; 3 flat boxes; 3 oversize flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1928-2009
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.
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.
Language of Material: Materials are primarily in English, some materials in German.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
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the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
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CONTAINS DIGITAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed digital and audiovisual materials. All requests
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of James Bagnall, 2013.
[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.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9979929393606533
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.
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.
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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Modern dance -- United States.
Dance teachers -- United States.
Hamburger, Millicent