Sandra Bagnall collection on Millicent Hamburger, 1928-2009 LSC.2175
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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.
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Language of Material: Materials are primarily in English, some materials in German.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of James Bagnall, 2013.
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Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography/History
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.
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.
Organization and 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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Modern dance -- United States.
Dance teachers -- United States.
Hamburger, Millicent
Series 1.
When I Dance production files
1986-2004
Scope and Content
This series contains the production files for When I Dance, which include notes, outlines, recording logs, inventories, contact
information, legal documents, grant information, funding research and proposals, and screening material for the film.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Subseries 1.1. Process and treatments
1986-2004
box 1, folder 1
Scenarios & concept outline
circa 2001
box 1, folder 3
Treatment I
2000 July-August
box 1, folder 4
Treatment and performance changes
2000 October
box 1, folder 5
Rough cut changes- comments by Elaine
undated
box 1, folder 7
Sandra's process diary
circa 2000-2002
box 1, folder 8
Sandra notes
circa 2000-2002
box 1, folder 9
Script & narration
circa 1998-2002
box 1, folder 10
Script notes & research
circa 2000
box 2, folder 1
Conversations with consultants
undated
box 2, folder 2
Quotations research
circa 1990-2000
box 2, folder 5-6
Dancer contacts and performance information
2000-2004
box 2, folder 7
Sandra personal materials
1986-2003
Subseries 1.2. Recording logs
1998-2002
Scope and Content
This subseries contains logs and notes for the recorded material used in
When I Dance. This material includes audio and video interviews, footage of dance reunions, and original footage of performances at
Alcanes. Many of the referenced items are film and magnetic tape recordings that have been transferred to the Beta format.
While the Beta recordings are not present in this collection, the original recordings, as well as later VHS transfers, are
represented in Series 5.
Original folder titles have been maintained.
box 2, folder 9
Alden- 1990 class selects
2001
box 2, folder 10
Betty conversations with dancers/ Elaine 1990 class
circa 1999-2001
box 2, folder 11
Betty's VHS logs & notes (Elaine transfers)
2002
box 2, folder 12
Conversation (1990)-A.R./ Millicent, Betty, Sandy
2002
box 2, folder 13
Conversations with Millicent & Sandra/ Elaine 1998 & 1999
2002
box 2, folder 14
RC- Millicent conversations
2002
box 2, folder 15
Tape interview with Millicent, 1993
undated
box 2, folder 16
Dance techniques and motions
2002
box 2, folder 18
Dave Karp- 1998 selects
circa 1998
box 2, folder 19
Elaine's conversations with dancers, Beta 12 & 14
circa 2002
box 3, folder 1
Elaine's mystery logs
2002
box 3, folder 3
Entry- classes- rough cut
2002
box 3, folder 4
Film, MC, video, CD- backup
2000-2002
box 3, folder 5
Log of Paintings- Beta 19
circa 2002
box 3, folder 6
Motion control notes
circa 2002
box 3, folder 7
Performance logs for Alcanes footage
circa 2002
box 3, folder 8
When I Dance- photo and word selects
circa 2002
Subseries 1.3. Funding and legal documents
1998-2004
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box 3, folder 9
Transfer of rights to Millicent's archive
2002-2003
box 3, folder 10-11
Release forms from participants
1999-2000
box 3, folder 12
Grant information and proposal
1998-2000
box 3, folder 13
Film Arts Foundation
1999-2004
box 3, folder 14
Lafayette Arts & Science Foundation- Millicent Hamburger Fund
2003-2004
box 3, folder 15
Contributions/ notes of thanks
circa 1999-2000
box 3, folder 16
Progress report to contributors
2000 March 16
box 3, folder 17
When I Dance order forms
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Includes 1 zip disk.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access materials you must notify the reference desk
in advance of your visit.
box 4, folder 1
When I Dance release announcement
circa 2003
Subseries 1.4. Screenings and press
2003-2004
box 4, folder 2
Biographies for press kit
2003
box 4, folder 3
Screenings and festival information
2003-2004
Series 2. Correspondence
1989-2009
Scope and Content
This series contains correspondence between Sandra Bagnall, Elaine Mayes, and members of the Acalanes High School dance group,
regarding the production of
When I Dance. Also included is correspondence between Sandra Bagnall and Millicent Hamburger, and between Millicent Hamburger and the
members of her dance group (including Sandra Bagnall).
box 4, folder 5
Sandra and Millicent
1980s-2003
box 4, folder 6
Sandra and Elaine Mayes
2002
box 4, folder 7
Sandra and dancers
1998-2009
box 6, folder 1
Sandra and Betsy Pembroke, written on the back of a shipping package
2003
box 4, folder 8
Millicent and dancers
1989-1994
Series 3. Class material
1928-2000
1940-1970
Scope and Content
This series contains original material from the Acalanes High School dance classes. This material was used for research purposes
by Sandra Bagnall and includes student essays, poetry, and dance notations; concert programs and posters; Millicent Hamburger's
writings; scrapbooks; and books on dance and Isadora Duncan, from Millicent Hamburger's library.
box 5, folder 3
Student notations for "Gypsy Smetana" production
1965
box 5, folder 4
Student notations for "Job" production
1958
box 5, folder 5
Notes, cards and letters for "Juggler of Notre Dame"
1955
box 5, folder 6
Millicent writing
1942-1999
box 5, folder 7
Concert programs
1940-1949
box 5, folder 8-9
Concert programs
1950-1959
box 5, folder 10
Concert programs
1960-1970
box 6, folder 2
Concert posters
1950s-1960s
box 6, folder 3, box 7, box 8
Scrapbooks
1943-1958
Scope and Content
Includes 3 full and 2 empty scrapbooks. Full scrapbooks contain photographs, notes, clippings, and ephemera for Acalanes
dance productions from the years 1943-1958.
box 25
Scrapbooks - class reunions
1993-1999
box 26, folder 1-3
Yearbooks - Acalanes Union High School
1950-1952
box 27
Scrapbook - Ethel Mandell studio and students
1932-1958
Scope and Content
Primarily photos but also includes some programs and Mandell's writings about teaching the Isadora Duncan method of dance.
box 28
Books from the library of Millicent Hamburger
1928-2000
Scope and Content
Books are mainly autobiographies and biographies of Isadora Duncan. Also included are materials on dance instruction and
an exhibition catalog for an Erika Giovanna Klien retrospective from 1989.
Series 4. Photographs
1920s-1994
Scope and Content
This series contains photographic negatives, contact sheets, and prints of Alcanes dance productions and student dancers,
partly taken by Elaine Mayes. Also included are early photographs of Millicent Hamburger. Many of these images are numbered
and were reprinted or resized by Sandra Bagnall for her work on her documentary, and some appeared in a 1969 photo-essay on
Millicent Hamburger, also titled
When I Dance. Many of the photographic prints were in Millicent Hamburger's files as of April 1999; they and their rights were legally
transferred to Sandra Bagnall in 2003.
Original folder titles have been maintained.
box 9, box 10
Negatives
Scope and Content
Two boxes containing the source negatives for many of the print images in this series.
box 11, folder 1
Christmas Flower (I)
1952
box 11, folder 2
Christmas Flower (II)
1956
box 11, folder 5
The First Christmas Tree (I)
1954
box 11, folder 6
The First Christmas Tree
1960 December
box 11, folder 7
The First Christmas Tree/ Little Match Girl
1962-1963
box 11, folder 9
Juggler of Notre Dame
1955
box 11, folder 10
Little Match Girl (III)
1963
box 12, folder 2
Pied Piper (Becki Chamberlain and Mary Hoole)
1964
box 12, folder 5
Scrooge I (Babs Springston)
1951 December 18
box 12, folder 6
Scrooge II (Carolyn Scalinetti)
1958
box 12, folder 8
Sleeping Beauty/ Carnevale
1953
box 12, folder 9
Spirituals- Early California
1954
box 12, folder 10
Who Am I? (Kate Young)
1957
box 13, folder 1
Barbara Lusebrink
undated
box 13, folder 6
Jeannie Golbraith/ Sally Freedman
undated
box 13, folder 10
Ethel's Angels and settlement houses
circa 1930
box 13, folder 11-12
Millicent's old photographs
1930-1950
box 13, folder 14
Stuyvesant House (removed from scrapbook)
1929 and undated
box 14, folder 1-3
Contact sheets and negatives (Elaine Mayes)
1960s
box 14, folder 4
Publicity glossies
undated
box 14, folder 5-6
Sizing and proof sheets
undated
box 15, folder 1
When I Dance book slides
1982-1983
box 15, folder 2-5
Numbered photographs
1920s-1970
Scope and Content
These photographs have been numbered and labeled by Sandra Bagnall for use in her film. They include duplicates of photographs
in previous folders, as well as original photographs ranging from the time of Millicent's instruction under Ethel Mandell,
in the 1920s, to her own dance classes in 1970.
box 15, folder 6
Unsorted negatives
1940s-1970
box 15, folder 7
Unsorted contact sheets
1940s-1970
box 16, folder 1-8
Unsorted photographs
1940s-1970
Scope and Content
These photographs originate in folders titled "miscellaneous", "unsorted", and "extras". They include much of the content
in previous folders, though there is also some original material.
box 17, box 18
Mounted and oversize photographs
1940s-1970
Series 5. Recordings
1940-2003
Scope and Content
This series contains recordings of Acalanes student dance productions, footage of the annual reunions attended by former Acalanes
dancers, and material generated by Sandra Bagnall during the production of
When I Dance, which includes interviews, video transfers, and finished masters of the film. Also included are audio recordings of a conversation
with Millicent Bagnall and of the music used in the Acalanes dance performances.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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access materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 19, box 20, box 22
Acalanes dance performances and student dancers
1940-1986
Scope and Content
These film recordings originate in Millicent Hamburger's archive, and include footage of student dancers and of the following
productions: Down in the Valley (1955), Joan of Arc (1951), Job (1958), Masquerade Suite (1949), The Salem Incident (1956),
Symphonic Variations by Caesar Frank (1949), and Who Am I? (1957). Also included is footage of Millicent Hamburger in the
Acalanes cafeteria in 1986.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
13 [8mm] and 38 [16mm] film reels
RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 21
Dance reunions
1988-2001
Scope and Content
Footage of the annual dance reunions attended by former Acalanes dance group members.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
34 VHS-C and 4 Hi8 cassettes
RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 19, box 22, box 23
When I Dance video transfers, interviews, finished masters and DVD
[circa 1990]-2003
Scope and Content
These boxes contain the VHS transfers for recordings of original dance footage from Acalanes and dance reunions (above), and
interviews and conversations recorded by Sandra Bagnall in 1999. Many of the VHS cassettes correspond to previous transfers
in Beta format, and are labeled as such. For more information on their contents, please refer to the logs in Subseries 1.2.
Also included are the finished masters for
When I Dance, and a DVD copy.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
67 VHS cassettes
RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 24
Conversation with Millicent Hamburger
1999
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
3 Digital Audio Tapes (DAT)
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box 24
Music from performances
undated
Scope and Content
Includes: Ave Maria (Schubert), "Bartok", Blue Danube, Christmas Concerto (Corelli), Christmas Flower, Contra Dances (Beethoven),
Down in the Valley, Gold and Silver, Hansel and Gretel, Joan of Arc, Liebesleider (Brahms), Little Match Girl, Negro Spirituals,
Old Friends, Polonaise (Chopin), Salem Incident, Scrooge, Symphony, Voices, Waltz (Strauss), and Who Am I?
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
10 compact audio cassettes
RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of audio material requires production of listening copies.
box 24
CD 16- Henrietta's Wedding/ Songs of African Veldt
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
1 CD
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