Guide to the Donald Bradburn Papers MS.P.030

Joanna Lamb; updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2022.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2022
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu


Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Donald Bradburn papers
Creator: Bradburn, Donald
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.030
Physical Description: 32.6 Linear Feet (22 document boxes; 21 record cartons; 4 flat boxes; 2 half size letter document boxes; 1 XOS folder)
Date (inclusive): 1950-2001
Abstract: This collection comprises materials that document Bradburn's career as a dance photographer, choreographer, and professor at the University of California, Irvine. Included are programs, manuscripts, clippings, notebooks, scrapbooks, research files, teaching materials, videotapes, and photographic images.
Language of Material: English .

Access

The collection has not been processed. It may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred Citation

Donald Bradburn papers. MS.P.030. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection comprises materials that document Bradburn's career as a dance photographer, choreographer, and professor at the University of California, Irvine. Included are programs, manuscripts, clippings, notebooks, scrapbooks, research files, teaching materials, videotapes, and photographic images.

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Unprocessed addition, 2000 Accession 2000-019 circa 1950s-1998

Physical Description: 8.1 Linear Feet(7 record cartons, 2 flat boxes; 1 XOS folder)

Series Scope and Contents Summary

Accession includes programs, photographs, negatives, slides, clippings, notes and notebooks, press kits, scrapbook and correspondence documenting Bradburn's career as a photographer, choreographer, and teacher of dance at UCI.

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
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Box 1 circa 1970s-early 1980s

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Dance programs, clippings, notes and notebooks, press kits, Bradburn calendars
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Box 2 circa 1950s-1998

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Dance programs, some UCI departmental files, correspondence, some Bobbie Gentry Show files
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Box 3 circa 1950s-1998

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Mainly UCI Dance Dept. files, teaching files, correspondence
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Box 4 circa 1950s-1998

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Press kits for dance companies--many from OC Performing Arts Center, some photographs, binders of academic review materials
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Box 5 circa 1950s-1998

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Programs and press kits
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Box 6 circa 1989

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'Billy the Kid' at UCI (1989), photographs of models, some Bobbie Gentry Show materials
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Box 7 circa 1950s-1998

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Bobbie Gentry Show, press kits, some UCI 'Billy the Kid'
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Box 8 circa 1950s-1998

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OS photographs, notes, scrapbook
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Box 9 circa 1950s-1998

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OS photographs
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Folder 1 circa 1950s-1998

 

Unprocessed addition, 2000 Accession 2000-031 1980

Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(1 half document box)

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This accession contains slides (approx. 230 slides total) recording various performances, including Swan Lake, Firebird, Kabuki, Rodeo, and Pillar.
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Box 1 1980

Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(1 half letter size document box)
 

Unprocessed addition, 2003 Accession 2003-020 circa 1970-2000

Physical Description: 11.5 Linear Feet(11 record cartons, 1 flat box)

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This accession includes programs, photographs, research files, teaching materials, videotapes, and other materials relating to Bradburn's career as a dance educator, researcher, and choreographer.
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Box 1 circa 1970-2000

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VHS videos of UCI dance dept. events, rehearsals, etc.; class materials, scrapbooks
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Box 2 circa 1970-2000

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UCI set designs
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Box 3 circa 1970-2000

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Non-UCI press kits and programs
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Box 4 circa 1970-2000

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UCI teaching and dance, especially materials relating to Bradburn's production at UCI of Scheherazade
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Box 5 circa 1970-2000

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UCI dance, including VHS videos
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Box 6 circa 1970-2000

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UCI dance and Bradburn's dance photography
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Box 7 circa 1970-2000

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Research materials and photographs
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Box 8 circa 1970-2000

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UCI dance and non-UCI programs
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Box 9 circa 1970-2000

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Teaching and research materials
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Box 10 circa 1970-2000

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Teaching and research materials
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Box 11 circa 1970-2000

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Non-UCI programs and research materials
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Box 12 circa 1970-2000

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OS photographs, posters, and publications
 

Unprocessed addition, 2007 Accession 2007-009 1956, 1973-2001

Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet(1 flat box; 1 record carton; 1 half size letter document box)

Series Scope and Contents Summary

Accession primarily consists of black and white photographs and labels from a thirty-year retrospective exhibition of Bradburn's dance photography entitled Ballet in Los Angeles - A Moment in Time. The exhibition was held 16 July through 12 August 2001 at California State University, Los Angeles in the Luckman Fine Arts Gallery in conjunction with Balletfest 2001: A celebration of professional dance in Los Angeles. The labels are not paired with the photos. Accession includes brochures, magazines, and a book that contains several of Bradburn's photos. Also included are accessories from a "Billy the Kid" dance costume said to have come from a UCI production.

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
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Box 1 circa 1956, 1973-2001

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Box 2 circa 1956, 1973-2001

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Box 3 circa 1956, 1973-2001

 

Unprocessed addition, 2017 Accession 2017-039 circa 1956-1984

Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet(3 folders)

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

Series Scope and Contents Summary

This accession contains 35mm photo negatives depicting unidentified theatrical performance (circa 1956), 30 4"x6" color photographs of an unidentified swim team (circa 1984) and the July 1973 issue of After Dark.
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Box 1 circa 1956-1984