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Dance program and ephemera collection
MS.P.026  
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  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Arrangement note
  • Related Collections

  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
    Title: Dance program and ephemera collection
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.026
    Physical Description: 10.4 Linear Feet (26 boxes and 5 oversize folders) and 0.4 unprocessed linear feet
    Date (inclusive): 1909-1990
    Abstract: This collection comprises printed materials, primarily dance programs and repertory booklets, documenting significant international dancers, dance companies, festivals, performances, and events. The bulk of this collection comprises materials on 20th century American and European ballet performers and companies, such as the American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Ballet, Ballet Russes and related companies. The collection also contains dance programs documenting world and folk genres, and international dance styles, primarily Indian, Japanese, and Spanish. A small group of printed ephemera documents various dance festivals, dance companies, and individuals such as Isadora Duncan, George Balanchine, Mary Wigman, and others.
    General Physical Description note: 10.3 linear feet
    Language of Material: English .

    Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

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

    Preferred Citation

    Dance program and ephemera collectino. MS.P.026. 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.

    Acquisition Information

    This collection was created by UC Irvine Special Collections and Archives staff from a variety of performing arts collections in cases where the dance programs were tangential to the collection's focus, including the Eugene Loring Papers (MS-P02), Ruth Clark Lert Dance Library and Archive (MS-P09), and Clarence McGehee Collection on Ruth St. Denis (MS-P25). Sources and dates of acquisition are not known.

    Processing History

    Processed by Linda Akatsu, Emma Kheradyar, William Landis, and Maria Lechuga, 1997-2001. Guide completed by Adrian Turner, 2002.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    This collection comprises printed materials, primarily dance programs and repertory booklets, documenting significant international dancers, dance companies, festivals, performances, and events. The bulk of this collection comprises materials on 20th century American and European ballet performers and companies, such as the American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Ballet, Ballet Russes and related companies. The collection also contains dance programs documenting world and folk genres, and international dance styles, primarily Indian, Japanese, and Spanish. A small group of printed ephemera documents various dance festivals, dance companies, and individuals such as Isadora Duncan, George Balanchine, Mary Wigman, and others.

    Arrangement note

    This collection is organized into three series.
    • Series 1. Ballet and modern dance programs, 1909-1987. 8.2 linear ft.
    • Series 2. World dance programs, 1933-1987. 1.4 linear ft.
    • Series 3. Dance ephemera, 1920-1987. 0.7 linear ft.

    Related Collections

    The following collections in Special Collections and Archives, UC Irvine Libraries, also contain dance programs related to the creator of the collection:
    MS-P02, Eugene Loring Papers MS-P05, Mary Desti Collection on Isadora Duncan MS-P23, Donald McKayle Papers MS-P25, Clarence McGehee Collection on Ruth St. Denis MS-P28, Scrapbook on Cecil Sharp's English Folk Dance Society School MS-P29, Mildred Davenport Dance Programs and Dance School Materials MS-P33, Isadora Duncan Dance Programs and Ephemera
    MS-P09, Ruth Clark Lert Dance Library and Archive contains dance programs documenting West Coast dance companies and performers. MS-P03, John Dougherty Papers contains dance programs documenting both Dougherty's career and other dance companies and performers whose work he reviewed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Dance -- Archives
    Dancers.
    Dance cards
    Ephemera
    Modern dance -- History -- Sources
    Folk dancing
    Dance companies
    Ballet companies -- History -- Sources
    Dancers -- History -- Sources
    Ballet -- History -- Sources.
    Ballet dancers -- History -- Sources
    St. Denis, Ruth -- Archives
    Pavlova, Anna -- Archives
    Shawn, Ted
    Graham, Martha -- Archives
    Duncan, Isadora -- Archives
    Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo -- Archives
    Denishawn School of Dancing -- Archives