Guide to the Nancy Ruyter papers MS.P.013
Joanna Lamb, Kimberly Gallon, 2018. Updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2022.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2022
The UCI Libraries
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University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
Note
Joanna Lamb created initial finding aid in 2011. Updated 2017, RC.
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Nancy Ruyter papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.013
Physical Description:
39 Linear Feet
(39 record cartons)
Date (inclusive): circa 1950-2013
Date (bulk): 1980-2000
Abstract: A collection of research files, correspondence, notes and papers, clippings, catalogs, and other materials collected by Nancy
Ruyter documenting 19th and 20th century dance in the United States, as well as African and Balkan dance, opera, musical theatre,
and musicals.
Language of Material:
English
.
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Preferred Citation
Nancy Ruyter papers. MS.P.013. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Collection Scope and Content Summary
Nancy Lee Ruyter is a dance historian, choreographer, and professor at the University of California, Irvine. This collection
comprises research materials gathered by Ruyter while writing
Reformers and Visionaries: The Americanization of the Art of Dance (1979) and
The Cultivation of Body and Mind in 19th-Century American Delsartism (1999). Additionally, the collection includes clippings, catalogs, and other research materials documenting 19th and 20th
century dance in the United States, as well as African and Balkan dance, opera, musical theatre, and musicals.
box accn1992-009 001
Box 1
1950 - 1992
Scope and Contents Note
Clippings files relating to dance topics.
box accn1992-009 002
Box 2
1950-1992
Scope and Contents Note
Clippings files relating to dance topics
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Box 3
1950-1992
Scope and Contents Note
Clippings files relating to dance topics.
box accn1992-009 004
Box 4
1950-1992
Scope and Contents Note
Clippings files relating to dance topics.
box accn1992-009 005
Box 5
1950-1992
Scope and Contents Note
Clippings files relating to dance topics.
box accn1992-009 006
Box 6
1950-1992
Scope and Contents Note
Clippings files relating to dance topics.
box accn1992-009 0007
Box 7
1950-1992
Scope and Contents Note
Clippings files relating to dance topics.
box accn2002-042 001
Box 8
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials gathered for Ruyter's book on Delsartism in the U.S. Materials include mainly photocopes of correspondence
and secondary literature on Delsarte and his followers in the U.S.. Also includes a fairly comprehensive listing of all Delsarte
teachers about whom NR could track down information during her research, and folders of information corresponding to each
person.
box accn2002-042 002
Box 9
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials gathered for Ruyter's book on Delsartism in the U.S. Materials include mainly photocopes of correspondence
and secondary literature on Delsarte and his followers in the U.S.. Also includes a fairly comprehensive listing of all Delsarte
teachers about whom NR could track down information during her research, and folders of information corresponding to each
person.
box accn2002-042 003
Box 10
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials gathered for Ruyter's book on Delsartism in the U.S. Materials include mainly photocopes of correspondence
and secondary literature on Delsarte and his followers in the U.S.. Also includes a fairly comprehensive listing of all Delsarte
teachers about whom NR could track down information during her research, and folders of information corresponding to each
person.
box accn2002-042 004
Box 11
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials gathered for Ruyter's book on Delsartism in the U.S. Materials include mainly photocopes of correspondence
and secondary literature on Delsarte and his followers in the U.S.. Also includes a fairly comprehensive listing of all Delsarte
teachers about whom NR could track down information during her research, and folders of information corresponding to each
person.
box accn2002-042 005
Box 12
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials gathered for Ruyter's book on Delsartism in the U.S. Materials include mainly photocopes of correspondence
and secondary literature on Delsarte and his followers in the U.S.. Also includes a fairly comprehensive listing of all Delsarte
teachers about whom NR could track down information during her research, and folders of information corresponding to each
person.
box accn2002-042 006
Box 13
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials gathered for Ruyter's book on Delsartism in the U.S. Materials include mainly photocopes of correspondence
and secondary literature on Delsarte and his followers in the U.S.. Also includes a fairly comprehensive listing of all Delsarte
teachers about whom NR could track down information during her research, and folders of information corresponding to each
person.
box accn2002-042 007
Box 14
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials gathered for Ruyter's book on Delsartism in the U.S. Materials include mainly photocopes of correspondence
and secondary literature on Delsarte and his followers in the U.S.. Also includes a fairly comprehensive listing of all Delsarte
teachers about whom NR could track down information during her research, and folders of information corresponding to each
person.
box accn2002-042 008
Box 15
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research materials gathered for Ruyter's book on Delsartism in the U.S. Materials include mainly photocopes of correspondence
and secondary literature on Delsarte and his followers in the U.S.. Also includes a fairly comprehensive listing of all Delsarte
teachers about whom NR could track down information during her research, and folders of information corresponding to each
person.
box accn2003-033 001
Box 16
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Materials on American Delsarteans accompanied by conference materials and publications of numerous American and international
dance institutions.
box accn2003-033 002
Box 17
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Materials on cross-cultural dance, musical and musical theater conference papers Dance As Life and a photocopied version of
La Danza en Mexico by Alberto Dallal.
box accn2003-036 001
Box 18
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Materials on individual dancers such as Danilova, Astair, California Ballet companies and a folder of materials on the American
Ballet Theatre. Includes clippings, catalogs, invitations, programmes and periodicals along with Leonard Maltin's monograph.
box accn2003-036 002
Box 19
1980-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Comprises UCI dance production materials and budget reports, flyers, newsclippings, correspondence and the monograph The Rise
and Fall and Rise of Modern Dance.
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Box 31
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
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Box 32
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
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Box 33
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
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Box 34
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
box accn2016-035 005
Box 35
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
box accn2016-035 006
Box 36
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
box accn2016-035 007
Box 37
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
box accn2016-035 008
Box 38
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
box accn2016-035 009
Box 39
circa 1970-2000
Scope and Contents Note
Research notes, news-clippings, offprints, and files from the home of Nancy Ruyter.
