Found 5 collections related to Dance -- United States -- History

Maureen Needham-Aldrich is an American dance historian. She began her career as a professional ballet dancer in New Orleans. Her contributions to dance scholarship include extensive research on dance therapy, dance education, European and American ballet history, and the dance traditions of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pueblo tribes in New Mexico. The collection (1946-2003) documents her career as a dancer and dance historian through essays, articles, encyclopedia and dictionary entries, notes, programs, photographs, and other material she gathered for her research. less

The Patricia (Lehrman) Dunn papers date from 1950 to 1986 and document her career as a dancer and her graduate research on modern dancers through correspondence, articles, notes, and programs. The collection consists primarily of photocopied research files and a small amount of material on her dance career. less

Monica Moseley (1942-2010) was an American dancer, dance scholar, and former assistant curator for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public Library. The Monica Moseley papers date from 1886 to 2010 and consist of professional files and family history files. The collection holds correspondence, lectures, notes, promotional material for dance companies and organizations, genealogy notes, and family photographs. less

Mura Dehn (1905-1987) was a dancer and filmmaker who documented African-American social jazz dancing from the 1930s to 1950s at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York. The collection consists mostly of her film works, accompanied with photographs; address books, assorted material and an artifact. less