Scope and arrangement
The Rosamond Pierce papers (1927-1943) hold choreographic notes, class notes, technique files, scores, and programs documenting Pierce's career as a teacher, performer, and student. Choreographic notes consist of detailed descriptions of recital and class dances for children. The notes sometimes indicate which music should be used. There are also choreographic notes within the scores. Scores hold both published commercial sheet music and Pierce's original compositions and arrangements. All scores are annotated and some have full detailed choreographic notes attached.
Class notes consist of lists of barre, strengthening, and stretching exercises for students of various ages and abilities. Programs and flyers consist of advertising mailers for Pierce's dance classes as well as student and professional dance programs.
Pierce's technique files hold notes and handouts from Pierce's study with Miriam Marmein, Doris Humphrey, and Ted Shawn. Not all notes are identified as to teacher. The bulk of this material is from Marmein's summer courses, where Pierce spent five weeks studying and performing in Manomet, Massachusets. The technique files also contain handouts from the 1941 convention of the Dancing Teacher's Club of Boston.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by file type.