- Creator
- Van Scott, Glory
- Call number
- Sc MG 707
- Physical description
- 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Glory Van Scott collection, Sc MG 707, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
The Glory Van Scott collection is comprised primarily of programs of performances that Van Scott either produced, directed, or wrote (including those dedicated to Katherine Dunham) at various venues in New York City. There are also a few reviews and news clippings.
Biographical/historical information
Glory Van Scott is an actress, dancer, singer, published playwright, and author. A graduate of Goddard College, Vermont (B.A., M.A.), she was awarded a PhD in education and theater arts from the Antioch Union Graduate School, Ohio. She is a former principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham, Agnes DeMille, and Talley Beatty companies, and she has performed in the United States and internationally, appearing on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and television.
Van Scott has served as director, producer, and choreographer, and she has written and/or composed eight musicals, includingMiss Truth, children's theatrical productions, and children's books. Her works have been produced in New York and Washington. Additionally, she was executive coordinator for Channel Thirteen's Dance in America series program on Katherine Dunham, and produced "An Evening of Spirituals" at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall for six years beginning in 1994. From 1974-1984, Van Scott was a professor of theater at Bucknell University's Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. In 1984, she founded the Dr. Glory's Children's Theatre at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, which is an international, interracial, intercultural, and multi-ethnic nonprofit children's theater.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Mary Walker, 2001.
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- African American actresses -- New York (State) -- New York
- African American dancers -- New York (State) -- New York
- African American entertainers -- New York (State) -- New York
- African American women artists -- New York (State) -- New York
- African American women in the professions -- New York (State) -- New York
- African Americans in the performing arts -- New York (State) -- New York
- Authors, Black
- Dance -- Reviews
- Dancers -- United States
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor