Section 11: Dancing and Ballet, undated
Scope and Contents note
This Section has two main categories, the first consisting of types of dances: cakewalks, foxtrots, gallops, marches, mazurkas, minuets, one-steps, polkas, quicksteps, rag time, redowas, schottisches, tangos, tarantellas, two-steps, and waltzes. The largest categories are the waltzes (about 1,000 pieces), marches (250), polkas (over 400), and nearly 350 ragtime tunes.
The second category is devoted to dancers and dance groups, virtually all of which are represented by lithographed portrait title pages. There are about 400 items, showing famous dancers, ensembles, stage scenes and spectacles, and the like.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Driscoll, J. Francis (James Francis), 1875-1959 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The James Francis Driscoll collection of American sheet music is open for research in the General Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Arrangement note
First category arranged alphabetically by dance style; second category arranged by dancer or group, with major dancers Taglioni & Ellsler at the end.
General Physical Description note
Approximately 3,200 pieces
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org