Modern Manuscripts & Archives at the Newberry

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Programs issued for the annual Normal School and Convention of the CNADM, held every summer in a Chicago venue. Early Directories include list of board of directors, members, attendees, committees, dance notation taught, photographs of board, faculty, and occasionally group pictures of the previous year’s convention attendees. Then the Directories (and Prospectuses, later called Programs, containing faculty biographies and advertisements) were divided from the dance notation books. Names...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Programs issued for the annual Normal School and Convention of the CNADM, held every summer in a Chicago venue. Early Directories include list of board of directors, members, attendees, committees, dance notation taught, photographs of board, faculty, and occasionally group pictures of the previous year’s convention attendees. Then the Directories (and Prospectuses, later called Programs, containing faculty biographies and advertisements) were divided from the dance notation books. Names...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Programs issued for the annual Normal School and Convention of the CNADM, held every summer in a Chicago venue. Early Directories include list of board of directors, members, attendees, committees, dance notation taught, photographs of board, faculty, and occasionally group pictures of the previous year’s convention attendees. Then the Directories (and Prospectuses, later called Programs, containing faculty biographies and advertisements) were divided from the dance notation books. Names...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Programs issued for the annual Normal School and Convention of the CNADM, held every summer in a Chicago venue. Early Directories include list of board of directors, members, attendees, committees, dance notation taught, photographs of board, faculty, and occasionally group pictures of the previous year’s convention attendees. Then the Directories (and Prospectuses, later called Programs, containing faculty biographies and advertisements) were divided from the dance notation books. Names...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Programs issued for the annual Normal School and Convention of the CNADM, held every summer in a Chicago venue. Early Directories include list of board of directors, members, attendees, committees, dance notation taught, photographs of board, faculty, and occasionally group pictures of the previous year’s convention attendees. Then the Directories (and Prospectuses, later called Programs, containing faculty biographies and advertisements) were divided from the dance notation books. Names...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Programs issued for the annual Normal School and Convention of the CNADM, held every summer in a Chicago venue. Early Directories include list of board of directors, members, attendees, committees, dance notation taught, photographs of board, faculty, and occasionally group pictures of the previous year’s convention attendees. Then the Directories (and Prospectuses, later called Programs, containing faculty biographies and advertisements) were divided from the dance notation books. Names...

Notice of Culturally Sensitive Indigenous Materials

This folder contains materials considered culturally sensitive to Indigenous People(s): "Paintings of the Puebo Indians" [article] includes artist depiction of dance. "Pueblo Indian Ceremonial Bowl" [article] includes ceremonial content.

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33 1/3 rpm, 10 inch record and numerous 45 rpm, 7 inch commercial records to assist in dance instruction specifically, or serve as accompanying music. The majority of the records relate to Hawaiian dance. Recordings have not been digitized and are unavailable for use at this time.

Scope and Contents note Photographs of Doris Humphrey from her childhood to her years as a choreographer. Several photographs are of her with her family, including her father, Horace Humphrey, and son, Charles Humphrey Woodford. Many photographs are of her dancing, from her early professional years with the Denishawn Dancers to the height of her dance career, in productions like “With My Red Fires” and “The Story of Woman.” Photographs of José Limón make up a large part of the collection, many of which are of him...

Scope and Contents note The Photographs series documents Ruth Page’s personal life, family, and travels, her works and professional collaborations, the creative community in Chicago, and the world of dance. The personal and professional aspects of Page’s life were intricately entwined, and many of the photographs in this series provide evidence of both. Photographic formats in this series include black and white and color prints and negatives, Polaroid instant photographs, color slides, glass and film stereoscopic...

Scope and Contents note Chicago Music Alliance's administrative, financial, photographic, and audiovisual materials. See the following paragraphs for the scope and contents notes for each subseries. Organized in the following subseries:Subseries 1, Administrative: Correspondence, planning materials for events coordinated with other cultural organizations chiefly in Chicago, general files maintained by administrative personnel, materials related to committees and organizations CMA actively participated...

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Recordings of concerts, compositions, and music of friends. Includes a limited number of recordings of speeches. These materials have not yet been digitized.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Recordings of concerts, compositions, and music of friends. Includes a limited number of recordings of speeches. These materials have not yet been digitized.