Department of Dance Records, 1946-2020 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

The collection is organized in four series:

Series 1, Administrative records, 1930-2015 is arranged into four sub-series: sub-series 1) Productions and Promotional Materials, sub-series 2) Operations, sub-series 3) Self-Study Reports, and sub-series 4) Jan Erkert Administrative Papers. Each sub-series is arranged chronologically;

Series 2, Scrapbooks, 1968-1999 is arranged chronologically;

Series 3, Photographic Materials, 1940-2010 is arranged by event type and then chronologically;

Series 4, Audiovisual Materials, 1974-2013 is arranged in two sub-series: sub-series 1) Audio Materials and sub-series 2) Video Materials. Both sub-series were organized by the Department of Dance according to a color-code system, which arranged materials by form, then by event type, then by date. The color-code is as follows (and the original Labeling Key can be found in the control file): Orange=Site Specific, Green=November Dance, Red= Festival Dance, Yellow=Studio 1, Blue=Studio 2, Maroon=Senior Concert, White= Other.

The creation of the Department of Dance occurred in 1968, but it had its beginnings 9 years earlier, in a graduate program for the Master Arts in Dance, in the College of Physical Education. This program was authorized in 1959 by the Board of Trustees. In 1961 they authorized a new undergrad curriculum in dance, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Like the graduate program, this curriculum was part of a Physical Education department, the Phys.Ed. Department for women. In 1968 the Board of Trustees decided to transfer the program to the College of Fine and Applied Arts, where it became its own department, the Department of Dance.

Sources:

Board of Trustees Transactions, 50th Report, June 23, 1959, p. 439.

Board of Trustees Transactions, 51st Report, November 28, 1961, p. 1186.

Board of Trustees Transactions, 55th Report, July 24, 1968, p. 8.

Ballet
Dance
Dance Curriculum
Dance Department
Dance Education
Dance Recitals
Fine and Applied Arts, College of
School Records

Audio-Visual Material
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Sound Recordings

Department of Dance