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

Title: Department of Dance Records, 1946-2020

ID: 12/13/1

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Dance

Extent: 27.05 cubic feet

Arrangement:

The collection is organized in four series: Series 1, Administrative records, 1930-2015; Series 2, Scrapbooks, 1968-1999; Series 3, Photographic Materials, 1940-2010; Series 4, Audiovisual Materials, 1974-2013.

Materials in Series 1 and 2 are arranged chronologically. Series 3 is arranged by event type. The materials in Series 4 were arranged 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.

Date Acquired: 06/24/2015. More info below under Accruals.

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

Formats/Genres: Audio-Visual Material, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Consists of promotional materials, operational records and reports, scrapbooks, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting the operations and productions of the Department of Dance from 1940 to 2022. Of note are the departmental scrapbooks that contain photographs and programs for dance productions either produced or sponsored by the Dance Department between 1967 and 1994, as well as accreditation self-study reports between 1985 and 2004.

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.

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

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals:

Video recordings from the Department of Dance Annex were transferred to the Sousa Archives on June 24, 2015.

Administrative records, scrapbooks, photographs, and audio recordings were transferred to the Sousa Archives on September 11, 2015.

Four video recordings were donated to the Sousa Archives by Ken Beck on April 27, 2017.

Teaching materials used by Margaret Erlanger and a biography and photographs of Elizabeth Lindeman Leonard were donated to the Sousa Archives by Patricia Knowles on December 5, 2017.

Hanya Holm master class videotape donated by Patricia Knowles on February 27, 2018.

Acquisition Source: Department of Dance

Acquisition Method: Transfer

Related Materials: Note: For dance publications by Barbara Mettler, please see RS 12/9/50.