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By Elizabeth Hartman, Somer Pelczar, Carol Berthold, Jeremy Schmitt, and Maia Perez
Collection Overview
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
Scope and Contents of the Materials
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.
Biographical Note
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.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
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.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Administrative Records, 1930-2015],
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Series 2: Scrapbooks, 1967-1999],
[Series 3: Photographic Materials, 1940s-2010],
[
Series 4: Audiovisual Materials, 1974-2013],
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All]
- Series 3: Photographic Materials, 1940s-2010
- Consists of photographs, slides, proof sheets, and photograph and proof albums documenting faculty works, guest works, student works, course work, and performances from 1940 to 2010. Organized by event type, then by date. Of note are slides from George R. Carlisle, Champaign resident, documenting Central Illinois landscape and architecture.
- Box 3
- Folder 16: Slides, 1985
- Subjects include: ballet class, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Krannert Center Student Association (KCSA)
- Folder 17: Slides 1/2, 1989
- Folder 18: Slides 2/2, 1989
- Folder 19: Performance Documentation, 2002-2003
- Folder 20: Performance Documentation, 2003-2004
- Folder 21: Performance Documentation, 2004-2005
- Folder 22: Performance Documentation, 2005-2006
- Folder 23: Performance Documentation, 2006-2007
- Box 20
- Folder 1: Resident Faculty, Slides, 1981
- "Carmina Burana" (Fisher, Boday, Landovsky, Wolenski, and Sequoio).
- Folder 2: Reconstructions, Visiting Artists, 1982
- Nightspell, Folksay, Closer, Concerto Grosso, and Fables.
- Folder 3: Resident Faculty, Slides, 1983
- Patricia Knowles.
- Folder 4: Resident Faculty, Slides, 1983
- Melanie Bales, Nettl-fiol, Julie Hall.
- Folder 5: Resident Faculty/Visiting Artists, Slides, 1984
- Bill Evans, Douglas Nielsen, and Gus Solomon
- Folder 6: Faculty Works, Photographs, 1987-2003
- Folder 7: Photographs of Guest Artists, 1983-1993
- Folder 8: Photographs of Festivals and Other Performances, 1990-2010
- Folder 9: Faculty Photographs, undated
- Folder 10: Guest Artists Photographs, 1995
- (from Richard Colton)
- Folder 11: Guest Artist Works and Reconstructions, 1993-2006
- Folder 12: Banquets and Celebrations, photos, 1990s
- Folder 13: Site Specific Works, Photographs, and Negatives, undated
- Folder 14: Miscellaneous Photographs and Slides, 1994-2001
- Folder 15: Student Works and Studio Dance Slides, 1970s-1980s
- Folder 16: Class Shots (photographs), circa 1988
- Folder 17: Student and Alumni Performers, photographs, 1988-1993
- Folder 18: Student Works, photographs, 1989-1999
- Folder 19: Graduating Students, Studio Shots, 1990s
- Folder 20: Senior Concert Photo Albums, 2005
- Folder 21: Senior Concert Photo Albums, 2006-2007
- Folder 22: Fall Senior Concert Proof Sheets, 2007
- Folder 23: Studio Dance Photographs and Proof Sheets, 1997-1998
- Folder 24: Studio Dance I and II Photographs, 2002
- Including senior and award banquet photographs.
- Folder 25: Studio Dance I and II Photographs, 2003
- Folder 26: Studio Dance Photographs, 2004
- Including senior and award banquet photographs.
- Folder 27: Studio Dance II Proof Pictures, 2004
- Folder 28: Studio Dance II Proof Pictures, 2004
- Shows include: Washed, Focus, D.O.M.A., and Karaoke.
- Folder 29: Studio Dance II Proof Pictures, 2004
- Shows include: Fruit Fly and Pizzicato.
- Folder 30: Studio Dance Photographs, 2005
- Folder 31: Studio Dance I Proof Sheets, 2008
- Box 21
- Folder 1: Studio Dance II Proof Pictures, 2004
- Shows include: Fountain, Nothing Personal
- Folder 2: Studio Dance II Proof Pictures, 2004
- "Without a Roof"
- Folder 3: Studio Dance I Photo Albums, 2004-2006
- Folder 4: Studio Dance II Photo Albums, 2005-2006
- Folder 5: Studio Dance I Photo Albums, 2007
- Folder 6: Studio Dance II proof sheets, 2007
- Folder 7: IDT Festival slides, 1989-1997
- Folder 8: IDT Festival slides, 1989-1997
- Folder 9: IDT Festival photographs, 1992
- Folder 10: IDT Festival photographs, 1993
- Folder 11: IDT Festival photographs, 1994
- Folder 12: IDT Festival photographs, 1995
- Folder 13: IDT Festival photographs, 1996
- Folder 14: IDT Festival photographs and proof sheets, 1997
- Folder 15: IDT Festival slides, 1998
- Folder 16: IDT Festival slides, 1998
- Folder 17: IDT Festival negatives, 1998
- Folder 18: IDT Festival slides, photographs, and negatives, 1998
- Folder 19: IDT Festival slides, 1999
- Folder 20: IDT Festival photographs, 2000
- Folder 21: IDT Festival slides, 2000
- Folder 22: IDT Festival proof sheets, 2000
- Folder 23: Festival photographs, 1990
- Folder 24: Festival photographs, 1991
- Folder 25: Festival photographs and proof sheets, 1999
- Box 22
- Folder 1: Festival photographs, 1999
- Folder 2: Festival proof sheets, 2001
- Folder 3: Festival slides, 2002
- Folder 4: Fesitval photographs, 2002
- Folder 5: Festival proof sheets, 2002
- Folder 6: Festival photographs and proof sheets, 2003
- Folder 7: Festival photographs, 2004
- Folder 8: Festival photographs, 2005
- Folder 9: February Festival Dance photo albums, 2005-2006
- Folder 10: February Festival Dance photo albums, 2007-2008
- Folder 11: IDT Festival and November Playhouse slides, 2000
- Folder 12: November Playhouse photographs, 1999
- Folder 13: November Playhouse photographs, 1999
- Folder 14: November Playhouse proof sheets, 1999
- Folder 15: November Playhouse photographs, 2000
- Folder 16: November Playhouse proof sheets and slides, 2000
- Folder 17: November Playhouse slides, 2001
- Folder 18: November Playhouse slides, 2001
- Folder 19: November Playhouse photographs, 2001
- Folder 20: November Playhouse photographs, 2002
- Folder 21: November Playhouse photographs, 2003
- Folder 22: November Playhouse photo albums, 2003-2005
- Folder 23: November Playhouse photographs, 2004
- Folder 24: November Playhouse photo albums, 2006-2007
- Box 39
- Folder 2: Portrait of unknown person, assumed to be early faculty member, circa 1950
- Box 40
- Folder 2: Proof album, February Fesitval Dance, February 2009
- Folder 3: Proof album, November Playhouse Dance, 2008
- Box 41
- Folder 1: Slides, 1950s
- Travel photographs from the American West
- Folder 2: Slides from Department of Dance archives, 1940s-1970s
- Portraits and performance photographs
- Folder 3: Slides, George R. Carlisle photography, July 11, 1987
- Rt. 49 gravel pits and bridge
- Folder 4: Slides, George R. Carlisle photography, 1989
- Folder 5: Slides, George R. Carlisle photography, April 21, 1989
- Biotech building
- Folder 6: Slides, George R. Carlisle photography, June 17, 1989
- Middle Fork County Forest Preserve
- Folder 7: Slides, George R. Carlisle photography, February 22, 1992
- Farmer City, Forbes House
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Administrative Records, 1930-2015],
[
Series 2: Scrapbooks, 1967-1999],
[Series 3: Photographic Materials, 1940s-2010],
[
Series 4: Audiovisual Materials, 1974-2013],
[
All]
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