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Free to Dance Records, 1987-2004

Title: Free to Dance Records, 1987-2004

Free to Dance: The African-American Presence in Modern Dance Great Performances: Dance in America was a three-part television documentary co-produced by the American Dance Festival and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York. The series aired on PBS' in 2001. It chronicled the role of African-American choreographers and dancers in the development of modern dance as an American art form. The collection includes film, video, sound recordings, oral histories, interview transcripts, business records, photographs, clippings, and research materials created or collected during the production of the three-part television documentary . Free to Dance

ArchivalResource: 96.34 Linear Feet

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Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998. Terry Sanford Papers, 1926-1996 (bulk 1986-1992)

Title: Terry Sanford Papers, 1926-1996

The Terry Sanford Papers document Sanford's career as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1986 to 1992. The collection contains papers dated from 1926-1992, with the bulk of the material dated between 1986 and 1992. His senatorial campaigns, views on issues, interactions with constituents, and activities in committees of which he was a member are documented throughout the collection.

ArchivalResource: 228.6 Linear Feet; 130,000 Items

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The Kenneth Rinker Collection, 1964-1987

Title: The Kenneth Rinker Collection 1964-1987

This collection contains business and financial paperwork pertaining to Rinker's projects, press clippings, programs, choreographic notes, photographs, and other miscellaneous files relating to Rinker's choreographic and performing career.

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Buckholz, Dawn. Whites of their eyes / composed by Dawn Buckholz ; choreographed by David Parker.

Title: Whites of their eyes / composed by Dawn Buckholz ; choreographed by David Parker. 1993.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score (13 leaves) ; 28 x 44 cm.

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Schönberg, Bessie,. Interview with Bessie Schoenberg.

Title: Interview with Bessie Schoenberg. 1976-77.

ArchivalResource: 475 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122535002 View

Rogers, Helen Priest,. Interview with Helen Priest Rogers.

Title: Interview with Helen Priest Rogers. 1989.

ArchivalResource: 19 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86153585 View

Devine, John. Music for divine interventions : for 2 saxophones (soprano/tenor, alto/tenor), piano, bass, drums / by John Devine.

Title: Music for divine interventions : for 2 saxophones (soprano/tenor, alto/tenor), piano, bass, drums / by John Devine. 1990.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score (8 p.) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80643179 View

William C. Friday Papers, 1942-1999 and undated (bulk 1985-1999)

Title: William C. Friday Papers, 1942-1999 and undated (bulk 1985-1999)

William C. Friday served as president of the University of North Carolina System, 1957-1986. Following his resignation, Friday accepted a position as president of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, guiding the philanthropy's support of educational endeavors. In 1999, Friday retired from public service. The collection includes correspondence, meeting materials, reports, clippings, speeches, honors, administrative records, photographs, and other papers related to William C. Friday's career following his retirement as president of the University of North Carolina System. These records, bulk 1985-1999, document Friday's professional and personal endeavors, including work with the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics; the Center for Creative Leadership; the Rural Economic Development Center; the Center for Public Television; TIAA-CREF; and the University of North Carolina System and its individual campuses, especially UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and East Carolina University. Topics addressed include education, philanthropy, ethics, intercollegiate athletics, poverty, economic development, leadership, North Carolina concerns, academic affairs, public service, healthcare, politics, finance, social policy, and prominent individuals.

ArchivalResource: About 90,500 items (116.0 linear feet)

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Thomas Skelton papers, circa 1953-1994

Title: Thomas Skelton papers circa 1953-1994

The Thomas Skelton papers represent his professional career as lighting designer from the early 1950s to his death in 1994. The bulk of the collection consists of light plots, cue sheets, ground plans, draftings and other papers related to his career in dance, theater, and opera. The collection also includes some teaching papers, correspondence, interviews, newspaper clippings, and programs. Other miscellaneous material includes travel and foreign language literature accumulated by Skelton in the course of his various professional trips. The collection also includes some scenic designs and costume information retained by Skelton from individual productions. Although Skelton did occasional scenic design, most of this additional material is the work of other crafts people. Included among the papers are also lighting designs executed by others. When identified, these are listed in subseries for 'Other Designers' in each category. The production files should be consulted for full credits for a project. The materials were received with an inventory in database format. The collection has been arranged and described with separate series for material relating to theater (including opera and variety) and dance. Organization of production files has been maintained generally the way files were originally kept. Oversized light plots and designs were separated from the production files and transferred to oversized boxes. Original identification numbers of the draftings have been maintained. Where letters formerly were used to identify boxes of rolled draftings, they now identify the drawers in which the material is currently stored. In some cases, draftings listed in the database were not found with the collection.

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American Dance Festival Company and Biographical Reference Collection, 1934-2003

Title: American Dance Festival Company and Biographical Reference Collection, 1934-2003

The American Dance Festival is a non-profit organization committed to serving the needs of dance, dancers, choreographers, and professionals in dance-related fields. It presents a six and a half week summer festival of modern dance performances and educational programs, hosts community outreach activities, and sponsors numerous projects in the humanities. Its mission is to create and present new dance works, preserve the modern dance heritage, build wider national and international audiences and enhance public understanding and appreciation for modern dance, and provide training and education for dancers and choreographers. The collection consists of materials collected by the American Dance Festival pertaining to choreographers, dance companies, and others involved in modern dance, including printed materials, newspaper and magazine clippings, press kits, programs, and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 8.75 Linear Feet; Items

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Josephine Clement Papers, 1937-1998

Title: Josephine Clement Papers, 1937-1998

Josephine Dobbs Clement (1919-1998) was raised in Atlanta, Ga., and received her B.S.degree from Spelman College in 1937. She received her M.A. degree from Columbia University the following year. Inthe late 1940s, she moved with her husband, William A. Clement, to Durham, N.C., where she was active in civicaffairs and in Durham and North Carolina politics. Her activities included co-chairing the successful gubernatorialcampaigns of Democrat James Hunt's in Durham County in 1980 and 1984. The collection includes correspondencerelating to Josephine Clement's work with a variety of business and civic organizations in Durham, N.C., and DurhamCounty, N.C., including the Durham City Board of Education; the Durham County Board of Commissioners; the NorthCarolina Democratic Party, especially on James Hunt's 1980 and 1984 gubernatorial campaigns; and the White RockBaptist Church. There are also letters and other materials pertaining to Clement's personal life and to the livesand civic work of her husband, William A. Clement, and their children, including William A. Clement, Jr. Alsoincluded are materials relating to other Dobbs, Jackson, and Clement family members, among them Mattiwilda Dobbs,June Dobbs Butts, and Maynard H. Jackson.

ArchivalResource: About 8,000 items (17.5 linear feet)

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Duke University. University Archives. American Dance Festival reference collection, 1977-2000.

Title: American Dance Festival reference collection, 1977-2000.

The American Dance Festival Reference Collection includes clippings, announcements, programs, and other materials pertaining to ADF performances and events held on the Duke University campus. This materials was collected from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. Materials range in date from 1977 to 2000.

ArchivalResource: 1000 items (1.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57813681 View

Duke University. Vice President for Business and Finance. Vice President for Business and Finance records, 1962-1985.

Title: Vice President for Business and Finance records, 1962-1985.

Records contain memoranda, correspondence, budgets, reports, agreements, financial information, and other printed matter pertaining to the financial status of Duke University's academic departments, organizations, benefactors, and Medical Center. Major topics include Duke University financial and administrative offices, the Duke Endowment, local trade unions, Board of Trustees, Medical Center construction, Duke Forest, construction and development, campus parking, athletics, WDBS campus radio station, Duke University Marine Lab, the American Dance Festival, the Business and Finance Division, student political activity, Research Triangle Park, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Foundation, and highway development. Major correspondents include Terry Sanford, William G. Anlyan, A. Kenneth Pye, Richard L. Jackson, J. Peyton Fuller, John Adcock.

ArchivalResource: 60000 items (59.6 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55635820 View

Schönberg, Bessie. Bessie Schönberg Papers, 1932-1997 and undated.

Title: Bessie Schönberg Papers, 1932-1997 and undated.

The collection includes Bessie Schönberg's personal documents, professional and personal correspondence, information on her teaching, directing, performing, lecturing, and writing, appointment books, financial and medical papers, interviews, writing by others, and print materials collected by Schönberg. There is extensive personal correspondence with her husband Dimitry Varley and Schönberg's family. Includes papers and correspondence with dance institutions with which she had long or formative experience including the Bennington College School of the Dance, Connecticut College School of Dance/American Dance Festival, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dance Theater Workshop, Dancing in the Streets, Jacob's Pillow, and The Yard.

ArchivalResource: 33.5 linear ft. (30 boxes)

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North Carolina Lesbian and Gay Health Project Records, 1983-1996

Title: North Carolina Lesbian and Gay Health Project Records, 1983-1996

ArchivalResource: 24.1 Linear Feet; 13,800 Items

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American Dance Festival. Records, 1977-1995 and n.d.

Title: Records, 1977-1995 and n.d.

Records documenting performances, classes, choreography, and organization of the American Dance Festival since it's move to Durham, N.C. in 1977. Collection includes videotapes of performances and classes.

ArchivalResource: 999 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36109678 View

American Dance Festival Photographic Materials Collection, circa 1930-2008

Title: American Dance Festival Photographic Materials Collection, circa 1930-2008

The American Dance Festival is a non-profit organization committed to serving the needs of dance, dancers, choreographers, and professionals in dance-related fields. It presents a six and a half week summer festival of modern dance performances and educational programs, hosts community outreach activities, and sponsors numerous projects in the humanities. Its mission is to create and present new dance works, preserve the modern dance heritage, build wider national and international audiences and enhance public understanding and appreciation for modern dance, and provide training and education for dancers and choreographers. The collection includes photographic materials created and collected by the American Dance Festival, including negatives, contact sheets, prints, and transparencies.

ArchivalResource: 19.4 Linear Feet

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Marks, Bruce, 1937-. Interview with Bruce Marks.

Title: Interview with Bruce Marks. 1979.

ArchivalResource: 28 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122573142 View

Doris Duke Awards for New Work [clippings].

Title: Doris Duke Awards for New Work [clippings]. 1998-

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41653507 View

American Dance Festival collection, [ca. 1952-ongoing].

Title: American Dance Festival collection, [ca. 1952-ongoing].

Collection contains clipping, program, publicity and souvenir book files.

ArchivalResource: 4 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430355002 View

Hellebrandt, Beatrice,. Scrapbook, no. 5: American Dance Festival programs; Connecticut College School of Dance newsletters.

Title: Scrapbook, no. 5: American Dance Festival programs; Connecticut College School of Dance newsletters. 1948.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79383112 View

Bessie Schönberg papers, 1932-1997 and undated

Title: Bessie Schönberg papers 1932-1997 and undated

Personal and professional papers of dance educator Bessie Schönberg, 1932-1997.

ArchivalResource: 33.5 linear feet; 30 boxes/1063 folders

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19838 View

Semans Family Papers, 1878-2008 and undated

Title: Semans Family Papers, 1878-2008 and undated

Collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, writings and speeches, scrapbooks, pictures, and miscellaneous material reflecting the philanthropic, cultural and social activities of the Semans family. A major focus is the interrelationship of the Semans family with the Biddle, Duke, and Trent families. Additionally, the papers document the roles of Mary Duke Biddle, James H. Semans and Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans have taken in the development of arts and educational programs throughout North Carolina. To a lesser degree, the papers reflect on childcare during the early 20th century.

ArchivalResource: Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 64.5; Number of items: ca. 40,000

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