Papers on Afro-American social dance, ca. 1869-1987.

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Papers on Afro-American social dance, ca. 1869-1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122314129

The papers include research notes and drafts of Mura Dehn's scholarly writings on the development of Afro-American social dance, documentation of her professional life as choreographer, dancer and filmmaker, and of her personal life in correspondence, notebooks and poetry.

9 lin. ft., (24 document boxes).

eng,

rus,

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6681280

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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