Dean Diggins papers, 1956-1995.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Gould, Morton

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Composed 1934. First performance Jan. 2, 1936, Philadelphia, at a concert for Youth, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Chorale and fugue in jazz / by Morton Gould. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51998771 American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist (b. Dec. 10, 1913 in New York; d. Feb. 21,1996 in Orlando, Florida). From the description of Morton G...

Draper, Paul, 1909-1996

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Paul Draper (1909-1996) was a dancer and choreographer, best known for his innovative combination of ballet and tap. Draper was born to a prominent New York family and was encouraged as a student to become an engineer. After only 6 tap dance lessons in the 1930s, he set off for London to find work as a dancer, where he spent a year perfecting his tap routines. When he returned to the United States, he enrolled in the School of American Ballet â€" and from that experience developed h...

Mattison Trio (Musaical group)

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Matthews, Dorothy, 1923-

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Tanno, Guy.

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Diggins, Dean

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American tap dancer. Born in Hampton, Iowa, Dean Diggins, the son of a music teacher, began dance lessons at an early age, and by the time he was a teen-ager he was giving dance lessons and operating two dance studios. During a stint in the army he performed for Special Services, and after discharge he moved to Chicago to study at the Stone-Camryn School. From Chicago he settled in New York, where he learned from and worked closely with Paul Draper, the inventor of balle...