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Bob Osgood Papers
Collection
Identifier: D044
Abstract
Bob Osgood was a square-dance caller from southern California and editor of Sets in Order. This collection contains films, documents, photographs, correspondence, fliers, dances, brochures, itineraries, badges, receipts, information related to Contra dancing, callers, lists, classes, artwork, and awards related to Bob Osgood from 1940 through 2002.
Dates:
1940-2002
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Denver Civic Ballet Records
Collection
Identifier: D053
Abstract
The Denver Civic Ballet was a semi-professional company consisting of local dancers that performed in Colorado from 1958 to 1979. This collection contains photographs, clippings, slides, programs, and other papers related to the Denver Civic Ballet.
Dates:
1959-1979
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Friends of The Dance Archive 'Legends of Dance in Colorado' Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: D009
Abstract
Since 2004, the Friends of The Dance Archive have honored several individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to dance as "Legends of Dance in Colorado" each year. This collection contains oral histories, plaques inscribed with the names of the honorees, as well as files containing transcripts of oral histories with the honorees, biographical information about the honorees, and audiovisual recordings and highlight reels from the annual awards banquet.
Dates:
2004-2021
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Lillian Covillo Papers
Collection
Identifier: D022
Abstract
Lillian Covillo was an alumna of the University of Denver who co-founded the Colorado Ballet along with Freidann Parker. This collection includes photos, programs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and ephemera related to Covillo and Parker's dance work and teaching.
Dates:
1936-2010
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Marshall and Carolyn Durand Brooks Photography and Dance Collection
Collection
Identifier: D025
Abstract
Marshall Brooks was a photographer who was actively involved in photographing dancers in the in the Colorado Region. He has been published in various newspapers such as the Littleton Independent in 1948, and in various magazines such as Deco Trefoil and Dance Magazine.
Dates:
1935-2000; Majority of material found in between 1950-1960
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Maxine Munt Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: D026
Abstract
Maxine Munt was a modern dancer and dance educator who studied at the Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. In 1952, Munt and her husband, Alfred Brooks, opened the Munt-Brooks Studio in New York. In 1966, Munt and Brooks moved to Denver, Colorado and founded a theater called The Changing Scene. Munt died in 2005. The bulk of the collection contains material documenting Munt's time at the Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College in Bennington,...
Dates:
Other: 1938-1949
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
"Orpheus and Eurydice" Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: D088
Abstract
The collection includes a pasted program of the event, 15 b/w original photographic portraits of Mary Wigman* (two large: 5 6/8 x 4 3/8, and 5 3/8 x 3 3/8", and 13 smaller: 3 3/8 x 2"), 9 silver gelatin prints showing the choregrapher amidst her dancers (2 x 3 3/8"), and two depicting German conductor Heinz Bongartz, with costume designer Gerda Schulte (4 1/2 x 3 2/8"). The remaining 166 photographs depict the path, development and flow of the opera from scene to scene. They feature Wigman's...
Dates:
1947
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Sears Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: M272
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Vera Sears (1912-2008), dance instructor at the University of Denver, and her husband Edwin Sears (1903-1964), a law professor at the University of Denver. The Sears family emigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1930s. These papers include correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, legal materials, clippings, dance notation notebooks, publications, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials.
Dates:
1933-2002
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
"Sets in Order" and "Square Dancing"
Collection
Identifier: P002
Abstract
Edited by Bob Osgood (1918-2003), "Sets in Order : the California magazine of square and round dancing" was published from 1948-1969. It was continued by "Square Dancing," from 1970-1985. The magazines covered modern Western square and round dance news, education and festivals, at first on the West Coast, later nationwide. The collection contains issues Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1948)- v. 37, no. 12 (Dec. 1985).
Dates:
1948-1985
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Suzanne Shelton Buckley Papers on Ruth St. Denis and Other Dance Subjects
Collection
Identifier: D018
Abstract
Suzanne Shelton Buckley (1946- ) received her doctorate in American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. She wrote her dissertation about dancer and choreographer, Ruth St. Denis (1878-1968). Her dissertation was published by Doubleday in 1981 as Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis. Upon completion of her doctorate, she taught in the American Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Suzanne Shelton Buckley's papers include materials from her...
Dates:
1879-1985; Majority of material found in 1978-1985
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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