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Square dance music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Harvard dictionary of music, 4th ed. : ǂb under Square dance (A folk dance of the U.S. dance by groups of four couples forming a square... It employs music in moderately fast duple meter performed by a fiddle and or various other instruments...)

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Box 2: Records, 1973-1974

 File — Box D092.0002: [Barcode: U186023271696]
Identifier: D092.0002
Abstract

This box contains (11) records with square dance music including (5) LPs and (5) 45s. LPS include Swing Your Partner (Doc Journell), Sets in Order premium album (1973-1, 1973-3, 1974-1, 1974-2). 45s include "Slaunch to Donegal," "Mojo," "Skillet Lickin'," "Waltz in Paradise," and Sets in Order "5-Minute Hoedown."

Dates: 1973-1974

Box 50: Eileen and Francis Carnahan Scrapbook, 1949-1952

 File — Box D096.0050: Series D096.06 [Barcode: U186024469234]
Identifier: D096.06.0050
Abstract

This box contains (1) scrapbook created by Eileen and Francis Carnahan consisting of programs, photos, and clipping of square dances in Southern California.

Dates: 1949-1952

Box 51: Eileen and Francis Carnahan

 File — Box D096.0051: Series D096.06 [Barcode: U186020755934]
Identifier: D096.06.0051
Abstract

This box contains club documents, workshop materials, teaching materials, program books, a song book, and dance calls/sets collected by Eileen and Francis Carnahan.

Dates: 1850-2007

Box 77: Callerlab Milestone Award

 File — Box D096.0077: Series D096.02 [Barcode: U186023289089]
Identifier: D096.02.0077
Abstract

This box contains the Callerlab Milestone Award presented to Dr. Lloyd Shaw.

Dates: 1850-2007

Cal Golden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: D059
Abstract

This collection contains memorabilia from Cal Golden's time as a Square Dance Caller. The collection includes awards, realia, audio recordings, textiles, and photographs. Cal used the textiles for his performances. The awards, realia, and photographs were gifts or depict Cal performing.

Dates: 1928-2012

Jimmy Clossin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: D050
Abstract

Born in West Texas, Jimmy Clossin was a square-dance caller and teacher who published a book of West Texas Cowboy Square Dances. He taught dance classes at universities and schools across the United States. This collection contains photographs, programs, serials, class syllabi, correspondence, a scrapbook, and papers related to Clossin's square dance teaching.

Dates: 1923-1981

Lloyd Shaw Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: D096
Abstract The Lloyd Shaw Foundation is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and teaching of the folk dances of America. Our work is intended to share a diverse range of dance and music with an intergenerational audience, develop leadership in dance and music to ensure its continuity, retain records which document the past, present, and future of our American dance and promote fellowship and enjoyment through the production of dance events, music, and dance materials. All of this emphasizes the...
Dates: 1850-2007