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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

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Legends of Dance Honorees, 2023

 Series
Identifier: D009.22
Scope and Contents

This series contains mov files and release forms for the 2023 Legends of Dance honorees: Amy Anderson, Patricia Hoffman, Jesse Manno, Chuck Palmer, Damien Patterson, and Julia Wilkinson Manley.

Dates: 2023
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D009, Friends of The Dance Archive 'Legends of Dance in Colorado' Oral Histories

Legends of Dance Honorees, 2024

 Series
Identifier: D009.23
Abstract

This series contains mov files and release forms for the 2024 Legends of Dance honorees: Grupo Tlaloc, Jo Bunton Keel, Nancy McElroy, Christina Noel, Yunyu Wang, and Rhetta Williams Shead.

Dates: 2024
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D009, Friends of The Dance Archive 'Legends of Dance in Colorado' Oral Histories

Legends of Dance Honorees, 2015

 Series
Identifier: D009.14
Scope and Contents

This series contains booklets, DVDs, and clippings.

Dates: 2015
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D009, Friends of The Dance Archive 'Legends of Dance in Colorado' Oral Histories

Legends of Dance Honorees, 2016

 Series
Identifier: D009.15
Scope and Contents

This series contains DVDs, programs, and biographical information.

Dates: 2016
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D009, Friends of The Dance Archive 'Legends of Dance in Colorado' Oral Histories

Linda Sohl Donnell Interview, 1998-06-27

 Item
Identifier: D093.01.0001.0007
Abstract

Ellie Sciarra interviewed tap dancer Linda Sohl Donnell on June 27, 1998. This was for Sciarra's "Taps Are Talking" thesis for University of Colorado. This includes compact discs and transcript.

Dates: 1998-06-27
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D093, "Taps are Talking: Women in Tap" Collection / Interviews / Box 1: Transcripts and CDs

Lotte Grünfeld Heimann: Holocaust Story in 100 Years of Songs, Undated

 Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0005
Abstract Holocaust survivor Lotte Grünfeld Heimann sings songs from her childhood in Yiddish, Hebrew, and German. Songs in Yiddish: 1. "Dos iz a sud derbay" (Perlmutter, Schorr; from the operetta "Kay un shpay"; NY, 1920s) 2. "Tsvelf shlogt dokh shoyn der zeyger" (folksong) 3. "Di zelner" AKA "Oyf di grine felder" (adapted from a WWI Ukrainian folksong) 4. "Bay mir bistu sheyn" (Secunda, Jacobs) 5. "Zug...
Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B452, Giselle Heimann Ratain Family Holocaust Videos / Oral Histories / Box 1

Lotte Heimann Holocaust Story, 1984

 Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0008
Abstract Oral history interview with Lotte Grünfeld Heimann. Lotte, born September 3, 1918 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her happy childhood in prewar Germany; her parents Leo (Eliezar) and Erna (Esther) who had emigrated from Tarnow, Poland in 1913 and were tailors; how her aspirations to become a gymnast and compete in the 1936 Olympics were dashed as Hitler came to power; her work as an apprentice at Hermann Tietz department store; meeting Betty Abraham (Wagowski) who introduced her to a cousin,...
Dates: 1984
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B452, Giselle Heimann Ratain Family Holocaust Videos / Oral Histories / Box 1

Louis Siegel on Jewish West Colfax, 1979 July 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00051
Abstract

Life on Denver's west side, describes businesses and residences in the West Colfax Jewish neighborhood.

Dates: 1979 July 1
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 3

Lyle W. Dorsett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M052
Abstract Lyle Wesley Dorsett (1938- ) served as Professor of History at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado from 1972-1983, specializing in urban history. He earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Missouri in 1965. His dissertation on the political machine of Kansas City, Missouri Alderman Jim Pendergast was published in 1968 under the title The Pendergast machine. He taught at the University of Missouri, The University of Southern California and the University of Colorado at...
Dates: 1887-1983; Majority of material found in 1972-1983
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Lyle W. Dorsett Papers

Lynn Dally Interview, 1998

 Item
Identifier: D093.01.0001.0005
Abstract

This is the transcript and compact disc of Ellie Sciarra's 1998 interview with tap dancer Lynn Dally, most likely interviewed in CO.

Dates: 1998
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D093, "Taps are Talking: Women in Tap" Collection / Interviews / Box 1: Transcripts and CDs

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