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1. Herbert H. Coburn dance program collection, 1934-1988

   416 items . 6 containers . 3 linear feet . -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Herbert H. Coburn Dance Program Collection consists of approximately 375 dance programs from 1934 to 1988. Most of the programs document performances in New York City, but performances in Seattle, Detroit, San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., other American locations, and several sites abroad are also represented. Ticket stubs, cast change slips, newspaper clippings, and promotional flyers also number among the items.

2. Alan M. and Sali Ann Kriegsman collection, 1933-1997

   37,400 items . 192 containers . 83 linear feet . -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Alan M. "Mike" Kriegsman, chief dance critic of the Washington Post, was the first dance writer to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Sali Ann Kriegsman, a distinguished dance historian, directed the Dance Program at the National Endowment for the Arts and contributed to many initiatives advancing the dance field and preserving dance legacies in the United States. The Alan M. and Sali Ann Kriegsman Collection consists of press kits, newspaper clippings, performance and conference programs, research notes and drafts, records of their service to nonprofit boards, and audiovisual materials. Note: the 192 boxes of processed materials described in this finding aid represent only about a third of the materials in the collection.

3. Larry Colwell dance photographs, 1944-1966

   438 items . 8 containers . 4 linear feet . -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Larry Colwell (1901-1972) was a noted American art photographer, best-known for his dance subjects as well as his figure studies. This collection of photographs consists primarily of large-format contact prints and negatives. A selection of mounted photographs showing his technique of capturing dance movement on film are also included. Subjects include some of the most famous ballet artists of the 1940s and 1950s, affiliated with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as well as George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Society (which became New York City Ballet). Other significant photographic subjects are Talley Beatty, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham. A small amount of professional papers are also included.