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1. 1995 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection, 1995

   14 folders.. 5 sound cassettes (DAT) : digital.. 254 photographs : negative, black and white, color. 73 photographic prints : black and white, color ; various sizes. 10 color slides : color . 4 transparencies : color . 6 videocassettes (Hi-8).. 2 videocassettes (VHS).. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Documentation of the monthly 1995 Neptune Plaza Concert Series, which consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images of performances of zydeco music, lindy hop, bluegrass music, Hungarian folk dance and music, gospel music, and Argentine tango recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress from April through September 1995, sponsored by the American Folklife Center. and the National Council for the Traditional Arts.

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2. Joan Hill tap notation collection, 1983-1989

   11 items. 1 container. 0.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Joan Armstrong Hill, pianist for tap master Leon Collins (1922-1985), developed a notation system to record Collins’s tap routines. The 11 self-published booklets explain the notation symbols and provide exercises and complete tap routines.

3. 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.

4. Ann Murphy collection on the Rockettes and Radio City Music Hall, 1959-2015

   approximately 200 items . 3 containers. 1 mapcase folder . 1.25 linear feet . -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Ann Murphy was a member of the Rockettes dance company at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. She began her career with a Rockettes-sponosred touring company in 1959. The collection chiefly contains photographs and performance programs, as well as a small number of schedules, stage management documents, and event invitations. Murphy's descriptive key to photograph subjects is also included.