Administrative Information
Provenance
Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 2011
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Larry Colwell Dance Photographs collection was initially processed and a finding aid created by Elizabeth Aldrich in 2012. In 2017 Libby Smigel updated the finding aid, and in 2018 coded the finding aid for EAD format.
Other Repositories
Photographs by Larry Colwell are held in galleries, museums, and private collections as well as within many dance company archives. The Smithsonian Archive of American Art recorded an oral history interview with Anthony Barboza, which references Larry Colwell, a transcript of which is available online. https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-anthony-barboza-15752
Related Material
For the study of dance photography, the Library of Congress Music Division has the Herta Moselsio Photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation , the Judith Chazin-Bennahum Photograph Collection relating to Antony Tudor, the George Zoritch Collection, and the Valeria Ladd Collection on the Revived Greek Dance. Also, extensive photograph series are available in many of the dance collections held in the Music Division. The Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress has dance photographs among the Arnold Genthe Collection, Carl Van Vechten Collection, and many others.
For collections related to ballet subjects, the Music Division has the American Ballet Theatre Archive, the Serge Diaghilev / Serge Lifar Collection, the Alexandra Danilova Collection, the Serge Grigoriev / Ballets Russes Archive, and the Marilyn La Vine Collection on Rudolf Nureyev.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Larry Colwell Dance Photographs, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.