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Production Files, 1928-1996 (bulk 1936-1955) (continued)
Individual Works, 1928-1981 (continued)
Girl Crazy (musical), 1951 (continued)
Annotated typescript
BOX-FOLDER 12/5 Jenny and the Bench of the Lamb, 1949
Photographs
Liberian Suite
BOX-FOLDER 45/8, 48/3 Costume designs, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 12/6 Cue sheet, licensing agreement, photographs, and scenario, 1952-1956
BOX-FOLDER 36/9, 48/4 Photographs, 1952-1956
MAPCASE-DRAWER 3/4 Set design, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 12/7 Lonely Hearts (play), 1952
Annotated typescript
BOX-FOLDER 42/8 Lysistrata, 1936-1937
Photographs
Medea
BOX-FOLDER 12/8, 36/10 Photographs, 1951-1956
BOX 53 Prop: mirror of brass and wood, 1951-1956
BOX-FOLDER 12/9 Medicine Show, undated
Scenario
BOX-FOLDER 42/9 The Mine, 1935
Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 12/10 Mirror, Mirror, 1955
Photographs
Mound Builders
BOX-FOLDER 45/9 Costume designs, 1935
BOX-FOLDER 42/10 Photographs, 1935
On the Upbeat
Note: Includes Brush off Blues, Chassidic, Kathak, and Pwe Bop
BOX-FOLDER 12/11 Licensing agreements and photographs, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 38/1, 48/5-6 Photographs, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 12/12 The Park, 1949-1950
Photographs and scenario
BOX-FOLDER 12/13 Los Penitenties, circa 1935
Costume and set designs
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Phoenix Aground, undated
Scenario
BOX-FOLDER 38/2 Plumed Serpent, 1958
Photographs
Prado de Pena
BOX-FOLDER 12/15, 38/3-5, 48/7-8 Photographs, 1952-1953
BOX-FOLDER 12/15 Program and scenario, 1952-1953
BOX 54 Prop: yellow papier-mâché figure, 1952-1953
BOX-FOLDER 13/1 Pueblo Eagle Dance, 1929
Photograph
BOX-FOLDER 13/2 Recuerdo de Angustia, undated
Scenario
BOX-FOLDER 45/10 Rhumba Antigua, undated
Costume design
BOX-FOLDER 13/3 Rhythm Section, 1950-1956
Photographs
Rite of Spring
Alternate title: Le Sacre du printemps
BOX-FOLDER 38/6, 45/11, 49/1 Costume designs, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 13/4, 38/6, 45/11 Photographs, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 13/4 Programs and scenario, 1937
Salome
BOX-FOLDER 37/1 Costume and set designs, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 13/5, 37/2 Photographs, 1936
BOX-FOLDER 13/6, 37/3, 42/11, 45/12, 49/2 Photographs, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 13/7, 37/4-13, 45/13, 49/3 Photographs, 1950
BOX-FOLDER 13/8, 37/14 Photographs, 1953, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 13/9 Photographs, 1969
BOX-FOLDER 13/10 Programs and scenarios, 1934-1973
BOX-FOLDER 13/11 Salty Dog, undated
Scenario
BOX-FOLDER 13/12 Sarong Paramaribo, 1954
Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 13/13 Siren of Atlantis (motion picture), 1947-1948
Photographs, program, staff sheet
Sixteen to Twenty-four
BOX-FOLDER 13/14, 42/12 Photographs, 1940
BOX-FOLDER 13/14 Scenarios and set designs, 1940
Something to Please Everybody
BOX-FOLDER 14/1 Casting and scenario 1939
Note: Includes scenario for The Curious Will of Josiah Manners
BOX-FOLDER 14/1, 38/7 Costume and set designs, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 14/1, 43/1-6 Photographs, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 14/2 Song of Hiawatha, 1928-1929
Contract, photograph, program
BOX-FOLDER 14/3 The Spirituals, 1958
Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 14/4 Strategy of Murder (play), 1950
Typescript
BOX-FOLDER 14/5 Takwish, the Star Maker, 1932
Costume design, photographs, and program
Tierra y Libertad!
Alternate title: Conquest
BOX-FOLDER 38/8, 45/14 Costume and set designs, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 14/6-7, 45/15-16 Photographs, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 14/7 Scenario, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 14/8 Tongue in Cheek, 1949
Photographs and scenarios
Totem Incantation
BOX-FOLDER 14/9 Costume and set designs, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 14/9, 38/9, 49/4 Photographs, 1948
BOX 55 Prop: hand drum in wood frame, 1948
BOX-FOLDER 14/10 A Touch of Klee and Delightful 2, 1949
Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 14/11 Two Dances for a Leader, 1936
Costume design
BOX-FOLDER 14/12 The Unborn (play), 1951
Typescript
Warsaw Ghetto
BOX-FOLDER 49/5 Costume design, 1949
BOX-FOLDER 14/13 Photographs, 1949
BOX-FOLDER 14/14, 38/10 White Savage (motion picture), 1943
Photographs and scenario
Xango
BOX-FOLDER 45/17 Costume designs, circa 1951
BOX-FOLDER 15/1 Photographs, 1951-1954
Unidentified productions
BOX-FOLDER 15/2, 38/11, 45/18, 49/6-9 Costume and set designs, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/2, 45/18 Photographs, undated
BOX 35 Prop: bible, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/2 Scenarios, undated
Programs, 1931-1996
This subseries contains programs and fliers for works created by Horton or the Dance Theater. Performances were either presented at the Dance Theater space or in other venues around Los Angeles and the United States. Early programs document Horton's career prior to forming the company, and later programs record revivals of Horton's pieces or evenings dedicated to his memory.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 15/3 1931-1935
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 1936-1939
BOX-FOLDER 15/5 1940-1949
BOX-FOLDER 15/6 1950-1952
BOX-FOLDER 15/7 1953-1954
BOX-FOLDER 15/8 1955-1959
BOX-FOLDER 15/9 1960-1969
BOX-FOLDER 15/10 1974, 1981, 1984
BOX-FOLDER 15/11 1996
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