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| BOX 16-18, 39-40, 43, 45 | Education Files, 1935-1975 | ||||||||||||
| This series contains all materials related to the Dance Theater School and Horton's career as a dance educator. Course descriptions give insight into the school's different offerings, and photographs provide visual documentation of class activities. A series of drawings by Verena Ruegg outlines the training technique Horton devised. Administrative materials related to the school are also found in this series including correspondence with prospective and enrolled students, scholarship auditions, school schedules and fees, and information on teachers and staff. A file on the Veterans Administration shows how the school received support for engaging veterans as students and staff. | |||||||||||||
| Organized alphabetically by subject. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/1, 39/1-4, 43/7 | Adult classes, circa 1950 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/2 | Adult workshop, circa 1950 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/3 | Adult workshop, 1957-1959 | ||||||||||||
| Programs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 43/8 | Adult workshop, undated | ||||||||||||
| Costume designs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/4 | California, Department of Education, 1946-1954 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/5 | Children's classes, 1949-1954 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/6-7, 39/5-6 | Children's performances, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/8, 39/7 | Children's workshops, lecture, and performances, 1949, 1956-1960, and undated | ||||||||||||
| Course descriptions | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/9 | Advanced and Advanced professional technique, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/10 | Art history 2, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/11 | Choreography, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/12 | Composition, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 16/13 | Dance research, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/1 | Design for dance production, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/2 | Elementary progression, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/3 | Fundamentals technique, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/4 | Intermediate technique, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/5 | Movement for actors, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/6 | Theatrical practice, 1947 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Dance Theater School | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/7 | Attire, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/8 | Checks, leases, and permits, 1935-1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/9 | Course offerings and ephemera, 1936-1954 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/10 | Notices to staff and students, 1950-1956 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 40/1 | Promotional materials, 1950-1956 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/11 | Schedules and fees, 1936, 1949-1953, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/12 | Scholarship agreements and auditions, 1940-1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/13 | Students (enrolled), 1947-1958, 1973-1975, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/14 | Students (prospective), 1950-1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/15 | Teachers and administrative personnel, 1947-1958 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/16 | Horton technique drawings by Verena Ruegg, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/17, 40/2, 45/19 | Horton technique lectures, 1938, 1943, 1972, and undated | ||||||||||||
| Fliers | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/18 | Lecture: Introduction to the dance, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 17/19 | Miscellaneous lesson plans and course descriptions, 1952-1957 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/1, 40/3-7 | Movement Study, circa 1939, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/2 | Veterans Administration, 1947-1953 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence and forms | |||||||||||||
| BOX 18-21 | Correspondence, 1939-1996 | ||||||||||||
| Letters and letter drafts in this series are primarily to and from Dance Theater business manager Frank Eng and founder Lester Horton. For the most part, communication concerns the promotion and activities of the Dance Theater and Lester Horton's legacy, but personal correspondence is also included. | |||||||||||||
| Organized as two subseries, Individuals and Organizations. | |||||||||||||
| Individuals, 1929-1994 | |||||||||||||
| Communications with dancers, composers, and others make up this subseries and include letters written to both Horton and Eng. The only piece of correspondence between Horton and Eng is a despairing missive written by Horton at a time of financial hardship. Horton corresponded with composers Heitor Villa-Lobos, Judith Hamilton, and conductor Leopold Stokowski, as well as dancers Merce Cunningham and Michio Itō and potential student Elia Kazan. A letter from Villa-Lobos is in French with English translation, and correspondence with Mexican promoter Pablo de Prida is in Spanish, also translated. Eng kept in touch with former company members such as Alvin Ailey, Don Martin, and James Truitte. Also present is a file of Eng's correspondence with Horton's biographer, Larry Warren, and Jacob's Pillow founder Ted Shawn. Whether correspondence is with Horton or Eng is indicated at the folder level. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by author's last name. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/3 | Ailey, Alvin to Frank Eng, 1955-1976 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/4 | Ames, Ramsay to Lester Horton, 1949-1950 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/5 | Anawalt, Sasha to Frank Eng, 1985-1986 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/6 | Bowne, William to Frank Eng and Lester Horton, 1951-1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/7 | Chester, Anne to Frank Eng, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/8 | Cunningham, Merce to Lester Horton, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/9 | de Lavallade, Carmen to Frank Eng, 1953-1958 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/10 | de Lavallade, Yvonne to Frank Eng, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/11 | de Prida, Pablo to Lester Horton, 1940-1941 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/12 | Dorn, Gerhardt to Horton Dance Group, 1939 | ||||||||||||
| Eng, Frank | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/13 | To Walter Arlen, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/14 | To Duke Ellington 1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/15 | To Rudi Gernreich, 1967 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/16 | To Albert Golberg, 1953-1960 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/17 | To Mahalia Jackson, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/18 | To Misaye Kawasumi, 1983 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/19 | To Rena Shagan, 1975 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/20-21 | To miscellaneous, 1949-1994 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/22 | Franks, Deborah and Michael to Frank Eng, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/23 | Goldoni, Lelia to Frank Eng, 1959, 1975, 1991-1993 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/24 | Haggart, Stanley to Frank Eng, 1953-1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/25 | Hamilton, Judith to Frank Eng and Lester Horton, 1949, 1972-1979, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/26 | Hill, Jack to Frank Eng, 1961-1985 | ||||||||||||
| Horton, Lester | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/27 | To Carlos Chávez, circa 1935 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/28 | To Frank Eng, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/29 | To Horton Dance Group, 1939 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/30 | To Elsie Martinez, 1933-1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/31 | To miscellaneous, 1940-1952 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/32 | Itō, Michio to Lester Horton, 1955 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/33 | Kazan, Elia to Lester Horton, 1948 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/34 | Kerr, Joan to Frank Eng, 1972 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/35 | Lewitzky, Bella to Frank Eng, 1973-1975 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/36 | Lloyd, Margaret to Frank Eng and Lester Horton, 1947-1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 18/37 | Maracci, Carmelita to Frank Eng, 1953 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/1 | Martin, Donald to Frank Eng and Lester Horton, 1950-1983 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/2 | Martin, John to Frank Eng, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/3 | McGovern, George to Frank Eng, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/17 | Miscellaneous to Frank Eng, 1950-1985 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/18 | Miscellaneous to Lester Horton, 1929-1955 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/4 | Mosk, Edward to Frank Eng, 1955-1956, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/5 | Paul, Stanley to Frank Eng, 1950-1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/6 | Paz, Juan Carlos to Lester Horton, 1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/7 | Pierce, Luisa to Frank Eng and Lester Horton, 1968 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/8 | Rambert, Marie to Frank Eng, 1965 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/9 | Shawn, Ted to Frank Eng and Lester Horton, 1953-1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/10 | Smuin, Michael to Frank Eng, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/11 | Solomon, Vida to Frank Eng, 1953-1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/12 | Stefen, Paul to Lester Horton, 1953 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/13 | Stokowski, Leopold to Lester Horton, 1939 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/14 | Truitte, James to Frank Eng, 1956-1976 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/15 | Villa-Lobos, Heitor to Lester Horton, 1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/16 | Warren, Larry to Frank Eng, 1953-1977 | ||||||||||||
| Organizations, 1933-1996 | |||||||||||||
| Letters from organizations are primarily directed to Frank Eng or the general address for the Dance Theater and discuss activities, engagements, and promotion of the company. Correspondence with the Cincinnati Ballet Company details revivals of Horton's dances as reconstructed by James Truitte. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by organization name. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/19 | 5 by 2 Dance Company, 1975 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/20 | Abner J. Greshler Agency, 1955-1957 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/21 | Allied Arts Corporation, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/22 | American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc., 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/23 | American Guild of Variety Artists, 1954-1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/24 | Bennett and Pleasant, 1953-1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/25 | Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1949-1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/26 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, 1971-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 20/1 | Cocoanut Grove, 1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 20/2 | Community Concerts, 1952-1958 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 20/3 | Dance Magazine, 1947-1953 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 20/4 | Dance News, 1949-1953 | ||||||||||||
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