Victoria Phillips collection, 1914-2011 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX 17	New Dance Group, 1930s-1998
		Materials copied from the New Dance Group (NDG) archives before the NDG collection was donated to the Library of Congress in 2009, soon after NDG ceased operation. Some of these items were not among the papers transferred to the Library of Congress.
		Arranged by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 17/1		NDG Soviet Photographs, circa 1930s
			36 reproductions in comb binding
			Notation as being from Book #1 NDG Archive
BOX-FOLDER 17/2-4		NDG Business Documents, 1936-1955
			Approximately 157 reproductions in 3 comb bindings
			Correspondence, meetings minutes and notes, budgets, press release, reports
			Several annotations
BOX-FOLDER 17/5-6		NDG Clippings, 1939-1998
			Approximately 106 items in 2 comb bindings
			Reproductions of scrapbook pages: primarily newspapers clippings, but also photos, bios, press releases, and recital programs
BOX-FOLDER 17/7		NDG Works Chronology, undated
			5 p.
			Covers years from 1934 to 1965
BOX 18-19	Oral Histories, 1952-2009
		Primarily transcripts of interviews conducted by Victoria Phillips during the course of research, along with a copy of the signed release form of the subject. Includes also a few excerpts of interviews conducted by others, in which case name of the interviewer is noted.
		Arranged alphabetically by last name of subject.
BOX-FOLDER 18/42		Anthony, Mary, 2006
			52 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/43		Gifford, Joseph, 2005
			52 p.
BOX-FOLDER 18/44		Graham, Martha, 1952
			5 p.
			Conducted by Francis Mason
BOX-FOLDER 18/45		Hinkson, Mary, and Bertram Ross, 2000
			2 transcripts in a comb binding
			Conducted by Janet Eilber One interview is of Mary Hinkson only; the other of both Hinkson and Betram Ross; both were part of the Library of Congress Legacy of Martha Graham initiative of 2000
BOX-FOLDER 18/46		Manings, Muriel, 2007
			55 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/1		Merz, Martha, 2009
			2 copies
			Conducted by Elizabeth Aldrich and Victoria Phillips
BOX-FOLDER 19/2/		Ross, Bertram, 1978
			Excerpts 10 p.
			Conducted by Jean Nuchtern for NYPL
BOX-FOLDER 19/3		Stein, Rebecca, 2007
			61 p.
BOX-FOLDER 19/4		Winter, Ethel, 2004
			23 p.
BOX 22-23	Photographs, 1928-2010
		Original photographs and later reproductions of original materials or images. Some items are composite scans of multiple images. These photographs were collected through Victoria Phillips's archival research as well as her direct communications with artists active in the 1930s through the Cold War.
		Arranged alphabetically by subject name. Dances with known choreographer are placed under choreographer's name rather than the name of the dancer(s) pictured. Unidentified or undated items are grouped at the end of the series.
BOX-FOLDER 22/1-4		Anthony, Mary, circa 1952-1956
BOX-FOLDER 22/1			Choreography: The Devil in Massachusetts, 1952
				1 photograph
				Digital content available
				Photographer: unknown Rehearsal photos of Mary Anthony's dance work
BOX-FOLDER 22/2			Choreography: Look Up and Live episode, early 1950s
				8 prints
				Episode titled Story of Sam Jones from CBS Sumday morning ecumenical series titled Look Up and Live
BOX-FOLDER 22/3			Mary Anthony Dance Theatre company logo, undated
				1 print
				Logo of the Mary Anthony Dance Theatre, founded in 1956
BOX-FOLDER 22/4			Teaching: studio class, undated
				6 prints
				Technique class probably at Mary Anthony Dance Studio Dancers: unidentified
BOX-FOLDER 22/5		Cabin in the Sky poster, circa 1940
			1 print
			Featuring Ethel Waters, Katherine Dunham
BOX-FOLDER 22/6		Camp Kinderland / Camp Woodland, 1928-1936, and undated
			Approximately 6 prints
BOX-FOLDER 22/7		Cole, Jack, with Rebecca Lee, circa 1943
			3 prints
			Scene shot of Wedding of a Solid Sender, choreographed by Jack Cole
BOX-FOLDER 22/8		Cunningham, Merce, 1942, 1944
			2 postcards
			Photographer: Barbara Morgan Dance works pictured: Totem and Root of the Unfocus II
BOX-FOLDER 22/9		Dies, Martin, circa 1930s
			1 print
			Congressman Martin Dies with other congressmen
BOX-FOLDER 22/10-23		Dudley, Jane circa 1937-1990s
BOX-FOLDER 22/10			Choreography: Cante Flamenco, circa 1944
				2 prints
				Photographer: unknown Dancer: Jane Dudley
BOX-FOLDER 22/11			Choreography: Daybreak, 1988
				2 prints
				Photographer: unknown Dancer: Shelley Lee
BOX-FOLDER 22/12			Choreography: Harmonica Breakdown, 1938?
				3 prints
				Photographer: unknown Dancer: Jane Dudley
BOX-FOLDER 22/13			Choreography: The Lonely Ones, circa 1946
				1 print
				Photographer: unknown Dancers: Jane Dudley, Sophie Maslow, William Bales
BOX-FOLDER 22/14			Choreography: The Lonely Ones, 1988
				3 prints
				Photographer: unknown Dancers: Shelley Lee, Deborah Zall, Nelson Fernandez Reconstruction of 1946 dance
BOX-FOLDER 22/15			Choreography: Paying My Dues, 1988
				3 prints
				Photographer: unknown Dancers: Celia Hulton, Thomas Warfield, Asi Assumndson, Jayne Lee, Nelson Fernandez, Bernadette Iglich Reconstruction of 1982 dance
BOX-FOLDER 22/16			Choreography: Song for a Soviet Youth Day, circa 1937
				3 prints
				Photographer: unknown Dancer: Jane Dudley
BOX-FOLDER 22/17			Choreography: Swing Your Lady, circa 1944
				1 print
				Photographer: Barbara Morgan Dancer: Jane Dudley
BOX-FOLDER 22/18			Choreography: Under the Swastika, circa 1937
				1 print
				Photographer: unknown Dancer: Jane Dudley
BOX-FOLDER 22/19-20			Choreography: unidentified, circa 1930s-1940s?
				2 prints
				Photographer: unknown Dancers: William Bales, Jane Dudley, Sophie Maslow Probably Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio repertory
BOX-FOLDER 22/21			Portraits: headshots, 1930s-1990s
				4 prints
				Photographers: unknown Later life
BOX-FOLDER 22/22			Portraits: solo dance, 1930s-1940s
				14 prints
				Unidentified dances, many in costume
BOX-FOLDER 22/23			Rehearsals, with Sophie Maslow 1990s?
				3 prints
				Unidentified choreography
BOX-FOLDER 22/24			Teaching, undated
				2 prints
BOX-FOLDER 22/25			Unidentified events, subjects, and locations
				2 prints
BOX-FOLDER 22/26		Gentry, Eve 2010
			4 items
			Photographer: Kerville Cosmos Jack Dancer: Carrie Ellmore-Talltisch 2010 reconstruction by the Martha Graham Dance Company of Gentry's Tenant of the Street
BOX-FOLDER 22/27-39		Gifford, Joseph, circa 1941-1973
BOX-FOLDER 22/27			Choreography: Commedia, 1955-1958
				16 prints
				Photographers: unknown Dancers: Joseph Gifford, Jill Johnson, Chester Wolenski, Lorna Burdsall, Deborah Choate Various performances
BOX-FOLDER 22/28			Choreography: The Frequent Hero, 1956-1957?
				8 prints
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