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Interview with Alma Hawkins

Title
Interview with Alma Hawkins, 1971
Author
Hawkins, Alma M.
Publication
1971

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Schlundt, Christena L.
  • American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
Description
Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and six minutes): digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 33 minutes). Alma Hawkins speaks with Christina Schlundt about dance in an academic environment. Topics include: dance students today as compared with those of the past including herself; her teaching career; and the program at UCLA [University of California at Los Angeles]. [From approximately 27:50 to approximately 29:50 there is a significant drop in volume.]
  • Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 33 minutes; however, the interview ends at approximately 18:45 minutes, and the remainder of streaming audio file 2 consists of ambient noise or is blank). Alma Hawkins continues to speak with Christina Schlundt about dance in an academic environment, in particular the graduate program in dance at University of California, Los Angeles; the role of the university in dance; and her goals.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of AAHPER.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-544.
  • Interview with Alma Hawkins conducted by Christina L. Schlundt on July 14, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, for the archives of the Dance Division of the AAHPER [American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; later American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance].
  • Sound quality is fair to poor. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise, and there is a significant drop in volume from approximately 27:50 to approximately 29:50 in streaming audio file 1.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Funding (note)
  • The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Source (note)
  • American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-544
OCLC
81670651
Author
Hawkins, Alma M., interviewee.
Title
Interview with Alma Hawkins, 1971
Production
1971
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded by Christina L. Schlundt 1971, July 14 Los Angeles (Calif.)
Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately one hour and six minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco3544_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3544_v01f02_sc) in 2015.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-544
Source
Gift American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
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Added Author
Schlundt, Christena L., interviewer.
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-544
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