- Additional Authors
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately 47 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 29 minutes). Ruth Lovell Murray speaks briefly about Dorothy La Salle's background; Dorothy La Salle speaks about her training, at Columbia University Teachers College, and how she came to focus on dance; her experience at the National Convention of the American Physical Education Association in 1930 in Boston (Mass.), in particular, how this led to her work with dance education in elementary schools; Mary O'Donnell and the formation of the Dance section of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation [later American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance]; her time at the United States Department of Education during World War II; how dance education in public schools has changed over the years.
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 18 minutes; however, the interview ends at approximately 9:40 minutes, and the remainder of the recording is blank). Dorothy La Salle speaks with Ruth Lovell Murray about her report on dance education in public schools; Margaret H'Doubler.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of National Dance Association.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-549.
- Interview with Dorothy La Salle conducted by Ruth Lovell Murray on June 4, 1977 in Millbrook, New York, for the oral history archives of the National Dance Association. The interview ends at approximately 9:40 minutes into streaming audio file 2; the remainder of the recording is blank.
- Sound quality is good in streaming audio file 1. It is fair in streaming audio file 2, which is marred by "tape hiss."
- 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)
- National Dance Association.
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-549
- OCLC
- 80956229
- Author
La Salle, Dorothy, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Dorothy La Salle, 1977
- Production
1977
- Type of Content
spoken word
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
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 Ruth Lovell Murray 1977, June 4 Millbrook (N.Y.)
- 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 47 minutes); quarter-track;1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco3549_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3549_v01f02_sc) in 2015.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-549
- Source
Gift National Dance Association.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Murray, Ruth Lovell, interviewer.
National Dance Association.
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-549