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Interview with Betty Lynd Thompson

Title
Interview with Betty Lynd Thompson, 1978
Author
Thompson, Betty Lynd
Publication
1978

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Details

Additional Authors
Atkinson, Pearl
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 56 minutes): digital
Summary
  • Streaming file 1 (approximately 30 minutes). [Introductory remarks]. Betty Lynd Thompson, staff member at Oregon State University from 1927-1971, speaks with Pearl Atkinson about the beginnings of her career as a dance teacher including her teacher Margaret [Newell] D'Houbler; the concept of modern dance, then known as "natural dance," at the time; her training, with Martha Graham and Hanya Holm, and at Bennington College; bringing Martha Graham to Oregon in 1940 including the local response as well as Thompson's arranging of a performance for children; her dance classes at Oregon State College; her touring company; her book entitled: Fundamentals of rhythm and dance, with an analysis of the rhythmic approach in teaching dance skills (1933); the teaching manual she created based on her course syllabuses; Miriam Lidster.
  • Streaming file 2 (approximately 26 minutes). Betty Lynd Thompson speaks with Betty Lynd Thompson about student performances; musical accompaniment for her classes; teaching at other venues; her ceramics hobby; creating a cooperative relationship with her students; her thoughts on improvisation; teaching older people; Thompson reads aloud, from her "last book" [title not given], an excerpt that describes her philosophy of dance.
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive. Gift of the National Dance Association.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • For transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-1005.
  • Interview with Betty Lynd Thompson conducted by Pearl Atkinson on October 13, 1978 in Corvallis, Oregon, as an NDA [National Dance Association] oral history interview.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by "tape hiss," but the speakers' voices are clear and easily intelligible.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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 3-1005
OCLC
82814229
Author
Thompson, Betty Lynd, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Betty Lynd Thompson, 1978
Production
1978
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.
Event
Recorded by Pearl Atkinson 1978, Corvallis (Or.)
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 56 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgztco31005_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco31005_v01f02_sc) formats in 2015.
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Added Author
Atkinson, Pearl, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-1005
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