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Papers on Afro-American social dance

Title: Papers on Afro-American social dance, circa 1869-1987.
Author: Dehn, Mura, 1902-1987.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 3	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 4	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 5	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 6	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 7	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 8	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 9	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 10	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 11	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 12	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 13	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 13	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 14	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 14	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 15	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 15	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 16	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 16	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 17	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 17	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 18	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 18	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 19	Mixed material	Supervised use	(S) *MGZMD 72 Box 19	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Description

9 lin. ft., (24 document boxes containing 2,533 items).

Summary

The papers include research notes and drafts of Mura Dehn's scholarly writings on the development of Afro-American social dance, documentation of her professional life as choreographer, dancer and filmmaker, and of her personal life in correspondence, notebooks and poetry.

Subjects

Source (note)

Estate of Mura Dehn.

Biography (note)

Mura Dehn, born in 1902 in Odessa, Russia, performed as a modern and jazz dancer, directed her own jazz dance company, and, most notably, documented the history of Afro-American social dance in her writings and on film.

Language (note)

Some letters and documents in Russian.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in repository

Processing Action (note)

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Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 72

OCLC

131373702

Author

Dehn, Mura, 1902-1987.

Title

Papers on Afro-American social dance, circa 1869-1987.

Biography

Mura Dehn, born in 1902 in Odessa, Russia, performed as a modern and jazz dancer, directed her own jazz dance company, and, most notably, documented the history of Afro-American social dance in her writings and on film.

Local Note

The collection documents Mura Dehn's career as dancer, choreographer, scholar and filmmaker, and also her personal life through notebooks, poetry and correspondence. Most important are the research notes and drafts of her many scholarly writings on the development of Afro-American social dance in the United States.

Language

Some letters and documents in Russian.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository: folder level control.

Processing Action

Cataloged 19910605

Local Note

Processed with the assistance of a grant from the New York Documentary Heritage Program.

Source

DAN

1.1\a Bequest 198708

Gift; Estate of Mura Dehn.

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Local Subject

Plantation dance (Dance)

Square, round and contra dancing.

Voodoo dancing.

Animal dances.

Quadrilles (Dance)

Local Subject

Bamboula (Dance)

Calenda (Dance)

Congo square dance (Dance)

Local Subject

Dane -- Southern States.

Savoy Ballroom.

Added Author

Berry, James J., -1969.

Dodge, Roger Pryor.

Tels, Ellen.

Gibson family.

Whipper, Lee.

Parks, Mama Lu.

Tucker, Earl.

Chapell, Chappy.

Hudgins, Johnny.

Green, Chuck.

Baby Laurence.

Bethel, Pepsi.

Mura Dehn Traditional Jazz Dance Company.

Brown, Buster.

Brown, Lillian.

Buck and Bubbles.

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 72

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