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DANCE

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  • image available soonfinding aid iconBob Fosse and Gwen Verdon Collection
    Choreography and music library of two notable stage performers.

  • image available soonDance Notation Copyright Deposits
    Copyright deposits related to dance notation.

  • Erick HawkinsErick Hawkins Collection
    Working library of the 20th-century American dancer and choreographer.

  • Harriet HoctorHarriet Hoctor Collection
    Memorabilia and correspondence related to the New York City dancer.

  • image available soonHerta Moselsio Collection
     Photographs of modern dancer Martha Graham.

  • a family sitting togetheronline collection iconHome Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-century Ohio
    Music reflecting 19th-century middle-American culture.

  • Irving Fineonline collection iconfinding aid iconIrving Fine Collection
    Music manuscripts and papers of the American composer.

  • John Carpenter and othersfinding aid iconJohn Alden Carpenter Collection
    The papers of a significant American composer of the early 20th century.

  • image available soonJonathan Larson Collection
    Papers of the composer/lyricist of rock musicals.

  • Katherine Dunhamonline collection iconfinding aid iconKatherine Dunham Collection
    The Katherine Dunham Collection, the audio-visual archive of Miss Dunham's fieldwork, choreography, and performance.

  • image available soonfinding aid iconLauro Ayestarán Collection
    Extensive collection of music of Uruguayan composers of all genres.

  • image available soonLeon Brusiloff Collection
    Popular dance and theater orchestra music.

  • Leonard Bernsteinonline collection iconfinding aid iconLeonard Bernstein Collection
    Papers of the prominent composer, conductor, author, and teacher.

  • Pearl BaileyPearl Bailey Collection
    Papers, photos and recordings of the unique entertainer and singer.

  • image available soonfinding aid iconRichard Rodgers Collection
    Music manuscripts for many of the most significant American musicals of the 20th century.

  • Roger Reynoldsonline collection iconfinding aid iconRoger Reynolds Collection
    A large collection of music manuscripts and related material documenting the work of American composer Roger Reynolds.

  • Alan Lomaxonline collection iconThe Alan Lomax Collection
    The unparalleled ethnographic documentation collected by the legendary folklorist over a period of sixty years.

  • image available soonVivian Fine Collection
    Chamber music, operas, and other works by the former piano prodigy.

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