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Inventory of the LaRayne School of Dancing Memorabilia, 1930-1947
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2006. ©2006. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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Creator |
LaRayne School of Dancing (Chicago, Ill.) |
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Title |
LaRayne School of Dancing Memorabilia |
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Dates |
1930-1947 |
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Extent |
1 cubic ft. (2 boxes) |
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Abstract |
Published and mimeographed ballet, tap and novelty dance routines, probably belonging to the LaRayne School of Dancing and/or choreographers and teachers Marion Freeman, Jack Manning and the Del-Wrights. Includes catalogs for the yearly conventions of the Chicago Association of Dancing Masters, 1930-1936, and for summer sessions at the Chicago Teachers College, 1939-1947. Also, the script for a children’s musical play. |
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Language |
Materials are in English. |
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Repository |
Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
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Collection Call Number |
Dance MS LaRayne |
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Collection Stack Location |
3a 48 11 |
LaRayne School of Dancing Memorabilia, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Gift of W. Herrs, 2002.
Virginia Hay Smith, 2006.
The LaRayne School of Dancing Memorabilia is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
The LaRayne School of Dancing Memorabilia is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
Chicago dancing school.
Little is known about this school except that it was run by LaRayne Rhode during the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Published and mimeographed routines for teaching ballet, tap and a variety of novelty dances. The material, probably kept together for use at the LaRayne School of Dancing in Chicago, consists of routines choreographed or presented by Marion Freeman, Jack Manning, the Del-Wrights and the Chicago Association of Dancing Masters. Also, routines and instruction presented by Ernestine Louise Badt at the Chicago Teachers College, 1939-1947, and the published score of a children’s musical.
Organized with dance routines and score preceding Chicago Association of Dance Masters materials. Dance routines arranged alphabetically by teaching organization or person, followed by miscellaneous routines and a published score for a children’s musical. Chicago Association of Dancing Masters materials arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Container List |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Chicago Teachers College: Presentations by Ernestine Louise Badt, 1939-1947 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Del-Wrights: Dances for St. Louis Dancing Teachers Association, Feb. 4, 1940 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3-5 | Del-Wrights: Winter Teaching Tours, 1937-1940 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6-8 | Freeman, Marion: Tap, Toe and Other Dances, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 9-11 | Manning, Jack: Tap and Other Dances, 1936-1939; n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 12-14 | Miscellaneous Tap and Novelty Dances, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Musical Play: The Kitchen Clock, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 16-25 | Chicago Association of Dancing Masters: Annual Conventions, 1930-1936 | |||||||||