Revised 02/15/2008
Beyond Memory Resources
Libraries are useful points of contact, not only as potential repositories for your archives or personal papers but also as resources for advice and assistance with your materials if you plan to retain them or set up an in-house archive.
The following repositories and institutions are members of the Dance Heritage Coalition. They have significant holdings in dance or the performing arts and are committed to the documentation and preservation of dance.
Member Institutions of the Dance Heritage Coaliton
American Dance Festival
PO Box 90772
Durham, North Carolina 27708
(919) 684-6402
(919) 684-5459 fax
Jodee Nimerichter, Co-Director
Dean Jeffrey, Archivist
www.americandancefestival.org
Dance Notation Bureau
151 W. 30th Street, Suite 202
New York, NY 10001
(212) 564-0985
(212) 216-9027 fax
Dawn Lille, Board Member
www.dancenotation.org
Harvard Theatre Collection
Nathan Marsh Pusey Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-2445
(617) 496-5786 fax
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson, Curator
hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/departments/htc/theatre.html
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
358 George Carter Road
Becket, MA 01223
(413) 243-9919
(413) 243-4744 fax
Norton Owen, Director of Preservation
www.jacobspillow.org
Library of Congress Music Division
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540
(202) 707-7959
(202) 707-0621 fax
Elizabeth Aldrich, Curator of Dance, Music Division
lcweb.loc.gov/rr/perform
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
(212) 870-1655
(212) 870-1869 fax
Jan Schmidt, Acting Curator
www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html
Museum of Performance and Design
401 Van Ness Avenue, Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 255-4800
(415) 255-1913 fax
David R. Humphrey, Director
www.mpdsf.org
Ohio State University
Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute
1430 Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1230
(614) 292-6614
(614) 688-8417
Nena Couch, Curator
www.lib.ohio-state.edu/OSU_profile/triweb/
Collections in Dance and the Performing Arts
Some of these collections may only collect secondary materials, not archives and special collections, but it may be helpful to contact them for other local sources and advice. Or, if they have the resources, they may be willing to expand their collecting to include local dance archives. This is not a complete list of all libraries holding dance materials. If you do not see a library in your area, contact the Dance Heritage Coalition.
Alabama
Catherine Hammond Collins Collection of the Dance
Southern History Department
Birmingham Public Library
2100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 226-3665
www.bham.lib.al.us
Arizona
Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, Inc.
518 Agassiz St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-5711
(928) 774-8108
www.ccdr.org
California
Mills College
F.W. Olin Library
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, Ca 94613
(510) 430-2385
www.mills.edu/academics/library/index.php
Museum of Performance and Design
401 Van Ness Avenue, Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 255-4800
www.mpdsf.org
University of California, Irvine
University Library
Department of Special Collections
PO Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92713
(949) 824-6836
www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/coll/dance/
University of California at Los Angeles
Dept. of Special Collections
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
(310) 825-2422
www.library.ucla.edu/special/scweb/guide.htm#arts
University of California, Riverside
Rivera Library
PO Box 5900
Riverside, CA 92517
(909) 787-3233
library.ucr.edu
Colorado
University of Denver
The Carson-Brierly Dance Library
Penrose Library
2150 E. Evans Avenue
Denver. CO 80208
(303) 871-3428
www.penlib.du.edu/About/collections/SpecialCollections/dance.cfm
District of Columbia
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture
Smithsonian Institution
900 Jefferson Drive, SW, Suite 1130
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 633-8984
www.si.edu/anacostia
George Washington University
Gelman Library, Special Collections
2130 H St., NW
Washington, DC 20052
(202) 994-7549
www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec
Library of Congress
Music Division
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540
(202) 707-5507
lcweb.loc.gov/rr/perform
Florida
University of Florida
George A. Smathers Libraries
Department of Special and Area Studies Collections
PO Box 11707
Gainesville, FL 32611-7007
(352) 273-2759
www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/belknap/belknap.html
Hawaii
University of Hawaii
Hamilton Library
2550 The Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822
(808) 956-7622
www.hawaii.edu/emailref/subject_guides/dance/index.html
Illinois
Chicago Public Library
Stigler Dance Collection
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. Sate St.
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 747-4846
www.chipublib.org
Columbia College Library
624 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 344-7900
www.lib.colum.edu/library
Newberry Library
Mid-West Dance Archive
60 W. Walton St.
Chicago, IL 60610
www.newberry.org
Indiana
Butler University Libraries
4600 Sunset Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46208
(217) 940-9218
www.butler.edu/library
Kansas
Wichita Public Library
Art and Music Division
223 S. Main St.
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 262-0611
www.wichita.lib.ks.us
Maine
Bates College
George and Helen Ladd Library
Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 786-6263
www.bates.edu/Library
Massachusetts
Harvard University
The Harvard Theatre Collection
Nathan Marsh Pusey Library
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-2445
hcl.Harvard.edu/Houghton/departments/htc/theatre.html
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
PO Box 287
Lee, MA 02138
(413) 627-1322
www.jacobspillow.org
Michigan
Detroit Public Library
Music and Performing Arts Department
5201 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 833-1460
www.detroit.lib.mi.us/
Western Michigan University
Harper C. Maybee Music and Dance Library
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(616) 387-5237
www.wmich.edu/library/depts/music-dance/
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Libraries
Performing Arts Archives
Elmer L. Anderson Library
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-3550
special.lib.umn.edu/index.html
New Jersey
Rutgers University
Mabel Smith Douglass Library
New Brunswock, NJ 08903
(732) 932-9407
www.kiosk.douglass.rutgers.edu/Topology/CookDouglass/Pages/8313.html
New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico University
Golden Library, Special Collections
Portales, NM 88130
(505) 562-2636
www.enmu.edu
University of New Mexico
Fine Arts Library, Fine Arts Center
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1501
(505) 277-2357
www.unm.edu/~falref
New York
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
1 Lafayette Square
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 858-8900
www.buffalolib.org
National Museum of Dance
South Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518) 584-2225
www.dancemuseum.org
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dance Division
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
(212) 870-1656
www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html
North Carolina
American Dance Festival Archives
PO Box 90772
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 684-6402
www.americandancefestival.org
North Carolina School of the Arts
Semans Library
200 Waughtown St.
Winston-Salem, NC 27117
(336) 770-3270
www.ncarts.edu/library/First2.htm
University of North Carolina
Jackson Library
Special Collections Division
PO Box 26175
Greensboro, NC 27402-6175
(336) 334-5304
www.uncg.edu/lib
North Dakota
North Dakota State University
Library
PO Box 5599
Fargo, ND 58105-5599
(701) 231-8876
www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu
Ohio
Ohio State University
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
1430 Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Dr.
Columbus, OH 43219-1230
(614) 292-6614
www.lib.ohio-state.edu/OSU_profile/triweb
Ohio University
Music-Dance Library
Athens, OH 45701
(740) 593-2699
www.library.ohiou.edu/libinfo/depts/music/mdlindex.htm
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Libraries
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-4243
libraries.ou.edu
Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College
Daniel Underhill Music Library
500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399
(610) 328-8232
www.swarthmore.edu/Library/underhill/underhill.html
University of the Arts
University Libraries
320 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 875-1111
www.uarts.edu
University of Pittsburgh
Curtis Theatre Collection
363 Hillman Library
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 648-8190
www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/special/special.html
Tennessee
Vanderbuilt University
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Special Collections and University Archives
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37240
(615) 322-7100
www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/schome.html
Texas
Dallas Public Library
Theatre, Film, and Dance Archives
1515 Young St.
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 670-1400
www.dallaslibrary.org
Southern Methodist University
Meadows School of the Arts
Hamon Arts Library
PO Box 750356
Dallas, TX 75275
(214) 768-2894
www.smu.edu
Texas Women's University
University Library
Blagg-Huey Library
Denton, TX 76204
(940) 898-3702
www.twu.edu/library
University of Texas
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Performing Arts Collection
PO Box 7219
Austin, TX 78713
(515) 471-9122
www.hrc.utexas.edu/theater/theater.html
Vermont
Bennington College Dance Archives
Crosset Library
Bennington, VT 05201
(802) 442-5401
www.bennington.edu/library
Wisconsin
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
816 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 264-6400
www.shsw.wisc.edu
National Professional Organizations
The following professional organizations may assist you in locating resources in your area. The list is divided into the following subtopics: 1) Professional Associations, Societies, and Organizations; 2) Service Organizations; 3) Dance Notation Resources; 4) Videotape Reformatting and Preservation Resources; 5) AIDS Resources.
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
1717 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 320-3203
www.aaslh.org
American Library Association
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433
www.ala.org
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433
www.ala.org/acrl
Association of Moving Image Archivists
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8949 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 550-1300
www.amianet.org
Congress on Research in Dance
Department of Dance
State University of NY
College at Brockport
350 New Campus Dr.
Brockport, NY 14420
www.cordance.org
Society of American Archivists
527 S. Wells St., Fifth Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 922-0140
www.archivists.org
The SAA website has a very useful Directory of Archival Organizations in the U.S.
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
555 West Hartsdale Ave.
White Plains, NY 10607
914-761-1100
www.smpte.org
Society of Dance History Scholars
c/o 291 RBN, Box 22001
Department of Dance
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84602
www.sdhs.org
Theatre Library Association
Schubert Archive
149 W. 45th St.
New York, NY 10036
www.tla.library.unt.edu/
Service Organizations
Dance Theatre Workshop
218 West 19th St.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 691-6500
www.dtw.org
Dance/USA
1156 15th Street, NW Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 833-1717
www.danceusa.org
Legacy Oral History Project
584 Castro St., Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 435-7940
dancelegacy.org
Preserve Inc.
PO Box 28
Old Chelsea Station, New York 10011-0028
www.preserve-inc.org
Dance Notation Resources
Benesh Institute Library
12 Lisson Grove
London NW1 6TS
England
071-258-3041
www.benesh.org
Dance Notation Bureau
151 W. 30th St., Suite 202
New York, NY 10010
(212) 654-0985
www.dancenotation.org
Videotape Reformatting and Preservation Resources
Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
2727 Mariposa
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 861-3282
www.bavc.org
National Center for Film and Video Preservation
American Film Institute
2021 N. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 856-7708
www.afionline.org
Vidipax
450 W. 31st Street
New York, NY 10001
www.vidipax.com
AIDS Resources
Dancers Responding to AIDS
c/o Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
165 West 46th St., Suite 1300
New York, NY 10036
(212) 840-0770
www.bcefa.org
The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS
Alliance for the Arts
330 West 42nd St. Suite 1701
New York, NY 10036
(212) 947-6340
8581 Santa Monica Boulevard, No. 400
West Hollywood, CA 90069
(310) 652-1282
www.artistswithaids.org
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