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Biographical SketchFranziska Marie Boas (b. 8 Jan. 1902; d. 22 Dec. 1988), pioneering dancer, percussionist, teacher, ethnologist, and therapist, was born in New York City, the youngest of six children of noted anthropologist Franz Boas (1858-1942) and Marie Krackowizer. Like her father who was known for his commitment to social activism and his battle to rid the scientific community of racially based theories of intelligence, Franziska Boas was also a committed activist for racial equality and social justice. She worked to teach young people about the value of dance as a means of communication; she pioneered dance as therapy; she encouraged students to expand their own creativity through improvisation; she combined the study of dance with ethnology; and she broke down the racial barriers that stood in the way of almost all African-Americans wishing to pursue careers in dance. Franziska Boas was educated in public schools in Englewood, N.J., and in 1923 received a B.A. degree in Zoology and Chemistry from Barnard College. Undergraduate studies included dance with Bird Larson, with whom she continued to study from time to time after graduation. Other formal study included drawing and sculpture with Robert Laurent and Boardman Robinson, at the Art Students League in New York from 1923 to 1924, and in Breslau, Germany in 1927. Dance studies included working with Mary Wigman in Germany and with Hanya Holm in New York where she served as Holm's assistant and percussionist until 1933. In 1928, Boas married Nicholas Michelson, a doctor. They had one child, Gertrud Marie Michelson (Trudel), who was born June 16, 1929. They were divorced in 1942. In 1933 Boas founded and directed the Boas School of Dance at 323 W. 21st Street in New York. It was an interracial school with a performing company which Boas directed from it's founding until 1949. Among her many notable pupils were Ed Bates, Valerie Bettis, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Norman Coker, Katherine Dunham, Claude Merchant and Alwin Nikolais. In 1944 she founded the Boas Summer School of Dance on Lake George in Bolton Landing, NY. Also an interracial school, it continued under her direction until 1950. Besides teaching in her own schools, she also taught at the Walden School in New York, Bennington College, Mills College, Columbia University Teachers College, The Horace Mann School, Bank Street College, Bryn Mawr College, Colorado State Teachers College and The Savage School for Physical Education. The thrust of Boas' teaching, which sought to provide social integration through dance and other artistic endeavors, was taken even further through her work with schizophrenic children at Bellevue Hospital in New York. There, while working with psychiatrist Lauretta Bender, Boas pioneered the use of dance movement in the therapeutic treatment of profoundly disturbed patients. Work at Bellevue continued throughout the 1940s, all of which she did as a volunteer. In the early 1940s Boas created the first Western all-percussion orchestra. From 1947 to 1949 she toured the U.S. giving dance performances, lecture-demonstrations in dance, percussion performances. During this period Boas also continued to explore and study dance therapy at numerous institutions: the Menninger Institute, U.C.L.A., the Langley Porter Institute, Anna Halprin Studio, Stanford University, University of Wisconsin, University of Washington, Wayne State University, Veterans Administration Hospital, North Texas State College, Indiana University, Art Students League in New York, Bolton Music Festival, Scripps College, Fresno State Teachers College, Lake Erie College, the New School for Social Research and various meetings of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER). At North Texas State she presented the following program which includes many of the choreographic works she created during these years: Landscape - Javanese musicMonotony - Colin McPheePlayful Interlude - percussionGoyaesque - Meyer KupfermanLament - Cola HeidenBolton Set: - Meyer KupfermanThe WindbagThe DrudgeThe GrapevineThe Bobbie SoxerThe TouristThree other choreographic titles from this period are known: "Soliloque", "March", and "Duet". "Duet" was performed at the Boas School in New York with her daughter, Trudel. Franziska Boas' writings include two groundbreaking articles on dance as therapy: "Creative Dance as Therapy" in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry and "Psychological Aspects in the Practice and Teaching of Dancing" in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Both were published in 1941. Probably her most noted work, particularly among dance ethnologists, was an edited volume from the seminar series The Function of Dance in Human Society. This was based on a series of seminars that took place at her studio in 1942 and was published in 1944. Participants included Franz Boas, Harold Courlander, Claire Holt, Gregory Bateson, George Herzog, Cora DeBois, and Geoffrey Gorer. In 1950, personal and economic setbacks forced Boas to leave New York and take a position at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, as Head of the Dance and Physical Education Department. In 1957, the department became the Dance Department, Division of Fine Arts. Boas remained there until 1965. Between 1950 and 1959, she was very active in the Southern Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (SAHPER), and in 1955 she organized the Georgia Dance Association. Within the curriculum at Shorter, Boas introduced the concept of culture in her dance history classes, clearly going beyond the contemporaneously accepted historical perspectives on dance. During this time she was also a member of the Georgia Council on Human Relations and a founding member of the Rome (Ga.) Council on Human Relations, an organization devoted to advancing the cause of integration. In 1965 Boas took an early retirement from Shorter College and moved to Sandisfield, Mass., where she was active in the Sandisfield Arts Council and taught dance at the Sandisfield Town Hall to community residents. In 1986 Boas attended the Hunt-Boas family reunion in Alert Bay, British Columbia. It celebrated the meeting of Franz Boas and the Kwakuitl Indian informant, George Hunt. All living descendants of both men attended and, at 84, Franziska Boas was the oldest attendee. Despite suffering from Alzheimer's disease during the last four years of her life, Franziska Boas remained active--still dancing in the fall of her last year--until her death on December 22, 1988. She is survived by her daughter Gertrud Marie Michelson and three granddaughters, Valerie, Carol, and Cindy Pinsky. A memorial service was held at Barnard College in New York on April 30, 1989. Franziska Boas, though not a well-known dancer or choreographer, as are Martha Graham, Charles Weidman and other contemporaries, is known for the way in which she combined her dance talents with wide-ranging social and professional concerns, creating and defining many of the sub-fields of dance that are studied today. An obituary written by her granddaughter Valerie Pinsky states: "She will be remembered as a woman of extraordinary grace and vitality, whose life could not have been more rich, and whose sense of humor was never lost." Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Franziska Boas collection is an extensive collection of multi-format materials documenting the professional and personal life of Franziska Boas. The collection spans Boas' career, from her academic training at Barnard College through her professional work as a dance teacher, accompanist, therapist and ethnologist, and includes documentation of her work as a social activist and as a community educator after her retirement. The collection consists of choreographic scores, music manuscripts and printed music, personal and general correspondence, business files, personal files, writings and research by and about Boas, clippings, iconography, miscellaneous items, and audio-visual materials. Please note: the contents list is not an index. The choreographic scores include original labanotation scores of both Boas choreography and unidentified choreography, as well as printed scores of works by others. Many of the scores are in fragile condition; check with a reference librarian to determine the status of their condition. The music series consists of music manuscripts for works by Franziska Boas and others, some with accompanying movement notation. The series also includes original scores by others for Boas choreography and untitled works as well. Printed music is also included in this series. The correspondence series consists of drafts and copies of letters to Boas, divided between personal and subject correspondence with subseries defined. The arrangement is alphabetical. Significant correspondents have been listed by name. The business files are arranged by subject and include a variety of materials: information relating to professional associations; teaching and other school files; Boas Dance Group business records; calendars and datebooks; card files; programs, arranged alphabetically; publicity files; other school-related roll books and record book. Shorter College materials include Shorter College Dance Club programs arranged by date, yearbooks, and other material related to performance programs all arranged by date. The personal files are arranged by subject and include information specifically relating to Franz Boas, financial and legal documents, records relating to livestock and animals Boas raised during her retirement, a manuscript of Nicolas Michelson's book, and Boas' college yearbooks. The writings and research series consists of manuscripts for articles by Boas and others, including her father, anthropologist Franz Boas; manuscript and material relating to the Boas publication The Function of Dance; dance-related books; notes for classes by Boas; printed publications by Boas and others; writings on dance therapy and children; miscellaneous notes for articles, choreography and demonstrations; notes on the history of dance and the history of theatre; magazine clippings; and selected reprints of journal articles. The iconography in the collection includes photos, slides and negatives arranged by subject; a variety of artwork by Boas; oversized iconographic materials; and iconography specifically relating to the Shorter College Dance Club. The series of miscellaneous materials consists of greeting cards, photostats of movement drawings, items relating to animals, a scrapbook and other miscellany. The audio-visual materials in the collection include audio recording tapes by Boas and others, and films documenting the choreography of Boas, Shorter College performances, as well as rare footage of unstaged Kwakuitl Indian dance performance. All audio-visual materials are located in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) of the Library of Congress and are subject to that Division's policies for use and reproduction. Binders, covers, frames, and other supports have been removed from most items because of their condition. Any identification they contained has been noted. Wherever possible, the original order of the materials has been maintained. Mary E. Edsall, Dance Archivist, October 1996 Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the Franziska Boas CollectionThe Franziska Boas Collection is organized in 8 series:
Return to the Table of Contents Container ListChoreographic ScoresThe series Choreographic Scores include original labanotation scores of both Boas choreography and unidentified choreography, as well as printed scores of works by others. Arrangement is alphabetical by title Franziska Boas"Birthright" choreographic scoreChoreography for Valerie Bettis' dance [labanotation]Choreography notes to The massacre of the innocents[Unidentified choreography by Franziska Boas]OthersLabanotations [Printed]Dance Notation Record [magazine]"Dance of the little swans" from Swan LakeDancer's Glancer [labanotation]Jay Dance NotationKineseographyLabanotation symbols16 dances in rhythms. ShawnMy first dance book. Chilkovsky, NadiaOrchesography. Arbeau, ThoinotShort modern dances. Chilkovsky, NadiaA Stickman Notation [Jay Notation]Three Rs for dancing book 1. Nadia ChilkovskyThree Rs for dancing book 2. Nadia ChilkovskyMusicThe Music series consists of music manuscripts for works by Franziska Boas and others, some with accompanying movement notation. Arrangement is alphabetical by composer and title ManuscriptsFranziska BoasBasket ritual [working]Changing tensions [with block diagram]IccarusMarch for percussion and accordionPercussion studyQuittez pasturesRhythmic studySketch [Shorter college percussion class]Miscellaneous sketches by Franziska BoasOthersAnderson, PaquitaDance dramaEschenberg, G. I. and G. HandelDes Herren EinzugGoeb, RogerDanceHeiden, ColaLamentHyman, JoseUntitled holograph [working]Jurist, IrenaMusic for fearKupferman, MeyerApparitions of the realBolton setGoya-EsqueIn a gardenSonata for 2 cellos [blue line]UntitledMcConnell and GilstrapDanceMcManamon, CharlotteMayday 1958McPhee, ColinGegenggonganGontengPurcell, MargaretPreludeSegall, BernardoStudy in monotonyWillis, RichardMusic for Mayday [1958]Printed MusicBarbes, L. L.Trois danses berberesBeyer, J. M. ... [et al.]; H. G. Davidson, and R. GreenPercussion piecesBritten, BenjaminCeremony of carolsChapuis, A[uguste]L'ecureil dans les boisDebussy, ClaudeJardins sous la pluiePour le pianoDubuque, A[lexander]50 airs petites russesHindemith, PaulMusic of mourning [score, parts]Hovhaness, AlanInvocation to Vakahen no.1McPhee, Colin transcriberBalinese ceremonial musicNápravík, E[duard]Danse russe no. 4Rodgers and HammersteinCarouselCarousel (libretto)Sliker, H. G.Music unto us the livingVaughn Williams, RalphJobWeinberg, J[acob]Danse hébraïqueCorrespondenceThe Correspondence series consists of drafts and copies of letters to Boas, divided between personal and subject correspondence with subseries defined. Arrangement is alphabetical by correspondent or subject PersonalFranziska BoasA-E miscellaneousF-Z miscellaneousOthersBoas, ErnstBoas, FranzBoas, Franz, 1914-1942 and Marie BoasGay, JanGriffin, Martha, 1952-1984Kapuste, Roman and familyLehman, Hedwig, 1915-1940 and Rudolph LehmanMichelson, Gertrud, 1960-1959Shelton, Sara, 1966-1981Yampolski Family, 1917-1969MiscellaneousSubjectBoas School Correspondence"A" miscellaneousBennett Junior CollegeBennington School of the Dance (see also Martha Hill)Bryn Mawr College"B" miscellaneousCalifornia, University ofCnare, IdaSee also: General Correspondence: Jones, Ida in "J" miscellaneous"C" miscellaneousDunham, Katherine"D" miscellaneousExperiment in International LivingFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical College"F" miscellaneousGaffney, Mrs. F.Graham, MarthaGretsch, Fred, Manufacturing Co."G" miscellaneousHayden, ErmaHill, Martha"H" miscellaneousIpcar, Melvene"I" miscellaneousKennard, Lawaune (Re:)"L" miscellaneousMartin, GertrudeMcKechnie, Clifford B., Marion, and JaneMcPhee, ColinMead, Margaret"M" miscellaneousNikolais, Alwin"N" miscellaneousPolk-Shugart, JanetSee also: box 84 Janet Shugart"P" miscellaneous"R" miscellaneousSchool Art LeagueSyracuse University"S" miscellaneous"T" miscellaneousVarèse, EdgarWashington, State College ofWashington, University ofWimmer, EllenWimmer, Ellen, graduation program"W" miscellaneous"X" miscellaneousMiscellaneousBoas School Correspondence (re: Seminar)Shorter College Correspondence"A" miscellaneousBeiswanger, BarbaraThe blind"B" miscellaneousChin, Mrs. P. T.Christie, A. N."C" miscellaneousDrama Dance CompanyThe Dance Mart"D" miscellaneous"E" miscellaneousFilmsGaffney, FloydGay, JanSee also: box 42Georgia Council on Human RelationsGold, CarolynGrauert, RuthGreenhole, Mary"G" miscellaneousHalpern, AnnHanger, Sally FanHewitt, LuellenHolbrook, Mary"H" miscellaneous"I" miscellaneousKamin dance booksKing, Eleanor"K" miscellaneousLattimore, AliceLepeschkin, JulieLin, Pei-FenLippincott, Gertrude"L" miscellaneousMcGhee, JoanneMiller, CoraMoomaw, VirginiaMooney, Gertrude"M" miscellaneousNational Dance Teacher's GuildNew York Medical College"N" miscellaneous"O" miscellaneousPauley, Frances"P" miscellaneousRichards Company, Inc.Rome Council on Human RelationsRyder-Frankel Studio"R" miscellanoeusShorter CollegeGeneralAlcoholics AnonymousArnheim, Rudolph"A" miscellaneousBarnard CollegeBateson, Mary CatherineBender, LauretteBerkshire Community ActionBerkshire Home CareBoas family genealogyBoas, GetrudBoas, HeleneBoas, Henry D.Boas, NormanBode, Rudolph"B" miscellaneousCage, JohnChaffee, JoanChoreographer's workshopCole, John R.Columbia UniversityCommittee on Research in DanceCote, Albert"C" miscellaneousDepartment of Public WelfareDeren, MayaDix, Jane and WilliamDonelan, RobertDunham, Katherine"D" miscellaneousEmmaus House"E" miscellaneousFriends of the DanceFritz"F" miscellaneousGaustad, Virginia and EdGomberg, WilliamGraham, MarthaGreek Traditional Dance Center"G" miscellaneousHearns, Ernest P.Herrman, GeorgHewlett, EmilyHolm, HanyaHolocaust Memorial Museum"H" miscellaneousInquiries: Percussion and Dance Music 1947-50Industrial Bank of CommerceInternational Council for Negro Folklore"I" miscellaneousJefferson School of Social SciencesJohnson, Alice E. "Bessie" [Krackowizer]"J" miscellaneousKealiinohomoku, JoannKennedy, Rose and TedKrackowizer genealogy"K" miscellaneousLaine, HughLarson, BirdLawton, ShailerLindenbaum, Ed and LoisLipps, Lewis"L" miscellaneousMacSweeney, LeslieMassachusetts Arts CommitteeMassachusetts Arts Lottery CouncilMcCloskey, MarkMcGovern, GeorgeMead, MargaretMeyer, Helene [aunt]Michelson, NicholasSee also: box 24Montague, J. Allison"M" miscellanoeusNational City Bank of Rome, GeorgiaNational Endowment for the Humanities [grant related]Noble, Paulina"N" miscellaneous"O" miscellaneousParmenter, RossPauley, FrancesPhelps, M.Pinsky familyPowers, Margaret [analyst]Reed CollegeReilly, PaulRuby, Jay"R" miscellaneousSandisfield, Massachusetts [Town of]Savage SchoolSmithsonian InstituteSouthern Poverty Law CenterSpingarn, Arthur B.Steinen, MarianneStevenson, Adlai"S" miscellaneous"T" miscellaneousUnited Nations [Declaration of Human Rights]United States [Congress, Departments of Agriculture and Interior]Urbach, AnneUrbach, Ilse, Franz, and family"U" miscellaneous"V" miscellaneousWalden SchoolWaldo, Frank and FlorenceWeltfish, GeneWenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchWetterer, PatWimmer, EllenWohlaurer, ToniSee also: box 24 for mss."W" miscellaneousYergan, Max[1st Name Only "A" miscellaneous][1st Name Only "M" miscellaneous][Unidentified]Business FilesThe Business Files serries are arranged by subject and include a variety of materials: information relating to professional associations; teaching and other school files; Boas Dance Group business records; calendars and datebooks; card files; programs, arranged alphabetically; publicity files; other school-related roll books and record book. Arrangement is by subject AssociationsAmerican Association of Health, Physical Education and RecreationCorrespondenceNewsletters, convention programs, memos, etc.Georgia Dance AssociationAttendance listConstitution, minutes, newsletters, member listsCorrespondence [1955-58]Dance circuit member questionnaireDance circuit plansDance circuit potential performersGeorgia dance directoryFinancialNational Section on the DanceCorrespondencePapers [agendas, minutes, reports][Photo exhibit]Everyone Can Dance [1952-58]Bank Street College of EducationBibliography, book suggestionsClass notes, etc.CorrespondenceRe: classesRe: employmentCourse evaluationsFaculty lists, graduate programsStudent papersBoas Dance GroupAgendasBoas Group ConstitutionCorrespondenceGeneralHunter CollegeCostume designsDance diagrams to Dance in silenceExecutive committee minutesItineraryMinutes of meetingsOrganizationProjectsRehearsal notes 1944-46Report on cooperativesSet designSilence speaks (dance in 15 scenes) [incomplete]Tentative outline of performanceTours1947-1950Treasurer reportsApplications for admission 1948-50Curriculum drafts [1930-54]Contract with Humphrey-Weidman School 1941Correspondence 1946-47Dance workshop 1966,67Income and Expenses 1943-49June 1947 course outlineLeases:323 W. 21st St., New York City [ca. 1949]A.C. Emerson 1948Ledgers:1937-391942-431949-58Letterhead stationaryNotebooks [ca. 1949]Permits for use of Public school rooms 1946Rent payment:use of Morman Maxon studio 1949use of Ernst Parkham studio 1949Report on summer school 1944-45Publicity and programsSolicitation and fundraisingMiscellaneousBolton Landing Summer SchoolBolton FestivalBoyce House floorplanCorrespondence 1950-1951Emerson, A.C. & Co.Form letters 1949Income 1948PublicityRegistration summer 1946Report of Bolton Festival SocietyReport on Summer School income and expenses 1950-51Summer Music Festival 1948Summer School 1948Summer School residenceTuition plan [tentative]Writing courseCalendars1980-85Appointment calendars 1952-66Datebooks 1947-80Card FilesDance addressesDance articles, small notebooksPublications, miscellaneousDance Notation Bureau PublicationsCatalogs 1971-1968CertificateClass schedule, fall semester [n.d.]Correspondence 1956-63Highlights 1960, 1963ListsRental material at Dance Notation BureauTeachers of labanotationNewsletters 1961-65Programs for exhibitsReading materials in Labanotations for elementary students by Ann Hutchinson (1955) 1-10ProgramsAlf, FeAmerican Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation25th convention75th conventionThe American Physical Education Association Dance Section Conference [1919-37]American Conservatory of Music, Dance and Drama [Franziska Boas]American Dance Festival 1964American Museum of Natural HistoryBard College WorkshopBarnard CollegeBarrington Ballet Student RecitalBennington School of DanceBoasArt of the Dance TodayMoving Models [November 1942]North Texas State CollegeHandwritten programBoas Dance GroupBoas et. al. Dance ProgramBoas School Studio DemonstrationBodeschule für KörpererziehungBolton Central SchoolGraduation [June 1944]Recital [August 1944]Bolton Festival of MusicBolton Landing Summer Players: A nice place to visit [July 1946]Bryn Mawr CollegeCarnegie HallCarouselCarousel Theatre Co. [February 1939]Columbia University 2nd Annual Festival of Contemporary Music [May 1946]Comedie FrancaiseComposer's ForumConvention/Conference2nd Georgia Physical Education Conference5th CORD ConferenceArt Conference at The University of GeorgiaCongress International De La PopulationGeorgia Student Art Exhibit and ConferencePre-Convention Dance ConferenceSociety for EthnomusicologyCrusade: Experiemental playerCunningham, Merce, Dance CompanyDance Congress materials [1936]Dancers of BaliAgnes De Mille Dance TheatreEnters, AgnaFinch College TheatreFolk Festival: I am an American dayGraham, Martha [Lincoln Center]Greek Games of 1948Halprin-Lathrop schoolHarkness BalletEmily Hewitt et. al. [F. Boas]Hanya Holm et. al. [F. Boas]Louis Horst Memorial ProgramIntercollege Modern Dance Symposium [April 1939]Melvene Ipcar and Nancy McKnight [May 1937]Knickerbocker Chamber Players [November 1955]Kreutzberg, HaraldKupferman, MeyerLaban, Rudolph: Der NarrenspiegelLecture: "The rhythm of the human body" by Max MerzLenox Arts Center EnsembleAlexander Lesser TributeLet Joy Be UnconfinedThe Little Clay CarLiturgical Dance VespersLitz, Katherine and Ray HarrisonMaria-Theresa and the HeliconiadesMartha Graham School schedule of classes [1989]Mayday Festival Coker CollegeMexican Centennial 1910Naparstok, EsterNegro Program: Up from slaveryNew Dance GroupNew World DancesNikolais Dance Theatre [February 1979]Raduga Dancers - Bravo!Religious Arts FestivalLe Rendevous ManqueSandisfield Arts CouncilSavage school 1939-41Students of Shorter College: The triumph of springSymposium of Early and Contemporary Music [May 1944]Theatre Arts Workshop: The Trojan woman [Franziska Boas]Norman Thomas 80th Birthday ReceptionUnited Nations 3rd Annual Folk FestivalVarese, EdgarWPA Composer's Forum Laboratory, Carnegie HallWaco Symphony 1965-66Wallner's Marionettes: Doktor FaustWilson, Julie [Fisk University]Miscellaneous[Unidentified]Publicity15th Fine Arts Festival of University of North CarolinaAmerican Association of University Women Creative Arts Group [November 1955]American Dance Festival Dance Therapy CourseAmerican Dance Therapy PublicityBalletsBrooklyn Institute of Arts WorkshopsDance Congress and Festival [1918-36]Dance Percussion class [October 1937]Dance related A-ZDance Workshop [June 1953]Indiana University School of Music [April 1950]Martha Graham Studios (see also oversize box 1)MiscellaneousMusic related A-ZNature/Environmental SocietiesNew School for Social Research [December 1937]ProductsSarah Lawrence Chamber Orchestra [April 1957]School of Fine Arts [1956]Summer School of Dance, San FranciscoStaatsschulen für Freie und angewandte Kunst 1928-29 Berlin-CharlottenburgYM-YWHA [Young Men's - Young Women's Hebrew Association] summer course descriptionRecord BooksLedgers [Savage School]General informationReceipts for teaching and demonstrations, etc. 1937-40[Savage school ledger] 1939-48RollbooksGrade book 1948[Ledger n.d.]1934-37Katherine Dunham SchoolProfessional and consultation classes 1948Shorter CollegeDance Club1953-65 [Oversized Shorter Performances/Programs. The story of Job, May 1964. David and Goliath, 1963.]Performances/ProgramsHonor Roll of donors 1984-85Productions:Carousel 1959Dido and Aeneas 1951Fine Arts Festival 1954,55,60May Day 1951-55, 58Motion chior 1955Theatre of Creative Movement 1962Programs 1952-64Set designsShorter College Dance Club 1950-53Summer School of the Fine Arts 1956-57Alumni directory 1984Yearbooks 1949-62Personal FilesThe Personal Files series are arranged by subject and include information specifically relating to Franz Boas, financial and legal documents, records relating to livestock and animals Boas raised during her retirement, a manuscript of Nicolas Michelson's book, and Boas' college yearbooks. Arrangement is by format Franz BoasAmerican Philosophical SocietyFranz Boas biography by Franziska BoasBoas family genealogy 1650-1985 [publication]Franz Boas life insurance policyCorrespondence regarding Franz Boas or his workCorrespondence regarding Franz Boas's death"Curriculum vitae of Franz Boas" by Franziska BoasHays, Hoffman R.Lesser, AlexanderOdyssey [PBS documentary]"Reminiscences of Franz" by Franziska BoasReprints of Franz Boas articlesRohner, Ronald P.Stocking, GeorgeSympathy thank-you'sFinancial/Legal DocumentsBank transactions 1976-89Billsdomesticmedicalreceipts 1957-81Bond certificates 1931-38Cancelled checks 1970-75Cancelled checks 1976-81Cancelled checks 1982-88Checkbooks 1948-50Checkbooks 1976-85Divorce papers of Franziska Boas 1944Income tax 1949-87Insurance policies A-MInsurance policies N-ZLoan payment book [ca. 1964]Savings account record books 1959-86Will of Franziska Boas 1925 & 1971Royalty statements 1962-88 [Franz and Franziska Boas publications]LivestockLivestock, misc.YearbooksBarnard College yearbooks 1921-24Writings & ResearchThe Writings & Research series consists of manuscripts for articles by Boas and others; manuscript and material relating to the Boas publication The Function of Dance; dance-related books; notes for classes by Boas; printed publications by Boas and others; writings on dance therapy and children; miscellaneous notes for articles, choreography and demonstrations; notes on the history of dance and the history of theatre; magazine clippings; and selected reprints of journal articles. Arrangement is by format Manuscripts for ArticlesFranziska BoasArticle for BenderBook review by F.B.Creative dance in therapyThe dance and religion [May 1953]The dance for the amateur [unpublished for Savage School]Dance lectures, speeches, demonstrationsDance performance review of Eva KitchellDevelopment of modern European dance 1960Draft of Development of modern European danceThe field of recreationIntroduction to master class at Bennett Junior College [February 1948]Investigation of origins of dance gesture in industrial and daily motor patternsBird Larson eulogyLectureRollins CollegeWestminster FellowshipLetters re: manuscriptMichal [King Saul's daughter high school play by F.B.]Nebuchadnezzar and The golden image [high school term paper]The negro and the danceNotes on "Percussion accompaniment for the dance." F.B.Open letter on manuscriptThe origins of dancePercussion music and its relation to the modern dance for the Dance Observer [Jan. 1940]Percussion papers, lectures, demonstrationsThe place of dance in a liberal arts college for Impulse [including correspondence]Psychological aspects in the practice and teaching of creative danceRandom improvisationA report on the southStatement of views on the place of physical education in general educationTestimonial dinner for C.W. Aycock (speech by Franziska Boas)Miscellaneous manuscriptsVarious unpublished manuscriptsModern Dance index/bibliographyNicholas MichelsonThe Northern Lights (play)"Notes on Age confusion in Psychosis" The Psychiatric Quarterly, April, 1968 NYWeltwind: Zweiter Teil (Published in part in New York 1937) [Translation of note on this manuscript reads: "not-published, i.e., partly in [Dorpot?] showed/expressed, -probably misplaced or not sent away. This is a complete Manuscript of everything that is not published. One copy is in the Library of Congress with the exception of "Nachlese" (Gleaning), there is one set of poems from the "Nachlese" (was 8 now 15) contained herein."]Miscellaneous manuscripts and notesOthersToni Wohlaurer "Memories and relfections" (written after Jacobi's death) [n.d.]The Function of DanceFranziska BoasAdvertisementBibliography 1953Books and notesBound copyCopyright document 1944Duplicate manuscript: Function of dance no. 2The function of dance in human society [printed version]Iconography for Function of dance no. 2Manuscripts publishedManuscripts published 1942 seminarMaterials for possible rewritingPatterns of work in primitive industrySchedule change cardsSeminars of 1938 and 1946OthersArnheim, Rudolph, Movement and psychology [original version]Gomberg, William, revision of "Time and motion studies in modern industry"Lawton, Shailor, revised paperMead, Margaret, original paper not to be included for publicationDance-Related BooksBode, Rudolph, Ausdrucksgymnastik [1922]Buren, Hans von, Der Men und die Bonne [1924]Duval, Mathias, Duval's Grundriss der Anatomie für Künster Deutsche von Ernst Gaupp [1922]Marker, Friedrich, Symbolik der Gesichtsformen [1933]Sachs, Curt, World history of the dance [NY, 1952]Traubel, Horace, Chants communal [NY, 1914]Bohme, Fritz, Tanzkunst [1926]Dixon, Madeleine C., The power of dance [1939]Gaulhofer, Karl, Die Fusshaltung, Ein Beitrag zur Stilgeschichte der menschlichen Bewegung [1930]Hoffmann, Rolf, Die Akademie [1925]Laban, R. von, Gymnastik und Tanz [1926]Pallat, Ludwig and Franz Hilker, Künstlerische Körperschulung [1939]Rydberg, Olaf, Die Tänzerin Palucca [1935]Theiss, Frank, Der Tanz als Kunstwerk [1920]Notes for Classes [Shorter College Period]Book listsChoreography to college coursesClass notebookClass notesTherapy/physical education relatedVariousDemonstration/class lecture notesImprovisation classKinesiology/Physical Education/Health ClassesList for Shorter College FunctionMiscellaneous notesNotebook (various subjects)Percussion class[1960, 1933-34]Rhythm StudiesSociology class [1950-51]Studies from other collegesPublicationsBy Franz BoasBaffin Island Adventure [1957]About Franz BoasBy Franziska BoasCreative dance in Therapy [1941]Dance music in the life of the Northwest indians... [1944]Dance improvisation and the use of percussion [1958]Dance in the Liberal Arts college curriculum [1953]The negro and the dance as art [1949]Note on percussion accompaniment for the dance [incomplete 1938]Percussion music and its relation to the Modern dance [1940]Psychological aspects in the practice and teaching of creative dance [ca. 1942]Teaching the lay dancer [1941]About Franziska BoasBy OthersRudolf Arnheim [1946]Laurette Bender [1941-69]Charles Babbitts [1943]Margaret N. H'DoublerJ. Uriel Garcia [Buenos Aires, 1937]Charles Holt [Paris, 1939]V.T. Inman [1946-48]Adrienne L. Kaeppler [1978]Leo Kanner [n.d. & 1930]J. Kunst [Amsterdam, 1937]Gertrude P. Kurath [1960]Serge Lido [Paris, 1947]Valentina Litvinoff [1973]John Martin [n.d. & 1965]Margaret Mead [1958]Fannie H. Melcer [1955]Artur Michel [1945]Eya F. Rudhyar [1949]Albert E. Schelflen [1960]Paul Schilder [Berlin, 1922]Edwin M. Shawn [1937]Vishnudass Shirali [ca. 1936]Ernestine Stodelle [1964]Sybil Shearer [1943]Gene Weltfish [1974]Mary Wigman [n.d.]Julie Wilson [1947]George Willis [n.d.]Lavinia W. Yarborough [Germany, ca. 1949]MiscellaneousDance related domestic periodicalsDance related foriegn periodicals [Germany 1925-40]National Dance Teachers Guild Newsletter [American Dance Guild] 1959-71Selected articles on dance from Journal of Health-- Physical Education-- Recreation presented by National Section on Dance 1958 edited by Gertrude LippincottTherapy/ChildrenChildrens dance therapy classesBellevue [1940-48]New York City 1947-48OthersMisc.Dance therapy research projectsAtlanta, GA [1953] (see Rome, GA)New York City [1947-48]Rome, GA [1952-53]LecturesAmerican Dance Therapy Association conference 1971California lecture tour 1952Other locationsSolicitation for dance therapy course [1939-54]MiscellaneousBank Street School 1968-70Bennington summer school 1937Boas school [1936, ca. 1948]Creative approach to dance (draft) [1949]Courses which I could offer in summer school [1953]Dance music selection listsNotebook 1 [Swimming conference 1921]Notebook 2 [Fanziska Boas classes ca. 1933]Notebook 3 [Notes and articles ca. 1933]Notebook 4 [Roll book classes 1945-46]Notebook 5 [Debussy: Prelude, Sarabande, Toccata (Dance) ca. 1933-44]Tentative schedual for physical education (draft) [n.d.]Miscellaneous notesHistory of Dance, History of Theatre NotesBibliography for The history of European dance, non-European dance, theatreDated cardsExam - History of non-European danceFilm listsHistory of danceExamNotesNotes for classesReferences from booksHistory of theatreBibliography and outlineNotesIndices of articles, magazinesMimeograph maps from dance history (non-European) examMiscellaneous notes for classesOutline: "Dance in the West Indies"Student papersClippings/MagazinesAnnotated clippingsAnatomyErnst BoasFranz BoasFranziska BoasFranziska Boas mentioned [dance related]Civil libertiesComposersCostumesDance related [ca. 1959]DogsDunham, KatherineEinstein, AlbertGadgetsGestureHuman relations/race/culturesIndia: Music/danceMead, MargaretMichelson, GertrudMovementMusic relatedNative AmericansPeoplePersonal friendsPhotography and artShorter CollegeSocial issuesStage designTherapy [dance/psychiatry/children]MiscellaneousMagazinesBarnard CollegeDance relatedMiscellaneousMusic relatedThe Nation January 1943Peoples of the WorldPhysiology/kinesiologyPsychiatryScience January 1943Time (3) 1945,68,79IconographyThe Iconography series includes photos, slides and negatives arranged by subject; a variety of artwork by Boas; oversized iconographic materials; and iconography specifically relating to the Shorter College Dance Club. Arrangement is by format and alphabetical by subject PhotosFranziska BoasFranziska Boas and familyBoas familyBoas family albumDance relatedApparitions of the Real [F.B]Balder 1952Balinese Dance negative/positiveBennington Summer School/Riverside School [F.B.]Franziska BoasIn GoyaesqueIn LamentIn Playful interludeProofs by Thomas Yee Summer 1949 Lament and GoyaesqueFranziska Boas and Grant Code [Native American]Calloo to Balinese MusicDance drama Franziska Boas and Claude MarchantDance group [F.B.]Dance of men and womenDrum beat [F.B.]Function of danceAfrica dancesHaitiHolm, HanyaKing, EleanorMiscellaneous dance photosNegatives of dance photos [F.B.]New York classesPercussion classes [F.B.]Percussion class, New YorkShelton, Sara [and Raymond]Shirley, SylviaWigman, Mary [and others]Worldwide News pictures 1946 [F.B.]Friends, miscellaneousSlidesFriendsGoatsMiscellaneousArtwork [by Franziska Boas]Human artwork, nudes [various formats]Human studies, miscellaneous [various formats]Sketchbooks 1-8Oversize MaterialEvaluations of students from PS11 [fragile; in mylar]Interaction chartMaps, variousNude studies [drawings]PhotoPoster of Boas Dance GroupShorter College Dance Club1951-61And winter's end 1958Carolyn Gold's master classCelebration of carols 1958Mayday 1953-55Miscellaneous MaterialsThe Miscellaneous Materials series of consists of greeting cards, photostats of movement drawings, items relating to animals, a scrapbook and other miscellany. Arrangement is by format Animal ordersBarnard College alumni listCall slipsCartoonsExercise scheduleFloraFriends of the Center Award 1975Greeting card halvesKrackowizer genealogy notesPaper dollPhotostats of Boas drawingsPoemsPostcardsQuote [favorite]StampsTable map of Rome, GeorgiaTheatre Arts Monthly front pageMiscellaneousScrapbookReturn to the Table of Contents |
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