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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Mildred Davenport dance programs and dance school materials, 1914-1942

Collection number:
MS-P029

Creator:
Davenport, Mildred, 1900-1990

Extent:
0.3 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)

Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557

Abstract:
This collection comprises dance programs, dance school materials, photographs, and ephemera documenting the early career of the Boston-based African-American dancer, dance instructor, and civic official Mildred Davenport. The bulk of this collection consists of dance programs and dance school materials. The collection also contains 29 photographs of Davenport, her students in various performances, and friends or individual students. Dance programs from 1925 to 1942 feature her solo performances and group performances with her students. The collection includes a complete run of programs for Bronze Rhapsody, an annual performance series choreographed, staged, and directed by Davenport. Her personal copy of a typescript of stage directions for a 1934 performance is included with these programs. Her dance schools, Davenport School of the Dance and Silver Box Studio, are documented in course brochures and applications. Biographical and academic materials include a 1939 newspaper article on Davenport.

Language:
English.

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