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Call Number: SC0574
Creator:
Anderson, Dorotheda Revay.
Title: Dorotheda Revay Anderson papers
Dates: 1842-1989
Bulk Dates: 1931-1989
Physical Description:
4 Linear feet
Summary: This collection largely pertains to Anderson's professional career and includes her curriculum vita, letters of recommendation,
clippings, teaching materials, correspondence, photographs, and her reference files on dancers and artists. Correspondents
include British dancer Vera Fredova (Winifred Edwards) and Ivor F. Guest. There is also a plaster cast of Victor Frisch's
life mask of Anna Pavlova and a framed German notice for a performance of the ballet Gisella, 1842. Other items include clippings,
newsletters, and photographs pertaining to tennis, 1950-1988.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of the estate of D. Revay Anderson, 1999.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Dorotheda Revay Anderson Papers (SC0574). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Dorotheda Revay Anderson, a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, was a member of the Amercan
Ballet Theatre from 1951-53. She earned her B.A. in anthropology at Stanford University in 1960 and her M.A. in education
in 1961. From 1962 to 1964 she was in charge of ballet and modern dance at UC Berkeley. In 1964 she was appointed professor
of dance at California State University, Sacramento and retired in 1988 with the rank of professor emeritus. Prof. Anderson
has served as consultant on a national public television series and as juror and panelist for several ballet companies and
competitions.
This collection largely pertains to Anderson's professional career and includes her curriculum vita, letters of recommendation,
clippings, teaching materials, correspondence, photographs, and her reference files on dancers and artists. Correspondents
include British dancer Vera Fredova (Winifred Edwards) and Ivor F. Guest. There is also a plaster cast of Victor Frisch's
life mask of Anna Pavlova and a framed German notice for a performance of the ballet Gisella, 1842. Other items include clippings,
newsletters, and photographs pertaining to tennis, 1950-1988.
Anderson, Dorotheda Revay.
Edwards, Winifred.
Frisch, Victor, 1876?-1939.
Guest, Ivor Forbes.
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931.
Ballet dancers.
Dance--Study and teaching--United States.
Tennis.