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The collection of Richard Powers
Primary Sources - Historical Social Dance
Chronological listing
78% of the 2,550 sources in my collection are the original editions. 13% are digital scans. 9% are printed facsimile reproductions.
Where dates of publication are not given, dates are estimated. c. = circa.
Most of these primary sources are dance manuals. Stand-alone descriptions of a single dance are noted with » before the title.
Some of these sources from my collection can be downloaded here.
Dancing master and social dance periodicals like Dancing Times and La Danse are included in this listing. Newspaper articles are not. Also not listed are books about theatrical dance, etiquette books, fiction/satire about dance, country and folk dance, secondary sources, and dance histories. Contact me if you would like a listing of my sources in any of those categories (see the bottom of this page).
1925 | H. St. John | Rumsey | BALL-ROOM DANCING | London | |
1925 | U.P.P.D.M.DE Belgique | GUIDE DU DANSEUR 1924-1925 | Bruxelles | ||
1925 | Max | Von Boehn | DER TANZ | Berlin | |
1925 | Ned | Wayburn | » THE ORIGINAL FOOTLOOSE STRUT, DANCE SENSATION OF THE YEAR. Description and sheet music | Cleveland | |
1925 | Léon | Werth | DANSE, DANSEURS, DANCINGS | Paris | |
1926 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1926 | F. E. | Carville | A COLLECTION OF YE OLD-FASHIONED DANCES OF 1850 | Lewiston, Maine | |
c. | 1926 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES | Paris |
c. | 1926 | Oscar | Duryea | » CHARLESTON FOX TROT Description accompanying sheet music for "The Original Charleston" | New York |
c. | 1926 | Oscar | Duryea | » VALENCIA, NEW BALLROOM DANCE Description accompanying sheet music | New York |
1926 | W. C. | Handy | BLUES, AN ANTHOLOGY | New York | |
1926 | S. | Jaffé | DER TANZ IM SELBSTUNTERRICHT | Dresden | |
1926 | Maurice | Jattefaux | APPRENONS À DANSER | Paris | |
c. | 1926 | Cliff | Jerome | COMPLETE DANCE: BLACK BOTTOM | New York |
1926 | Benjamin | Lovett & Henry Ford | GOOD MORNING; OLD FASHIONED DANCING REVIVED | Dearborn, MI | |
1926 | W. Edmund | Quarry, Ed. | DANCING AND THE BALL ROOM magazine (Dec. issue) London | London | |
1926 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct) | London | |
1926 | Will | Rossiter, Publ. | THE WILL ROSSITER ORIGINAL DANCE CALLS, Containing the Calls of All Square Dances | Chicago | |
1926 | Grace L. | Ryan | DANCES OF OUR PIONEERS | New York | |
1926 | Christopher | Scott | "BESTWAY" DANCING FOR 1926. Dancing Made Easy | London | |
1926 | William A. | Stecher | GAMES AND DANCES | Philadelphia | |
1926 | Bemis | Walker | HOW TO CHARLESTON CORRECTLY | Minneapolis | |
1927 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues except October | New York | ||
1927 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues from Vol.1 Issue 1 (June 1927) except Oct. | Los Angeles | ||
1927 | Santos | Casani | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | Chicago |
1925 | H. St. John | Rumsey | BALL-ROOM DANCING | London | |
1925 | U.P.P.D.M.DE Belgique | GUIDE DU DANSEUR 1924-1925 | Bruxelles | ||
1925 | Max | Von Boehn | DER TANZ | Berlin | |
1925 | Ned | Wayburn | » THE ORIGINAL FOOTLOOSE STRUT, DANCE SENSATION OF THE YEAR. Description and sheet music | Cleveland | |
1925 | Léon | Werth | DANSE, DANSEURS, DANCINGS | Paris | |
1926 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1926 | F. E. | Carville | A COLLECTION OF YE OLD-FASHIONED DANCES OF 1850 | Lewiston, Maine | |
c. | 1926 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES | Paris |
c. | 1926 | Oscar | Duryea | » CHARLESTON FOX TROT Description accompanying sheet music for "The Original Charleston" | New York |
c. | 1926 | Oscar | Duryea | » VALENCIA, NEW BALLROOM DANCE Description accompanying sheet music | New York |
1926 | W. C. | Handy | BLUES, AN ANTHOLOGY | New York | |
1926 | S. | Jaffé | DER TANZ IM SELBSTUNTERRICHT | Dresden | |
1926 | Maurice | Jattefaux | APPRENONS À DANSER | Paris | |
c. | 1926 | Cliff | Jerome | COMPLETE DANCE: BLACK BOTTOM | New York |
1926 | Benjamin | Lovett & Henry Ford | GOOD MORNING; OLD FASHIONED DANCING REVIVED | Dearborn, MI | |
1926 | W. Edmund | Quarry, Ed. | DANCING AND THE BALL ROOM magazine (Dec. issue) London | London | |
1926 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct) | London | |
1926 | Will | Rossiter, Publ. | THE WILL ROSSITER ORIGINAL DANCE CALLS, Containing the Calls of All Square Dances | Chicago | |
1926 | Grace L. | Ryan | DANCES OF OUR PIONEERS | New York | |
1926 | Christopher | Scott | "BESTWAY" DANCING FOR 1926. Dancing Made Easy | London | |
1926 | William A. | Stecher | GAMES AND DANCES | Philadelphia | |
1926 | Bemis | Walker | HOW TO CHARLESTON CORRECTLY | Minneapolis | |
1927 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues except October | New York | ||
1927 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues from Vol.1 Issue 1 (June 1927) except Oct. | Los Angeles | ||
1927 | Santos | Casani | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | Chicago |
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