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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).
1930 | Alson, publ. | TOUTES LES DANSES ANCIENNES de 1850 à 1930 | Paris | ||
c. | 1930 | Adolf | Bittler | QUADRILLE A LA COUR | Strassburg |
1930 | C.A.D.M. | Prospectus - CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF DANCING MASTERS 17TH ANNUAL CONVENTION & NORMAL SCHOOL | Chicago | ||
1930 | Chicago Association of Dancing Masters | Prospectus – Chicago Association of Dancing Masters Annual Convention | Chicago | ||
1930 | F. | Dupont | AIDE-MEMOIRE, 2me Edition | Liege, France | |
c. | 1930 | M. | Luciano | RESUME DES COURS, Danses Modernes - One-Step, Fox-Trot, Tango, Boston, Valse | Paris |
c. | 1930 | A. Cosmo | Mitchell | ALLAN'S BALLROOM GUIDE | Glasgow |
1930 | Arthur | Murray | THE SECRET OF POPULARITY | New York | |
1930 | Arthur | Murray | SOCIAL DANCING Part I | New York | |
1930 | Lillian | Ray | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING First edition | Chicago | |
c. | 1930 | Warren Printing, Publ. | THE STAR SERIES OF 145 PARLOR GAMES (including dance games) | Racine, Wisconsin | |
c. | 1930 | Willemanns, Publ. | ¿QUIERE USTED APRENDER A BAILAR? Illustrations are ca. 1900, latest dance is ca. 1914. | Barcelona | |
1930 | Romayne | de Forrest | LEARN HOW TO DANCE AND WHAT TO DANCE | Chicago | |
1931 | OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MARATHON DANCE | Miami, FL | |||
1931 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1931 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER Dec issue | Hollywood, CA | ||
1931 | Cyril W. | Beaumont | THE DANCING MASTER BY P. RAMEAU 1st edition of Beaumont translation | London | |
c. | 1931 | Francisco | Comas | EL ARTE DE BAILAR | Buenos Aires |
1931 | Dancing Masters of America | THE DANCING MASTER Magazine | Chicago | ||
1931 | Helene | Davis | COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING © 1923 | Chicago | |
1931 | Lynn | Rohrbough, ed. | QUADRILLES, HANDY II Kit T - Old Fashioned Quadrilles | Deleware, OH | |
1932 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues except Oct | Hollywood, CA | ||
1932 | Eleanor | Candler | THE MODERN BALLROOM DANCE INSTRUCTOR, 1932 EDITION | London | |
1932 | Helene | Davis | COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING © 1923 | Chicago | |
1932 | K. E. | Graham | THE DANCING MASTER | London |
1930 | Alson, publ. | TOUTES LES DANSES ANCIENNES de 1850 à 1930 | Paris | ||
c. | 1930 | Adolf | Bittler | QUADRILLE A LA COUR | Strassburg |
1930 | C.A.D.M. | Prospectus - CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF DANCING MASTERS 17TH ANNUAL CONVENTION & NORMAL SCHOOL | Chicago | ||
1930 | Chicago Association of Dancing Masters | Prospectus – Chicago Association of Dancing Masters Annual Convention | Chicago | ||
1930 | F. | Dupont | AIDE-MEMOIRE, 2me Edition | Liege, France | |
c. | 1930 | M. | Luciano | RESUME DES COURS, Danses Modernes - One-Step, Fox-Trot, Tango, Boston, Valse | Paris |
c. | 1930 | A. Cosmo | Mitchell | ALLAN'S BALLROOM GUIDE | Glasgow |
1930 | Arthur | Murray | THE SECRET OF POPULARITY | New York | |
1930 | Arthur | Murray | SOCIAL DANCING Part I | New York | |
1930 | Lillian | Ray | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING First edition | Chicago | |
c. | 1930 | Warren Printing, Publ. | THE STAR SERIES OF 145 PARLOR GAMES (including dance games) | Racine, Wisconsin | |
c. | 1930 | Willemanns, Publ. | ¿QUIERE USTED APRENDER A BAILAR? Illustrations are ca. 1900, latest dance is ca. 1914. | Barcelona | |
1930 | Romayne | de Forrest | LEARN HOW TO DANCE AND WHAT TO DANCE | Chicago | |
1931 | OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MARATHON DANCE | Miami, FL | |||
1931 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1931 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER Dec issue | Hollywood, CA | ||
1931 | Cyril W. | Beaumont | THE DANCING MASTER BY P. RAMEAU 1st edition of Beaumont translation | London | |
c. | 1931 | Francisco | Comas | EL ARTE DE BAILAR | Buenos Aires |
1931 | Dancing Masters of America | THE DANCING MASTER Magazine | Chicago | ||
1931 | Helene | Davis | COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING © 1923 | Chicago | |
1931 | Lynn | Rohrbough, ed. | QUADRILLES, HANDY II Kit T - Old Fashioned Quadrilles | Deleware, OH | |
1932 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues except Oct | Hollywood, CA | ||
1932 | Eleanor | Candler | THE MODERN BALLROOM DANCE INSTRUCTOR, 1932 EDITION | London | |
1932 | Helene | Davis | COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING © 1923 | Chicago | |
1932 | K. E. | Graham | THE DANCING MASTER | London |
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