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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).
1932 | Mensuel, publ. | LE DANSEUR AMATEUR magazine, No. 9, March 1933 | Paris | ||
1932 | Mensuel, publ. | LE DANSEUR AMATEUR magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July 1932 | Paris | ||
1932 | R. Fred | Mitchell | FRED MITCHELL PRSENTS MARATHON DANCE CONTEST, complete with daily "Dope Sheet" newsletters | Wilmington, Del. | |
1932 | Arthur | Murray | SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
c. | 1932 | Arthur | Murray | SOCIAL DANCING Part II | New York |
1932 | Arthur | Murray | DANCING LEARNED EASILY | New York | |
c. | 1932 | George | Newnes, publ. | HOW TO DANCE, Tit-Bits Handy Books | London |
1932 | Lillian | Ray | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING 2nd printing | Chicago | |
1932 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues) | London | |
1932 | Arling | Shaeffer | ARLING SHAEFFER'S BARN DANCE, World's Greatest Collection of Quadrilles, Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes, with all calls. | Chicago | |
1932 | Victor | Silvester | GESELLSCHAFTSTANZ, Seine Theorie und Technik in Fragen und Antworten | Berlin | |
1933 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues except Jan-Mar | New York | ||
1933 | M. Ingerslev | Larsen | INGERSLEV LARSENS DANSEBOG Autographed by author. | Copenghagen | |
1933 | Lillian | Ray | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING 3rd printing | Chicago | |
1933 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan through Jun) | London | |
1933 | Victor | Silvester | THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF BALLROOM DANCING, 2nd Edition (1st ed. © 1932) | London | |
1933 | Cecil | Taylor | OLD TIME DANCES (VICTORIAN) | London | |
1933 | James | Weckler | BALLROOM DANCING AND DEPORTMENT | not mentioned | |
1934 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues except Oct-Dec | New York | ||
c. | 1934 | Prof. J | Bolot | DANCING AS A FINE ART | Sydney, Australia |
1934 | Helene | Davis | COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING © 1923 (same as 1931, different cover) | Chicago | |
1934 | Lawrence | Hostetler | THE ART OF SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
1934 | Arthur | Murray | LA CUCARACHA, Arthur Murray's Ballroom Adaptation of the Colorful Dance in the RKO Picture, Oct. Song Hit Folio | New York | |
1934 | Lillian | Ray | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING later edition | Chicago | |
1934 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues) | London |
1932 | Mensuel, publ. | LE DANSEUR AMATEUR magazine, No. 9, March 1933 | Paris | ||
1932 | Mensuel, publ. | LE DANSEUR AMATEUR magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July 1932 | Paris | ||
1932 | R. Fred | Mitchell | FRED MITCHELL PRSENTS MARATHON DANCE CONTEST, complete with daily "Dope Sheet" newsletters | Wilmington, Del. | |
1932 | Arthur | Murray | SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
c. | 1932 | Arthur | Murray | SOCIAL DANCING Part II | New York |
1932 | Arthur | Murray | DANCING LEARNED EASILY | New York | |
c. | 1932 | George | Newnes, publ. | HOW TO DANCE, Tit-Bits Handy Books | London |
1932 | Lillian | Ray | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING 2nd printing | Chicago | |
1932 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues) | London | |
1932 | Arling | Shaeffer | ARLING SHAEFFER'S BARN DANCE, World's Greatest Collection of Quadrilles, Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes, with all calls. | Chicago | |
1932 | Victor | Silvester | GESELLSCHAFTSTANZ, Seine Theorie und Technik in Fragen und Antworten | Berlin | |
1933 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues except Jan-Mar | New York | ||
1933 | M. Ingerslev | Larsen | INGERSLEV LARSENS DANSEBOG Autographed by author. | Copenghagen | |
1933 | Lillian | Ray | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING 3rd printing | Chicago | |
1933 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan through Jun) | London | |
1933 | Victor | Silvester | THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF BALLROOM DANCING, 2nd Edition (1st ed. © 1932) | London | |
1933 | Cecil | Taylor | OLD TIME DANCES (VICTORIAN) | London | |
1933 | James | Weckler | BALLROOM DANCING AND DEPORTMENT | not mentioned | |
1934 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues except Oct-Dec | New York | ||
c. | 1934 | Prof. J | Bolot | DANCING AS A FINE ART | Sydney, Australia |
1934 | Helene | Davis | COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING © 1923 (same as 1931, different cover) | Chicago | |
1934 | Lawrence | Hostetler | THE ART OF SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
1934 | Arthur | Murray | LA CUCARACHA, Arthur Murray's Ballroom Adaptation of the Colorful Dance in the RKO Picture, Oct. Song Hit Folio | New York | |
1934 | Lillian | Ray | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING later edition | Chicago | |
1934 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues) | London |
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