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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).
c. | 1934 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE, INCLUDES LATEST DANCE THE CROON on the dust jacket | London |
1934 | Prof. A. C. | Wirth | MODERN QUADRILLE CALL BOOK AND DANCING MASTER | Chicago | |
1934 | Harold | Zulawinski | ILLUSTRATED DANCE ROUTINES, Waltz, Fox Trot, One-Step, Tango, for Teachers and Students. Signed by Zulawinski | Los Angeles | |
1935 | Chicago Assn of Dancing Masters | DANCES PRESENTED AND TAUGHT AT THE 22nd ANNUAL CONVENTION | Chicago | ||
1935 | Hazel M. | Conlon | BALLROOM VARIATIONS, One Hundred Steps and Combinations | Madison, WI | |
1935 | D. T. | Foster | » THE PALAIS GLIDE. Description and sheet music. | London | |
1935 | Agnes & Lucille | Marsh | TEXTBOOK OF SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
1935 | Agnes & Lucille | Marsh | YEARLY SUPPLEMENT OF NEWEST STEPS FOR "THE TEXTBOOK OF SOCIAL DANCING" with Shag | New York | |
c. | 1935 | Arthur | Murray | MODERN DANCING, Introductory Course | New York |
1935 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues) | London | |
1935 | J. | Smith, publ. | THE ART OF DANCING (different from above edition) | Wisconsin | |
1935 | J. | Smith, publ. | THE ART OF DANCING | Detroit | |
c. | 1935 | Maxwell | Stewart | MAXWELL STEWART'S LATEST DANCE BOOK | London |
1935 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE, SEASON 1935-1936 | London | |
1936 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER December issue | New York | ||
c. | 1936 | Fred | Astaire | THE FRED ASTAIRE TOP HAT DANCE ALBUM, A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM ON BALLROOM DANCING | London |
c. | 1936 | Eizens | Bodnieks | MODERNO VIESIBU DEJU TEORIJA (MODERN DANCE THEORY FOR SOIREES) | Riga, Latvia |
1936 | MIA, | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | COMMUNITY ACTIVITY DANCE MANUAL | Salt Lake City | |
1936 | Dance | Congress | PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL DANCE CONGRESS & FESTIVAL | New York | |
1936 | Geoffrey | D'Egville | HOW AND WHAT TO DANCE | London | |
1936 | Lawrence | Hostetler | THE ART OF SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
1936 | Troy and Margaret West | Kinney | THE DANCE - THE LIVING HISTORY OF A LIVING ART | New York | |
1936 | Betty | Lee | DANCING | New York | |
1936 | Paul R. | Milton, Ed. | DANCE MAGAZINE Oct (Vol. 1 #1), Dec issue | New York | |
1936 | Thomas E. | Parson | POPULAR BALLROOM DANCES | New York |
c. | 1934 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE, INCLUDES LATEST DANCE THE CROON on the dust jacket | London |
1934 | Prof. A. C. | Wirth | MODERN QUADRILLE CALL BOOK AND DANCING MASTER | Chicago | |
1934 | Harold | Zulawinski | ILLUSTRATED DANCE ROUTINES, Waltz, Fox Trot, One-Step, Tango, for Teachers and Students. Signed by Zulawinski | Los Angeles | |
1935 | Chicago Assn of Dancing Masters | DANCES PRESENTED AND TAUGHT AT THE 22nd ANNUAL CONVENTION | Chicago | ||
1935 | Hazel M. | Conlon | BALLROOM VARIATIONS, One Hundred Steps and Combinations | Madison, WI | |
1935 | D. T. | Foster | » THE PALAIS GLIDE. Description and sheet music. | London | |
1935 | Agnes & Lucille | Marsh | TEXTBOOK OF SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
1935 | Agnes & Lucille | Marsh | YEARLY SUPPLEMENT OF NEWEST STEPS FOR "THE TEXTBOOK OF SOCIAL DANCING" with Shag | New York | |
c. | 1935 | Arthur | Murray | MODERN DANCING, Introductory Course | New York |
1935 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues) | London | |
1935 | J. | Smith, publ. | THE ART OF DANCING (different from above edition) | Wisconsin | |
1935 | J. | Smith, publ. | THE ART OF DANCING | Detroit | |
c. | 1935 | Maxwell | Stewart | MAXWELL STEWART'S LATEST DANCE BOOK | London |
1935 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE, SEASON 1935-1936 | London | |
1936 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER December issue | New York | ||
c. | 1936 | Fred | Astaire | THE FRED ASTAIRE TOP HAT DANCE ALBUM, A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM ON BALLROOM DANCING | London |
c. | 1936 | Eizens | Bodnieks | MODERNO VIESIBU DEJU TEORIJA (MODERN DANCE THEORY FOR SOIREES) | Riga, Latvia |
1936 | MIA, | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | COMMUNITY ACTIVITY DANCE MANUAL | Salt Lake City | |
1936 | Dance | Congress | PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL DANCE CONGRESS & FESTIVAL | New York | |
1936 | Geoffrey | D'Egville | HOW AND WHAT TO DANCE | London | |
1936 | Lawrence | Hostetler | THE ART OF SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
1936 | Troy and Margaret West | Kinney | THE DANCE - THE LIVING HISTORY OF A LIVING ART | New York | |
1936 | Betty | Lee | DANCING | New York | |
1936 | Paul R. | Milton, Ed. | DANCE MAGAZINE Oct (Vol. 1 #1), Dec issue | New York | |
1936 | Thomas E. | Parson | POPULAR BALLROOM DANCES | New York |
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