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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).
1938 | Molly | Spain, Freda Haylor, Phyllis Haylor & Charles Scrimshaw | AS WE DANCE | London | |
c. | 1938 | Maxwell | Stewart | MAXWELL STEWART'S LATEST DANCE BOOK with Jive and Swing Step | London |
c. | 1938 | Maxwell | Stewart | MAXWELL STEWART'S MODERN DANCING FOR CHILDREN (date guessed from Palais Glide) | London |
1938 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE, SEASON 1938-1939 | London | |
c. | 1938 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE (dated from the Palais Glide and Lambeth Walk) | London |
c. | 1938 | Harold | Tootill | BALLROOM DANCING FOR THE NOVICE | Rochdale England |
1938 | Veloz & Yolanda | TANGO AND RUMBA | New York & London | ||
1938 | Elizabeth | Woodward & Ladies Home Journal | COME ON AND DANCE | New York | |
1938 | Dexter & Anita | Wright | THE BIG APPLE | New York | |
1939 | BANDWAGON MAGAZINE vol. 1 issue 1 with Arthur Murray's Duchin Shag | New York | |||
1939 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER Jan, Feb, Apr, Oct, Nov, Dec issues | New York | ||
1939 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome III | Paris | |
1939 | Mutual Improvement Associations of the | Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day saints | M.I.A. DANCE MANUAL (M.I.A. DANCE PROGRAM) | Salt Lake City | |
1939 | Dorothy | Cropper | TEACHER'S MANUAL OF BALLROOM DANCING | New York | |
1939 | Dance Digest | CASTLES ISSUE (seven articles and dance descriptions from the RKO film) | |||
1939 | Adele | England | » HOW TO DANCE THE "JITTERBUG" Description accompanying sheet music for "In the Mood" | London | |
1939 | Lois S. | Fahs | SWING YOUR PARTNER - Old Time Dances of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia | New Brunswick Canada | |
1939 | Lawrence | Grant | HOW TO DO THE NEWEST DANCE STEPS AND VARIATIONS | not mentioned | |
1939 | Paul R. | Milton, Ed. | DANCE MAGAZINE March issue | New York | |
1939 | Motion Picture Magazine | FRED AND GINGER DO THE MAXIXE (article) March issue | |||
1939 | Arthur | Murray | THE DUCHIN SHAG, Arthur Murray's Dance Page, Jan. Bandwagon magazine, Vol.1, No.1 | New York | |
c. | 1939 | Arthur & Kathryn | Murray | MURRAY-GO-ROUND | New York |
c. | 1939 | Paul | Shahin | DANCE AND GROW SLENDER THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAY | New York |
c. | 1939 | Paul | Shahin | THE RHUMBA… STEP BY STEP Description, die-cut footprints, record | New York |
1939 | Lloyd | Shaw | PROMENADE, SEVEN COWBOY DANCES | Caldwell, ID |
1938 | Molly | Spain, Freda Haylor, Phyllis Haylor & Charles Scrimshaw | AS WE DANCE | London | |
c. | 1938 | Maxwell | Stewart | MAXWELL STEWART'S LATEST DANCE BOOK with Jive and Swing Step | London |
c. | 1938 | Maxwell | Stewart | MAXWELL STEWART'S MODERN DANCING FOR CHILDREN (date guessed from Palais Glide) | London |
1938 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE, SEASON 1938-1939 | London | |
c. | 1938 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE (dated from the Palais Glide and Lambeth Walk) | London |
c. | 1938 | Harold | Tootill | BALLROOM DANCING FOR THE NOVICE | Rochdale England |
1938 | Veloz & Yolanda | TANGO AND RUMBA | New York & London | ||
1938 | Elizabeth | Woodward & Ladies Home Journal | COME ON AND DANCE | New York | |
1938 | Dexter & Anita | Wright | THE BIG APPLE | New York | |
1939 | BANDWAGON MAGAZINE vol. 1 issue 1 with Arthur Murray's Duchin Shag | New York | |||
1939 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER Jan, Feb, Apr, Oct, Nov, Dec issues | New York | ||
1939 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome III | Paris | |
1939 | Mutual Improvement Associations of the | Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day saints | M.I.A. DANCE MANUAL (M.I.A. DANCE PROGRAM) | Salt Lake City | |
1939 | Dorothy | Cropper | TEACHER'S MANUAL OF BALLROOM DANCING | New York | |
1939 | Dance Digest | CASTLES ISSUE (seven articles and dance descriptions from the RKO film) | |||
1939 | Adele | England | » HOW TO DANCE THE "JITTERBUG" Description accompanying sheet music for "In the Mood" | London | |
1939 | Lois S. | Fahs | SWING YOUR PARTNER - Old Time Dances of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia | New Brunswick Canada | |
1939 | Lawrence | Grant | HOW TO DO THE NEWEST DANCE STEPS AND VARIATIONS | not mentioned | |
1939 | Paul R. | Milton, Ed. | DANCE MAGAZINE March issue | New York | |
1939 | Motion Picture Magazine | FRED AND GINGER DO THE MAXIXE (article) March issue | |||
1939 | Arthur | Murray | THE DUCHIN SHAG, Arthur Murray's Dance Page, Jan. Bandwagon magazine, Vol.1, No.1 | New York | |
c. | 1939 | Arthur & Kathryn | Murray | MURRAY-GO-ROUND | New York |
c. | 1939 | Paul | Shahin | DANCE AND GROW SLENDER THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAY | New York |
c. | 1939 | Paul | Shahin | THE RHUMBA… STEP BY STEP Description, die-cut footprints, record | New York |
1939 | Lloyd | Shaw | PROMENADE, SEVEN COWBOY DANCES | Caldwell, ID |
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