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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).
1939 | Victor | Silvester | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | London | |
c. | 1939 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE THE LATEST DANCES, Including Conga, Jive, Etc. | London |
c. | 1939 | Veloz and Yolanda | THE IMMORTAL VELOZ AND YOLANDA Concert program with Tango description | Los Angeles | |
1940 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER Jan, July issues | New York | ||
c. | 1940 | Jack | Charming | LÆR DEM Å DANSE SELV Et kurs I 41 leksjoner | Stockholm |
c. | 1940 | Farrow Falcon Press | DANCING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MODERN BALLROOM | Melbourne, Australia | |
c. | 1940 | Francis & Day pub | BALL ROOM GUIDE OF OLD TIME FAVOURITE AND MODERN DANCES | London | |
1940 | A. H. | Franks | THE BALLROOM DANCER'S HANDBOOK | London | |
1940 | Lawrence | Grant | HOW TO DO THE NEWEST DANCE STEPS AND VARIATIONS Reader Mail edition | not mentioned | |
1940 | Lawrence | Grant | HOME COURSE IN NEW BALLROOM DANCES (slightly different from 1937) | not mentioned | |
1940 | Augusta | Harris & Donnabel Keys | TEACHING SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
1940 | Lawrence | Hostetler | TEACH YOURSELF THE LATEST STEPS | New York | |
1940 | John | Lawrence | HOW HOLLYWOOD DANCES Signed by John Lawrence | Los Angeles | |
1940 | Betty | Lee | DANCING | New York | |
c. | 1940 | Lex Publications | THE JITTERBUG, magazine, Volume 1, Number 1. (There was no issue #2) | New York | |
c. | 1940 | M.& Mme Jean | Mesnard | NOUVELLE THÉORIE DES DANSES MODERNES | Paris |
1940 | Arthur | Murray | SELF-INSTRUCTION IN BALLROOM DANCING | not mentioned | |
1940 | Louis | Shomar | HOW TO DANCE the Lastes and Most Complete Instructions in Ballroom Dance Steps | New York | |
1940 | Johnson | Smith & Co. | IT'S FUN DANCING THE LATEST STEPS | Detroit, MI | |
1940 | Ella | Spowart | MODERN BALLROOM DANCE INSTRUCTOR, 1940 Edition | London | |
1941 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER Jan, Feb, Apr issues | New York | ||
1941 | Robert | Brandon | BALLROOM DANCING MADE EASY 1st Ed was 1936 | London | |
1941 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome I | Paris | |
1941 | Hazel | Conlon & R. Nowakowski | THE TECHNIQUE OF TEACHING SOCIAL DANCE | Madison, WI | |
1941 | Jack | Crossley | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | London |
1939 | Victor | Silvester | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | London | |
c. | 1939 | Pat | Sykes | HOW TO DANCE THE LATEST DANCES, Including Conga, Jive, Etc. | London |
c. | 1939 | Veloz and Yolanda | THE IMMORTAL VELOZ AND YOLANDA Concert program with Tango description | Los Angeles | |
1940 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER Jan, July issues | New York | ||
c. | 1940 | Jack | Charming | LÆR DEM Å DANSE SELV Et kurs I 41 leksjoner | Stockholm |
c. | 1940 | Farrow Falcon Press | DANCING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MODERN BALLROOM | Melbourne, Australia | |
c. | 1940 | Francis & Day pub | BALL ROOM GUIDE OF OLD TIME FAVOURITE AND MODERN DANCES | London | |
1940 | A. H. | Franks | THE BALLROOM DANCER'S HANDBOOK | London | |
1940 | Lawrence | Grant | HOW TO DO THE NEWEST DANCE STEPS AND VARIATIONS Reader Mail edition | not mentioned | |
1940 | Lawrence | Grant | HOME COURSE IN NEW BALLROOM DANCES (slightly different from 1937) | not mentioned | |
1940 | Augusta | Harris & Donnabel Keys | TEACHING SOCIAL DANCING | New York | |
1940 | Lawrence | Hostetler | TEACH YOURSELF THE LATEST STEPS | New York | |
1940 | John | Lawrence | HOW HOLLYWOOD DANCES Signed by John Lawrence | Los Angeles | |
1940 | Betty | Lee | DANCING | New York | |
c. | 1940 | Lex Publications | THE JITTERBUG, magazine, Volume 1, Number 1. (There was no issue #2) | New York | |
c. | 1940 | M.& Mme Jean | Mesnard | NOUVELLE THÉORIE DES DANSES MODERNES | Paris |
1940 | Arthur | Murray | SELF-INSTRUCTION IN BALLROOM DANCING | not mentioned | |
1940 | Louis | Shomar | HOW TO DANCE the Lastes and Most Complete Instructions in Ballroom Dance Steps | New York | |
1940 | Johnson | Smith & Co. | IT'S FUN DANCING THE LATEST STEPS | Detroit, MI | |
1940 | Ella | Spowart | MODERN BALLROOM DANCE INSTRUCTOR, 1940 Edition | London | |
1941 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER Jan, Feb, Apr issues | New York | ||
1941 | Robert | Brandon | BALLROOM DANCING MADE EASY 1st Ed was 1936 | London | |
1941 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome I | Paris | |
1941 | Hazel | Conlon & R. Nowakowski | THE TECHNIQUE OF TEACHING SOCIAL DANCE | Madison, WI | |
1941 | Jack | Crossley | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | London |
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