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).

Anti-dance books are listed here.

1952		Dance Masters of America, Inc.	NOTES OF DANCES – NORMAL SCHOOL OF THE DANCING MASTERS OF AMERICA ANNUAL CONVENTION	New York
1952		Dance Masters of America, Inc.	NOTES OF DANCES – DANCING MASTERS OF AMERICA ANNUAL CONVENTION	New York
1952	Mel and Helen	Day	THE BLUE BOOK OF ROUNDS. Old and New Dances.	Boise, Idaho
1952	Wally	Fryer	HOW TO DANCE	London
1952	Lawrence	Hostetler	WALK YOUR WAY TO BETTER DANCING Revised Edition of 1942	New York
1952	Lee	Katke	LEE KATKE'S STEP BY STEP THRU ROUND DANCES	Spokane, WA
1952	Marie & Mario	Montador	IT'S FUN TO DANCE	New York
1952	Arthur	Murray	ARTHUR MURRAY'S POPULARITY BOOK, Manual of Social Success	New York
1952	Charles C.	Thomas	DANCING BACK THE CLOCK	Philadelphia
1952	Sydney	Thompson, ed.	OLD TIME DANCING Magazine Jan.-Feb.	Middlesex
1952	Sydney	Thompson, ed.	OLD TIME DANCING Magazine Summer Edition	Middlesex
1952	Anita & Dexter	Wright	HOW TO DANCE	New York
1952	Prof. A.	de Vyver	PASO-DOBLE, Cours Complet	Clamart, Seine
1952	Prof. A.	de Vyver	SLOW-FOX, Cours Complet	Clamart, Seine
1953	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING, Pocket Manual (different from above)	New York
1953	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING	New York
1953	Carl	Bryant	ADVANCED BALLROOM DANCING. The Revised Theory and Technique	London
1953		Dancing Times, Ltd.	THE BALLROOM DANCING ANNUAL 1953	London
1953		Imperial Society T. D.	KNOW THE GAME: BALLROOM DANCING	Yorkshire
1953	F. J.	Mainey	OLD-TIME DANCERS' HANDBOOK	London
1953	Arthur	Murray	BALLROOM DANCING	New York
1953		TV Guide	TV GUIDE, Volume I, # 3, AMERICAN BANDSTAND, April 17-23, 1953
1953	I. F.	Waglow	SOCIAL DANCE FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS	Dubuque, Ia
1953	Betty	White	BETTY WHITE'S DANCING MADE EASY	New York
1954	Prof. D.	Charles	TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome III	Paris

1952		Dance Masters of America, Inc.	NOTES OF DANCES – NORMAL SCHOOL OF THE DANCING MASTERS OF AMERICA ANNUAL CONVENTION	New York
1952		Dance Masters of America, Inc.	NOTES OF DANCES – DANCING MASTERS OF AMERICA ANNUAL CONVENTION	New York
1952	Mel and Helen	Day	THE BLUE BOOK OF ROUNDS. Old and New Dances.	Boise, Idaho
1952	Wally	Fryer	HOW TO DANCE	London
1952	Lawrence	Hostetler	WALK YOUR WAY TO BETTER DANCING Revised Edition of 1942	New York
1952	Lee	Katke	LEE KATKE'S STEP BY STEP THRU ROUND DANCES	Spokane, WA
1952	Marie & Mario	Montador	IT'S FUN TO DANCE	New York
1952	Arthur	Murray	ARTHUR MURRAY'S POPULARITY BOOK, Manual of Social Success	New York
1952	Charles C.	Thomas	DANCING BACK THE CLOCK	Philadelphia
1952	Sydney	Thompson, ed.	OLD TIME DANCING Magazine Jan.-Feb.	Middlesex
1952	Sydney	Thompson, ed.	OLD TIME DANCING Magazine Summer Edition	Middlesex
1952	Anita & Dexter	Wright	HOW TO DANCE	New York
1952	Prof. A.	de Vyver	PASO-DOBLE, Cours Complet	Clamart, Seine
1952	Prof. A.	de Vyver	SLOW-FOX, Cours Complet	Clamart, Seine
1953	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING, Pocket Manual (different from above)	New York
1953	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING	New York
1953	Carl	Bryant	ADVANCED BALLROOM DANCING. The Revised Theory and Technique	London
1953		Dancing Times, Ltd.	THE BALLROOM DANCING ANNUAL 1953	London
1953		Imperial Society T. D.	KNOW THE GAME: BALLROOM DANCING	Yorkshire
1953	F. J.	Mainey	OLD-TIME DANCERS' HANDBOOK	London
1953	Arthur	Murray	BALLROOM DANCING	New York
1953		TV Guide	TV GUIDE, Volume I, # 3, AMERICAN BANDSTAND, April 17-23, 1953
1953	I. F.	Waglow	SOCIAL DANCE FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS	Dubuque, Ia
1953	Betty	White	BETTY WHITE'S DANCING MADE EASY	New York
1954	Prof. D.	Charles	TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome III	Paris

The collection of Richard Powers Primary Sources - Historical Social Dance Chronological listing

The collection of Richard Powers
Primary Sources - Historical Social Dance
Chronological listing