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.

1961	Betty	White	BETTY WHITE'S TEEN-AGE DANCE ETIQUETTE	New York
1961	Vera	Wilson	THE GIRL'S BOOK OF BALLROOM DANCING first copyright 1959	London
1961	Beverly	Yerrington & T. Outland	SOCIAL DANCE	Palo Alto, CA
1962	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING (w/ Twist)	New York
1962	George	Carpozi, Jr.	LET'S TWIST	New York
1962	Leslie	Collinson	TACKLE BALLROOM DANCING THIS WAY	London
1962		Dance Educators of America	30th ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION BALLROOM PROGRAM	New York
1962	Nornie	Dwyer	DANCE THE TWIST	London
1962	Lyle	Engel	THE FRED ASTAIRE DANCE BOOK	New York
1962		International Society of Dance Masters	FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DANCE MASTERS	Catalina Island, CA
1962	Leona	Lehman	DANCING FOR ALL OCCASIONS	New York
1962	Rudolf	Orthwine, publ	BALLROOM DANCE MAGAZINE, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec issues	New York
1962		Teen Publications, Inc	TEEN Magazine, New Dance Crazes 'Cross Country	Los Angeles
1962		The Twist Magazine	THE TWIST - ALL ABOUT THE CRAZE THAT ROCKS THE NATION	New York
1962	Betty	White	BETTY WHITE'S BALLROOM DANCEBOOK FOR TEACHERS	New York
1963	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING STEP-BY-STEP	New York
1963	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING small format, different from 1962	New York
1963	Marie	Cartmell	» THE BEEJE. Description and sheet music.	London
1963	Charles	Crathorn	OLD TIME DANCING	London
1963	Claude	Francois	DANCEZ TOUS LE HULLY-GULLY, in TOP magazine, September 1963 issue	Paris
1963	J. Tillman	Hall	DANCE! A COMPLETE GUIDE TO SOCIAL, FOLK, & SQUARE DANCING	Belmont, CA
1963		International Society of Dance Masters	SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DANCE MASTERS	Catalina Island, CA
1963	Alex	Moore	BALLROOM DANCING 1986 ed	London
1963		National Association of Dance & Affiliated Artists	NADAA BALLROOM ASSEMBLY DANCE NOTES 1963	Los Angeles
1963	Betty	White	BETTY WHITE'S TEEN-AGE DANCE BOOK Revised Edition	New York

1961	Betty	White	BETTY WHITE'S TEEN-AGE DANCE ETIQUETTE	New York
1961	Vera	Wilson	THE GIRL'S BOOK OF BALLROOM DANCING first copyright 1959	London
1961	Beverly	Yerrington & T. Outland	SOCIAL DANCE	Palo Alto, CA
1962	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING (w/ Twist)	New York
1962	George	Carpozi, Jr.	LET'S TWIST	New York
1962	Leslie	Collinson	TACKLE BALLROOM DANCING THIS WAY	London
1962		Dance Educators of America	30th ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION BALLROOM PROGRAM	New York
1962	Nornie	Dwyer	DANCE THE TWIST	London
1962	Lyle	Engel	THE FRED ASTAIRE DANCE BOOK	New York
1962		International Society of Dance Masters	FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DANCE MASTERS	Catalina Island, CA
1962	Leona	Lehman	DANCING FOR ALL OCCASIONS	New York
1962	Rudolf	Orthwine, publ	BALLROOM DANCE MAGAZINE, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec issues	New York
1962		Teen Publications, Inc	TEEN Magazine, New Dance Crazes 'Cross Country	Los Angeles
1962		The Twist Magazine	THE TWIST - ALL ABOUT THE CRAZE THAT ROCKS THE NATION	New York
1962	Betty	White	BETTY WHITE'S BALLROOM DANCEBOOK FOR TEACHERS	New York
1963	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING STEP-BY-STEP	New York
1963	Joe	Bonomo	IMPROVE YOUR DANCING small format, different from 1962	New York
1963	Marie	Cartmell	» THE BEEJE. Description and sheet music.	London
1963	Charles	Crathorn	OLD TIME DANCING	London
1963	Claude	Francois	DANCEZ TOUS LE HULLY-GULLY, in TOP magazine, September 1963 issue	Paris
1963	J. Tillman	Hall	DANCE! A COMPLETE GUIDE TO SOCIAL, FOLK, & SQUARE DANCING	Belmont, CA
1963		International Society of Dance Masters	SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DANCE MASTERS	Catalina Island, CA
1963	Alex	Moore	BALLROOM DANCING 1986 ed	London
1963		National Association of Dance & Affiliated Artists	NADAA BALLROOM ASSEMBLY DANCE NOTES 1963	Los Angeles
1963	Betty	White	BETTY WHITE'S TEEN-AGE DANCE BOOK Revised Edition	New York

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

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