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Series: Materials about Arthur Mitchell and DTH, 1990s-2019

Arthur Mitchell Collection, 1800s-2021, bulk 1934-2019

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Series: Arthur Mitchell, 1800s-2018

This series contains records related to Mitchell's personal and professional activities. Materials directly related to his administrative and artistic work with the Dance Theatre of Harlem are filed with the Dance Theatre of Harlem records, although there is necessarily some overlap.

This series includes address books, appointment books, biographical information, clippings, correspondence, invitations, telephone message books, notes, notebooks, photographs, and programs. These primarily document Mitchell's career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet, as well as his later professional activities. Personal material includes correspondence, financial files, photographs, printed materials, and personal documents such as passports.

All audio and video recordings are in Series: Recordings.

Subseries: Address Books and Card Files, undated

This subseries contains address books, business card files, and rolodexes.


Box 88 Folder 1 Address Book

Box 88 Folder 2-3 Address Book, 2 folders

Book is intact, but no longer in binder.

Box 88 Folder 4 Address Book--Miscellaneous Pages

Various loose pages.

Box 88 Folder 5-6 Business Card Files, 4 items

Four business card holders.


Box 89 VIP Card File

VIP Card File: USA including DC and CA, South America, Scandanavia.


Box 90 Rolodex and Unfiled Business Cards

This file was one intact rolodex that included some unfiled cards in a plastic bag. The cards have been taken off the rolodex and filed in a box.


Box 91 Arthur Mitchell & Assistants Rolodex--#, A-G, circa 1990s-2000s

The cards filed in Boxes 91-93 were received in a box labelled "Arthur Mitchell & Assistants Rolodex". The cards themselves had been taken out of the rolodex and thrown together into a trash bag. Cards were arranged in a rough alphabetical sort during processing. It is possible that there are two or more individual rolodex files here, as the cards are two different sizes, and there are multiple cards for the same name in many cases.


Box 92 Arthur Mitchell & Assistants Rolodex--H-Q, circa 1990s-2000s

The cards filed in Boxes 91-93 were received in a box labelled "Arthur Mitchell & Assistants Rolodex". The cards themselves had been taken out of the rolodex and thrown together into a trash bag. Cards were arranged in a rough alphabetical sort during processing. It is possible that there are two or more individual rolodex files here, as the cards are two different sizes, and there are multiple cards for the same name in many cases.


Box 93 Arthur Mitchell & Assistants Rolodex--R-Z, circa 1990s-2000s

The cards filed in Boxes 91-93 were received in a box labelled "Arthur Mitchell & Assistants Rolodex". The cards themselves had been taken out of the rolodex and thrown together into a trash bag. Cards were arranged in a rough alphabetical sort during processing. It is possible that there are two or more individual rolodex files here, as the cards are two different sizes, and there are multiple cards for the same name in many cases.

Subseries: Appearances, 1952, 1962-2014

This subseries includes files with information on Mitchell's personal appearances including his participation in arts organizations, classes, committees, films, honorary degrees, lectures, panels, tours, and other events. These files include clippings, contracts, correspondence, invitations, itineraries, name tags, programs, and other records.


Box 62 Folder 1 Appearances, 1952, 1962

Includes itinerary for the New York City Ballet tour in the Soviet Union.

Box 62 Folder 2 Appearances, 1967-1968

Box 62 Folder 3-4 Appearances, 1974-1975, 2 folders

Box 62 Folder 5 Appearances, 1977-1979

Box 62 Folder 6-10 Appearances, 1980-1983, 5 folders

Box 62 Folder 11 Appearances, 1986-1988


Box 63 Folder 1-8 Appearances, 1994-1999, 8 folders


Box 64 Folder 1-2 Appearances, 2004-2010, 2 folders

Box 64 Folder 3-5 Appearances, 2012, 3 folders

Box 64 Folder 6 Appearances, 2013-2014

Subseries: Appointment Books and Schedules, 1980-2013

This subseries includes appointment books and daily schedules. Some appointment books are bound, others consist of pages that are no longer bound. There are some additional schedules and "calendars" filed with the Administrative Records subseries of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Records.


Box 78 Folder 1 Apointment Book, 1980

Box 78 Folder 2 Apointment Book, 1986 February-December

Box 78 Folder 3 Appointment Book and Daily Schedules, 1985 December-1986 December

Box 78 Folder 4 Intinerary (London), 1986 June-August

Box 78 Folder 5 Appointment Book, 1987

Box 78 Folder 6 Daily Schedule, 1987 February-September

Box 78 Folder 7 Appointment Book, 1992-1994

Box 78 Folder 8 Appointment Book, 1995-1997

Box 78 Folder 9 Appointment Book, 1997

Box 78 Folder 10 Tour Book, 1999

Box 78 Folder 11 Appointment Book, 1999

Box 78 Folder 12 Appointment Book, 2000-2001

Box 78 Folder 13 Appointment Book, 2002-2004


Box 79 Folder 1 Memoranda Pages, probably from Appointment Books, 1998-2005

Box 79 Folder 2 Appointment Book, 2006

Box 79 Folder 3 Appointment Book, 2007

Box 79 Folder 4 Appointment Book, 2008-2009

Box 79 Folder 5 Appointment Book, 2010

Box 79 Folder 6 Appointment Book, 2011

Box 79 Folder 7 Appointment Book, 2012

Box 79 Folder 8 Appointment Book, 2013

Subseries: Biographical and Personal Documents

This subseries includes biographical information, as well as personal documents such as birth certificates, diplomas, draft cards, licenses, and passports.


Box 70 Folder 8 Biographical Statements, 1960s-2000s

This folder includes biographical statements, career highlights, curriculum vitae, and lists of awards, dance roles, honors, television appearances, and selected choreographic works.

Box 70 Folder 9 Arthur Mitchell (Biography), 1975

By Tobi Tobias, illustrated by Carole Byard. Juvenile literature. There is another copy of this book held in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library under call number HISTCHIL GV1785.M53 T62 1975

Box 70 Folder 10 Birth Certificates, 1934, 2005

Box 70 Folder 11 Diploma--Junior High School #43, 1949

Box 70 Folder 12 Draft Cards, 1952-1953

Box 70 Folder 13 Drivers' Licenses, 1978, 1986, 1990

Box 70 Folder 14 Passports and Visa Application, 1975-2005

Three passports, and a copy of a visa application.

Box 70 Folder 15 Teacher's / Director's License, 1976

Issued by the New York State Education Department.

Subseries: Books, 1959-2007


Box 144 Jacques a'Amboise et al. Teaching the Magic of Dance, 1983

Inscribed by author.


Box 145 Arundell, Dennis. The Story of Sadler's Wells: 1683-1777, 1978

Inscribed by Derek Westlake of Sadler's Wells Theatre, 1979.

Box 145 Chevron School Broadcast. Artwork: Careers in the Arts: Dance, 1978

Includes filmstrip, teacher's guide, and two audiocassettes. Filmstrip includes the Dance Theatre of Harlem, as does the guide.


Box 143 Dancer, circa 1980

About Akido Konda. Inscribed by Akido Konda, 1980


Box 145 Christiane Dertnig and Lorenz Gallmetzer, eds. Bob Curtis: High Priest of Afro Contemporary Dance, 2005

Includes file with trailer, correspondence, and information on a related documentation project, Bob Curtis: Dancing All Colors from Christoph Dostal.

Box 145 Duberman, Martin. Paul Roberson: A Biography, 1989

With letter from Duberman, 2003

Box 145 Edwards, Grace F. A Toast Before Dying, 1998

Inscribed by author, 2003.

Box 145 Edwards, Grace F. No Time to Die: A Mali Anderson Mystery, 1999

Inscribed by author, 2003.

Box 145 Elam, Patricia. Breathing Room, 2001

Inscribed by author.

Box 145 Fales-Hill, Susan. Always Wear Joy, 2003

Inscribed by author.


Box 143 Fisher, Angela. Africa Adorned, 1987, 1992

Book was signed by the company, 1992.

Box 143 IBM. 1988 Golden Circle, The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida, 1988

Published album of photo memories.

Box 143 Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 25 Years Gala Celebration, 1996 April 27

Includes ticket.


Box 145 Mara, Thalia. Ballet Exercise Series, 1955-1959, 1959, 4 Volumes

Signed by author.

Box 145 Mara, Thalia. The Language of Ballet: A Dictionary, 1966

Signed by author.


Box 144 Maybarduk, Linda. The Dancer Who Flew: A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev, 1999

Signed by author.

Box 144 Moore, Lillian. Images of the Dance: Historical Treasures of the Dance Collection 1581-1861 (New York Public Library), 1986

Appears to have been presented to Mitchell at New York Public Library event; it is signed by what might be guests


Box 145 Neals, Betty H. Move the Air, 1985

Inscribed, with accompanying letter, by the author. 2003.

Box 145 Leslie Norton with Frederic Franklin. Frederic Franklin: A Biography of the Ballet Star, 2007

Inscribed by Leslie Norton

Box 145 Pask, Edward H. Enter the Colonies Dancing: A History of Dance in Australia 1835-1940, 1979

2 copies. 1 copy is inscribed, and the other signed, both by the author.

Box 145 Reynolds, Nancy. Remembering Lincoln, 2007

About Lincoln Kerstein; includes Mitchell.


Box 144 Reynolds, Nancy. Repertory in Review: 40 Years of the New York City Ballet, 1977

Signed by Dance Theatre of Harlem company members.


Box 145 Rozanova, O. Elena Lyukom, 1988

In Russian. Signed or inscribed (in Russian).

Box 145 Shelton, Suzanne. Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis, 1981, 1982

Inscribed by the author.


Box 143 Smith, Ming. A Ming Breakfast: Grits and Scrambled Moments, undated

Photography by Ming Smith. Inscribed by photographer.

Box 143 Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of. A Photographic Autobiography, 1979

Inscribed by Tony, 1979.


Box 144 Sorine, Daniel S. and Stephanie. Dancer Shoes, 1979

Inscribed by the authors.


Box 143 Taylor, Brenda. A.C. Hollingsworth Paintings, circa 1996

Inscribed by A.C. Hollingsworth, 1996


Box 144 Tchurko, Julie. Boris Eifman: Ascendance, 2005

In Russian and English; inscribed.


Box 145 Vanzant, Iyanla. Acts of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Color, 1993

Inscribed by Rachel and Iris.

Subseries: Correspondence, 1952-2015, undated

This subseries consists of personal correspondence, greeting cards, and legal correspondence relating to both personal and professional matters.

Subseries: VIP Correspondence, 1955, 1977-2015


Box 94 Folder 1 A-D

Box 94 Folder 2 E-K

Box 94 Folder 3 L-Z

Box 94 Folder 10 New York City Ballet--Telegram from Lincoln Kirstein, 1955 August 24

Telegram from Lincoln Kirstein to Arthur Mitchell inviting him to join the New York City Ballet

Subseries: Chronological, 1952-2015, undated

Box 94 Folder 4-9 Correspondence, 1952-1985, 6 folders


Box 95 Folder 1-3 Correspondence, 1986-1989, 3 folders

Box 95 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1990-1994

Box 95 Folder 5-6 Correspondence (Folders 1-2, of 7), 1996-1999, 2 folders


Box 96 Folder 1-5 Correspondence (Folders 3-7, of 7), 1996-1999, 5 folders


Box 97 Folder 1-3 Correspondence, 2000-2008, 3 folders

Box 97 Folder 4 Correspondence, undated

Box 97 Folder 14 Dance Theatre of Harlem Company Gift to Mitchell, undated

Handmade Christmas card from the company to Mitchell noting their gift of a financial contribution to Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Subseries: Legal Correspondence, 1986-2013

This subseries contains legal correspondence related to both personal and professional matters.


Box 102 Folder 1-3 Legal Correspondence, 1986-1990, 3 folders

Box 102 Folder 4 Legal Correspondence, 1995

Box 102 Folder 5 Legal Correspondence--Hartman & Craven, 1998

Box 102 Folder 6 Legal Correspondence--Johnston & Sellars, 1998

Box 102 Folder 7 Legal Correspondence--Hartman & Craven, 1999

Box 102 Folder 8 Legal Correspondence--Arthur Mitchell Enterprises (AME), 1982-1998

Mitchell handled many professional engagements and their related contracts and financial matters through this corporation.

Box 102 Folder 9 Legal Correspondence--Arthur Mitchell Foundation, 1998-2013

Box 102 Folder 10 Legal / Financial--Loans to Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1986, 1996-2007

Mitchell periodically donated and loaned money to the Dance Theatre of Harlem; this file documents many of those transactions, particularly for 1996-2007.

Subseries: Manuscripts, 1952-1954, 1976-2004


Box 97 Folder 5 Manuscripts, 1952-1954

This subseries includes correspondence from government officials and others that were filed and maintained as "manuscripts".

Box 97 Folder 6-13 Manuscripts, 1976-2004, 8 folders

Subseries: Invitations, 1976-2009

This subseries contains invitations sent to Mitchell for events and programs of various types. Files include both accepted and rejected invitations.


Box 85 Folder 1 Invitations, 1976-1979

Box 85 Folder 2 Invitations, 1980

Regrets

Box 85 Folder 3-5 Invitations, 1980-1985, 3 folders

Box 85 Folder 6 Invitations, 1986-1989


Box 86 Folder 1 Invitations, 1987-1988

Box 86 Folder 2-3 Invitations, 1992-1994, 2 folders

Box 86 Folder 4-6 Invitations, 1995, 3 folders


Box 64 Folder 7-8 Invitations, 1996, 2 folders


Box 87 Folder 1-4 Invitations, 1997-1999, 4 folders

Box 87 Folder 5 Invitations, 2003-2009


Box 101 Invitation--Radio City Music Hall Gala, 1982 January 19

Oversized invitation to the galal for the 50th anniversary celebration of Radio City Music Hall.

Subseries: Memorabilia, 1978-2012, undated

This subseries includes calendars, name tags, signed programs, stamps, stationary, and items related to an event held at the White House for the Dance Theatre of Harlem (2006).


Box 128 Folder 6 Black Swan Menu, undated


Box 100 Folder 13 Blue Note Jazz Festival Program, 2012

Inscribed to Mitchell by Kathleen Battle.

Box 100 Folder 14 Celebrate the Arts--Menu, 2005 May 31

Signed by Laura Bush, Arthur Mitchell, Laveen Naidu, Kathleen Reynolds, and one other person.

Box 100 Folder 15 Harvard Theatre Collection Balanchine Stationary--Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Contains notecards featuring a color lithograph of Mitchell and Suzanne Farrell in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1968) by Al Hirschfeld.


Box 132 Folder 6 Alonzo King's Lines Ballet--Poster, 2007

Inscribed to Mitchell by Alonzo King.


Box 100 Folder 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Stamps

Six items. These are unmarked copies.


Box 129 Folder 3 Mitchell's Name Plate for Desk at Dance Theatre of Harlem

Box 129 Folder 4 Mitchell's Name Plate for Door at Dance Theatre of Harlem


Box 100 Folder 17 Name Tags

Box 100 Folder 18 Pepsi Black History Calendar, 2008

One month features Mitchell. A photographic print of the image is available in Box 42 Folder 19.

Box 100 Folder 19 Stamp, 1978

Stamp of Arthur Mitchell, issued April 26, 1978. These are marked copies.

Box 100 Folder 20 White House Event--Memorabilia, 2006 February

Includes a menu, table card, place card, and automobile check card for a dinner in honor of Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theatre of Harlem, as well as a hotel key card.


Box 130 Folder 1 White House Event--National African American History Month Proclamation and Other Materials, 2006

Includes two copies of the proclamation, program, accompanying cards, as well as two thank you notes from Bush after the visit, and a statement on the death of Coretta Scott King.

Subseries: Notes and Notebooks, 1965-2014, undated

This subseries contains notes and notebooks. These consist of loose pages, notebooks, and notepads. Many individual entries are dated, but not all.


Box 80 Folder 3 Notebooks, 1975

Box 80 Folder 4-6 Notebooks, circa 1980-1982, 3 folders


Box 81 Folder 1 Notebooks, circa 1990-1993

Box 81 Folder 2 Notebooks, circa 1994

Box 81 Folder 3 Notebooks, 1994-1995

Box 81 Folder 4 Notebooks, 1994-1996

Box 81 Folder 5 Notebooks, 1995

Box 81 Folder 6-8 Notebooks, 1996, 3 folders


Box 82 Folder 1 Notebooks, 1996-1997

Box 82 Folder 2-5 Notebooks, 1997-1999, 4 folders


Box 83 Folder 1 Notebooks, circa 1999

Box 83 Folder 2 Notebooks, 2003-2004

Box 83 Folder 3-4 Notebooks, undated, 2 folders


Box 84 Folder 1 Notes, circa 1965-1969

Box 84 Folder 2 Notes, 1970-1979

Box 84 Folder 3-4 Notes, 1980-1986, 2 folders

Box 84 Folder 5 Notes, 1986-1989

Box 84 Folder 6 Notes, 1990-1999

Box 84 Folder 7 Notes, circa 2000-2014

Box 84 Folder 8-11 Notes, undated, 4 folders

Subseries: Personal Financial Files, 1968-2006, bulk 1982-2006

This subseries consists of a small set of personal files. Boxes 133-141 were originally filed togther as a set: these files are primarily bills, cancelled checks, receipts, and statements. These materials were originally filed in oversized envelopes, and remain in that condition. Although the original titles have been retained in the container list, some materials have been removed or filed elsewhere. Utility bills and medical bills were not retained for the collection. Appointment books, legal correspondence, and notebooks were filed with similiar records elsewhere in the collection. Box 142 contains miscellaneous personal, financial and legal files.


Box 133 Banking, 1982

Box 133 Utility / banking / store receipts / notes / investments, 1983

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 133 Banking / Canceled checks / receipts / Laidlaw Adam Peck, 1983

Box 133 Receipts / banking notes / canceled checks etc, 1984

Box 133 Utility / banking / store receipts / notes / investments, 1984

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 133 Banking / utilities / receipts / investments, etc., 1985

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 133 Canceled checks / banking / investments / dental bills / European Tour receipts, 1985

Dental bills were not kept.


Box 134 Investments / Lawyers, 1986

Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.

Box 134 Personal Receipts / Notes, 1986

Box 134 Banking / Credit Card / Cancelled Checks, 1986

Box 134 Receipts and Notes, 1986

Box 134 Receipts and Notes, etc., 1986

Box 134 Receipts, Banking, Canceled Checks, Investments, Notes, etc., 1987

Legal correspondence and notes are filed elsewhere in the collection.

Box 134 Utilities / Banking Statements / Credit Card / Rent / Investments, 1988

Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries. Utility bills were not kept.


Box 135 Utilities / Banking / Credit Cards / Cancelled Checks / Etc., 1988

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 135 Utilities / Phone / Banking / Credit Card / Investment / Rent / Cancelled Checks - Statements, 1989

Utility bills were not kept.


Box 139 Merrill Lynch Statements, 1990-1996

3 large envelopes


Box 136 Bank statements and investments, 1990

Box 136 Credit card statements / store receipts, 1990

Box 136 Rent statements / Con ed / cable / phone, 1990

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 136 Canceled checks, 1991-1992

Box 136 Investments, 1995

Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.

Box 136 Bank statements, 1996

Box 136 Credit card statements / American Guild of Musical Arts (AGMA) health fund statements, 1996

Box 136 Investment statements - Charles De Rose / Merill Lynch / MacArthur Foundation, 1996

Box 136 Rent receipts and cable receipts, 1996

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 136 Store receipts, 1996

Box 136 Utilities / AAA car receipts / Con Ed / Phone Receipts, 1996

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 136 Credit card statements / American Guild of Musical Arts (AGMA) health fund statements, 1997

Box 136 Rent receipts / cable receipts / AAA car statements, 1997

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 136 Store receipts / American Guild of Musical Arts (AGMA) statements / laundry / Canyon Ranch, 1997


Box 137 Bank and Tax statements - Chase, first federal, marine midland, 1997

Box 137 Investment statements - Merril Lynch, Schwab, MacArthur Foundation, 1997

Box 137 AAA car statements / rent receipts / cable receipts, 1998

Utility bills were not kept.

Box 137 Bank and credit card statements / tax receipts / family gift receipts, 1998

Box 137 Investment Statements - Merrill Lynch, Schwab, MacArthur Foundation / Hartman & Craven / Ted Striggles court papers, 1998

Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.

Box 137 Store receipts / health receipts / donation receipts, 1998

Medical receipts were not kept.

Box 137 Banking and credit card statements / store receipts, 1999

Box 137 Investment statements / lawyer papers, 1999

Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.

Box 137 Mr. Mitchell personal notes, 1999

This file included appointment books and notes that a were filed elsewhere in the collection.


Box 138 Ford Credit Loan, 2004

Box 138 NYC Transit, 2004

Box 138 Bank One, 2004

Box 138 Store Receipts - Pharmacy, laundry, cleaners, groceries, etc., 2005

Box 138 Union Memberships, 2005

Box 138 National Life, 2005

Box 138 First Sun America, 2005

Box 138 Ford Car Repair / Travelers Insurance Co

Box 138 Lawrence Properties, 2005

2 envelopes

Box 138 Chase 2005 - Credit Card and banking statements, 2005

Box 138 HSBC, 2005

Box 138 Taxation and Finance info for 2005, 2005

Box 138 Social security admin and medicare, 2005

Box 138 Travelers - Bollinger / Chubb Insurance, 2003-2006


Box 139 Lawrence Properties, 2006

Routine newsletters were not kept.

Box 139 Chase Credit card / banking statements, 2006

Box 139 HSBC, 2006

Box 139 Ford care credit loan, 2006

Box 139 Charles Schwab, 2006

Box 139 Arthur Mitchell Personal Info - Birth Certificate, SS Card, Medicare Card, Old Passport

All personal documents and photographs are filed elsewhere in the collection. This file contains some miscellaneous personal and family material.


Box 140 Banking statements / credit card / HSBC loan documents, 2003

Box 140 Store receipts, 2004

Box 140 Charles Schwab, 2005

Several files and envelopes.

Box 140 Chase, 2005

3 envelopes

Box 140 HSBC, 2005

2 envelopes


Box 141 Bank statements, 2000

Box 141 Investment and Credit Card statements, 2000

Box 141 Rent, Cable, and Phone statements, 2000

Phone and cable bills were not kept.

Box 141 Store receipts, 2000

Box 141 Banking statements, 2001

Box 141 Insurance - travelers / aetna, 2003

Box 141 Utilites - phone, cable, rent, 2003

Phone and cable bills were not kept.

Box 141 Store receipts / medical statements / misc, 2003

Medical statements and receipts were not kept.

Box 141 Investment statements - Charles De Rose / Charles Schwab, 2003

Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.

Box 141 Ford Car Information, 2003

Box 141 NYC Transit Information, 2003

Box 141 Screenplay, 2003

"Upside Out" by Edward V. Schoelwer.

Box 141 HSBC Premier Credit Card - Info for American Account / Balance info, c. 2004-2005


Box 142 Miscellaneous Personal and Financial Files, 1968-1999

Various personal and financial files, 1968-1999, but primarily 1990s. These include family, financial, legal, personal, personal expense, and travel files.

Subseries: Photographs, 1940s-2015

Subseries: Appearances, 1949-2015

This subseries includes photographs of Arthur Mitchell in theater, modern dance, and film productions as well as other appearances and events.


Box 39 Folder 1 Appearances, 1949-1952, 1 items

File includes one photograph, apparently of a class mate.

Box 39 Folder 2-3 Appearances, 1952-1954, 7 items

Arthur Mitchell in House of Flowers; Donald McKayle and Company.

Box 39 Folder 4-7 Appearances, 1961-1963, 4 folders

Arthur Mitchell in guest appearances with Stuttgart Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Munich Opera, and at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. These include photographs related to The Rehearsal Room, Othello, Orestes, and Four Saints, as well as photographs of Mitchell outside of the performances.

Box 39 Folder 8-10 Appearances, 1966, 18 items

Arthur Mitchell, Candice Bergen and the cast of The Day The Fish Came Out.


Box 20 Folder 15 Appearances, 1966

Two snapshots of Mitchell backstage with young dancers, including Lynn Glauber, who danced in the New York City Ballet performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Saratoga Springs, NY. A clipping about the young dancers and the performerance is included in the file.


Box 39 Folder 11-12 Appearances, 1967, 13 items

Mitchell at Castro Alves Theater in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Box 39 Folder 13 Appearances, 1980s

Several unidentified snapshots. There is also a professional photograph of Mitchell with Nancy Reagan at an unidentied event, as well as a photograph of Mitchell at the Golden Plate Awards (1989). These two photographs were originally framed, and the photographs are glued to backing materials.


Box 123 Folder 2 Arthur Mitchell at DTH event: "20 Years at DTH", 1988

(With timeline 1968-1988)


Box 39 Folder 14 Appearances, 1991-1994, 2 items

Includes promotional photograph of Mitchell and Peter Jennings (ABC) for a television report on the Dance Theater of Harlem.


Box 40 Folder 41 Appearances, 1995-1996

Photographs from the 50th Anniversary of the New York City Ballet and a Youth for Understanding Foundation gala.

Box 40 Folder 42 Appearances, 1996, 2 items

Photographs related to Mitchell's receipt of an honorary degree at Brown University. Includes a group photograph with that year's recepients.


Box 39 Folder 15-17 Appearances, 2002-2014, 15 items

Includes several photographs from a National Musem of Dance event, probably for the exhibit on the Dance Theater of Harlem (2014). Also includes photograph of Mitchell with Michael Bloomberg during the Harlem Week Reception (2002). This photograph was originally in a frame.

Box 39 Folder 18 Appearances, 2015, 2 items

Calendar pages with 8 photographs, probably from a panel event held at Barnard College in October 2015. Photographs include Mitchell, Lynn Garafola, and possibly Carmen de Lavallade and Allegra Kent. Photographs by Ken Kim, Barnard College.


Box 40 Folder 43 Appearances--Mitchell at Jones-Haywood Dance School, undated

Snapshots of Mitchell teaching in a boy's dance class at the school.

Box 40 Folder 44 Appearances--Times Talk: Balanchine at 100, 2004 January 10

New York Times. Arthur Mitchell, Anna Kisselgoff, Merrill Ashley, Peter Martins, and Jacques d'Amboise. Photograph was originally framed.


Box 107 Folder 5 Appearances--Jacob's Pillow From the Horse's Mouth: The Men Dancers , 2012 July, 2 compact disks

Subseries: New York City Ballet Repertory, circa 1949-1968

This subseries primarily consists of photographs of the New York City Ballet company repertory. These photographs include both Mitchell and dancers who were his contemporaries at the company; Mitchell did not appear in all productions. The subseries also includes some posed photographs and several snapshots of the company while on tour. Photographs are primarily 8x10" black and white photographs.


Box 39 Folder 19 Afternoon of a Faun, 7 items; Photographs by Lord Anthony Snowden are photocopies (4 items)

Various casts: Mikhail Barishinikov and Allegra Kent; Kay Mazzo and Arthur Mitchell

Agon, circa 1957

There is currently no Photograph #4.

Box 39 Folder 20 Photographs #3, #22-23, 3 items

Mitchell and Diana Adams.

Box 39 Folder 21 Photographs #6, 17-20, 5 items

Mitchell and Allegra Kent.

Box 39 Folder 22 Photographs #7, 21, 2 items

Mitchell and Allegra Kent.

Box 39 Folder 23 Photographs #24-26, 3 items

Box 39 Folder 24 Photograph #27, 1 items; Item is glued to a mat board.

Box 39 Folder 25 Photographs #28, 30-33, 5 items

Box 39 Folder 26 Photographs #34-37, 40, 40A, #41, 7 items

#41 is a signed copy of the "Jumping Man" photographs, inscribed to Mike Harris


Box 44 Folder 13 Photographs #1, 2, 5, 8, 3 items

Mitchell and Diana Adams.

Box 44 Folder 14 Photographs #9-13, 3 items

Mitchell and Diana Adams.

Box 44 Folder 15 Photographs #14-16, 29, 3 items

Mitchell and Diana Adams.


Box 146 Photographs, oversized, 1957, 2 items

Diana Adams and Arthur Mitchell. Two Photographs by Martha Swope, New York. Signed and dated by the photographer.


Box 46 Folder 1-2 Additional Photographs, 2 folders

Materials in this box were moldy and have been cleaned. Although they can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to these materials.

These photographs were moldy and have been cleaned. Many are damaged.


Box 40 Folder 33 Arcade, 1963, 2 items

Mitchell and Suzanne Farrell


Box 39 Folder 27 Bourrée Fantasque, 1 items

Bugaku

Box 39 Folder 28 Bugaku, circa 1963, 3 items

Edward Villella and Allegra Kent

Box 39 Folder 29 Bugaku, undated, 6 items

Arthur Mitchell and Mimi Paul

Box 39 Folder 30 The Cage, circa 1951, 3 items

Nora Kaya and Nicholas Magallanes

Box 39 Folder 31-32 Clarinade, circa 1964, 8 items

Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin

Box 39 Folder 33 Creation of the World, circa 1960, 2 items

Arthur Mitchell


Box 40 Folder 1 Episodes, circa 1959, undated, 3 items

Violette Verdy, Anthony Blum, Allegra Kent and Nicholas Magallanes.

Box 40 Folder 2-3 The Figure in the Carpet, circa 1960, 7 items

Arthur Mitchell and Mary Hinkson

Box 40 Folder 4 Firebird, circa 1949, 1 items

Maria Tallchief

Box 40 Folder 5 The Four Temperaments, undated, 4 items

Arthur Mitchell

Box 40 Folder 6 Gounod Symphony, 1 items

Mimi Paul and André Prokovsky.

Box 40 Folder 7 Illuminations, 2 items

Melissa Hayden, Frederick Ashton. Including company rehearsal photograph.

Box 40 Folder 8 Jeux, circa 1966, 1 items

Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent, and Edward Villella.

Box 40 Folder 8 Jeux d'Enfants, 1 items

Tanaquil LeClercq

Box 40 Folder 9 Medea, 1958 or later, 1 items

Arthur Mitchell, Melissa Hayden, and Violette Verdy

Box 40 Folder 10 Metamorphoses, circa 1952, 1 items

Tanaquil Le Clercq

Box 40 Folder 11 A Midsummer Night's Dream, circa 1962, 2 items

Arthur Mitchell as Puck.


Box 44 Folder 16 A Midsummer Night's Dream, circa 1962, 1 items

Arthur Mitchell as Puck. Oversized photograph is glued to a cardboard backing.


Box 40 Folder 12 Modern Jazz: Variants, circa 1961, 1 items

Arthur Mitchell and Melissa Hayden.

Box 40 Folder 13 Native Dancers, circa 1959, 2 items

Patricia Wilde, Jacques d'Amboise

Box 40 Folder 14 Night Shadow, circa 1960, 1 items

Allegra Kent


Box 44 Folder 17 Orpheus, undated, 1 items

Arthur Mitchell and Edward Villella.


Box 46 Folder 3 Orpheus, undated, 1 item

Materials in this box were moldy and have been cleaned. Although they can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to these materials.

This photograph is damaged.


Box 40 Folder 15 Panamerica, circa 1960, 1 items

Arthur Mitchell and Maria Tallchief.

Box 40 Folder 16 Pas de Deux, 4 items

Violette Verdy and Helgi Tomasson and Patricia McBride

Box 40 Folder 17-18 The Pied Piper, undated, 9 items

Arthur Mitchell, Gertrude Tyven, Bobby Barnett, and Allegra Kent.

Box 40 Folder 19 Prodigal Son, 1 items

Edward Villella

Box 40 Folder 20 Requiem Canticles, 1968, 1 items

Arthur Mitchell, and company. This was a single performance, In Memoriam: Martin Luther King (1929-1968).

Box 40 Folder 21 Scotch Symphony, 2 items

Maria Tallchief, Allegra Kent

Box 40 Folder 22 The Seven Deadly Sins (Sloth, Pride, Anger, Gluttony, Lust, Avarice, Envy), Probably 1958, 2 items

Allegra Kent

Box 40 Folder 23-24 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, circa 1968, 6 items

Arthur Mitchell and Suzanne Farrell

Box 40 Folder 25 Souvenirs, circa 1955, 1 items

Arthur Mithcell

Box 40 Folder 26 Square Dance, 3 items

Kay Mazzo, Bart Cook

Box 40 Folder 27 Stars and Stripes, circa 1958, 1 items

Jacques d'Amboise

Box 40 Folder 28 Swan Lake, 1 items

Violette Verdy and Conrad Ludlow

Box 40 Folder 29 Symphony in C, undated, 1 items

Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin

Box 40 Folder 30 The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore or, The Three Sundays of a Poet, circa 1957, 3 items

Arthur Mitchell


Box 131 Folder 6 The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore--Album Cover, circa 1957

Album cover photograph includes Mitchell.


Box 40 Folder 31-32 Western Symphony, Probably 1962, 5 items

Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin

Box 40 Folder 34-35 Miscellaneous Posed Photographs of Single Dancers, 2 folders

Posed photographs of various dancers. These do not include Mitchell.

Box 40 Folder 36 Miscellaneous Photographs, 4 items

Photographs from unidentified productions.

Box 40 Folder 37-39 New York City Ballet on Tour, 1961-1967, 13 items

Primarily snaphots of company members, including Mitchell. Includes a color portrait photograph of the company (1964).

Box 40 Folder 40 School of American Ballet, 1 item

Women's class

Subseries: Photo Shoots and Other Photographs, 1950s-2005

This subseries primarily consists of black and white photographs of Arthur Mitchell in various photo shoots, head shots, and portraits.


Box 41 Folder 1-9 Dancing--Photographs #1-44, 44 items

These files contain posed photographs of Mitchell dancing. Includes some contact sheets.


Box 44 Folder 18 Dancing--Photographs #45-46, 49-50, 4 items

These files contain posed photographs of Mitchell dancing. Photographs are oversized.


Box 45 Folder 3 Dancing--Photographs #47-48, 2 items

These files contain posed photographs of Mitchell dancing. Photographs are oversized. Photographs are damaged, and some work was done to stablize them for use in the 2018 exhibit at Columbia University.


Box 44 Folder 19 Dancing--Photographs #51-53, 3 items

These files contain posed photographs of Mitchell dancing. Photographs are oversized.


Box 45 Folder 2 Dancing--Jack Mitchell Photograph, 1963, 1 items

Photographs is matted, signed, numbered, and inscribed by the photographer (1984).


Box 41 Folder 10 Dancing--Negatives, 3 items


Box 44 Folder 20-23 Stills--Photographs #1-17, 23, 18 items

Various still photographs and portraits.


Box 41 Folder 11-15 Stills--Photographs #18-22, 24-42, 25 items

Various still photographs and portraits.

Box 41 Folder 16 Stills--Contact Sheets and Negatives

These are from a single photo shoot. These do not seem to match any corresponding prints in the collection.

Box 41 Folder 17-18 Stills--Negatives

A few of these are damaged.

Box 41 Folder 19-23 Carl Van Vechten Photo Shoot, 1955-1956, 22 items

Item#1 is a postcard to Mitchell from Van Vechten.


Box 42 Folder 1-17 Headshots and Portraits--Photographs #1-2, 4-49, 51-56, 68-94


Box 44 Folder 24-28 Headshots and Potraits--Photographs #3, 50, 57-67


Box 42 Folder 18-19 Headshots and Portraits, 2 folders

Additional items. One item in folder 19 is signed, but the signature is damaged.

Box 42 Folder 20 Headshots and Portraits (Small), 1950s-1990s

The photographs in this file are wallet-size or smaller photographs. Includes several early items.

Box 42 Folder 21-22 Headshots and Portraits--Negatives, 2 folders


Box 45 Folder 4-7 Joseph Screen Test (Luchino Visconti), 1960s, 17 items

These photographs appears to be related to the project to film the book of Genesis planned by Dino De Laurentiis, which eventually become The Bible...In the Beginning (1966).


Box 42 Folder 23 Barneys New York Advertisement

Advertisement for men's suits.


Box 56 Folder 18-21 CHAZ Illustrated and Related Photographs, 1975, 4 folders

CHAZ Illustrated appears to be a magazine issued as part of an advertising campaign for the launch of CHAZ cologne and aftershave by Revlon in 1975. These folders include the magazine, as well as 11x14" photographs of many of the images of Mitchell, Mike Reid, and Robert Young that were used in the magazine.


Box 42 Folder 24 "From Alaska With Love" Postcards, 1998

Postcards featuring posed photographs of Mitchell in Alaska. These were postmarked, and some of the ink has transferred onto the images.

Box 42 Folder 29 Passport Photographs, circa 2005


Box 107 Folder 5 Photo Shoot for Arthur McGee Website, circa 2000s, 1 compact disks

Subseries: Personal Photographs, 1940s-2004

This subseries primarily consists of snapshots, family photographs, and other personal photographs.


Box 42 Folder 25 Mitchell in Junior High School, 1940s, 2 items

Includes photograph of Mitchell with other students, and a photograph of the school building.

Box 42 Folder 26-28 Snapshots, 1950s-1990s, 3 folders

Various snapshots. These photographs include Mitchell.


Box 43 Folder 1-6 Personal Photographs, 1950s-1970s, 6 folders

Primarily portrait photographs and snapshots of friends and others. These photographs do not include Mitchell. Some of the photographs include written messages to Mitchell.

Box 43 Folder 7 Personal Photographs, 1980s-1990s, 3 items

3 items, one includes Mitchell. These are unidentified, and may include family members.

Box 43 Folder 8-9 Family Photographs, 1940s-1970s, 2 folders

Includes photographs of Mitchell's mother and other family members.

Box 43 Folder 10-12 Family Photographs, circa 1996-2004, 3 folders


Box 97 Photograph Album, 2007

"Merry Christmas 2007" Photograph Album. Album contains 4x6" snapshot photographs. Photographs appear to be from a single unidentified event; individual photographs are not identified.


Box 38 Folder 27 Mitchell with Alexandra Daniolva and Robert Joffrey

Photographed is framed. This photo is a copy, the original is in the Alexandra Danilova Collection in the Music Division at the Library of Congress.


Box 45 Folder 9 Mitchell with Friends, 1960-1969

Oversized photograph of Mitchell and two others (unidentified).


Box 44 Folder 38 Sarah Lynn Kimball: Ethiopia Photograph, undated

Art print. Photgraph is in a mat.

Box 44 Folder 37 Unidentified Photograph, undated

Oversized portrait photograph of an unidentified man. This person is probably related to Mitchell's professional work, but the photograph is not identified.


Box 42 Folder 30 [Black Swan?]

Signed photograph (signer is not identified) of what might be an artwork of a dancer.

Subseries: Posters, Programs and Fliers, 1951-2018

This subseries includes programs, brochures, fliers, and other printed materials directly related to Arthur Mitchell.

Early materials (1951-1968) document Mitchell's performances and his career in dance. Later materials include items for events in which Mitchell was directly involved as a presenter, speaker, or in some other capacity, or where he is featured in the program in some way, for example, programs that include historical notes. This subseries also include materials for awards and honors presented to Mitchell, and for exhibits, panels and other events where Mitchell is the main focus.

Materials related specifically to the Dance Theatre of Harlem are filed with the Dance Theatre of Harlem records.


Box 146 Folder 1 Posters--Quarto Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto), 1961, 13 x 27"

Two posters. 1) Fogli d'Album 2) Richard Strauss' opera Salomé directed by Luchino Visconti. These were foldered, and are somewhat fragile.


Mapcase 15-J-10 Posters--New York Philharmonic. A Festival of Stravinsky: His Heritage and His Legacy, 1966, 28.5 x 38.5"

Mitchell appeared with Suzanne Farrell in Balanchine's Ragtime II. This poster is in 3 sections; each is 28.5 x 38.5". The piece as a whole was originally hung from the top by wooden dowels; these dowels were removed for preservation reasons.


Mapcase 14-N-6 Posters--New Robin Hood Dell West, 1976, 24 x 36"

Signed poster, related to the performance at 41st International Eucharistic Congress, Robin Hood Dell West, Philadelphia, August 5-6, 1976. This was glued into cardboard table display board and signed by several persons. This is a generic poster for the venue, and not a poster for the performance itself.


Box 146 Folder 3 Posters--A Celebration of George Balanchine: The Television Work, 1984, 20 x 28"

Exhibition poster for the Museum of Broadcasting. Drawing of Balanchine by Hirschfeld.


Box 131 Folder 14 Posters--Library of Congress Celebrates African-American History Month, 2015, 11 x 15.5"

Poster is for a panel for the National Visionary Leadership Project that included Mitchell on February 22, 2008.

Box 131 Folder 11 Posters--Arthur Mitchell Project Symposium, Columbia University Libraries, 2015, 14 x 18"


Box 47 Folder 1 Programs, 1951

Box 47 Folder 2 Programs--Music in Motion, 1951 March 3

Box 47 Folder 3 Programs, 1952

Box 47 Folder 4 Programs--High School of the Performing Arts--Quartet, 1952 May 18


Box 44 Folder 29 Programs--Four Saints in Three Acts, 1952 June


Box 47 Folder 5 Programs, 1953

Box 47 Folder 6 Programs--Donald McKayle and Dance Company, 1953

Box 47 Folder 7 Programs, 1954

Box 47 Folder 8 Programs--Ballet Theatre Workshop, 1954 April 27

Box 47 Folder 9 Programs, 1955


Box 44 Folder 30 Programs, 1955

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival


Box 47 Folder 10 Programs--Festival Internazionale de Balleto, 1955 July 8-August 8

Box 47 Folder 11 Programs--New York City Center of Music and Drama, 1955 November 8-11

Box 47 Folder 12 Programs, 1956-1959

Box 47 Folder 13 Programs--City Center, 1960

Box 47 Folder 14 Programs--Spoleto, 1960

Box 47 Folder 15 Programs, 1961

Box 47 Folder 16 Programs, 1962


Box 44 Folder 31 Programs--Midsummer Night's Dream, 1962


Box 47 Folder 17 Programs, 1963-1967

Box 47 Folder 18 Programs, 1968, Photocopies.

Box 47 Folder 19 Programs, 1970-1979


Box 44 Folder 32 Programs, 1978

Kennedy Center Honors


Box 47 Folder 20 Programs--Cultural Exchange, China, 1980

Box 47 Folder 21-22 Programs, 1981, 2 folders


Box 48 Folder 1 Programs, 1983

Box 48 Folder 2 Programs, 1984

Box 48 Folder 3-7 Programs, 1985-1988, 5 folders

Box 48 Folder 14 Programs--Karel Shook Memorial, 1985

Box 48 Folder 8 Programs--Paul Robeson Memorial, 1988

This program includes inscriptions from several people.

Box 48 Folder 9 Programs--Kennedy Center Honors, 1993

Box 48 Folder 10 Programs, 1994


Box 44 Folder 33 Programs, 1994

Concours International de Danse de Paris


Box 48 Folder 11 Programs--National Medal of the Arts, 1995

Box 48 Folder 12 Programs, 1996-1999


Box 44 Folder 34 Programs, 1999

Williamette University Commencement


Box 48 Folder 13 Programs, 2000-2002


Box 49 Folder 1-8 Programs, 2003-2009, 8 folders

Box 49 Folder 9-17 Programs, 2012-2018, 9 folders

Box 49 Folder 18 Programs--Memorial, 2018

Box 49 Folder 19 Brochures and Fliers, 1952-1954

Box 49 Folder 20 Brochures and Fliers, 1987-1988

Box 49 Folder 21 Brochures and Fliers, 1999-2009

Box 49 Folder 22 Brochures and Fliers, 2012

Box 49 Folder 23 Brochures and Fliers, 2014

Box 49 Folder 24 Brochures and Fliers, 2015

Box 49 Folder 25 Brochures and Fliers, 2017-2018

Subseries: Press and Clippings, 1954-2018

This subseries contains clippings and magazines with articles related to Mitchell.

Materials related specifically to the Dance Theatre of Harlem are filed with the Dance Theatre of Harlem records, although there is some overlap.


Box 77 Folder 1-8 Scrapbook I and II, 1951-1965, 8 folders

These two scrapbooks consists primarily of clippings. Most items relate directly to Mitchell, but there are also some items related to others. There are a few signed photographs. Some items, particularly programs, were loaned out for exhibit in 1999 and not returned to the scrapbooks; it is possible that they were returned but refiled elsewhere.


Box 56 Folder 1-13 Clippings, 1954-2017, 13 folders

Includes one file of clippings in Russian related to the New York City Ballet's tour in 1962. Other clippings are in English.

Box 56 Folder 14 Clippings--Obituaries, 2018


Box 52 Folder 5-12 Press (Magazines), 1962-2005, 8 folders

These are full magazines that contain articles featuring or mentioning Mitchell and/or the Dance Theater of Harlem.


Box 58 Folder 1-3 Press (Magazines), 2007-2012, 2018, 3 folders

These are full magazines that contain articles featuring or mentioning Mitchell and/or the Dance Theater of Harlem.


Box 56 Folder 15 Press--Jet Magazine, circa 1955

Issue includes article on Mitchell in Western Symphony. The file also includes a copy of a photograph of Mitchell and Tanaquil Le Clercq by Moreta Sleet, Jr. The Sleet photo is not from this article, but dates from the same time period.

Box 56 Folder 16 Press--Ebony Magazine, 1968 October

Issue includes article on Mitchell.

Box 56 Folder 18-21 Press--CHAZ Illustrated and Related Photographs, 1975, 4 folders

CHAZ Illustrated appears to be a magazine issued as part of an advertising campaign for the launch of CHAZ cologne and aftershave by Revlon in 1975. These folders include the magazine, as well as 11x14" photographs of many of the images of Mitchell, Mike Reid, and Robert Young that were used in the magazine.

Subseries: Subject Files, 1800s-2015

This subseries includes various subject files. These include files directly related to Mitchell's work, as well as collectibles and printed materials.

Files on Mitchell's professional work include files related to awards, choreography work, curriculum, interviews, and scholarly articles. In addition, there are scripts, scores and other materials related to Mitchell's work in Four Saints in Three Acts (1952) and House of Flowers (1954). There are also records related to Mitchell's work on the Comptroller's Cultural Advisory Council (New York City) and the School of American Ballet Board.

Mitchell also collected, received, and maintained files of articles, brochures, photographs, and printed materials related to dance and other subjects of interest.

Mitchell also had in his possession some correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, and photographs that were created by Karel Shook. These materials are filed with the subject files in this subseries.

Artworks


Box 146 Al Hirschfeld. Suzanne Farrell and Arthur Mitchell in Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, 1968

Ink on paper. Hirschfeld's drawing was published in the New York Times, April 28, 1968.


Box 131 Hilary Knight. Eloise, 1999, 10 x 14"

Ink and colored ink on paper. Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author: "For LIBER from Arthur Mitchell / Oh, my Lord! Arthur, (my very good friend) says we are absolutely related!"


Box 146 Folder 2 Terry Rosenberg--Untitled Drawing, 1992, 19 x 26.25"

Please handle in mylar: medium is not fixed and can smudge

Includes cover letter from Rosenberg. Drawing made during Dance Theatre of Harlem rehearsals, 1992.


Box 132 Folder 9 Persian Print, 17 x 22.75"

Described as "Persian Print" on received folder. Appears to be paint on fabric.

Box 132 Folder 7 Prints--Margaret Taylor Burroughs, ""Harriet Tubman", 17.5 x 23"

Signed by the artist, May 19, 2002.

Box 132 Folder 8 Prints--Margaret Taylor Burroughs, "Sleeping Boy", 17.5 x 23"

Signed by the artist, May 31, 2002.


Box 146 Prints--Margaret Taylor Burroughs, "Mother Africa"

Lithograph on paper. Signed and dated by the artist.

Box 146 Prints--Michael D. Harris, Aspirations + Inspiration, 1985

With images of Arthur Mitchell and John Coltrane. Limited edition print, 7/30.

Awards, 1975-2014

These are files related to honors and awards for both Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theatre of Harlem.


Box 127 Folder 1 Certificates, 1972-2002


Box 130 Folder 2 Certificates, 1973-2002


Box 103 Folder 1 Columbus College (Chicago, IL), 1975

Box 103 Folder 2 Encore Award, 1979


Box 132 Folder 13 New York State Council on the Arts--Certificate, 1985 June 11, 14 5/8 x 18"

Appointment of Mitchell as a member of the State Council on the Arts. By Mario Cuomo.


Box 103 Folder 3 Paul Robeson Award, 1985

Box 103 Folder 4 Awards, 1987

Box 103 Folder 5 Golden Plate Award, 1989


Box 132 Folder 4 County of Los Angeles--Commendation, 1993

Item has what appears to be water damage.


Box 103 Folder 6-7 Kennedy Center Honors, 1993, 2 folders

Box 103 Folder 8 American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1993-1994


Box 127 Folder 2 City of Cambridge, MA--Proclamation, 1994


Box 131 Folder 3 State of Indiana--Sagamore of the Wabash Award, 1994

Box 131 Folder 4 Guggenheim Museum Children's Program--Art Start for Children Award, 1995


Box 103 Folder 9 National Medal of Arts, 1995

Box 103 Folder 10 Awards, 1996-1999


Box 127 Folder 3 MacArthur Fellow, 1999


Box 130 Folder 3 United States Senate--A Celebration of Black History Month Recognition, 2003


Box 131 Folder 5 City of Los Angeles--Commendation, 2004


Box 132 Folder 5 Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship Awards, 2005

Reproduction of a New York Times page announcement of the awards.


Box 127 Folder 4 Anti-Bias Committee of the New York Supreme Court, 2007


Box 103 Folder 11 Awards, 2012-2014

Box 103 Folder 12 Choreography, 1975-1978, 1984

File pertains to Mitchell's work as a choreographer during this period.

Collectibles, 1913-1969


Box 100 Folder 21 Ballets Russe Program, 1913

Box 100 Folder 22 Ibsen's "A Doll's House" Program Cover, undated

Program cover, only. In Russian.

Box 100 Folder 23 Royal Ballet Program, 1969

Inscribed to Peter.


Box 107 Folder 2-4 Comptroller's Cultural Advisory Council (New York City), 1995-1998, 3 folders

Curriculum, 2003-2005


Box 103 Folder 13 Dance Theatre of Harlem Seminar, 2003

Box 103 Folder 14 Pedagogy Class, 2005

Dance Companies--Photographs, 1899-1988

These files contains photographs pertaining to a wide range of dance companies and schools. Mitchell did not perform with these companies and does not appear in these photographs.


Box 38 Folder 9 American Ballet Theatre, circa 1965-1975, 3 items

Cynthia Gregory

Box 38 Folder 10-11 Ballet Russe, circa 1899-1929, 2 folders

Nijinsky; Dudinskaya; Vera Zorina; Irnia Baronova; Anna Pavlova; Ulanova; Tatiana Riabouchinska; Tamara Karsavina

Box 38 Folder 12 Bolshoi Ballet, 1988, 1 items

Box 38 Folder 13-14 Bolshoi Ballet Academy?, 2 folders

Box 38 Folder 15-16 Dutch National Ballet, circa 1961-1965

Billy Wilson, Sonja Van Beers, Serge Lifar, and Karel Shook

Box 38 Folder 17 Dutch National Ballet, circa 1959-1965

Billy Wilson, Sonja Van Beers, Peter Appel, Sylvester Campbel, Lucy Pott, Serge Lifar, and Karel Shook

Box 38 Folder 18 Joyce Trisler Company, circa 1976

Includes photographs of Klarna Pinska.

Box 38 Folder 19-21 Kirov (Mariinsky) Ballet, circa 1970-1988, 3 folders

Box 38 Folder 22-23 Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet?

Box 38 Folder 24 Various Portraits

Includes Rudolph Nureyev, Ruth Ann Koesun, and Carla Fracci


Box 56 Folder 22-23 Various Portraits--Russian Ballet, 1800s-1900s, 2 folders

Includes various postcard sized photographs, as well as a large photograph of what might be a boy's class (1864) at the Imperial Ballet. Dancers in these photographs are identified.


Box 104 Folder 1 Film Proposal, 1989


Box 60 Folder 9-10 Four Saints in Three Acts--Score, 1952, 2 folders

Photocopy of score; includes cues and handwritten directions.


Box 103 Folder 15 Harlem School of the Arts--Board, 1980

Honorary Degrees


Box 127 Folder 5 North Carolina School of the Arts, 1981

Box 127 Folder 6 Long Island University, 1982

File includes statement with a presentation folder.


Box 130 Folder 4 Long Island University, 1982

Degree certificate.

Box 130 Folder 5 Fordham University, 1983

File includes booklet with photographs and program. It does not include the degree certificate.


Box 127 Folder 7 Williams College, 1985


Box 130 Folder 6 New School for Social Research, 1986


Box 131 Folder 10 Princeton University, 1986


Box 127 Folder 8 State University of New York, 1987


Box 130 Folder 7 Juilliard School, 1990


Box 128 Folder 1 Brown University, 1996


Box 131 Folder 1-2 Hamilton College, 1998, 2 folders


Box 128 Folder 2 The University of the Arts, 1999

Box 128 Folder 3 Williamette University, 1999

Box 128 Folder 4 Yale University, 2001

File includes the program and other information, but the not the degree certificate.


Box 130 Folder 8 Yale University, 2001

Degree certificate.


Box 128 Folder 5 Dartmouth College, 2002

File includes the program and other information, but the not the degree certificate.


Box 101 Dartmouth College, 2002

Degree certificate and letter, in green cylinder.


Box 130 Folder 9 Tufts University, 2003

Box 130 Folder 10 Southern Methodist University, 2009

House of Flowers, 1954


Box 60 Folder 8 Original Cast Recording, 1954


Box 56 Folder 17 Souvenir Book, 1954

This is a souvenir book for "House of Flowers". Although Mitchell danced in this production, he is not credited in this program. This copy contains signatures and inscriptions from several cast members.


Box 103 Folder 16 Various Scripts / Songs, circa 1954

File contains both originals and scanned copies of these items.

Interviews, 1984-2014


Box 104 Folder 2 Correspondence and Requests, 1984-2014

Box 104 Folder 3 Interview with Martin Dubman--Transcript, 2003

Box 104 Folder 4 Interview with Michael Harris (Yale)--Transcript, 1987

Box 104 Folder 5 Interview with Yaël Lewin--Transcript, 2008

Box 104 Folder 6 Interview with Rachel Marcy--Transcript, 2013

Box 104 Folder 7 Learning from Performers Series--Conversation with Students (Harvard and Radcliffe), 1983

Copy of Mitchell's remarks.


Box 131 Folder 7 National Visionary Leadership Project--Poster, 2008

Press and Clippings, 1975-2015


Box 60 Folder 3-6 Articles of Interest, 1975-1994, 4 folders

These files includes articles on various subjects of interest to Mitchell. These are arranged chronologically. Some articles include notes from the original senders.


Box 61 Folder 1-6 Articles of Interest, 1995-2012, 6 folders

These files includes articles on various subjects of interest to Mitchell. These are arranged chronologically. Some articles include notes from the original senders.


Box 60 Folder 1 Articles of Interest--Fashion Clippings

Box 60 Folder 2 Articles of Interest--Health


Box 59 Folder 1-7 Press, 1959, 1975-2015, 7 folders

These files contain magazines with articles of interest on dance.

Printed Materials, 1970-2015, undated

These files contain booklets, brochures, directories, exhibit catalogs, fliers, programs, and other printed materials. These relate to subjects, people, and other interests of Mitchell. It is likely that Mitchell attended some of the events, but they are not directly related to him or to the Dance Theatre of Harlem.


Box 52 Folder 4 Dance Horizons Spotlight Series, 1970s

This file contains short booklets on several dancers including Jacques d'Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins, Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson, and Violette Verdy.


Box 53 Folder 1 Printed Materials, 1970s

Box 53 Folder 2-5 Printed Materials, 1980-1985, 4 folders


Box 54 Folder 1-3 Printed Materials, 1986-1989, 3 folders

Box 54 Folder 4 Printed Materials, 1990-1994


Box 55 Folder 1-7 Printed Materials, 1995-2005, 7 folders


Box 54 Folder 5-6 Printed Materials, 2006-2015, 2 folders

Box 54 Folder 7 Printed Materials, undated


Box 104 Folder 8-10 Scholarly Articles, 1957-2013, 3 folders

Box 104 Folder 11 School of American Ballet--Board, 1987

Box 104 Folder 12 School of American Ballet--Board, 1994


Box 105 Folder 1-5 School of American Ballet--Board, 1995-1999, 5 folders

Box 105 Folder 6 School of American Ballet--Board, 2006-2007


Box 106 Folder 1-6 School of American Ballet--Board, 2009-2013, 6 folders


Box 107 Folder 1 School of American Ballet--Board, 2013

Karel Shook Materials, 1975-1985


Box 98 Folder 1 Personal Correspondence, 1981-1984

Box 98 Folder 2 Telegrams, 1981

Box 98 Folder 3 Dance Scope (Volume 14 Number 1), 1979

Includes article on Ballet Teachers on Technique that includes an interview with Shook.

Box 98 Folder 4 Journal, 1984

Notebook.

Box 98 Folder 5-8 Notebooks and Notes, 1984-1985, undated, 4 folders

Box 98 Folder 9 Pas d'action: A Story of the Ballet, undated

Box 98 Folder 10-11 Photographs, 1980s, undated, 2 folders

Most photographs are snapshots. The snapshots appear to be related to the Dance Theater of Harlem, but Shook is not in most of the photographs.


Box 60 Folder 7 Cicely Tyson--Award Certificate, 1972

From the National Society of Film Critics.

Subseries: Telephone Messages, circa 1997-2009

This subseries consists of handwritten and typed messages, as well as message books.


Box 79 Folder 9 Telephone Messages, 1997

These are typed or handwritten messages; these items are not bound.

Box 79 Folder 10 Telephone Message Book, 2001 April-July

Box 79 Folder 11 Telephone Message Book, 2001 July-October


Box 80 Folder 1 Telephone Messages, 2003-2008, undated

Various typed call sheets and messages; these items are not bound.

Box 80 Folder 2 Home Telephone Message Book, 2005-2009, undated

Series: Dance Theatre of Harlem Records, 1967-2021

This series contains records related to Mitchell's administration of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, as well as other related materials such as brochures, clippings, fliers, memorabilia, photographs, and programs.

All audio and video recordings are in Series: Recordings.

Subseries: Adminstrative Records, 1967-2012

This subseries contains files related to the administration of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. These files include board records, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes and notes, memoranda, questionnaires, proposals, and schedules.

These files contain information on many of the activities of the Dance Theatre including education programs, fundraising, residencies, outreach, partnerships, performances, public relations, strategic planning, and tours.

Files are arranged chronologically.


Box 1 Folder 1-2 Harlem School of the Arts--Proposals, 1968, 2 folders

Drafts, and final proposal to the Ford Foundation.

Box 1 Folder 3 Harlem School of the Arts--General and Financial, 1967-1969

Box 1 Folder 4 Building Plans, 1971


Mapcase 15-J-10 Building Plans--Architectural Drawings, 1971, undated

5 architectural drawings of the proposed student facility and the theater. These drawings do not duplicate the materials in Box 1 Folders 4 and 8.


Box 1 Folder 5 Financial, 1971

Box 1 Folder 6 Performance Workshop, 1971

Box 1 Folder 7 Financial, 1972

Box 1 Folder 8 Building Plans, 1973

Box 1 Folder 9 Company Overview, 1973

Includes historical information, as well as several appendicies.

Box 1 Folder 10 General Administrative, 1975

Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence, 1975

Box 1 Folder 12 Financial, 1975

Box 1 Folder 13 Public Relations / Press, 1975

Box 1 Folder 14 School, 1975

Contains a Dance Theatre of Harlem newsletter.

Box 1 Folder 15 Scholarship Apprentice Program, 1975-1976

Box 1 Folder 16 General Administrative, 1976

Box 1 Folder 17 Board, 1976

Box 1 Folder 18 Building, 1976

Box 1 Folder 19 Company, 1976

Box 1 Folder 20 Dance Notation Bureau, 1976

Box 1 Folder 21 Education / School, 1976

Box 1 Folder 22 Financial, 1976

Box 1 Folder 23 Music Department, 1976

Weeky Reports, 1976

Box 1 Folder 24 Company, 1976

Box 1 Folder 25 Fashion, 1976

Box 1 Folder 26 Music Department-Library, 1976

Box 1 Folder 27 Public Relations, 1976

Box 1 Folder 28 Registrar, 1976

Box 1 Folder 29 Karel Shook, 1976

Box 1 Folder 30 Technical Department (TEC), 1976

Box 1 Folder 31 Wardrobe, 1976

Box 1 Folder 32 Company, 1977

Box 1 Folder 33 Financial, 1977

Box 1 Folder 34 Meeting Minutes, 1977 January-June

These are handwritten minutes and notes.

Box 1 Folder 35 School, 1977

Box 1 Folder 36 Tour, 1976-1977

Box 1 Folder 37 Weeky Reports--Music Department, 1977

Box 1 Folder 38 Wollman Performance, 1977

Box 1 Folder 39 General Administrative, 1978

Box 1 Folder 40 Affiliate Organizations, 1978

Box 1 Folder 41 Building Plans, 1978

Box 1 Folder 42 Company, 1978

Box 1 Folder 43 Correspondence, 1978

Box 1 Folder 44 Education / School, 1978

Box 1 Folder 45 Financial, 1978

Box 1 Folder 46 Fundraising, 1978

Box 1 Folder 47 Grants, 1978

Box 1 Folder 48 Meeting Minutes, 1978

These are handwritten minutes and notes.


Box 2 Folder 1-2 Music Department, 1978, 2 folders


Box 1 Folder 49 Staff, 1978

Weekly Reports, 1978

Box 1 Folder 50 General, 1978

Box 1 Folder 51 Company, 1978

Box 1 Folder 52 Publication Relations, 1978

Box 1 Folder 53 Registrar, 1978

Box 1 Folder 54 Karel Shook, 1978


Box 2 Folder 3 General Administrative, 1979

Box 2 Folder 4 Building, 1979

Box 2 Folder 5 Company, 1979

Box 2 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1979

Box 2 Folder 7 Correspondence--Orchid Letters, 1979

Box 2 Folder 8 Education, 1979

Box 2 Folder 9 Financial--Memos, 1979

Box 2 Folder 10 Fundraising, 1979

Box 2 Folder 11 Library, 1979

Box 2 Folder 12 Meeting Minutes, 1979

These are handwritten minutes and notes.

Box 2 Folder 13 Memos, 1979-1980

Box 2 Folder 14 Music Department, 1979

Box 2 Folder 15 Office of Charities, 1979

Box 2 Folder 16 Outreach, 1979

Box 2 Folder 17 Performance, 1979

Box 2 Folder 18-19 Public Relations / Press, 1979, 2 folders

Box 2 Folder 20-21 School / Scholarship, 1979, 2 folders

Box 2 Folder 22 Staff, 1979

Box 2 Folder 23 VIP List, 1979

Weekly Reports, 1979

Box 2 Folder 24 General, 1979


Box 3 Folder 1 Company, 1979

Box 3 Folder 2 Fashion, 1979

Box 3 Folder 3 Public Relations, 1979-1980

Box 3 Folder 4 Registrar, 1979

Box 3 Folder 5 Karel Shook, 1979

Box 3 Folder 6 Technical Staff, 1979-1980

Box 3 Folder 7 Zelda Winn, 1979-1980

Box 3 Folder 8 General Administrative, 1980

Box 3 Folder 9 Accounting, 1980

Box 3 Folder 10 Board, 1980

Box 3 Folder 11 Building, 1980

Box 3 Folder 12-14 Correspondence, 1980, 3 folders

Box 3 Folder 15 Education Programming, 1980

Box 3 Folder 16 Finance Committee, 1980

Box 3 Folder 17 Financial Memos, 1980

Box 3 Folder 18 Financials, 1980

Box 3 Folder 19 Fundraising, 1980

Box 3 Folder 20 Japan, 1980

Box 3 Folder 21 Music Department, 1980

Box 3 Folder 22 Outreach, 1980

Box 3 Folder 23 Programming, 1980

Box 3 Folder 24 Staff, 1980

Box 3 Folder 25 Staff Meetings, 1980

These are handwritten minutes and notes.

Box 3 Folder 26 Staff Meeting Notes, 1980s

These are handwritten meeting notes; undated.

Box 3 Folder 27 Student Letters, 1980-1981

Includes handmade cards by children.

Box 3 Folder 28 Tech Crew, 1980

Box 3 Folder 29 Television Appearances, 1980

Box 3 Folder 30 Weekly Reports, 1980

Box 3 Folder 31 General Administrative, 1981

Box 3 Folder 32 Contracts, 1981

Box 3 Folder 33 Correspondence, 1981


Box 20 Folder 12 Correspondence--Re: Assistance to Outside Groups from Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1977-1981


Box 3 Folder 34 Education, 1981

Box 3 Folder 35 Financial, 1981

Box 3 Folder 36 Fundraising, 1981

Box 3 Folder 37 Grants, 1981

Box 3 Folder 38 Public Relations, 1981

Box 3 Folder 39 School, 1981

Box 3 Folder 40 Staff, 1981


Box 4 Folder 1-2 Staff Meeting Notes, 1981, 2 folders


Box 3 Folder 41 State University of New York (SUNY) Purchase, 1981

Box 3 Folder 42 Touring, 1981


Box 4 Folder 3 General Administrative, 1982

Box 4 Folder 4 Board, 1982

Box 4 Folder 5 Financial, 1982

Box 4 Folder 6 Fundraising, 1982

Box 4 Folder 7 Grants, 1982

Box 4 Folder 8 Press, 1982

Box 4 Folder 9 Programming, 1982

Box 4 Folder 10 School, 1982

Box 4 Folder 11 Staff Meeting Notes, 1982

Box 4 Folder 12 Tour, 1982

Box 4 Folder 13 General Administrative, 1983

Box 4 Folder 14 Arts and Business Council, 1983

Box 4 Folder 15 Building, 1983

Box 4 Folder 16 Carnegie Hall, 1983

Box 4 Folder 17 Contracts, 1983

Box 4 Folder 18 Donations, 1983

Box 4 Folder 19 Filming, 1983

Box 4 Folder 20-21 Financial, 1983, 2 folders

Box 4 Folder 22 Fundraising, 1983

Box 4 Folder 23 Grants, 1983


Box 123 Folder 1 Developement and Grants, 1988


Box 4 Folder 24 Immigration, 1983

Box 4 Folder 25 Minority Telecommunications Symposium, 1983

Box 4 Folder 26 Newsletter, 1983

Box 4 Folder 27 Staff, 1983

Box 4 Folder 28 Staff Meeting Minutes and Notes, 1983

Tour, 1983

Box 4 Folder 29 General, 1983

Box 4 Folder 30 Michigan State University, 1983

Box 4 Folder 31 Washington D.C., 1983

Box 4 Folder 32 General Administrative, 1984

Box 4 Folder 33 Contracts, 1984


Box 5 Folder 1 Filming, 1984

Box 5 Folder 2 Financial, 1984

Box 5 Folder 3 Grants, 1984

Box 5 Folder 4 India, 1984

Box 5 Folder 5 Newsletter, 1984

Box 5 Folder 6 Olympic Arts Festival (Los Angeles, CA), 1984

Box 5 Folder 7 Staff Meeting Minutes and Notes, 1984

Box 5 Folder 8 Tour--Detroit, 1984

Box 5 Folder 9 General Administrative, 1985

Box 5 Folder 10 Board, 1985

Box 5 Folder 11 Company, 1985

Box 5 Folder 12 Correspondence, 1985

Box 5 Folder 13 Education, 1985

Box 5 Folder 14 Film / Television, 1985

Box 5 Folder 15 Financial, 1985

Box 5 Folder 16 Fundraising, 1985

Box 5 Folder 17 Grants, 1985

Box 5 Folder 18 Open House with Jessye Norman, 1985


Box 20 Folder 13 Repertoire (List), circa 1985

Comprehensive list of the repertoire for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1969-1984. Includes the production's name, year of premiere, and who was responsible for the choreography and the music.


Box 5 Folder 19 Staff Meeting Notes, 1985

Box 5 Folder 20 Tour--General, 1985

Box 5 Folder 21 General Administrative, 1986

Box 5 Folder 22 Accounting, 1986

Box 5 Folder 23 Board, 1986

Box 5 Folder 24 Contracts, 1986

Box 5 Folder 25 Financial, 1986

Box 5 Folder 26 Fundraising and Development, 1986

Box 5 Folder 27 Grants, 1986

Box 5 Folder 28 Harlem Homecoming Season, 1986

Box 5 Folder 29 Immigration, 1986

Box 5 Folder 30 Public Relations, 1986

Tour, 1986

Box 5 Folder 32 General, 1986

Box 5 Folder 33-34 Europe, 1986-1987, 2 folders


Box 6 Folder 1 Arles, France, 1986-1987

Box 6 Folder 2 Florence, Italy, 1986

Box 6 Folder 3 Lausanne, Switzerland, 1986

Box 6 Folder 4 Naples, Italy, 1986

Box 6 Folder 5 Verona, Italy, 1986

Box 6 Folder 6 Anchorage, AK, 1986

Box 6 Folder 7 Atlanta, GA, 1986

Box 6 Folder 8 Jacksonville, FL, 1986

Box 6 Folder 9 Las Vegas, NV, 1986

Box 6 Folder 10 Miami Beach, FL, 1986

Box 6 Folder 11 Midwest, 1986

Box 6 Folder 12 Omaha, NE, 1986

Box 6 Folder 13 Tallahassee, FL, 1986

Box 6 Folder 14-15 Washington, DC, 1986, 2 folders


Box 5 Folder 31 Workshops, 1986


Box 6 Folder 16 General Administrative, 1987

Box 6 Folder 17 Accounting, 1987

Box 6 Folder 18 Board, 1987

Box 6 Folder 19 Dancing for Life Benefit, 1987

Box 6 Folder 20 Donations, 1987

Donations log.

Box 6 Folder 21 Education, 1987

Box 6 Folder 22 Far East Tour, 1987

Box 6 Folder 23 Film / Television, 1987


Box 7 Folder 1-2 Financial, 1987, 2 folders

Box 7 Folder 3-5 Fundraising, 1987, 3 folders

Box 7 Folder 6 Grants, 1987

Box 7 Folder 7 Performance, 1987

Box 7 Folder 8 Public Relations / Press, 1987

Residencies, 1987

Box 7 Folder 9 Colorado, 1987

Box 7 Folder 10 New York, 1987

Box 7 Folder 11 Washington, DC, 1987

Box 7 Folder 12-18 Tour, 1987, 7 folders

Box 7 Folder 19 Tour--Princeton, NJ, 1987

Box 7 Folder 20 General Administrative, 1988


Box 8 Folder 1 Accounting, 1988

Box 8 Folder 2 Appearances, 1988

Box 8 Folder 3 Billy the Kid, 1988

Box 8 Folder 4 Board, 1988

Box 8 Folder 5 Correspondence, 1988

Box 8 Folder 6-9 Donations, 1988-1989, 4 folders

Donations log.

Box 8 Folder 10 Education, 1988

Box 8 Folder 11 Education--Student Letters, 1988

Box 8 Folder 12 Financial Memos, 1988

Box 8 Folder 13-17 Fundraising / Development, 1988, 5 folders


Box 9 Folder 1-3 New York International Festival of the Arts, 1988, 3 folders

Box 9 Folder 4 Public Relations, 1988

Tour, 1988

Box 9 Folder 5 General, 1988

Box 9 Folder 6 California, 1988

Box 9 Folder 7 Paris, 1988

Box 9 Folder 8 Pittsburgh, PA, 1988

Box 9 Folder 9-12 Soviet Union (USSR), 1988, 4 folders


Box 10 Folder 1 General Administrative, 1989

Box 10 Folder 2 20th Anniversary, 1989

Box 10 Folder 3 Awards List 1951-1989, 1989 October 19

Box 10 Folder 4 Board, 1989

Box 10 Folder 5 Building, 1989

Box 10 Folder 6 Calendar / Agenda, 1989

Box 10 Folder 7 Community Engagement, 1989

Box 10 Folder 8 Company Choreographer's Workshops, 1989

Box 10 Folder 9 Education / School, 1989


Box 9 Folder 18 Financial--Memos, 1989

Box 9 Folder 19 Fundraising, 1989


Box 10 Folder 10 Public Relations, 1989

Box 10 Folder 11 Staff, 1989

Tour, 1989


Box 9 Folder 13 General, 1989

Box 9 Folder 14 Atlanta, GA, 1989

Box 9 Folder 15 Chicago, IL (Civic Center for the Peforming Arts), 1989

Box 9 Folder 16 Detroit, MI, 1989

Box 9 Folder 17 New York, NY (City Center), 1989


Box 10 Folder 12-13 General Administrative, 1990, 2 folders


Box 21 Folder 1-2 Accounting / Financial, 1990, 2 folders


Box 10 Folder 14 Board, 1990


Box 23 Folder 21 Board--Bylaws, 1990-1993


Box 21 Folder 3-4 Budgets, 1990, 2 folders


Box 10 Folder 15 Calendar, 1990

Box 10 Folder 16 Company, 1990

Box 10 Folder 17 Film / Television, 1990


Box 21 Folder 5 Fundraising / Grants, 1990


Box 10 Folder 18 Performance, 1990

Box 10 Folder 19 Public Relations, 1990

Box 10 Folder 20 Royal Ballet, 1990s

Box 10 Folder 21 School, 1990

Box 10 Folder 22 Staff, 1990

Box 10 Folder 23 Tour, 1990

Box 10 Folder 24-25 General Administrative, 1991, 2 folders

Box 10 Folder 26-28 Board, 1991, 3 folders


Box 21 Folder 6-7 Budgets, 1991, 2 folders


Box 10 Folder 29 Calendar, 1991

Box 10 Folder 30 Company, 1991

Box 10 Folder 31 Development, 1991

Box 10 Folder 32 Education and Outreach, 1991

Box 10 Folder 33 Executive Committee, 1991

Box 10 Folder 34 Film / Television, 1991


Box 21 Folder 8-9 Financial, 1991, 2 folders

Box 21 Folder 10 Fundraising / Grants, 1991


Box 10 Folder 35 Performance, 1991

Box 10 Folder 36 Public Relations, 1991

Box 10 Folder 37 School, 1991

Box 10 Folder 38 Staff, 1991

Box 10 Folder 39 Tour, 1991

Box 10 Folder 40 General Administrative, 1992


Box 21 Folder 11 Accounting / Financial, 1992


Box 10 Folder 41 Board, 1992


Box 21 Folder 12 Budgets, 1992


Box 11 Folder 1 Building, 1992

Box 11 Folder 2-3 Building--Inventory, 1992


Box 10 Folder 42 Calendar, 1992


Box 11 Folder 4 Tour, 1992

Box 11 Folder 5-6 General Administrative, 1993, 2 folders


Box 21 Folder 13-15 Accounting / Budgets, 1993, 3 folders


Box 11 Folder 7 Awards, 1993

Emergence Award

Box 11 Folder 8 Board, 1993

Box 11 Folder 9 Calendar, 1993

Box 11 Folder 10 Education, 1993

Box 11 Folder 11-12 Educaton--Dancing Through Barriers, 1993, 2 folders

Box 11 Folder 13 Filming, 1993


Box 21 Folder 16-17 Fundraising, 1993, 2 folders


Box 11 Folder 14 Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), 1993

Box 11 Folder 15 Kennedy Center (Washington, DC)--Outreach, 1993


Box 21 Folder 18-19 Long Term Planning, 1993, 2 folders

Includes 5 year plan.


Box 11 Folder 16 Tour, 1993

Box 11 Folder 17-18 General Administrative, 1994, 2 folders


Box 21 Folder 20 20 Year Operating Analysis, 1994


Box 22 Folder 1-2 Accounting, 1994, 2 folders


Box 11 Folder 19 Awards, 1994

Includes full list of awards, 1951-1994.

Box 11 Folder 20-24 Board, 1994, 5 folders

Box 11 Folder 25 Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), 1994


Box 22 Folder 3 Budgets, 1994


Box 11 Folder 26 Community Partnerships, 1994

Box 11 Folder 27 Company, 1994

Box 11 Folder 28 Company and Affilitate Artists, 1994

Box 11 Folder 29-30 Concours International de Danse de Paris, 1994, 2 folders

Box 11 Folder 31-32 Detroit Music Hall--Community Outreach, 1994, 2 folders


Box 12 Folder 1-2 Education and Outreach, 1994, 2 folders


Box 22 Folder 4-7 Financial, 1994, 4 folders

Box 22 Folder 8 Fundraising, 1994


Box 12 Folder 33 Golden Plate Awards, 1994

Box 12 Folder 3-6 Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), 1994, 4 folders

Includes information on outreach, programs, residency, etc.

Box 12 Folder 7 Public Relations, 1994

Box 12 Folder 8 Residencies, 1994

Box 12 Folder 9 Staff, 1994

Box 12 Folder 10 Television Appearances, 1994

Box 12 Folder 11 Tour, 1994

Box 12 Folder 12-13 General Administrative, 1995, 2 folders


Box 22 Folder 9-10 Accounting, 1995, 2 folders


Box 12 Folder 14 Alumni Association, 1995

Board, 1995


Box 24 Folder 1 Bylaws, 1995

Box 24 Folder 2-3 Correspondence, 1995, 2 folders

Box 24 Folder 5-8 Memos, 1995, 4 folders

Box 24 Folder 9-12 Member A, 1995-1998, 4 folders

Box 24 Folder 13 Member B, 1995-1998

Box 24 Folder 14 Member C-E, 1995-1998

Box 24 Folder 15 Member J-R, 1995-1998

Box 24 Folder 16-17 Member S, 1995-1998, 2 folders


Box 12 Folder 15 Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), 1995


Box 22 Folder 11 Budgets, 1995


Box 12 Folder 16 Building, 1995

Box 12 Folder 17 Columbia University, 1995-1997

Box 12 Folder 18 Company and Affilitate Artists, 1995


Box 22 Folder 12 Company Calendar, 1995


Box 12 Folder 19 Detroit--General Motors / Residency, 1995-1996

Box 12 Folder 20 Detroit Music Hall--Education and Outreach, 1995

Box 12 Folder 21-24 Disney, 1995, 4 folders

Box 12 Folder 25-27 Education, 1995, 3 folders

Box 12 Folder 28 Executive Director Search, 1995

Box 12 Folder 29 Filming, 1995


Box 22 Folder 13-14 Financial, 1995, 2 folders

Box 22 Folder 15-16 Fundraising, 1995, 2 folders

Box 22 Folder 17 Grants, 1995


Box 13 Folder 1-7 Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), 1995, 7 folders

Includes information on outreach, programs, public relations, residency, etc.

Box 13 Folder 8 Kennedy Center Honors, 1995


Box 12 Folder 30 Press Releases, 1995

Box 12 Folder 31 Public Relations, 1995

Box 12 Folder 32 School, 1995


Box 13 Folder 9-10 Staff, 1995, 2 folders

Box 13 Folder 11 Television Appearances, 1995

Box 13 Folder 12-13 Tour, 1995, 2 folders

Box 13 Folder 14-16 General Administrative, 1996, 3 folders


Box 23 Folder 1 Accounting, 1996


Box 13 Folder 17 Alumni Association, 1996

Box 13 Folder 18 Association of Performing Arts Performers, 1996

Box 13 Folder 19-22 Board, 1996, 4 folders


Box 23 Folder 2-3 Budgets, 1996, 2 folders

Box 23 Folder 4 Budgets, 1996-1997


Box 13 Folder 23 Building, 1996

Box 13 Folder 24 Children's Storefront, 1996

Box 13 Folder 25 City University of New York (CUNY), 1996

Box 13 Folder 26 Community Partnerships, 1996

Box 13 Folder 27 Company and Affilitate Artists, 1996


Box 14 Folder 1 Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) (New York City), 1996-1997

Box 14 Folder 2 Dancing Through Barriers, 1996

Box 14 Folder 3-6 Education, 1996, 4 folders

Box 14 Folder 7-8 Empowerment Zones, 1996, 2 folders

Box 14 Folder 9 Film, 1996


Box 22 Folder 18-19 Financial, 1996, 2 folders


Box 23 Folder 5 Ford Foundation, 1996

Box 23 Folder 6 Fundraising, 1996

Box 23 Folder 7-8 Grants, 1996, 2 folders


Box 14 Folder 10 Gruner + Jahr (G+J) Publishing, 1996

Box 14 Folder 11-12 Independent Sector Awards, 1996, 2 folders

Box 14 Folder 13-14 Kennedy Center Residency (Washington, DC), 1996, 2 folders


Box 23 Folder 9 Properties, 1996


Box 14 Folder 15 Public Relations and Press, 1996

Box 14 Folder 16 Residencies, 1996

Box 14 Folder 17 Staff, 1996

Box 14 Folder 18 Television Appearances, 1996

Box 14 Folder 19 Tour, 1996


Box 23 Folder 10 Tour Expenses, 1996


Box 14 Folder 20-21 General Administrative, 1997-1998, 2 folders


Box 20 Folder 14 General Administrative, 1997-1998

Includes memoranda, calendar, etc.


Box 14 Folder 22 Artists' Summit, 1997


Box 20 Folder 18 Artsource, 1997


Box 14 Folder 23 Board, 1997


Box 23 Folder 11-12 Budgets, 1997, 2 folders


Box 15 Folder 9 Building, 1997

Box 15 Folder 10-11 Capital Expansion, 1997, 2 folders


Box 14 Folder 24 Education, 1997

Box 14 Folder 25 Film, 1997


Box 15 Folder 12-13 Financial, 1997-1998, 2 folders

Box 15 Folder 1-2 Ford Foundation, 1997, 2 folders

Box 15 Folder 14 Fundraising, 1997

Box 15 Folder 15 Grants, 1997

Box 15 Folder 3 Moving into Dance, 1997


Box 14 Folder 26 Public Relations, 1997


Box 15 Folder 4 Residencies, 1997

Box 15 Folder 5 School Curriculum, 1997

Box 15 Folder 6 Television Appearances, 1997

Box 15 Folder 7-8 Tour, 1997, 2 folders


Box 23 Folder 13 General Administrative and Budgets, 1998


Box 16 Folder 1-5 General Administrative, 1998, 5 folders


Box 15 Folder 16-17 Accounting, 1998, 2 folders


Box 16 Folder 6 Americans for the Arts, 1998

Includes two photographs.

Box 16 Folder 7 Balanchine Trust, 1998

Box 16 Folder 8 Board, 1998


Box 24 Folder 4 Board--Correspondence, 1998


Box 16 Folder 9 Building, 1998

Box 16 Folder 10 Calendars, 1998

Box 16 Folder 11 City University of New York (CUNY), 1998

Box 16 Folder 12 Columbia Artists Management, Inc., 1998

Box 16 Folder 13 Community Partnerships, 1998

Box 16 Folder 14 Company and Affilitate Artists, 1998

Box 16 Folder 30-31a Computer Disks, 1998, 3 folders

20 3.25" floppy disks. Various correspondence and administrative files. One of the disks includes a print-out of the files on the disk.

Box 16 Folder 15 Correspondence, 1998

Box 16 Folder 16 Cotton Club, 1998

Box 16 Folder 17 Dance USA Survey, 1998

Box 16 Folder 18 Dancing Through Barriers, 1998

Box 16 Folder 19-20 Education, 1998, 2 folders

Box 16 Folder 21 Education--Student Letters, 1998

Box 16 Folder 22 Filming, 1998


Box 15 Folder 18 Financial, 1998

Box 15 Folder 19 Fundraising, 1998

Grants, 1998

Box 15 Folder 20 General, 1998

Box 15 Folder 21 AT&T, 1998

Box 15 Folder 22 Chase, 1998


Box 16 Folder 23 Hong Kong Ballet, 1998

Box 16 Folder 24 Pacific Rim Tour, 1996-1998

Box 16 Folder 25 Programming, 1998

Box 16 Folder 26 San Francisco, 1998

Box 16 Folder 27 Staff, 1998

Box 16 Folder 28 Television Appearances, 1998

Box 16 Folder 29 Tour, 1998

Box 16 Folder 32-34 General Administrative, 1999, 3 folders

Box 16 Folder 35 30th Annivesary, 1999


Box 23 Folder 14 Accounting, 1999


Box 17 Folder 1 Affiliate Artists, 1999

Box 17 Folder 2 Alumni Organization, 1999

Primarily related to 30th Anniversary events.

Box 17 Folder 3-5 Board, 1999, 3 folders

Box 17 Folder 6-7 Budgets, 1999, 2 folders

Box 17 Folder 8 Building, 1999

Box 17 Folder 9 Community Partnerships, 1999

Box 17 Folder 10 Company, 1999


Box 23 Folder 15 Dance Theatre of Harlem Academy, 1999

Box 23 Folder 16 Development, 1999


Box 17 Folder 11 Donations, 1999

Box 17 Folder 12-13 Education, 1999, 2 folders

Box 17 Folder 14-19 Financial, 1999, 6 folders

Box 17 Folder 20 Financial Plan, 1999

Box 17 Folder 21-22 Fundraising, 1999, 2 folders

Box 17 Folder 23 Grants, 1999

Box 17 Folder 24 Harkness Center Dance Board, 1999

Box 17 Folder 25 Harlem Strategic Cultural Council, 1999

Box 17 Folder 26 Hewitt Collection / North Carolina Dance Theater Collaboration, 1999

Box 17 Folder 27 Kennedy Center Residency--Survey Responses, 1999

Box 17 Folder 28 Library and Archives, 1999


Box 18 Folder 1 Meeting Minutes, 1999

Box 18 Folder 2 Musicians' Union, 1999

Box 18 Folder 3 Open Houses, 1999

Box 18 Folder 4-5 Performances, 1999

Box 18 Folder 6 Project Proposals, 1999

Box 18 Folder 7-9 Public Relations / Press, 1999, 3 folders

Box 18 Folder 10 Residency, 1999

Box 18 Folder 11-13 Staff, 1999, 3 folders

Box 18 Folder 14 Television Appearances, 1999

Box 18 Folder 15-18 Tour, 1999, 4 folders


Box 23 Folder 17 General Administrative, 2000


Box 18 Folder 19 Board, 2000

Box 18 Folder 20 Company, 2000

Box 18 Folder 21 Correspondence, 2000

Box 18 Folder 22 Dancers, 2000

Box 18 Folder 23 Dancing Through Barriers, 2000

Box 18 Folder 24 Development, 2000

Box 18 Folder 25 Education, 2000

Box 18 Folder 26 Financial, 2000

Box 18 Folder 27 Olympics, 2000-2001

Relates to New York City's bid for the 2012 Olympics.

Box 18 Folder 28 Performances, 2000

Box 18 Folder 29 Staff, 2000

Box 18 Folder 30 General Administrative, 2001-2002

Box 18 Folder 31 Board Prospectus, 2001

Box 18 Folder 32 Company, 2001

Box 18 Folder 33 Financial, 2001

Box 18 Folder 34 Press, 2001

Box 18 Folder 35 General Administrative, 2002


Box 19 Folder 1-4 Arthur Mitchell Academy Charter School, 2002, 4 folders


Box 18 Folder 36 Board, 2002


Box 19 Folder 5 Education--Student Letters, 2002


Box 18 Folder 37 Financial, 2002


Box 19 Folder 6 Performances, 2002

Box 19 Folder 7 School, 2002

Box 19 Folder 8 General Administrative, 2003

Box 19 Folder 9 Board, 2003

Box 19 Folder 10 Correspondence, 2003

Box 19 Folder 11 Development, 2003


Box 23 Folder 18-19 Financial, 2003, 2 folders


Box 19 Folder 12-13 Performances / Television / Film, 2003, 2 folders

Box 19 Folder 14 General Administrative, 2004

Box 19 Folder 15 479 West 152nd Street, 2004

Box 19 Folder 16 Building, 2004

Box 19 Folder 17 Correspondence, 2004

Box 19 Folder 18 Press, 2004

Box 19 Folder 19 Public Relations, 2004

Box 19 Folder 20 Staff, 2004

Box 19 Folder 21 Tour, 2004

Box 19 Folder 22 General Administrative, 2005

Box 19 Folder 23 Board, 2005

Box 19 Folder 24 Calendar for Arthur Mitchell, 2005

Box 19 Folder 25 Education, 2005

Box 19 Folder 26 Public Relations, 2005


Box 72 Folder 21 White House Visit--Correspondence, 2005-2006

This includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.


Box 19 Folder 27 General Administrative, 2006-2007

Box 19 Folder 28-29 Board, 2006-2007

Box 19 Folder 30 Education, 2006-2007

Box 19 Folder 31 Financial, 2006-2007

Box 19 Folder 32 Performance, 2006-2007

Box 19 Folder 33 Publication Relations and Press, 2006-2007


Box 20 Folder 17 Television Appearances (List), circa 2006

List of select television appearances by the Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1973-2006.


Box 19 Folder 34 Tour, 2006-2007

Box 19 Folder 35 General Administrative, 2008-2009

Box 19 Folder 36 40 Years of Firsts Exhibit, 2009


Box 20 Folder 1 Financial, 2008-2009

Box 20 Folder 16 Panel Discussions, 2008-2009

Box 20 Folder 2 Performance, 2009

Box 20 Folder 3 Public Relations and Press, 2008-2009

Box 20 Folder 4 Alumni, 2010

Box 20 Folder 5 Financial, 2010

Box 20 Folder 6 General Administrative, 2012

Box 20 Folder 7 Affiliate Artists, 2012

Box 20 Folder 8 Affiliate Organizations, 2012

Box 20 Folder 9 Board, 2012

Box 20 Folder 10 Education, 2012

Box 20 Folder 11 Outreach and Events, 2012


Box 23 Folder 20 General Administrative, undated


Box 20 Education and Outreach--Administrative Files , undated, 1 compact disks

Subseries: Affiliated Organizations, 1981-2003

This subseries contains files related to artists, companies, consultants, firms, government entities, labor unions, organizations, people, sponsors, and others who had a relationship with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. These files include contracts, correspondence, financial records, notes, proposals, and reports.

The files include information on administrative issues, appearances, development, fundraising, labor negotiations, program planning, and strategic planning.

Files are arranged alphabetically.


Box 32 Folder 44-48 American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), 1990-1996, 5 folders


Box 33 Folder 1-3 American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), 1997-1998, 3 folders

These files include information on the 1997 labor strike.


Box 25 Folder 1 Brown University, 1994-1997

Box 25 Folder 2 Elder G. Hawkins Foundation Inc., 1998

Box 25 Folder 3 Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, 1998

Box 25 Folder 4 Gospel Group, undated

Box 25 Folder 5 Grant Application, 1998

Box 25 Folder 6 Robert Guenette Productions, Inc., 1998

Box 25 Folder 7 Hamilton College, 1998

Box 25 Folder 8 Hamilton Heights Business Improvement District (BID), 1997

Box 25 Folder 9 Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Association, 1997-1998

Box 25 Folder 10 Harid Conservatory, 1996-1997

Box 25 Folder 11 Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, 1997-1998

Box 25 Folder 12 Harlem, 1996-1997

Box 25 Folder 13 Harlem Academy of Leadership, 1996

Box 25 Folder 14 Harlem Cultural Council, 1998-1999

Box 25 Folder 15 Harlem Hospital, 1998

Box 25 Folder 16 Harlem Initiative, 1988-1990, 1996

Box 25 Folder 17 Harlem Jazz Foundation, 1998

Box 25 Folder 18 Harlem Jazz Music Festival, 1998

Box 25 Folder 19 Harlem Outreach, 1995-1996

Box 25 Folder 20 Harlem Restoration Project, Inc., 1998

Box 25 Folder 21 Harlem Week, 1994

Box 25 Folder 22 Harris, Josephine L., 1991-1998

Box 25 Folder 23 Harvard University, 1997-1998

Box 25 Folder 24 United American Healthcare, 1994-1995

Box 25 Folder 25 Hospital Audiences Inc., 1998

Box 25 Folder 26 Hostetter, Paul K., 1998

Box 25 Folder 27 Hugo Boss, 1996-1997

Box 25 Folder 28 IMA Group, 1998

Box 25 Folder 29 IMG Artists, 1990s

Box 25 Folder 30-31 Independent Sector Award, 1995-1996, 2 folders

See Also: Leadership Award

Box 25 Folder 32 Insurance, 1996

Box 25 Folder 33 Inter-American Development Bank, 1995-1997

Box 25 Folder 34 Inter Church Center, 1996

Box 25 Folder 35 International Ballet Companies, 1991

Box 25 Folder 36-37 International Business Machines (IBM), 1987-1998, 2 folders

Box 25 Folder 38-39 International Business Machines (IBM)--Speaking Engagements, 1987-1992, 2 folders

Box 25 Folder 40 InterSchool Orchestras of New York (ISO), 1998

Box 25 Folder 41-42 Israel, 1998, 2 folders


Box 26 Folder 1 Gould, Morton, 1996

Box 26 Folder 2 Graves, Lorraine, 1998

Box 26 Folder 3 Hook, Louise P., 1998

Box 26 Folder 4 Jenkins, Leroy and Felicia North, 1996

Box 26 Folder 5 Jepson School at the University of Richmond, 1997

Box 26 Folder 6 Johnson, Libet, 1997

Box 26 Folder 7 Johnson, Louis, 1996

Box 26 Folder 8 Johnson Endowment, 1995

Box 26 Folder 9 Kappel, Mark, 1997-1998

Box 26 Folder 10 Katherine Dunham Tribute, 1996

Box 26 Folder 11 Kellogg Foundation, 1998

Box 26 Folder 12-17 Kennedy Center, 1997-1999, 6 folders

Box 26 Folder 18 Kennedy Center--Wolfensohn Tribute, 1996

Box 26 Folder 19 Kerner, Mary, 1995

Box 26 Folder 20-21 Knowles Property, 1998, 2 folders

Box 26 Folder 22 Kreisberg Group, 1997

Box 26 Folder 23-25 Leadership Award, 1996, 3 folders

See Also: Independent Sector Award

Box 26 Folder 26 Maurice Grosser Estate, 1991-1992

Box 26 Folder 27 McKinsey and Company, 1997


Box 27 Folder 1 José Limón Dance Foundation, 1996-1997

Box 27 Folder 2 Lane, Artis, 1989-1993

Box 27 Folder 3 Learning Through Art (Guggenheim), 1995

Box 27 Folder 4 Letters of Support, 1996

Box 27 Folder 5 Leuzzi, Linda, 1996

Box 27 Folder 6 Lewitsky, Bella, 1997

Box 27 Folder 7 Lifestyle Ventures, 1998

Box 27 Folder 8 Light Flash Pictures, 1996-1998

Box 27 Folder 9 Living Landmarks, 1995-1997

Box 27 Folder 10 Long Island University, 1998

Box 27 Folder 11 Lookout Productions, 1998

Box 27 Folder 12 Louisville Ballet, 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 13-14 MacArthur Foundation, 1995-1996, 2 folders

Box 27 Folder 15 Manhattan Center Studios, 1997

Box 27 Folder 16 Manhattan Neighborhood Network, 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 17 University of Maryland, 1998

Box 27 Folder 18 Massarsky, Cynthia, 1990s

Box 27 Folder 19 MBL Contracting, 1998

Box 27 Folder 20 McCaw, Craig, 1998

Box 27 Folder 21 McClees, Greg, 1997

Box 27 Folder 22 McCrary, Tex, 1995

Box 27 Folder 23 Meet the Composers, 1994-1996

Box 27 Folder 24 Merrill Hartley, Dina, 1995

Box 27 Folder 25 Merrill Lynch, 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 26 Metropolitan Museum of Art--Bill Luers, 1997

Box 27 Folder 27 Miami City Ballet, 1999

Box 27 Folder 28 Miami Hispanic Ballet, 1998

Box 27 Folder 29 Michels, Stanley, 1998

New York City Council Member.

Box 27 Folder 30 Microfiche, 1996

Box 27 Folder 31 Midwest Arts Booking Conference, 1998

Box 27 Folder 32 Miley, Mary Clarke, 1995

Box 27 Folder 33 Millenium Committee of New York, LLC, 1998

Box 27 Folder 34 Millenium Proposal, 1996

Box 27 Folder 35 MIS, 1998

Box 27 Folder 36 Mitchell & Titus, 1995-1998

Box 27 Folder 37 Modell's, 1998

Box 27 Folder 38 Moses, Yolanda, 1998

City College

Box 27 Folder 39 Mosier, Diane, undated

Lively Arts Foundation

Box 27 Folder 40 Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), 1996-1998

Box 27 Folder 41 Mussa, Mansa K., undated

Box 27 Folder 42 Nasser, Joe, undated

Box 27 Folder 43 National Arts Stabilization, 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 44 National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 45 National Medal of the Arts, 1995-1996

Box 27 Folder 46 Neary, Patricia, 1998

Box 27 Folder 47 New England Foundation for the Arts, 1998

Box 27 Folder 48 New Victory Theatre, 1997

Box 27 Folder 49 New York Dance Companies, 1998

Box 27 Folder 50 New York Heritage Tourism, 1998

Box 27 Folder 51 New York Historical Society, 1998

Box 27 Folder 52 New York International Festival of the Arts, 1998

Box 27 Folder 53 New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 54 New York Philanthropic Advisory Service, 1998

Box 27 Folder 55 New York Society of Association Executives, 1996-1997

Box 27 Folder 56 New York University and Dance Theatre of Harlem Collaborations, 1996-1998

Box 27 Folder 57 New York City Arts Coalition, 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 58 New York City Ballet, 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 59 New York City Centennial, 1998

Box 27 Folder 60 New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 1989-1997

Box 27 Folder 61 New York City Mayor's Office, 1997

Clippings.

Box 27 Folder 62 New York City Transit (MTA), 1997-1998

Box 27 Folder 63 New York State Museum, 1997

Box 27 Folder 64-66 New York State Theater, 1993-1997, 3 folders

Box 27 Folder 67 Norwest Mortgage, 1998


Box 28 Folder 1 Nash, Joseph, 1996

Box 28 Folder 2-6 National Arts Stabilization, 1993-1998, 5 folders

Box 28 Folder 7 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1998

Box 28 Folder 8-9 National Association of Schools of Dance, 1995-1997, 2 folders

Box 28 Folder 10 National Black Arts Festival, 1996-1997

Box 28 Folder 11 National Dance Institute, 1998

Box 28 Folder 12 National Dance Project, 1997

Box 28 Folder 13 National Dance Residency Program, 1996

Box 28 Folder 14-17 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1995-1998, 4 folders

Box 28 Folder 18-20 National Executive Service Corps, 1994-1998, 3 folders

Includes final report.

Box 28 Folder 21 National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, 1998

Box 28 Folder 22 New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, 1997-1998

Box 28 Folder 23-24 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 1997-1998, 2 folders

Box 28 Folder 25 North Carolina School of the Arts, 1994-1996

Box 28 Folder 26 Johnson, Oliver, 1997

Artist.

Box 28 Folder 27 Olympics, 1996

Box 28 Folder 28 OmniCare Health Plan, 1994-1995


Box 29 Folder 1 Pace Entertainment, 1996

Box 29 Folder 2 Pacific Northwest Ballet, 1998

Box 29 Folder 3 Pacific Union, 1998

Box 29 Folder 4 Parker & Ferebee, 1998

Box 29 Folder 5 People for the American Way, 1997

Box 29 Folder 6 Pepsico, 1996

Box 29 Folder 7 Pforzheimer Foundation, 1998

Box 29 Folder 8-9 Philip Morris Sponsorship, 1994-1998, 2 folders

Box 29 Folder 10 Photographers, 1997

Box 29 Folder 11-12 Pierre, Sherra, 1998, 2 folders

Pitch


Box 33 Folder 4 Artists / Choreographers, 1981-1999

Box 33 Folder 5 Artists / Materials, 1983-2003


Box 34 Folder 6-9 Scripts Received, 1983-2003, undated, 4 folders


Box 29 Folder 13 Kathryn Posin Dance Company, 1998

Box 29 Folder 14 Power for Jobs, 1997

Box 29 Folder 15 Presenters, 1997-1998

Box 29 Folder 16 President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 1993

Box 29 Folder 17 President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 1998

Box 29 Folder 18 Princess Grace Awards, 1994

Box 29 Folder 19 Princeton University, 1998

Box 29 Folder 20 Professionals for NonProfits, 1997-1998

Box 29 Folder 21 Project Plus, Inc., 1998

Box 29 Folder 22 Prudential Securities, 1998

Box 29 Folder 23 Public Relations Firms, undated

Box 29 Folder 24 Publishing Houses, 1998

Box 29 Folder 25 Rosenberg & Estis, 1998

Box 29 Folder 26 Rubenstein Public Affairs, Inc., 1998

Box 29 Folder 27 Santa Fe Festival, 1997

Box 29 Folder 28 Senate, State of New York, 1998

Box 29 Folder 29-30 Senegal, 1995, 2 folders

Box 29 Folder 31 Sesame Street, 1994-1995

Box 29 Folder 32 Shang, Mr., 1995-1996

Box 29 Folder 33 Shooter Promotions, 1997-1998

Box 29 Folder 34 Shorenstein, 1998

Box 29 Folder 35 Smuin Ballets/SF, 1995-1998

Box 29 Folder 36 Solutions, 1997

Box 29 Folder 37 Soros Foundation, 1995-1997

Box 29 Folder 38 St. Chistopher's-Jennie Clarkson Child Care Services, Inc. (SCJC), 1997

Box 29 Folder 39 St. Luke's Parsonage, 1998

Box 29 Folder 40 St. Petersburg: A Cultural Celebration, 1997

Box 29 Folder 41 Stevens Group: Financial Management Consultants, 1997-1998

Box 29 Folder 42 Studio Museum of Harlem, 1998

Box 29 Folder 43 Syracuse University, 1997

Box 29 Folder 44 Teach for America, 1998

Box 29 Folder 45 TEC, 1994-1996

Box 29 Folder 46 Texaco, 1997-1998

Box 29 Folder 47 Tiffany and Company, 1996-1997

Box 29 Folder 48 Time Warner, 1996-1997

Box 29 Folder 49 Turnley, Paul, 1995

Management Consultant. Includes draft of his report.

Box 29 Folder 50 United States Information Agency (USIA), 1997

Box 29 Folder 51 United States Information Services (USIS), 1997

Box 29 Folder 52 Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates, 1998

Box 29 Folder 53 Vassar College, 1996

Box 29 Folder 54 Visiting Committee, 1995

Box 29 Folder 55 Vogue / Irving Penn Shoot, 1998

Box 29 Folder 56-57 Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Arts Stabilization Initiative, 1990-1994, 2 folders

Box 29 Folder 58 Wallen, Errollyn, 1998

Box 29 Folder 59 Welters, Anthony, 1997

Box 29 Folder 60 Westchester Philharmonic, 1997

Box 29 Folder 61 Who's Who, 1996-1997

Box 29 Folder 62 Terrie Williams Agency, 1996

Box 29 Folder 63 Winfrey, Oprah, 1995

Box 29 Folder 64 Wolfensohn Video Project, 1995-1996

Box 29 Folder 65 World Financial Center, 1997

Box 29 Folder 66 World Theatre Enterprises, 1992


Box 30 Folder 1 MorganScott Ballet, 1998

Box 30 Folder 2 Paisley Park Enterprises (Prince), 1994

Includes signed card from Prince.

Box 30 Folder 3 Women's City Club of New York, 1996-1997

Box 30 Folder 4 Yale University, 1998

Box 30 Folder 5 Yari Kredi Bank (Turkey), 1994-1995

Box 30 Folder 6 92nd Street Y, 1997

Box 30 Folder 7 Young & Rubicam, Inc., 1996

Box 30 Folder 8 Zurich Re, 1998

Subseries: Chronological Correspondence, 1972-1988, 1993, 1995-2000

This subseries contains the chronological correspondence files for Arthur Mitchell in his administrative capacity at Dance Theatre of Harlem. This set is incomplete: some years are missing, and other years only contain only outgoing correspondence. The files include both internal and external correspondence, faxes, and memoranda. There is additional correspondence elsewhere in the administrative records in this series.

The filing system changed somewhat over time as this is noted in the container list, and some files in the mid-1980s have become disorganized although they were probably originally filed in chronological order. For early years (1972-1975), the files consist of copies of outgoing correspondence, only. For 1976-1980, there is a set of chronological files for outgoing correspondence, and a general file that includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence. For 1984-1988, incoming and outgoing correspondence was filed together. For 1995-2000, there is mix of incoming and outgoing files.


Box 65 Folder 1-26 Chronological Correspondence, 1972 November-1976, 26 folders

These files contain copies of outgoing correspondence, only.


Box 66 Folder 1-2 General Correspondence, 1976, 2 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 66 Folder 3 Correspondence Received from Students Re: Arts Exposure at the Apollo Theatre, 1976

Box 66 Folder 4-6 Chronological Correspondence, 1977, 3 folders

These files contain copies of outgoing correspondence, only.

Box 66 Folder 7-9 General Correspondence, 1977, 3 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 66 Folder 10 Chronological Correspondence, 1978 March 24 - December

This file contains copies of outgoing correspondence, only.

Box 66 Folder 11-14 General Correspondence, 1978, 4 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 66 Folder 15-21 Chronological Correspondence, 1979, 6 folders

These files contain copies of outgoing correspondence, only.


Box 67 Folder 1-4 General Correspondence, 1979, 4 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 67 Folder 5-8 Chronological Correspondence, 1980 January-November, 4 folders

These files contain copies of outgoing correspondence, only.

Box 67 Folder 9 General Correspondence, 1980

This file includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 67 Folder 10-11 Correspondence Received from Students, 1981, 2 folders

Box 67 Folder 12 General Correspondence--Drafts of Outgoing Letters, 1981-1982

Box 67 Folder 13 Correspondence Received from Students, 1983

Box 67 Folder 14-16 Chronological Correspondence, 1984, 3 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 67 Folder 17-18 Correspondence Received from Students, 1984, 2 folders

Box 67 Folder 19-22 Chronological Correspondence, 1985 January-August, 4 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.


Box 68 Folder 1 Chronological Correspondence, 1985 September-December

This file includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 68 Folder 2 Correspondence Received from Students, 1985

Box 68 Folder 3 Correspondence Received from Students--Birthday Cards for Arthur Mitchell, 1985

Box 68 Folder 4-13 Chronological Correspondence, 1986, 10 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 68 Folder 14-18 Chronological Correspondence, 1987 January-March, 5 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.


Box 69 Folder 1-11 Chronological Correspondence, 1987 March-December, 11 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 69 Folder 12-17 Chronological Correspondence, 1988, 6 folders


Box 70 Folder 1-6 Chronological Correspondence, 1988, 6 folders

Box 70 Folder 7 Correspondence Received from Students, 1993


Box 71 Folder 1-2 Chronological Correspondence, 1995 June-December, 2 folders

These files consist primarily of outgoing faxes.

Box 71 Folder 3-10 Chronological Correspondence, 1996, 8 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 71 Folder 11-23 Chronological Correspondence, 1997, 13 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 71 Folder 24-38 Chronological Correspondence, 1998, 15 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.


Box 72 Folder 1-19 Chronological Correspondence, 1999, 19 folders

These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Box 72 Folder 20 Chronological Correspondence, 2000 January-February

This includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Subseries: Development and Marketing, 1994-1998

This subseries includes files on development, donors, fundraising, grants, marketing, programming, and publicity. These files include clippings, correspondence, financial records, memoranda, notes, and reports.

File are arranged alphabetically.


Box 30 Folder 9 ABC, Inc. Foundation, 1997

Box 30 Folder 10 Achelis and Bodman Foundations, 1998

Box 30 Folder 11 American Home Products Corporation, 1998

Box 30 Folder 12 AT&T Foundation, 1995

Box 30 Folder 13 Auction, 1996

Box 30 Folder 14 Bessie Varley (Estate), 1998

Box 30 Folder 15 Bodman Foundation, 1998

Box 30 Folder 16 Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, 1998

Box 30 Folder 17 Consultants (Development), 1997

Box 30 Folder 18 Louis Calder Foundation, 1998

Box 30 Folder 19 Charles H. Revson Foundation, 1998

Box 30 Folder 20 Contracts (Development), 1997

Box 30 Folder 21 Coca Cola Foundation, 1996

Box 30 Folder 22 Conover, Catherine M., 1995

Box 30 Folder 23 Contributions from Individuals, 1997

Box 30 Folder 24 Chemical and Chase Banks, 1995-1998

Box 30 Folder 25 Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, 1996

Box 30 Folder 26 Department of Cultural Affairs (New York City), 1995

Development, 1994-1998


Box 31 Folder 5-6 General, 1996-1998, 2 folders

Box 31 Folder 7 Interviews, 1998

Box 31 Folder 8-12 Memos, 1995-1998, 5 folders

Box 31 Folder 13 Mailing Lists, 1995

Box 31 Folder 14 Letters--General, 1994-1995

Box 31 Folder 15 Letters--Update Letters, 1995

Box 31 Folder 16 Publicity, 1997

Box 31 Folder 17 Reports, 1995-1998


Box 30 Folder 27 Donor List, 1995-1997

Box 30 Folder 28 Dow Jones Foundation, 1998

Box 30 Folder 29 DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, 1995-1997

Box 30 Folder 30 Dun & Bradstreet, 1995

Box 30 Folder 31 Edler G. Hawkins Foundation, 1998

Box 30 Folder 32 Ella Smith (Estate), 1998

Box 30 Folder 33 Ford Foundation, 1998

Includes a copy of the report by Thomas B. Harris.

Box 30 Folder 34 Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, 1997

Box 30 Folder 35 Ford Motor Company Fund, 1995

Box 30 Folder 36-37 Fundraising Reports, 1995-1998, 2 folders

Box 30 Folder 38 Funding Research, 1996-1997

Box 30 Folder 39 Friars National Association Foundation, 1997

Box 30 Folder 40 G&F Armour Foundation, 1997


Box 31 Folder 1-3 Gala (New York, NY), 1996, 3 folders

Box 31 Folder 4 Gala (Washington, DC), 1996


Box 30 Folder 41 Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, 1997

Box 30 Folder 42 Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, 1996-1998

Box 30 Folder 43 Halverson, John (Estate), 1997

Box 30 Folder 44 Harkness Foundation, 1997

Box 30 Folder 45 Hinkins, Henry, 1997

Box 30 Folder 46 Grant Hill Foundation, 1997

Box 30 Folder 47 Irene Diamond Fund, 1996-1998

Box 30 Folder 48 Jacki Duchowny, 1998

Box 30 Folder 49 Jane Steele Murray, 1997

Box 30 Folder 50 L and L Foundation, 1998

Box 30 Folder 51 Joe and Emily Lowe Foundation, 1997

Box 30 Folder 52 Joelson Foundation, 1995

Box 30 Folder 53 Kennedy Center, 1997

Box 30 Folder 54 Letters--Development Update Letters, 1996

Box 30 Folder 55 Letters--Development Letters and Contributions, 1995-1997

Box 30 Folder 56 L.J. Scaggs and Mary C. Scaggs Foundation, 1996

Box 30 Folder 57-58 David Mallision Company, 1997-1998, 2 folders

Box 30 Folder 59-60 MacArthur Foundation, 1995-1998, 2 folders


Box 31 Folder Unknown Marketing, 1994-1998

Box 31 Folder 18-20 General, 1997-1998, 3 folders

Box 31 Folder 21 Company, 1998


Box 32 Folder 1-2 Memos, 1994-1995, 1998, 2 folders


Box 30 Folder 61 Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, 1998

Proposal drafts.


Box 32 Folder 3 John L. McHugh Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 4 MCI Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 5 Mellon Private Asset Management, 1998

Box 32 Folder 6 Meyer Handelman Company, 1997

Box 32 Folder 7 Million Dollar Round Table, 1994

Box 32 Folder 8 Phillip Morris, 1998

Box 32 Folder 9 Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, 1998

Box 32 Folder 10 Mutual of America, 1998

Box 32 Folder 11 Naming Event, 1998

Box 32 Folder 12 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1997

Box 32 Folder 13 New York Community Trust, 1995

Box 32 Folder 14 New York Times Company Foundation, 1995-1997

Box 32 Folder 15 Rudolf Nureyev Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 16 O'Connor, Murphy, Ryan & Seitz, 1996

Box 32 Folder 17-18 Open House Series, 1996-1997, 2 folders

Box 32 Folder 19 Paul L. Newman - Newman's Own, 1997

Box 32 Folder 20 Performing Arts Center of Greater Miami, 1998

Box 32 Folder 21 Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, 1997

Box 32 Folder 22 Hulitar, Mary Gerstenberg (widow of Philip Hulitar), 1995

Box 32 Folder 23 Pinkerton Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 24 Power Corporation of Canada, 1997

Box 32 Folder 25 President's Report, 1997

Includes the President's Report and several other reports related to the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Box 32 Folder 26 Helena Rubenstein Foundation, 1997

Box 32 Folder 27 Salomon Foundation, 1995

Box 32 Folder 28 San Francisco Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 29 Save As: Dance, 1998

Box 32 Folder 30 Shubert Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 31 Sloan, Janet (Estate), 1996-1998

Box 32 Folder 32 Special Funders, 1995

Box 32 Folder 33 Jules and Doris Stein Foundation, 1997

Box 32 Folder 34 Street Fair, 1996

Box 32 Folder 35 Sylvia R. Lindsey Dance Scholarship, 1998

Box 32 Folder 36 Tamara Geva (Estate), 1998

Box 32 Folder 37 Travelers Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 38 VIP, 1995-1997

Box 32 Folder 39 Westinghouse / CBS Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 40 Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation, 1998

Box 32 Folder 41 Wolfensohn Family Foundation, 1996

Box 32 Folder 42 Xerox Corporation, 1995-1998

Box 32 Folder 43 Zeisler Group, 1994-1996

Subseries: Memorabilia, 1980-1999, undated

This subseries contains various items, including business cards, buttons, calendars, postcards, stationary, stickers, and tickets.


Box 73 Folder 16 25th Anniversary Calendar, 1994


Box 100 Folder 1 Richard Barcliff Scroll, 1984

This is a photocopy, with a note from the artist.

Box 100 Folder 2 Business Cards, undated

Various business cards. Most of these are for Arthur Mitchell; a few are for Mitchell and Karel Shook, Directors.

Box 100 Folder 3 Buttons, 1980, 1993, undated


Box 129 Folder 1-2 Emergence Award, circa 1980

This includes a blank award plaque (pewter) and a brochure about the award itself.


Box 100 Folder 4 Harlem Homecoming Image, 1972?

Transparency.

Box 100 Folder 5 Sara Hudson "Forces of Rhythm" Plate, circa 1975

Small engraving plate, inscribed "Forces of Rhythm By Sarah Hudson Inspired by Dallas Performance Dance Theatre of Harlem 1975"

Box 100 Folder 6 Postcards, 1980s

Includes a postcard of Virginia Johnson and Lowell Smith in "A Streecar Named Desire," and several postcards of Virginia Johnson in "Pas de Dix." The "Pas de Dix" postcards(6 copies) include a handwritten thank you message from Mitchell.

South Africa Tour, 1992

Box 100 Folder 7 Buttons

Box 100 Folder 8 Stationary

Box 100 Folder 9 Stickers

Box 100 Folder 10 Stationary (Various)

Box 100 Folder 11 Stickers

Box 100 Folder 12 Tickets, 1986-1994

Includes special event tickets, and one ticket stub from a performance with a note on it by Mitchell.

Subseries: Photographs, circa 1925-2009 [Bulk: 1968-1999]

This subseries contains both snapshots and professional photographs. These photographs include images from the company's repertory, tours, special events, appearances, and awards. There are also additional photographs related to the institution, buildings, company, and school, as well as photographs of prominent persons in the organization.

Subseries: Dance Theatre of Harlem Repertory, 1970s-1990s, undated

This subseries includes photographs organized alphabetically of the Dance Theatre of Harlem company repertory. The majority of photographs are 8x10" black and white photographs.


Box 35 Folder 1 Adagiato, 2 items

Stephanie Dabney and Mel Thomlinson and Joe Cipolla

Box 35 Folder 2 Agon, 6 items

Box 35 Folder 3 Allegro Brilliante, 1979, undated, 4 items

Box 35 Folder 4 Ancient Voices of Children, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 5 Belle, 1 items

Mell Thomlinson and Virginia Johnson

Box 35 Folder 6 The Beloved, 2 items

Box 35 Folder 7 Les Biches, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 8 Biosphera, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 9 Caravansarai, 3 items

Paul Russel, Virginia Johnson, and William Scott

Box 35 Folder 10 Carmen, 4 items

Box 35 Folder 11 Combat, 4 items


Box 44 Folder 1 Concerto Barroco, 1 items


Box 35 Folder 12 Le Corsaire, 6 items

Box 35 Folder 13 Design For Strings, 1 items

Abarca, Johnson, Paul Russell

Box 35 Folder 14 Dialogues, 2 items

Box 35 Folder 15-16 Dougla, 7 items

Includes color photographs.

Box 35 Folder 17 Every Now and Then, 2 items

Box 35 Folder 18 Fete Noir, 3 items

Box 35 Folder 19-20 Firebird, 1991, 6 items

Where are 2 and 5. Only 6 items here.

Box 35 Folder 21 Forces of Rhythm, 2 items

Where are 1 and 4. Only 2 items here.

Box 35 Folder 22 Four Temperaments, 2 items

Where is 3. Only 2 items here. #1 is marked as a duplicate copy however.

Box 35 Folder 23 Giselle, 1987 November 27, 4 items

4 items here.

Box 35 Folder 24 The Greatest, 1978, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 25 Haiku, 1 items

2 copies

Box 35 Folder 26 Holberg Suite

Virginia Johnson and company. File is empty.

Box 35 Folder 27 Laurencia, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 28 Manifestations, 3 items

Box 35 Folder 29 Mirage, 1979, 1982, undated, 5 items

Box 35 Folder 30 Phoenix Rising, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 31 Pas de Dix, 2 items

Box 35 Folder 32 Rhythmetron, 3 items

Box 35 Folder 33 Romeo and Juliet, 4 items

Box 35 Folder 34 Serenade, 1982, undated, 5 items

Box 35 Folder 35 Scheherazade, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 36 Shapes of Evening, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 37 Square Dance, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 38 Stars and Stripes, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 39 Street Car Named Desire

Virginia Johnson and Lowell Smith. File is empty.

Box 35 Folder 40 St. Louis Woman, 9 items; 4x6" color photographs

Box 35 Folder 41 Tones, 2 items

Box 35 Folder 42 Troy Games, 1989, 1 items

Box 35 Folder 43 Voluntaries, 2 items

Box 35 Folder 44-45 Miscellaneous Repertory, 1985, undated, 11 items

Box 35 Folder 46 Dance Theatre of Harlem Repertory Contact Sheets

Subseries: Dance Theatre of Harlem Company on Tour, 1984-1992, undated

This subseries includes snapshots of the Dance Theatre of Harlem company on tour.


Box 36 Folder 1 Asia

Box 36 Folder 2-3 Bermuda, 64 items

Box 36 Folder 4-6 Russia, 1988, 17 items

Box 36 Folder 7 South Africa, 1992

Box 36 Folder 8 Spain, 1984, 4 items

Subseries: Dance Theatre of Harlem Special Events and Appearances, 1974-1998

This subseries includes photographs of Dance Theatre of Harlem company community outreach events, television appearances, institutional celebrations, and educational programming.

Box 36 Folder 9-11 Dance Theatre of Harlem Appearances and Community Events, 1974-1978, 13 items

Box 36 Folder 12 Dance Theatre of Harlem Appearances and Community Events, 1984, 19 items

Snapshots, Dance Theatre of Harlem Gala


Box 44 Folder 2-3 Dance Theatre of Harlem Appearances and Community Events--Graf Photo Shoot, 1990, 11 items


Box 36 Folder 13-16 Dance Theatre of Harlem Appearances and Community Events, 1991-1993, 4 folders

Includes photographs of Street Fair events. Includes black and white photographs, as well as color snapshots and one large negative.

Box 36 Folder 17-21 Dance Theatre of Harlem Appearances and Community Events, 1993-1994, 5 folders

Includes photographs for the 25th Anniversary of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Includes photographs and slides of a visit to Sesame Street. Includes black & white snapshots, slides, and contact sheets.

Box 36 Folder 22-23 Dance Theatre of Harlem Appearances and Community Events, 1995-1996, 2 folders

Primarily contact sheets. Includes a few black and white photographs.

Box 36 Folder 24-26 Dance Theatre of Harlem Appearances and Community Events, 1998, 3 folders

Primarily from the naming event.


Box 45 Folder 8 Funeral of Alvin Ailey, 1989

Oversized photograph; includes Arthur Mitchell.


Box 99 Arthur Mitchell's Birthday Party, 1999 March 24

Photograph album of the event created for Mitchell by photographer Irving Spivey.

Subseries: Dance Theatre of Harlem Institution, Company, and School, 1969-1990s

Photographs in this subseries include a behind the scenes look at Dance Theatre of Harlem company, institution, and school.


Box 36 Folder 27 Administration, undated, 4 items


Box 37 Folder 1-4 Building Matters, 1970, 1987, 1993, 4 folders

Company


Box 45 Folder 12 Ballerina in a Grand Jete, undated, 13.25 x 17.25"

Photograph is in a mat.


Box 36 Folder 28-29 Class, 1969, 8 items


Box 44 Folder 4-9 Photo Shoots, 1970s-1990s, 6 folders

Primarily portrait photographs of individual dancers. Includes some group photographs of the company.


Box 37 Folder 5-8 Rehearsals, circa 1969-1975, 4 folders


Box 36 Folder 30 Rehearsals, 1987, 1 item

Mitchell in rehearsal. Lowell Smith in foreground.

Box 36 Folder 31 Rehearsals, circa 1990

Contact sheets.


Box 37 Folder 9-11 Snapshots

Box 37 Folder 12 Miscellaneous

Box 37 Folder 13 Costume Department, 1978, undated, 6 items

School

Box 37 Folder 14 General, circa 1969-1978


Box 44 Folder 10 General, circa 1969-1978


Box 37 Folder 15 General, 1990s

Box 37 Folder 16-18 Class Photographs, undated, 3 folders

Subseries: Dance Theatre of Harlem Honors and Awards, 1977-2009

Box 37 Folder 19-21 Honors and Awards, circa 1977-1989, 3 folders

Box 37 Folder 22 Honors and Awards, 1990-1994

Box 37 Folder 23 Mayor's Art and Culture Awards (New York), 1993

Box 37 Folder 24-26 Kennedy Center Honors, 1994, 3 folders

See also: Honors and Awards 1995 in this box. It is difficult to distinguish between the unidentified photographs of White House events in 1994 and 1995.

Box 37 Folder 27-28 Honors and Awards, 1995, 2 folders

See also: Kennedy Center Honors in this box. It is difficult to distinguish between the unidentified photographs of White House events in 1994 and 1995.


Box 38 Folder 1 Honors and Awards, 1999

Includes photographs from Mitchell's receipt of an honorary degree from The University of the Arts.

Box 38 Folder 26 Municipal Art Society of New York, circa 1990s, 1 item

Mitchell receives award from The Municipal Art Society of New York, presented by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. This photograph was originally framed, and is glued to a cardboard backing.

Box 38 Folder 2-3 Honors and Awards, 2000-2009, 2 folders

Subseries: Dance Theatre of Harlem VIP Photographs, circa 1925-1993 [Bulk Dates: 1968-1993]

This subseries contains photographs of important people related to Arthur Mitchell or the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Most photographs date from after the founding of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, but a few photographs, particularly those of Shook, appear to be from an earlier period.

Box 38 Folder 4-6 General, circa 1950s-1990s, 3 folders

Includes photographs of Mary Alice, Anne Barzel, Walter Gaines, William Dunbar Griffith, Rudolph Guiliani, Eartha Kitt, Tania Leon, Nelson Mandela, Gian Carlo Menotti, Melba Moore, Brock Peters, Michael Peters, Marie Rambert, Walter Reines, Igor Stravinksy, and Glory Van Scott.

Box 38 Folder 7 George Balanchine, circa 1968-1980

Primarily photographs of a collaboration between Dance Theatre of Harlem and the New York City Ballet; these photographs include both Balanchine and Mitchell. The file also contains photographs of Freddie Franklin and Lincoln Kirstein.


Box 44 Folder 11 Walter Gaines, 1987, 1 item

Photograph was originally framed.

Box 44 Folder 12 Geoffrey Holder, 1984, 1 item


Box 38 Folder 8 Karel Shook, circa 1925-1985

Includes photographs of Shook with Arthur Mitchell and Sonia Gaskell. Also includes a childhood photograph.

Box 38 Folder 25 Zelda Wynn Valdes, circa 1974-1978

Subseries: Posters, Programs, Brochures, and Fliers, 1969-2019

This subseries contains programs, promotional brochures and fliers, invitations, and a few event posters related to both the company and the school. The collection does not contain a complete set of these items.

Company, 1969-2014


Tube Box Tube Box B Posters--City Center January 25 - February 7, 1983 / "Equus", 1983, 24 x 34.5"

This poster was labeled as Equus on the tube received by the Rare Book & Manuscript library; Equus was performed at City Center the prior year, so it is possible that this is the photograph used in the poster. 2 copies.


Mapcase 15-J-10 Posters--Giselle: Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1984, 25 x 29"

Poster designed by Hilary Knight. Signed by the dancers.


Tube Box Tube Box B Posters--New York Celebrates the Arts, 1985, 24 x 36"

Includes item associated with the Dance Theater of Harlem; key to the items used in the photo included on the back of the poster.


Mapcase 15-J-10 Posters--Robert Rauschenberg's "Dancing for Life", 1987, 22 x 39"

For "Dancing for Life," a gala fundraising performance for AIDS, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, October 5, 1987. Designed by Robert Rauschenberg and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc. Two copies. One copy is signed only by the artist. The second copy is also signed by Charmaine Hunter, Christina Johnson, Dudley Williams, Cheryl Mintz, Alvin Ailey, Jerome Robbins, Eliot Feld, Ashley Wheater, Lar Lubovitch, and others.


Tube Box Tube Box A Posters--1992-1993 Children's Concert at Carnegie Hall with Rachael Worby and the Dance Theater of Harlem, 1993, 36.5 x 78"


Mapcase 15-J-10 Posters--Dance Theatre of Harlem 25th Anniversary, Lincoln Center, 1994 March, 13 x 45"

Mapcase 15-J-10 Posters--Dance Theatre of Harlem, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1995 March, 30 x 46"

Poster featuring Shawn Lander, Lisa Attles, and Charmaine Hunter


Box 132 Folder 10 Posters--Dance Theatre of Harlem 30th Anniversary, City Center, 1999, 14 x 22

Box 132 Folder 1 Posters--Dance Theatre of Harlem at City Center, 2000

Box 132 Folder 2-3 Posters--Daily News, 2000, 2 folders

The Daily News ran a sweepstakes for the 30th anniversary of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. The two items include a cover and a poster related to the sweepstakes.

Box 132 Folder 11 Posters--Dance Theatre of Harlem Apollo Theater Season, 2002, 14.5 x 22"

Signed by Arthur Mitchell.


Tube Box Tube Box B Posters--"The Gathering", 2007, 24 x 26"

2 copies.


Mapcase 14-N-6 Posters--PepsiCo Black Employees Association Presents Dance Theatre of Harlem, 2007 February 4, 24 x 26"

In honor of Black History Month


Box 131 Folder 12 Posters--Dance Theatre of Harlem Open House Series, 2008-2009, 12 x 18"


Box 132 Folder 12 Posters--Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble, circa 2008-2009, 13 x 19"

This poster uses the same photograph as the Open House Series poster, above.


Box 131 Folder 13 Posters--Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 2009, 12 x 17.5"

Exhibition poster. 2 copies.


Box 45 Folder 11 Event Posters, 1988, 2009

Includes small event posters for the Russian tour of the Dance Theatre of Harlem (1988) and the New York Public Library exhibit, "Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts" (2009).


Box 73 Folder 2 Programs--Spoleto, 1971


Box 50 Folder 1 Programs, 1978


Box 45 Folder 10 Program--Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College, 1978


Box 44 Folder 35 Programs--Marian Anderson with the Dance Theatre of Harlem Choral Ensemble, 1978

Box 44 Folder 36 Programs--Salute to George Balanchine, 1979


Box 50 Folder 2-4 Programs, 1981-1983, 3 folders


Box 73 Folder 3 Programs--Nippon Cultural Center, 1981

2 copies; one is signed.

Box 73 Folder 4 Programs, 1982


Box 50 Folder 5 Programs--Firebird, 1982

This program is signed by Alexandra Danilova


Box 73 Folder 15 Programs, 1983

This program is inscribed to the DTH by Michael Jackson on the page for Graduation Ball.


Box 50 Folder 6-9 Programs, 1986-1987, 4 folders

Box 50 Folder 10-12 Programs, 1989-1994, 3 folders

Box 50 Folder 13-15 Programs, 1996-1999, 3 folders

Box 50 Folder 16-17 Programs, 2001-2012, 2 folders

Box 50 Folder 18-19 Programs, 2014-2018, 2 folders

Box 50 Folder 20 Programs--50th Anniverary, 2019


Box 51 Folder 1 Programs (Photocopies), 1969-1994

This file contains photocopies of covers from various Dance Theatre of Harlem programs. This collection does not include original copies of these programs.

Box 51 Folder 2-11 Brochures and Fliers, circa 1978-2014, 2018, 10 folders


Box 73 Folder 5 Brochures and Fliers, 1970s

Box 73 Folder 6 Brochures and Fliers, 1980s


Box 123 Folder 4-6 Brochures and Fliers, 1980s

Box 123 Folder 3 DTH School Catalog, 1989-1991


Box 73 Folder 7 Brochures and Fliers, 1990s


Box 51 Folder 12-13 Invitations, 1971-2012, 2 folders

School, 1989-2010


Box 52 Folder 1-2 Programs, 2006-2010, 2 folders

Box 52 Folder 3 Brochures and Fliers, 1989, 1999-2009


Box 131 Folder 8 Spring Performance Poster, 2006

2 copies.

Box 131 Folder 9 Ugly Duckling Poster, 2008

Spring performance poster.

Subseries: Press and Clippings, 1968-2014, 2021

This subseries contains clippings related to the Dance Theatre of Harlem (1969-2014, 2021) and specifically to the School (1990-1999). It also contains two magazines with articles related to the Dance Theatre of Harlem.


Box 57 Folder 1-15 Clippings, 1968-2014, 2021, 15 folders

Box 57 Folder 16 Clippings (School), 1990-1999


Box 73 Folder 1 Press--Seventeen Magazine, 1972 January

Box 73 Folder 8 Press--Life Magazine, 1988


Box 123 Folder 3 Press--Smithsonian, July 1988

Subseries: Production Research, circa 1975-2009

This subseries primarily consists of files containing contracts, correspondence, notes, proposals, scores, scripts, and research material on production questions and rights, as well as subject matter. Most files are related to ballets and other dance-related performances. The subseries also contains correspondence and scripts related to a proposal for a film on the history of the Dance Theatre of Harlem.


Box 74 Folder 1 Ballet Proposals and Research, 1981-1986

Box 74 Folder 2 La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box), 1988

Box 74 Folder 3 Child of the Universe, 2009

Box 74 Folder 4 The Confession Stone (Owen Dodson), 1971

Box 74 Folder 5-6 Cotton Club, 1983, 2 folders

Pertains to Mitchell's work as a choreographer on the Francis Ford Coppola film.

Box 74 Folder 7-9 Creole Giselle, 1987, 3 folders


Box 75 Folder 1-4 Dance Theatre of Harlem (Film), 1992-1995, 4 folders

Scripts and related correspondence for a proposed film based on the history of the Dance Theatre of Harlem.


Box 73 Folder 9 Eldorado: A Ballet Suite, 1990

Outline by Milton Rosenstock, based on poem by Edgar Allan Poe.


Box 75 Folder 5 Ellington Tribute, 2009

Box 75 Folder 6 From Harlem with Love, 1999


Box 73 Folder 10 Giselle, 1970

Copy of the record album liner notes for the recording of Bonynge conducting L'ochestre National de L'opera de Monte Carlo.


Box 75 Folder 7-8 Harlem Fine / Harlem Suite, 1991-1996, 2 folders

The files both relate to proposals by Mario L. Baeza.

Box 75 Folder 9 Holberg Suite, 2008

Box 75 Folder 10 John Henry--Research, 1989

Box 75 Folder 11 Mamba's Daughters--Research, undated


Box 76 Folder 1 Manifestations--Research, circa 1975

Box 76 Folder 2 Mystic Chords of Memory (Abraham Lincoln Tribute), 2009

Box 76 Folder 3 Nijinska Ballets, 1987-1989

Box 76 Folder 4 Nutcracker (Carl Michel), 1986

Box 76 Folder 5 Phoenix Rising, undated

Box 76 Folder 6 Quadroon Balls, 2006, undated


Box 45 Folder 1 Ritual--Score and Additional Material (Tania León), 1986-1987

Includes an inscribed copy of the score, as well as piece of correspondence, and two fliers for performances of León's work.


Box 76 Folder 7 Salome, undated

Notes

Box 76 Folder 8 The Sand Dancer, 1997

Box 76 Folder 9-12 St. Louis Woman, circa 2002-2003, 4 folders


Box 73 Folder 11-12 Streetcar Named Desire (North), 1997, undated, 2 folders

Files contain correspondence requesting copy of the full score of the Ballet on the Themes from the film Streetcar Named Desire, as well as two photocopies of the score. One of the scores includes the cues. The second copy was in a binder marked "David Lamarche" - it has been removed from the binder and placed in a folder.

Box 73 Folder 13 Tap Dance Concerto (Gould)--Full Score, 1996


Box 76 Folder 13 John Taras--Firebird and Other Ballets, 2009

File is related to rights.


Box 73 Folder 14 Willie the Weeper (Moross), undated

Photocopy of score.

Subseries: Puzzle, 1991

Dance Theatre of Harlem Puzzle, 1991

The puzzle is currently (2019) on display in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library near the Donor's Room and can be viewed during the Library's normal operating hours.

From the Exhibition Checkslist for "Arthur Mitchell: Harlem's Ballet Trailblazer": In 1991 Frank Bara, actor, artist, masseur, and puzzle-maker, unveiled an extraordinary work of folk art commemorating the Dance Theatre of Harlem's first twenty years. Commissioned by Arthur Mitchell, Bara's multilayered puzzle was eight feet long, had 4,000 pieces, and opened like a polyptych with five panels that told the history of the company and its many communities. At the center, in the form of a Fabergé egg, is the company's home on West 152nd Street, and below this, in chronological order, a list of the works (and their production credits), beginning with Ode to Otis and ending with The Cape, presented between 1969 and 1989. There is a row of major benefactors, and in the surrounding green and red space the angels who guided, inspired, and championed the company—Harry Belafonte, Cicely Tyson, Jessye Norman (with a musical note), George Balanchine, Dionne Warwick, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Tania León (with a baton), Madame Karinska, Lincoln Kirstein, Michel Fokine, Jacques d'Amboise, and many others. "Karel Shook" circles the crown at the apex of the egg, and at the very top in a halo of mint green is "AM" for Arthur Mitchell.

There is a Demo of Dance Theatre of Harlem Puzzle, in which Bara gives more details on the puzzles here. The original was loaned to Columbia University for digitization; Dance Theatre of Harlem retains the original 8mm film.

Series: Recordings, 1953-2018

This series contains audio and video recordings related to Arthur Mitchell, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, as well as other dance-related recordings. This series includes recordings on audiocassettes, microcassettes, film, videotapes, and CDs and DVDs.

Subseries: Audio Recordings, 1970-2006, undated

This subseries contains audio records related to Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theatre of Harlem. These recordings include interviews, music related to repertory, recordings of meetings, and several unidentified recordings. In addition, there are two items inscribed to Mitchell by Alyson Williams.

Dance Theatre of Harlem Repertory, 1970-1998, undated


Box 121 Item 1 "Fun and Games" Stress by Piero Piccione (2), circa 1971, 1 audiocassettes

This might be Tape 2. There is no Tape 1. This audiocassette is damaged and could not be digitized.

Primous Fountain

Box 121 Item 2 "Ricia" by Primous Fountain / "Just Keep on Singing" by Marian Anderson, 1 audiocassettes

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Box 121 Item 3 "Summation," "Manifestation," "Ricia," and "Untitled", 1 audiocassettes

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Box 121 Item 4 "Manifestation" and "Untitled", 1 audiocassettes

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Box 121 Item 16 "Rhythmetron" Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1987 October 20, 1 audiocassettes

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[By Marlos Nobre]

Box 121 Item 29 Spiritual Suite, 2nd Movement, undated, 1 audiocassettes

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Possibly from Spiritual Suite by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1970).


Box 122 Item 1A Mario L. Baeza "Harlem Suite", 1996, 1 audiocassettes

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See Also: Production Research subseries for proposals related to the work.

Box 122 Item 4A DTH - "Harlem Fine", circa 1996, 1 audiocassettes

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See Also: "Harlem Fine" and Production Research subseries for proposals related to this work, also by Mario L. Baeza. Cassette label indicates that this is the "old version: no good"

Box 122 Item 8A Notes "Uris", 1976 February 29, 1 audiocassettes

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Box 117 Item 16 St. Louis Woman, 1998, 1 compact disks

Original Cast Recording. Commercial CD.

Box 117 Item 19 Morton Gould American Salute, 1991, 1 compact disks

American Ballads (1976) Spirituals for Strings (1959) American Symphonette No. 2 (1938); with business card. Post it note states "Fall River Legend". Commercial CD.


Box 121 Item 18 Memorial Service for Dr. Paul Howard Zea, 1986, 1 audiocassettes

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Box 121 Item 19 Arthur Mitchell Interviewed by Toba Singer, 2006 October 9, 1 audiocassettes

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Box 121 Item 20 Arthur Mitchell Interviewed by Toba Singer, 2006 October 20, 1 audiocassettes

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Box 117 Item 35 The Best of Alyson Williams, 2006, 1 compact disks

Commercial CD. Inscribed to Mitchell by Alyson Williams.

Box 117 Item 36 Alyson Williams "It's About Time", 2006, 1 compact disks

Commercial CD. Inscribed to Mitchell by Alyson Williams.


Box 121 Item 37 JDP / Marian Anderson "Session Tape", undated, 1 digital audio tapes

Includes 2: Liebesbotschaft; 3-Wohin; 4-Der TOd und das Madche; 5-Ave Maria; 6-Deep River; 7-Roll Jerden' Roll; 8-Crucificion; 9-Sometime I feel ; 10-Let us Break Bread ; 11-Hear de Lams

Box 121 Item 44 Staff Meeting Dictation Tapes, October 5-9, 3 microcassettes; 3 microcassettes in one case.

The first item was found to be blank during digitization. The third item contains only a very short clip; there is less than 10 seconds of audio.

Box 121 Item 46 Board Meeting, undated, 1 microcassettes


Box 122 Item 14A BCDE Conference Call 4/14/00 and DCA 10/7, 2000, undated, 4 microcassettes; 4 microcassettes in one case; 2 items have labels and 2 are unlabelled

The 4th item was found to be blank during digitization.


Box 121 Item 55-61 Unlabelled Audiocassettes, undated, 7 audiocassettes

Items 1-2, 4- 5, and 7 (55-56, 58-59, 61) are blank, and were not digitized.

Box 121 Item 57 [Psychic Reading]

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Item 3 (57) is a recording of a psychic reading. The speed/pitch increases throughout the tape; unintelligible by the end.

Box 121 Item 60 [Psychic Reading]

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Item 6 (60) is a recordings of a psychic reading.


Box 122 Item 62-64 Unlabelled Audiocassettes, undated, 3 audiocassettes

Item 1 (62) was blank, and was not digitized.

Box 122 Item 63 [Psychic Reading]

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Item 2 (63) is a psychic reading. First few minutes of Side 2 includes comments on dancers / rehearsal / performance, possibly for Holberg Suite. Various other self-recorded details and notes. Then it goes back to the psychic reading.

Box 122 Item 64 [Conversation about planning dances]

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Item 3 (64) is a recording of Mitchell's conversation with a man, talking about dances he's planning.

Box 122 Item 10A-11A Unlabelled Microcassettes, 2 audiocassettes

Box 122 Item 10A [Songs and Piano Music]

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Item 1 (10A) is a recording of informal performance of "People Change" and "I'm All Smiles", followed by piano music.

Box 122 Item 11A [Psychic Reading / Planning Discussion]

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Item 2 (11A) the first ten minutes is a psychic reading, following by a planning discussion of class schedules and teaching loads for the Dance Theatre of Harlem School.

Box 122 Item 15A, 17A-18A [Dictations], 3 microcassettes

Items 1 and 2 (15A and 17A) were found to be blank during digitization.

Item 3 seems to have been dictated by Mitchell. They are a mix of notes to himself or others, as well as some sections that sound like dance rehearsals. The audio quality is quite poor and there are speed problems in the recording, so Mitchell's voice often sounds slow/low pitched.

Box 122 Item 10B [Mitchell Speaking, Mostly on Business Subjects], 1 audiocassettes

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Box 108 [Meetings and Dictations], undated, 8 microcassettes; items may have mold or other damage.

The first four items seem to have been dictated by Mitchell. They are a mix of notes to himself or others, as well as some sections that sound like dance rehearsals. The audio quality is quite poor and there are speed problems in the recording, so Mitchell's voice often sounds slow/low pitched.

Items 5 and 6 were found to be blank during digitization.

Items 7 and 8 sound more like meetings or conversations with Mitchell and others.

Subseries: Video Recordings, 1953-2018

This subseries contains video recordings related to Arthur Mitchell, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, as well as other dance-related recordings. This subseries includes recordings on film, videotapes, and CDs and DVDs.

Recordings related to Arthur Mitchell include personal 8mm films, award ceremonies and other events, career highlights, documentaries, feature films, interviews, and performances. Many of the 8mm films are damaged, although some footage has been recovered and digitized from these films.

Recordings related to the Dance Theatre of Harlem include performances and other events, as well as recordings related to individual dancers such as Rasta Thomas and Lowell Smith.

Mitchell also received and kept video recordings of dance performances and samples of work sent to him by other choreographers.

Subseries: 8mm and 16mm Films, 1950s-1973


Box 119 Item OHRO055018 and OHRO055026 Brazil 1968, 1968, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Original 8mm films might be in items #1-3 on the large reel.

Box 119 Item OHRO055050 (4) Young Arthur Mitchell with female on The Spanish Steps in Italy, 1960, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Tape 4.

Box 119 Item OHRO055042 (5) Monk in the streets of Italy, 1960, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Tape 5.


Box 108 Item OHRO050105 (6) Luchino-Spoleto, circa 1958-1961, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO055069 (7) Filipino street market and vendors, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Tape 7.


Box 108 Item 8 Untitled, circa 1961, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item OHRO050148 (9) Manila-Indiana, circa 1958, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item OHRO050156 (10) Mexico-Holland-etc, circa 1962, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Full label: Beginning Mexico; Holland; Karel [Shook?] Amsterdam; Billy; Sonia

Box 108 Item OHRO050113 (11) London I, circa 1961, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 13 Untitled, circa 1960, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 14 Untitled, circa 1960, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 15 Untitled, circa 1961, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item OHRO050130 (16) New York City Ballet, circa 1957-1959, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Full label: NYCB; Purdue; Indiana; Melissa Camp

Box 108 Item 17 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 18 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 19 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 20 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 21 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 22 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 23 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 24 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 25 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 26 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 27 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 28 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 29 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 30 Untitled, circa 1963, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 31 Untitled, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 32 Untitled, circa 1963, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 33 Untitled, circa 1965, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 34 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 35 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 36 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 37 Untitled, circa 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item OHRO050091 (38) Spoleto-Me Dancing, circa 1961, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 39 Untitled, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 40 Untitled, circa 1963, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 41 Untitled, circa 1962, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 42 Untitled, before 1964, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item OHRO050164 (43) Ancient Roman temples and an amphitheatre in Italy, 1965, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 108 Item 44 Untitled, circa 1957-1959, 1 Reels; 8mm; item is moldy

Box and outside cannister have been cleaned by Polygon; but cannister itself was not opened

Box 108 Item OHRO050121 (45) Karel Shook, before 1964, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073652 (46) Alexander Column, Triumphal Arch, and General Staff Building in St.Petersburg, Russia, circa 1962, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073601 (47) Saint Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Russia, circa 1962, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073750 (48) Saint Basil's Cathedral, State Historical Museum, St. Isaac's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, circa 1962, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073644 (49) The Winter Palace in St.Petersburg, Russia, circa 1962, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073610 and OHRO073679 (50 and 51) Bell tower in Tuscany, Italy, 1961, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073687 (52) Dancers practicing on Teatro Romano stage in Spoleto, Italy, 1965, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073717 (53) Christ the Reedmer statue in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073733 (54) Young Arthur Mitchell on film set, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073768 (55) Young Arthur Mitchell on beach with friends in Italy, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073628 (56) Unknown ballet production, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073636 (57) Unknown dance performance, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073741 (58) Temple of Hera (Basilica) in Salerno, Italy, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073709 (59) Lincoln Center and the New York City Ballet, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073784 (60) Group of men watching a cockfight, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073660 (61) Pferdeschwemme "Horse Well" in Salzburg, Austria, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073695 (62) Vacationing on a boat, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073776 (63) Young Arthur Mitchell dancing at an outdoor temple ruin in Italy, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

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Box 119 Item OHRO073725 (64) Untitled, 1960s, 1 Reels; 8mm

This film was either blank, or too badly damaged to retrieve any content from the film. Digitization was attempted, but there is no digital content available from this film.

Original box was marked as "damaged"

Demo of Dance Theatre of Harlem puzzle, 1991

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Original was loaned to Columbia University for digitization; Dance Theatre of Harlem retains the original 8mm film.


Box 120 Rhythmetron, 1973, 1 Reels; 16mm

Commercial film of 1973 McGraw-Hill television special. Digital copy available via the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/rhythmetronthedancetheatreofharlemwitharthurmitchell/rhythmetronthedancetheatreofharlemwitharthurmitchellreel1.mov

Subseries: U-Matic, 1966-1983


Box 109 Item OHRO050059 (83) Agon, 1966, 1 videocassettes (U-matic)

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This item may include the whole episode of USA Dance: "New York City Ballet" (1966) that included Mitchell and his performance in Agon but also featured three other Balanchine ballets. This master was dubbed by Jacoby/Storm Productions in 1988.

Box 109 Item OHRO050075 and OHRO050083 (84 and 86) A Midsummer's Night's Dream, 1967, 2 videocassettes (U-matic)

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Columbia Pictures.

Box 109 Item OHRO050067 (87) Kennedy Center Honors, 1994 March 10, 1 videocassettes (U-matic)

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Outside tape label: "25th Annivesary Preliminaries. 16th Annual Kennedy Center Honors - Arthur Mitchell Honored March 1994. Voice over with Lowell Smith." Label on the tape itself only notes Kennedy Center Honors.

Box 109 Item OHRO050040 (88) Interview With Mitchell, 1990 October 19, 1 videocassettes (U-matic)

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Personal Diary, Black Entertainment Television. Interview with Arthur Mitchell. Aired October 19, 1990.

Box 109 Item OHRO050032 (89) Dance Theatre of Harlem's Harlem Homecoming Dance Performance, 1982 March 11, 1 videocassettes (U-matic)

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Content does not match original tape label.

Box 109 Item 108 Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Minnesota Dance Theatre), 1978 February 5, 1 videocassettes (U-matic)

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Music by Samuel Barber; Choregraphy by Loyce Houlton.

Box 109 Item 109A, 109B, 110 Magic Flute (Kaet - Arizona State University), undated, 3 videocassettes (U-matic)

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Box 109 Item 111 Legend and Carmen (National Ballet, Harare, Zimbabwe), 1983, 1 videocassettes (U-matic)

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Choregraphed by M. Morawski. Danced by Deirdre Eyden and Antony Dowson from the Royal Ballet Company

Subseries: Beta (Betamax) Videocassettes, 1958-1980s


Box 110 Item 103 Untitled, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.

Box 110 Item 104 Untitled, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

Video is scrambled and does not appear related to Mitchell or the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Audio is from an episode of Designing Women and is unrelated to the video content.

Box 110 Item 105 Untitled, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.

Box 110 Item 106 Falcon #6 / Bigger Than Life / Bigger Than Better, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.

Box 110 Item 107 [Infomercials], 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

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Box 110 Item 112 [Movement Demonstration], 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

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Recording consists of Mitchell performing various exercises and movements. Audio track consists of instrumental music; there is no live audio.


Box 124 Playhouse 90 , 1958, Color Betacam Tape

CBS Special: The Nutcracker, New York City Ballet , Broadcast on December 25, 1958. With Arthur Mitchell dancing the role of Coffee. Diana Adams as Sugar Plum Fairy. George Balanchine as Drosselmeyer

Gift of Lynn Garafola and Eric Foner, 2020

Subseries: VHS Videocassettes related to Arthur Mitchell and Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1964-2018


Box 111 Item 1 RM Arts Presents Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1989, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 2 Arthur Mitchell in Conversation With Brad Rosenstein and Sheryl Flatow S.F.P.A.L.M., 2004 January 21, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 3 [Arthur Mitchell Speech at an Awards Ceremony], circa 1995, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Title on label is "WABC-TV: Arthur Mitchell Interview" but this does not match the content.

Box 111 Item 4 Arthur Mitchell Interview, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 10 Dance Theatre of Harlem: St. Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet, 2003, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Performed at Lincoln Center.

Box 111 Item 11 Dance Theatre of Harlem: St. Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet, 2003 June 21, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 12 Dance Theatre of Harlem: The South Bank Show, 2004, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

There are also two DVD copies in the collection. This item was found to be a duplicate of Box 111 Item 14 during digitization. Content was not digitized.

Box 111 Item 13 Dance Theatre of Harlem: The South Bank Show, 2004, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 14 Dance Theatre of Harlem: The South Bank Show, 2004, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 17 Dance Theatre of Harlem: South Africa Tour Television Coverage (USA), 1992 September 19-25, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 19 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Nutcracker; Pas de Deux (Foxwoods), undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 20 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Sasanka, 1997 August 6, 1 videocassettes (VHS); Temp. Viewing Tape

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Box 111 Item 22 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Repertoire Excerpts, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 23 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Unidentified Performance Video, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Portion of label with performance name is cut off.

Box 111 Item 24 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Repertoire Excerpts, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

This item was found to be a duplicate of Box 111 Item 26 during digitization. Content was not digitized.

Box 111 Item 25 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Repertoire Excerpts, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

This item was found to be a duplicate of Box 111 Item 26 during digitization. Content was not digitized.

Box 111 Item 26 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Repertoire Excerpts, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 27 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Bach Passacaglia, 1994 March 17, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 33 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Giselle Act II, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Dance Theatre of Harlem Gala Performance, New York State Theater.

Box 111 Item 34 Dance Theatre of Harlem: "Twist" Rehearsal, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.

Box 111 Item 35 Dance Theatre of Harlem: "Return" Rehearsal, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 111 Item 85 Dartmouth College: Commencement, 2002, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Mitchell received an honorary degree in 2002.

Box 111 A Walk Through Harlem with David Harman and Historian Barry Lewis (WNET 13), 1999, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commercial VHS. Never opened. Arthur Mitchell is included in production.


Box 112 Item 21 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Rhythmetron, 1981, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Ballet: Rhythmetron; Choregraphy: Arthur Mitchel. Japan 1981.

Box 112 Item 30 Dance Theatre of Harlem Repertoire: Spiritual Suite, Doin' It, Agon, Bugaku, 1974-1976, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Includes "Spirtural Suite," Philadelphia July 1976; Walk in the Light "Doin' It"; Agon - Sadler Wells August 2, 1974; Bugaku - Chicago May 1975

No barcode on original videocassette box

Box 112 Item 37 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Bach Passacaglia Rondo Capriccioso, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 112 Item 39 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Open House with Jessye Norman, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Note on box that this is now available in digital format from Alexander Street.

Box 112 Item 40 Special Dub: Harlem Week Senior Citizen's Day (August 11, 1993) and Dance Theatre of Harlem Gala 22 (1992), 1992-1993, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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CH 2 News

Box 112 Item 41 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Four Temperaments (Zellerbach Hall), 2000 February 11, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 112 Item 43 Magnificat Moving into Dance, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Note on box says "Needs to be transferred- another format"

Box 112 Item 66 Arthur Mitchell on Hawaii PBS One-On-One, circa 2018, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 112 Item 67 The Kennedy Center "Arthur Mitchell Interview" (Spofford Films), undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 112 Item 70A-C National Visionary Leadership Project: The Arthur Mitchell Interview, 2004 July 18 and August 24, 3 videocassettes (VHS)

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During digization, it was discovered that Tape 1 (70A) is a combination of Tapes 2 (70B) and 3 (70C).

Box 112 Item 71 Rasta Thomas, dancer, circa 1994-2005, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 112 Item 73 Dance in America: Dancing for Mr. B-- Agnes de Mille Segment, Theatre Street segment, 1990 March 30, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Note indicating that "Dancing with Mr. B" is available commercially. Remainder is 1) interview with de Mille re: Rodeo 2) Kirov School

Box 112 Item 78 Arthur Mitchell coaching the Pas de Deux from Agon (George Ballanchine Foundation), 2006, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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For private use only. Copyright held by George Ballanchine Foundation.

Box 112 Item 85 Elysium, 1964, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Mitchell and Violette Verdy. Segment aired-Ruckblonde.

Box 112 Item 89 National Visionary Leadership Project: Promotional Tape, circa 2004, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Note indicates this promo is available online on the project's website.

Box 112 Item 91 The Day the Fish Came Out (Master), 1967, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commercial release. Arthur Mitchell plays Frank.

Collection includes a commercial DVD of this title.

Box 112 Item 92 National Visionary Leadership Project: Highlights of 2003 Summit and Awards Gala, circa 2003, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 112 Item 93 MetroArts/Thirteen: Promo, 1998 September 23, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 110 The Hewitt's, 1998 June 16, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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New York. Longer version. Label has a Nations Bank logo on it.


Box 113 Item 38 Arts on One, 1992, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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South African television show. Episode is related to the visit to South Africa by the Dance Theatre of Harlem.


Box 115 Item 75 [Three Ballets], undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Three ballets. 1) Holberg Suite 2) At 20:21, The Greatest (Pas de Deux). One of the dancers appears to be Lowell Smith. 3) At 35:40, this ballet has not been unidentified. One of the dancers appears to be Virginia Johnson.

Subseries: VHS Videocassettes--Other, 1953-2007, undated


Box 113 Item 1 Smuin Ballets/SF: Frankie and Johnny, 1996 March 21, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 2 Smuin Ballets/SF: Cyrano and Starshadows, 1997 Spring, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 3 Smuin Ballets/SF: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Shinju, 2000 May 10 and 17, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 4 Smuin Ballets/SF: The Christmas Ballet, 1998, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 5 Smuin Ballets/SF: The Christmas Ballet, 1999, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 6 Smuin Ballets/SF: Sapphire Rain, 2000 November 3, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 7 Smuin Ballets/SF: Les Noces (World Premiere), 1999 November 3, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 8 Smuin Trio: Coolidge Film, 1993, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 9 Smuin Ballets/SF: Dances with Songs, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 10 Michael Smuin: Dances with Songs, 1994, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 11 Choreography Choo-San Goh, circa 1996, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Unknown Territory (Pittsburgh Ballet), In he Glow of the Night (Washington Ballet); with letter from Janek Schergen (Artistic Director of the Choo-San Goh & H. Robert Magee Foundation; another sticker says 14

Box 113 Item 12 Ballet Nacional de Caracas, circa 1995, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Fever/Video Sampler/"Lento, A Tempo e Appassionato"

Box 113 Item 13 James Jones: "Stravinsky Violin Concerto" "Tippet Suite" (UC Irvine Faculty Dance Concerts), undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 14 Manoeuvre by Patrick Lewis, 2003, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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English National Ballet, Sadlers Wells.

Box 113 Item 15 Synergies (excerpts), Shapes of Erwig (all), Tiancapes (excerpts), Crystal Slippers (excerpts), 1992, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Erica Brummage & Raymond Sargent. Label on tape itself is Carvajal Rep; Synergies (ex), Shapes of Erwig (all), Tiancapes (ex), Crystal Slippers (ex). Also labelled "Faust" elsewhere, but this does not match the content of the tape.

Box 113 Item 16 "Rossini Sonatas," "Bend to the Bitter End," "Arieta", 1986, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Jeff Satinoff, choreographer.

Box 113 Item 17 Romeo and Juliet, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Bruce Wells, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Box 113 Item 18 Stepping Stones, 1995, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Milwaukee Ballet. Music: Joan Tower, Choreography: Kathryn Posin.

Box 113 Item 19 SFB 50th Gala, circa 1993, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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With letter from Michael Smuin.

Box 113 Item 20 San Francisco Ballet, 1982 April 24, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Circus Polka, Badinage; Shinju; Steps for Two; Variations de Ballet

Box 113 Item 21 [Prince]: Glam Slam Ulysses, 1993 August 31, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

8/31/93 Performance. Director: Kenneth Robins Producer: David Haugland. This item has not been digitized.

Box 113 Item 22 [Prince]: Glam Slam Ulysses, 1993 October 6, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

WWOR Channel 9 Arsenio Hall Show. This item has not been digitized.

Box 113 Item 23 Sym. In D. Royal Ballet- Swan Lake, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 24 Sam Gilliam; Of Fireflies and Ferris Wheels, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 25 Dance In America: Clytemnestra, circa 1990, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 26 Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty" (Hershey Theatre), 1992 May 10, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 27 Bluebeards Castle, 1990, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 28 Dennis Wayne--Yearning, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 29 Ballets by Christian Holder, 1991, 1993, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Swing Suite (Ellington/Holder (1993) with Dayton Ballet); Les Liasons Dangereuses (excerpt) (Mozart/Holder (1991) with Kevin McKenzie, Marianna Tcherkassday, Yan Chen, Julie Miles, Francoise Thoureny, Martine Van Hamel); Stepping out (Bernstem/Holder (1991)(poor audio-video quality) with Christian Holder); Aubade (Bach/Holder (1993) work in progress with Kathleen Moore, Yan Chen, Sally Rousse, James Sewell, Griff Brain)

Box 113 Item 30 Ballet Inc. and DC Productions: Carld Jonassaint, 1993 November 20, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Full Moon Over Central Park; Inner Voice; Serenade for Dead Men

Box 113 Item 31 Michael Corder, Dancer, circa 1994, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 32 Visions, 1995 June 4, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Choreograpy: Eddie Shellman. La Guardia High School.

Box 113 Item 33 Santa Fe Festival Ballet, Program #2, 1998, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Note from Santa Fe Ballet; tape includes "Pulcinella Suite" (Music by Igor Stravinsky, Coreography Alex Ossadnik) "Clair de Lune" (ClaudeDebussy, Peter Anastos) "Premier Quatuor" (Debussy, Ossadnik), "Vive la France" (Jaques Ibert, Anastos)

Box 113 Item 34 Four World Songs, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Sarasota Ballet; Chant; Joffrey Workshop; Kathryn Posin

Box 113 Item 35 Zorro Gala Night, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 113 Item 36 Thomas F. DeFrantz Choreography Excerpts, 2002, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Body and Soul from Monk's Mood: A Performance Meditation on the Life and Music of the Thelonious Monk; "Water" and Fire" from Encounters: a duet created and performed with Ananya Chatterjea; "Prologue" and "Bitter" from Cane Suite Choreographed for the MIT student dance ensemble Dance Theater Workshop

Box 113 Item 37 Egypt Animal, circa 1993, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Includes letter of introduction from Walter Nicks to Mitchell for Victoria "Vikki" Baltimore Dale (Assistant Professor, Department of Dance Arts at University of Nevada Las Vegas)

Box 113 Item 39 Wapenfeit; La Partenza…; Mevlana; Het Gemoed, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Tape property of R. Sprong.

Box 113 Item 40 "Scherzo" "Q.A.V." "Stravinsky Piano Pieces" "Brahms/ Haydn" BEATLES, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 114 Item 41 Spartacus, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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The USSR Committee for Foreign Tourism: The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre Ballet; A. Kachaturian.

Box 114 Item 42 Keith Derrick Randolph, Choreographer, 1999-2002, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Lament/Lamentations (6 Nov 1999); Mana (excerpts)(12 May 2001); New Cycle (excerpts)(25 March 1999); Before Now, After (2 June 2002)

Box 114 Item 43 Choreography by Wayne Soulant, circa 1987, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Copy #1: 4 Seasons in Bellville, Victorian Interlude, Couples, Cole; includes note from Wayne Soulant

Box 114 Item 44 Francisco Gella Choreography, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Featuring excerpts from Pennsylvania Ballet "Ballet Remixed," PHILADANCO "In A Different Space," Ballet Pacifica "Sirins of Song: Odes to Love and Pain," California Ballet "Suite Vivaldi"

Box 114 Item 45 Joyce Trisler Choreography, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Joyce Trisler Danscompany: "Dance for Six" (choreography: Joyce Trisler; music: Antonio Vivaldi); "Four Temperaments" (choreography: Joyce Trisler; music Paul Hindemith)

Box 114 Item 46 Choreography by Robert Sund, circa 1992, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Women Song, PBS; "Ravelesque," SFB Workshop

Box 114 Item 47 Coming to England, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Floella Benjamin Productions Ltd

Box 114 Item 48 Still I Rise: Vocalist Ethel Beatty Barnes, circa 2004, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Mayoral Inauguration of Honorable Sharpe James (Newark NJ) NJPAC; includes letter

Box 114 Item 49 Demonstration Video Contents, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Juan Valqui, choreography. Includes note on post-it.

Box 114 Item 50 Julio Torres Promo Reel - Choreography, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 114 Item 51 Daniel Catanach: Choreography Reel, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Includes note

Box 114 Item 51 Ballets of Salvatore Aiello, 1979-1990, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Satto (1984; Traditional Kabuki/Chip Davis; contemporary pas de deux); Magnificat (1985; JS Bach; work for 9 couples; excerpt men's variation); Afternoon of a Faune (1988; Debussy; created for Mel Tomlinson and 4 women); Symphonic Dances (1990; Rachmaninov; ballet in three movements for 6 couples; excerpts movements 1&2); The Construction Company (1989; various popular; part 1 of a trilogy titled Archidance collaboration with architects; excerpts Wednesday: Lunch, Thursday: The Building, Friday: Pay Day); Echoes of Presence/Les Sylphides (1987; Chopin; Ballet for 13 dancers; excerpts); Journey (1979; Arnold; Ballet in 3 movements for 12 men (restaged for 9 men); original Royal Winnipeg Ballet Version shown)

Box 114 Item 52 Alan Hineline--Excerpts, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Excerpts from Glennies (Sacramento Ballet), BachSlide (Atlanta Ballet), Roseland Pictures (CPYB), Link (Kansas City Ballet), Funf (CPYB)

Box 114 Item 53 Christopher d'Amboise Choreography-- Major Work 1990-1994, 1990-1994, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Franklin Court, "Golden Mean," "Pandora's Box," "Glazunov Variations," "Da Mummy, Nyet Mummy," "Just One of Those Things"

Box 114 Item 54 Michael Downing: Promotional Excerpts and Choreographic Works, 1994 April 15, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Excerpts of "TEXAS" "are one" "and the rose" "Dance Front II," "Fred and Ginger," "One thing and another" "Parade" "Eche Other" "Informa(c)tion" full length recordings of "are one" "and the rose" "TEXAS," Informa(c)tion" "Parade" "Dance Front II"

Box 114 Item 55 Dennis Wayne, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Dancer-Choreographer; Director of Stage and Camera, #1

Box 114 Item 56 Roger C. Jeffrey, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Choreography. "Be still… Listen and Know Thyself"

Box 114 Item 57 [Yankee Surfista], undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Labels have fallen off tape. This appears to be "Yankee Surfista" (Lightflash Pictures). Producer: Jaen Torv. 3:55. Includes clips from Brazil, mainly of people dancing and train surfing.

Box 114 Item 58 Catanch Ballet Theater, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Catanch Ballet Theater: Daniel Catanch, Artistic Director. Excerpts From: Mambo, Bless Me Ultima, Of Dust and Bone.

Box 114 Item 59 Omhmar Nisqua Griffin, Choreographer, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 115 Item 60 YPGO, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Dream Lilio and Easton. Wide Shot.

Box 115 Item 61 The Bell Witch Promo, circa 2004, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Promo; Choreographed by Ann Marie De Angelo. See also note and clippings with DVD.

Box 115 Item 61 Ann Marie De Angelo Synthesis of of Work Blending Styles, circa 2004, 1 DVDs

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Choreographed by Ann Marie De Angelo, with note and clippings.

Box 115 Item 62 Jacques Cesbron, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Rest of label has fallen off the tape.

Box 115 Item 63 Christopher Rudd, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Dancer

Box 115 Item 64 Christopher d'Amboise Choreography; Major Works 1990-1999, 1990-1999, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Includes letter

Box 115 Item 65 Sarah Slipper Choreographic Excerpts, 2001-2002, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 115 Item 66 Civilized Evil, 1986 December 12, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Includes program for concert with note from choreographer Alfred Gallman; concert of Gallman's Newark Dance Theatre at Walbrook High School.

Box 115 Item 67 Routes of Rhythm (PBS), undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Homer Bryant- Artistic Director

Box 115 Item 68 Bryant Ballet--Promo, 1993 July, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 115 Item 69 Bryant Ballet Promotional Video, 1995, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 115 Item 70 Dennis Wayne Dancer-Choreographer-Stage and Camera Director, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 115 Item 72 The Lowdown, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 115 Item 74 [Various Clips], undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Includes three brief clips: a ballet performance, an instructional clip on perpatory positions of the arms I III II, and a Madonna video.

Box 115 Item 76 A Decade of Dance: Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company, 2002 October 5, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Lincoln Center. Commericial recording.

Box 115 Item 78 [No Label], undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.

Box 115 Item 79 Blackside Corporate Reel, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 80 "On 46th Street" and "Images of Aging", 2007 July, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 81 Dance in the Movies, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Part One: Dance Around the World; Part Two: Dance Teams. Sent as a birthday gift to Mitchell, includes footage from 1929-1957.

Box 116 Item 83 The Red Shoes: Special Edition, circa 2001, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commercial VHS videocassette

Box 116 Item 84 Journey for Peace, 2002 June 27, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 90 Antis Lane, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 91 Miraculous Mandarin, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 92 Children Underground, circa 2001, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Includes letter from producer-director Edet Belzberg regarding making a documentary about Mitchell. Commercial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 93 Aida's Brothers and Sisters, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 95 New York Times Critics Choice Leontyne Price Interview, 2003 February 16, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 96 Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers, Program 5; Love and the Goddess, 1988, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commercial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 97 Spirituals in Concert, circa 1991, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman; conducted by James Levine

Box 116 Item 98 Amazing Grace with Bill Moyers, 1990, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 99 The New Media Bible: Genesis, circa 1977-1979, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commercial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 100 The New Media Bible: Luke, circa 1977-1979, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commercial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 101 Housing & Services, Inc.: 1000 Homes, 1993, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 102 red hot + blue: a Benefit for AIDS Research and Relief, 1990, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commercial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 119 Portrait of Giselle, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Cut out from TV Guide indicates this is a discussion from 8 ballerinas about the demands of dancing Giselle.

Box 116 Item 120 The Harlem Nutcracker, 1999, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Donald Byrd/The Group

Box 116 Item 121 La Bayadere: A Ballet in Three Acts, 1977, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Live from the Kirov Theatre. Commercial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 122 Stars of the Russian Ballet, 1953, 2 videocassettes (VHS)

One item is a commericial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 123 Don Quixote (Nureyev), undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Item 124 Teaching in and through The Arts, 1995, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commericial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 125 Art Education is more than art education: teachers talk about the vital role of art education in learning, 1994, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Commericial VHS videocassette.

Box 116 Item 126 Taller Coreografico: "Imagenes del Quito Sol" "El Pajaro de Fuego", undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Choreograpy - Pauline Koner, Music- Leon Kirchner. Based on the life of Helen Keller.

Box 116 Eartha Kitt on 60 Minutes, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 The Shining Dark, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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Box 116 Rona, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

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The Floating Outfit Project. Choreography: Boyzie Cekwana.

Subseries: CDs and DVDs, 1956-2018


Box 117 Item 1 Arthur Mitchell: Career Hightlights, undated, 1 DVDs

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Dance Theatre of Harlem: Arthur Mitchell, Co-Founder and Artistic Director. See Also: item #15 in this box.

8 copies, 1 marked master. Dance Theatre of Harlem: Arthur Mitchell, Co-Founder and Artistic Director.

Box 117 Item 15 Arthur Mitchell: Career Hightlights, circa 2009-2018, 1 DVDs

This item was confirmed to be a duplicate of Box 117 Item 1 during digitization.

Box 117 Item 2 Designer Run Through: Spring Hope Show - Holberg Suite Only, 2009 March 5, 1 DVDs

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Box 117 Item 3 Kennedy Center Tonight--Dance Theatre of Harlem: Firebird, circa 2007, 1 DVDs

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Note indicates this is the Master, with introduction by Arthur Mitchell and Laveen Naidu; 35th anniversary.

Box 117 Item 46 Kennedy Center Tonight--Dance Theatre of Harlem: Firebird, circa 2007, 1 DVDs

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Notes on item states "B.B." and "some spots of hesitation w/ picture and sound throughout; no intro by AM"

Box 117 Item 4 New York City Ballet: Don Quixote Premiere, 1965, 1 DVDs

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With Ballanchine as Don Quixote and Mitchell in the cast.

Box 117 Item 5 The Greatest Choreography: Arthur Mitchell, undated, 1 DVDs

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Box 117 Item 7 Balm in Gilead, undated, 1 DVDs

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White House and Street Festival.

Box 117 Item 8 Dance Theatre of Harlem: "Serenade" "A Song for Dead Warriors" "Apollo" "Prodigal Son" "St. Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet" "Dougla", undated, 1 DVDs

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This is an official recording of DTH. These are excerpts from these works.

Box 117 Item 9 Dance Theatre of Harlem In Performance at the White House, 2006 February, 1 DVDs; item looks damaged: some bronzing

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"The Greatest"

Box 117 Item 45 Dance Theatre of Harlem In Performance at the White House (PBS), 2006, 1 DVDs

Airdate: June 28, 2006 on PBS. This item was found to be a duplicate of Box 117 Item 9 during digitization.

Box 117 Item 21 Dance Theatre of Harlem: The South Bank Show, 2004, 1 DVDs

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There are also VHS copies of this item.

Kept multiple copies as there have been video quality problems with similar items

Box 117 Item 46 Dance Theatre of Harlem: The South Bank Show, 2004, 1 DVDs

There are also VHS copies of this item.

Kept multiple copies as there have been video quality problems with similar items

Box 117 Item 31 ABC DTH DVD, undated, 1 DVDs

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Box 117 Item 48 Brock Peters Celebration, undated, 1 DVDs

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Box 117 Item 50 Times Talks Balanchine @ 100, 2004, 1 DVDs

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Arthur Mitchell, Jacques d'Amboise, Anna Kisselgoff, Merill Ashley, Peter Martins. New York Times. 2 copies.

Box 117 Item 51-54 Arthur Mitchell Interview for "In Balanchine's Classroom" with Connie Hochman, 2006 August 25, 4 DVDs

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Includes Part I: Far Shot; Part I: Close Up; Part II: Far Shot; Part III: Close Up. This discs were found to be corrupted and could not be read during digitization. Content was not digitized.

Box 117 Item 55 "In Balanchine's Classroom"--Sampler, 2009, 1 DVDs

"Sampler 13:40" "Strictly for private viewing only" This is a commercial DVD.

Box 117 Item 56-57, 72 Civil Rights Oral History Documentation Project: Arthur Mitchell, 2008 August 12, 3 DVDs

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By New York City Commission on Human Rights. Includes Raw Footage Camera 1; Raw Footage Camera 2; Part I: Lavalier Mic Raw Footage.

Box 117 Item 69 Arthur Mitchell's "About the Artist" Videos from the Kennedy Center Website, undated, 1 DVDs

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Box 117 Item 74 Donald McKayle: Early Work 1959-1960, 1999, 1 DVDs

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From Creative Arts Television Archive. Mitchell was in the cast of one of these works.

Box 117 Item 75 The Nutcracker, 1958, 1 DVDs

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From CBS. Mitchell was in the cast.

Box 117 Item 77 Agon, 1960s, 1 compact disks

Arthur Mitchell with Allegra Kent. German Broadcast.

Box 117 Item 80 From the Horse's Mouth--The Men Dancers at Jacob's Pillow, 2012 July 12, 1 DVDs

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Box 117 Item 81 From the Horse's Mouth--The Men Dancers at Jacob's Pillow, 2012 July 14, 1 DVDs

Box 117 Item 99 Holberg Greatest, undated, 1 DVDs

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Box 117 Item 113 New York Choreographic Institute--Spring Session, 2011 March 11, 1 DVDs

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Composer- Gity Razaz Choreographer- Robert Binet; Composer- Michael Ippolito, Choreographer- Joseph Morrissey; Composer- Michael Gilbertson, Choreographer- David Morse; Dancers: Students of the School of American Ballet; Musicians: Students of The Julliard School

Box 117 Item 115 Colours of Ritual, 2007 Feburary 22, 1 DVDs

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Performances at Hunter College. Artistic Director/Composer: Mossa Bildner.

Box 117 Item 116 Andrew Parker Choreography, circa 2008, 1 DVDs

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Box 117 9/11/03 A Day in the Life of New York, 2005, 1 DVDs

Commercial DVD. Arthur Mitchell is included in production.

Box 117 An Informal Performance on the Art of Dance, 2017 October 2, 1 DVDs

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This was an event at Columbia University's Miller Theatre involving Mitchell and others. The program, An Informal Performance on the Art of Dance, includes introductory remarks by University Officials, Cicely Tyson as well as performance excerpts of signature works by George Balanchine (Four Temperaments and Agon), Arthur Mitchell (Balm in Gilead, The Greatest, and Rhythmetron), and Alvin Ailey (The River). Guest artists include India Bradley, Marquis Floyd, Marquise Hitchcock-Jones, Erica Lall, Alicia Graf Mack, Brooklyn Mack, Michael Jackson Jr., Paunika Jones, Maria Kowroski, Ashley Mayeaux, Akua Noni Parker, Jamal Story, Rasta Thomas, Samuel Wilson, and Eric Underwood.

Box 117 Dance Theatre of Harlem Alumni: "The Gathering" "Reflections", 2007 July 22-24, 1 DVDs

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4 copies.


Box 118 Item 28 Great Performances : Dance Theatre of Harlem, circa 1977, 1 DVDs

From WNET/Thirteen. DVD video with iTunes file. DVD is in a commerical case, but DVD itself does not have a commercial label.

Box 118 Item 58 Mystic Cords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts - Bicentennial Day: Readings by and about Lincoln, 2009 February 12, 1 DVDs

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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.

Box 118 Item 59 Inspired by a Dream: The Dance Theatre of Harlem Story, 2009 February 12, 1 DVDs

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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.

Box 118 Item 60 The Stories I Could Tell: Arthur Mitchell at 75, 2009 March 12, 1 DVDs

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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.

Box 118 Item 61 Dance Theatre of Harlem: Classically American and Black, 2009 March 12, 1 DVDs

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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.

Box 118 Item 62 Dance Theatre of Harlem: African American Choreographers, 2009 May 7, 1 DVDs

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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.

Box 118 Item 76 Balanchine New York City Ballet in Montreal, Vol. 2, 1956-1960, 1 DVDs

Commercial DVD. Concerto Barocco (1956) Pas de Dix (1957) Agon (1960) The Nutcracker Grand Pas de Dix (1957).

Box 118 Item 82 Josephine Baker - Black Diva in White Man's World (a film by Annette von Wangenheim), 2006, 1 DVDs

Commercial DVD.

Box 118 Item 114 Lowell Smith Memorial, 2008 June 4, 1 DVDs

Commercial DVD. Smith was a dancer for the Dance Theatre of Harlem. There is a post-it note indicating that this is on the Dance Theatre of Harlem's website, but it could not be found in 2019.

Disk may need cleaning.

Box 118 Item 117 Kennedy Center Honors: 2012, 2012, 1 DVDs

Commercial DVD.

Box 118 Item 118 Live From Lincoln Center--Curtain Up: The School of American Ballet Workshop Performances, 2014 December 12, 1 DVDs

Commercial DVD.

Box 118 The Day the Fish Came Out, 1967, 1 DVDs

Commercial DVD. Arthur Mitchell plays Frank.

Box 118 Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun, 2013, 1 DVDs

Commercial DVD. Arthur Mitchell was included in this documentary.

Series: Materials about Arthur Mitchell and DTH, 1990s-2019

Mary Hinkson:


Box 125 Folder 1 Mary Hinkson: A Brief Biography (1925-2014) by Victoria Philips, 2 pages

Box 125 Folder 1 Photographs (photocopies) of Mary Hinkson, 8 pages

Box 125 Folder 1 Transcript of Oral History of Mary Hinkson. Interviewed by Victoria Philips [Geduld], 2005, 88 pages

Ballet Americana or the New York Negro Ballet:

Box 125 Folder 2 Letter from Lynn Garafola to Jenny B. Lee, 11 February 2017, 1 page

Box 125 Folder 2 Three exhibition entries: Ballet Americana/Israeli Mine Theatre/And Every Spirit a Bird: A Fantasy About Isadora Duncan, 5 pages

Box 125 Folder 2 "The New York Negro Ballet in Great Britain" by Dawn Lille Horwitz, 25 pages

Box 125 Folder 2 Ballet Americana Program (photocopy), 22 June 1958

Box 125 Folder 2 "Dance at the White Barn". Research files (photocopies) of Lynn Garafola, 20 pages

Box 125 Folder 2 "Classic Black: an Exhibition" NYPL, 1996

Box 125 Folder 2 "Dancers & Dance" by Jonnie Greene Dance Magazine, 1997

Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade:

Box 125 Folder 3 Exhibition entries and photocopies of research materials

Wallach Gallery Arthur Mitchell exhibit:


Box 126 "Requiem Canticles" -- Arthur Mitchell and New York City Ballet, 1969

Banner sized reproduction of photograph (folded).

Box 126 "Forces of Rhythm" -- Dance Theatre of Harlem, Marbeth

Banner sized reproduction of photograph (folded).

Panel organized in tandem with exhibition, February 24, 2018

Digital video file is available upon request.

This panel, organized in tandem with Arthur Mitchell: Harlem's Ballet Trailblazer, featured three former members of the Dance Theatre of Harlem – Marcia Sells, Theara Ward, and Robert Garland – in conversation with the exhibition curator, Lynn Garafola.


Box 125 Folder 4 Columbia University Arthur Mitchell Collection and Exhibition File, 2015-2018

Includes Press Releases, Emails, Memos, Articles, Planning and Design documents

Box 125 Folder 5 Corps de Ballet International Conference, 2020

Box 125 Folder 6 "Dance Theatre of Harlem: The First Ten Years" by Karel Shook

Box 125 Folder 7 "A Proposal for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc." by Charles E. DeRose and Karel shook

Box 125 Folder 8 Arthur Mitchell's Typed Proposal for Establishment of the Dance Theatre of Harlem (printed scan)

Draft #1 4/25/1968.

Box 125 Folder 9 "Scheherazade"

Box 125 Folder 10 "A Manual of Classical Ballet Technique" by Karel Shook

Box 125 Folder 11 Columbia University Commencement Program, 2016

Box 125 Folder 12 The Committal Service for Louis Johnson, 14 June 2021

Box 125 Folder 13 Pamphlet: A Legacy Everlasting: Arthur Mitchell March 27, 1934 - September 19, 2018

Box 125 Folder 14 Pamphlet: The Arthur Mitchell Project Symposium, 2015

Box 125 Folder 15 Clippings re. Arthur Mitchell, 2015 & 2021

Box 125 Folder 16 Spreadsheet print-out

Box 125 Folder 17 Columbia University Record , Summer 2015

Box 125 Folder 18 Dance Theatre of Harlem Publicity

Box 125 Folder 19 New York Times article on Arthur Bell, 1998

Box 125 Folder 20 Records of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1969-2011