Arthur Mitchell Collection, 1800s-2021, bulk 1934-2019
Arthur Mitchell Collection, 1800s-2021, bulk 1934-2019
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1739
- Bib ID:
- 11583096 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 107 linear feet (148 boxes (58 record cartons, 68 document boxes, 9 flat boxes, 3 audio boxes, 5 card files, 2 Tube Boxes) and 8 oversized items in drawers)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Material currently listed in this finding aid is processed and available for use in the reading room with the exceptions noted above. Awards and three-dimensional objects remain un-processed and these materials are not available for research use at this time.
The following boxes are located off-site: 108-122, 124, 133-142. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least five business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Description
Summary
Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. This collection contains materials related to his career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet, and his later professional work with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and others. The collection includes administrative records, appointment books, correspondence, invitations, notes, notebooks, photographs, posters, programs, and audio and video recordings.
The records in the collection are primarily arranged into two series: Arthur Mitchell and Dance Theatre of Harlem. In general, while there is some overlap, records in the Dance Theatre of Harlem series relate directly to Mitchell's administrative and artistic work with that organization. The Arthur Mitchell series contains materials that are both personal and professional, such as address books, appointment books, correspondence, telephone messages, notebooks, and photographs. The series also contains materials related to Mitchell's professional career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet, as well as his appearances, awards, and other professional work. The series also contains articles, programs, and other printed materials on dance and other subjects of interest to Mitchell.
The Dance Theatre of Harlem records contain extensive documentation of Mitchell's administrative work with the organization from its early years to the early 2000s. These files contain information on many of the activities of the organization including education programs, fundraising, residencies, outreach, partnerships, performances, public relations, strategic planning, and tours. After the early 2000s, as Mitchell's administrative work became less over time, there are less extensive records. The records of the dance company itself are not included in this collection, as the company still holds its own records. However, there are some administrative records related to the company's activities in the collection, as well as brochures, photographs, programs, and video recordings.
The collection includes both audio and video recordings related to Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theatre of Harlem, as well as other dance-related recordings. These include events, interviews, music, performances, and samples of work sent to Mitchell by other choreographers.
Arrangement
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Material currently listed in this finding aid is processed and available for use in the reading room with the exceptions noted above. Awards and three-dimensional objects remain un-processed and these materials are not available for research use at this time.
The following boxes are located off-site: 108-122, 124, 133-142. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least five business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur Mitchell Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Materials
Frank Bara Collection. Columbia University Libraries.
Nancy Schaffenburg Collection. Columbia University Libraries.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Catherine C. Ricciardi, Gillian Lipton, Rebecca Barabas (Barnard College 2019), Aeneas Sagar Hemphill (School of the Arts, 2017), and Seowon (Angela) Lee (Columbia College, 2023), 2015-2022. Finding aid written by Catherine C. Ricciardi in 2019.
Separated Materials
Two books were cataloged separately and added to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's book collection. These are Valerian Svetlov Modern Ballet, 1911 (this copy was repaired and restored elsewhere, and lacks an original binding) and M. V. Borisoglebsky Materials on the History of Russian Ballet, Leningrad State Choreographic Institute, 1938.
Revision Description
2020-09-04 Added first batch of AMI AV links. kws
2021-03-15 Added second batch of AMI AV links. kws
2021-09-23 Added third batch of AMI AV links. CCR.
2021-11-23 Added fourth batch of AMI AV links. CCR.
2022-04-05 Added a small amount of newly processed materials: primarily awards and honorary degree certificates. These materials are in Boxes 127-132. CCR.
2022-04-11 Added Personal Financial Files to the container list. These materials are in Boxes 133-142. CCR.
2023-07-07 Added Separated Materials note on books. CCR.
2023-07-10 Added container list for Suberies: Books. CCR. These materials are in Boxes 143-145.
2023-12-12 Add container information and descriptions for several oversized items including artwork, posters, and prints. CCR.
Biographical / Historical
Ballet dancer, choreographer, and director who was the first African American to become a principal dancer with a major ballet company, New York City Ballet. He later founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem (1969).
Subject Headings
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| Genre/Form |
|---|
| Personal papers |
| Photographs |
| Sound recordings |
| Video recordings (physical artifacts) |
| Subject |
| Ballet dancing |
| Dancers |
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.
This subseries contains address books, business card files, and rolodexes.
Box 88 Folder 1
Box 88 Folder 2-3
Book is intact, but no longer in binder.
Box 88 Folder 4
Various loose pages.
Box 88 Folder 5-6
Four business card holders.
Box 89
VIP Card File: USA including DC and CA, South America, Scandanavia.
Box 90
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
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
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
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.
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
Includes itinerary for the New York City Ballet tour in the Soviet Union.
Box 62 Folder 2
Box 62 Folder 3-4
Box 62 Folder 5
Box 62 Folder 6-10
Box 62 Folder 11
Box 63 Folder 1-8
Box 64 Folder 1-2
Box 64 Folder 3-5
Box 64 Folder 6
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
Box 78 Folder 2
Box 78 Folder 3
Box 78 Folder 4
Box 78 Folder 5
Box 78 Folder 6
Box 78 Folder 7
Box 78 Folder 8
Box 78 Folder 9
Box 78 Folder 10
Box 78 Folder 11
Box 78 Folder 12
Box 78 Folder 13
Box 79 Folder 1
Box 79 Folder 2
Box 79 Folder 3
Box 79 Folder 4
Box 79 Folder 5
Box 79 Folder 6
Box 79 Folder 7
Box 79 Folder 8
This subseries includes biographical information, as well as personal documents such as birth certificates, diplomas, draft cards, licenses, and passports.
Box 70 Folder 8
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
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
Box 70 Folder 11
Box 70 Folder 12
Box 70 Folder 13
Box 70 Folder 14
Three passports, and a copy of a visa application.
Box 70 Folder 15
Issued by the New York State Education Department.
Box 144
Inscribed by author.
Box 145
Inscribed by Derek Westlake of Sadler's Wells Theatre, 1979.
Box 145
Includes filmstrip, teacher's guide, and two audiocassettes. Filmstrip includes the Dance Theatre of Harlem, as does the guide.
Box 143
About Akido Konda. Inscribed by Akido Konda, 1980
Box 145
Includes file with trailer, correspondence, and information on a related documentation project, Bob Curtis: Dancing All Colors from Christoph Dostal.
Box 145
With letter from Duberman, 2003
Box 145
Inscribed by author, 2003.
Box 145
Inscribed by author, 2003.
Box 145
Inscribed by author.
Box 145
Inscribed by author.
Box 143
Book was signed by the company, 1992.
Box 143
Published album of photo memories.
Box 143
Includes ticket.
Box 145
Signed by author.
Box 145
Signed by author.
Box 144
Signed by author.
Box 144
Appears to have been presented to Mitchell at New York Public Library event; it is signed by what might be guests
Box 145
Inscribed, with accompanying letter, by the author. 2003.
Box 145
Inscribed by Leslie Norton
Box 145
2 copies. 1 copy is inscribed, and the other signed, both by the author.
Box 145
About Lincoln Kerstein; includes Mitchell.
Box 144
Signed by Dance Theatre of Harlem company members.
Box 145
In Russian. Signed or inscribed (in Russian).
Box 145
Inscribed by the author.
Box 143
Photography by Ming Smith. Inscribed by photographer.
Box 143
Inscribed by Tony, 1979.
Box 144
Inscribed by the authors.
Box 143
Inscribed by A.C. Hollingsworth, 1996
Box 144
In Russian and English; inscribed.
Box 145
Inscribed by Rachel and Iris.
This subseries consists of personal correspondence, greeting cards, and legal correspondence relating to both personal and professional matters.
Box 94 Folder 1
Box 94 Folder 2
Box 94 Folder 3
Box 94 Folder 10
Telegram from Lincoln Kirstein to Arthur Mitchell inviting him to join the New York City Ballet
Box 94 Folder 4-9
Box 95 Folder 1-3
Box 95 Folder 4
Box 95 Folder 5-6
Box 96 Folder 1-5
Box 97 Folder 1-3
Box 97 Folder 4
Box 97 Folder 14
Handmade Christmas card from the company to Mitchell noting their gift of a financial contribution to Dance Theatre of Harlem.
This subseries contains legal correspondence related to both personal and professional matters.
Box 102 Folder 1-3
Box 102 Folder 4
Box 102 Folder 5
Box 102 Folder 6
Box 102 Folder 7
Box 102 Folder 8
Mitchell handled many professional engagements and their related contracts and financial matters through this corporation.
Box 102 Folder 9
Box 102 Folder 10
Mitchell periodically donated and loaned money to the Dance Theatre of Harlem; this file documents many of those transactions, particularly for 1996-2007.
Box 97 Folder 5
This subseries includes correspondence from government officials and others that were filed and maintained as "manuscripts".
Box 97 Folder 6-13
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
Box 85 Folder 2
Regrets
Box 85 Folder 3-5
Box 85 Folder 6
Box 86 Folder 1
Box 86 Folder 2-3
Box 86 Folder 4-6
Box 64 Folder 7-8
Box 87 Folder 1-4
Box 87 Folder 5
Box 101
Oversized invitation to the galal for the 50th anniversary celebration of Radio City Music Hall.
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
Box 100 Folder 13
Inscribed to Mitchell by Kathleen Battle.
Box 100 Folder 14
Signed by Laura Bush, Arthur Mitchell, Laveen Naidu, Kathleen Reynolds, and one other person.
Box 100 Folder 15
Contains notecards featuring a color lithograph of Mitchell and Suzanne Farrell in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1968) by Al Hirschfeld.
Box 132 Folder 6
Inscribed to Mitchell by Alonzo King.
Box 100 Folder 16
Six items. These are unmarked copies.
Box 129 Folder 3
Box 129 Folder 4
Box 100 Folder 17
Box 100 Folder 18
One month features Mitchell. A photographic print of the image is available in Box 42 Folder 19.
Box 100 Folder 19
Stamp of Arthur Mitchell, issued April 26, 1978. These are marked copies.
Box 100 Folder 20
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
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.
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
Box 80 Folder 4-6
Box 81 Folder 1
Box 81 Folder 2
Box 81 Folder 3
Box 81 Folder 4
Box 81 Folder 5
Box 81 Folder 6-8
Box 82 Folder 1
Box 82 Folder 2-5
Box 83 Folder 1
Box 83 Folder 2
Box 83 Folder 3-4
Box 84 Folder 1
Box 84 Folder 2
Box 84 Folder 3-4
Box 84 Folder 5
Box 84 Folder 6
Box 84 Folder 7
Box 84 Folder 8-11
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
Box 133
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 133
Box 133
Box 133
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 133
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 133
Dental bills were not kept.
Box 134
Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.
Box 134
Box 134
Box 134
Box 134
Box 134
Legal correspondence and notes are filed elsewhere in the collection.
Box 134
Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries. Utility bills were not kept.
Box 135
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 135
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 139
3 large envelopes
Box 136
Box 136
Box 136
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 136
Box 136
Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.
Box 136
Box 136
Box 136
Box 136
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 136
Box 136
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 136
Box 136
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 136
Box 137
Box 137
Box 137
Utility bills were not kept.
Box 137
Box 137
Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.
Box 137
Medical receipts were not kept.
Box 137
Box 137
Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.
Box 137
This file included appointment books and notes that a were filed elsewhere in the collection.
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
2 envelopes
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 138
Box 139
Routine newsletters were not kept.
Box 139
Box 139
Box 139
Box 139
Box 139
All personal documents and photographs are filed elsewhere in the collection. This file contains some miscellaneous personal and family material.
Box 140
Box 140
Box 140
Several files and envelopes.
Box 140
3 envelopes
Box 140
2 envelopes
Box 141
Box 141
Box 141
Phone and cable bills were not kept.
Box 141
Box 141
Box 141
Box 141
Phone and cable bills were not kept.
Box 141
Medical statements and receipts were not kept.
Box 141
Legal correspondence is filed in the Correspondence subseries.
Box 141
Box 141
Box 141
"Upside Out" by Edward V. Schoelwer.
Box 141
Box 142
Various personal and financial files, 1968-1999, but primarily 1990s. These include family, financial, legal, personal, personal expense, and travel files.
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
File includes one photograph, apparently of a class mate.
Box 39 Folder 2-3
Arthur Mitchell in House of Flowers; Donald McKayle and Company.
Box 39 Folder 4-7
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
Arthur Mitchell, Candice Bergen and the cast of The Day The Fish Came Out.
Box 20 Folder 15
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
Mitchell at Castro Alves Theater in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Box 39 Folder 13
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
(With timeline 1968-1988)
Box 39 Folder 14
Includes promotional photograph of Mitchell and Peter Jennings (ABC) for a television report on the Dance Theater of Harlem.
Box 40 Folder 41
Photographs from the 50th Anniversary of the New York City Ballet and a Youth for Understanding Foundation gala.
Box 40 Folder 42
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
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
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
Snapshots of Mitchell teaching in a boy's dance class at the school.
Box 40 Folder 44
New York Times. Arthur Mitchell, Anna Kisselgoff, Merrill Ashley, Peter Martins, and Jacques d'Amboise. Photograph was originally framed.
Box 107 Folder 5
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
Various casts: Mikhail Barishinikov and Allegra Kent; Kay Mazzo and Arthur Mitchell
There is currently no Photograph #4.
Box 39 Folder 20
Mitchell and Diana Adams.
Box 39 Folder 21
Mitchell and Allegra Kent.
Box 39 Folder 22
Mitchell and Allegra Kent.
Box 39 Folder 23
Box 39 Folder 24
Box 39 Folder 25
Box 39 Folder 26
#41 is a signed copy of the "Jumping Man" photographs, inscribed to Mike Harris
Box 44 Folder 13
Mitchell and Diana Adams.
Box 44 Folder 14
Mitchell and Diana Adams.
Box 44 Folder 15
Mitchell and Diana Adams.
Box 146
Diana Adams and Arthur Mitchell. Two Photographs by Martha Swope, New York. Signed and dated by the photographer.
Box 46 Folder 1-2
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
Mitchell and Suzanne Farrell
Box 39 Folder 27
Box 39 Folder 28
Edward Villella and Allegra Kent
Box 39 Folder 29
Arthur Mitchell and Mimi Paul
Box 39 Folder 30
Nora Kaya and Nicholas Magallanes
Box 39 Folder 31-32
Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin
Box 39 Folder 33
Arthur Mitchell
Box 40 Folder 1
Violette Verdy, Anthony Blum, Allegra Kent and Nicholas Magallanes.
Box 40 Folder 2-3
Arthur Mitchell and Mary Hinkson
Box 40 Folder 4
Maria Tallchief
Box 40 Folder 5
Arthur Mitchell
Box 40 Folder 6
Mimi Paul and André Prokovsky.
Box 40 Folder 7
Melissa Hayden, Frederick Ashton. Including company rehearsal photograph.
Box 40 Folder 8
Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent, and Edward Villella.
Box 40 Folder 8
Tanaquil LeClercq
Box 40 Folder 9
Arthur Mitchell, Melissa Hayden, and Violette Verdy
Box 40 Folder 10
Tanaquil Le Clercq
Box 40 Folder 11
Arthur Mitchell as Puck.
Box 44 Folder 16
Arthur Mitchell as Puck. Oversized photograph is glued to a cardboard backing.
Box 40 Folder 12
Arthur Mitchell and Melissa Hayden.
Box 40 Folder 13
Patricia Wilde, Jacques d'Amboise
Box 40 Folder 14
Allegra Kent
Box 44 Folder 17
Arthur Mitchell and Edward Villella.
Box 46 Folder 3
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
Arthur Mitchell and Maria Tallchief.
Box 40 Folder 16
Violette Verdy and Helgi Tomasson and Patricia McBride
Box 40 Folder 17-18
Arthur Mitchell, Gertrude Tyven, Bobby Barnett, and Allegra Kent.
Box 40 Folder 19
Edward Villella
Box 40 Folder 20
Arthur Mitchell, and company. This was a single performance, In Memoriam: Martin Luther King (1929-1968).
Box 40 Folder 21
Maria Tallchief, Allegra Kent
Box 40 Folder 22
Allegra Kent
Box 40 Folder 23-24
Arthur Mitchell and Suzanne Farrell
Box 40 Folder 25
Arthur Mithcell
Box 40 Folder 26
Kay Mazzo, Bart Cook
Box 40 Folder 27
Jacques d'Amboise
Box 40 Folder 28
Violette Verdy and Conrad Ludlow
Box 40 Folder 29
Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin
Box 40 Folder 30
Arthur Mitchell
Box 131 Folder 6
Album cover photograph includes Mitchell.
Box 40 Folder 31-32
Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin
Box 40 Folder 34-35
Posed photographs of various dancers. These do not include Mitchell.
Box 40 Folder 36
Photographs from unidentified productions.
Box 40 Folder 37-39
Primarily snaphots of company members, including Mitchell. Includes a color portrait photograph of the company (1964).
Box 40 Folder 40
Women's class
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
These files contain posed photographs of Mitchell dancing. Includes some contact sheets.
Box 44 Folder 18
These files contain posed photographs of Mitchell dancing. Photographs are oversized.
Box 45 Folder 3
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
These files contain posed photographs of Mitchell dancing. Photographs are oversized.
Box 45 Folder 2
Photographs is matted, signed, numbered, and inscribed by the photographer (1984).
Box 41 Folder 10
Box 44 Folder 20-23
Various still photographs and portraits.
Box 41 Folder 11-15
Various still photographs and portraits.
Box 41 Folder 16
These are from a single photo shoot. These do not seem to match any corresponding prints in the collection.
Box 41 Folder 17-18
A few of these are damaged.
Box 41 Folder 19-23
Item#1 is a postcard to Mitchell from Van Vechten.
Box 42 Folder 1-17
Box 44 Folder 24-28
Box 42 Folder 18-19
Additional items. One item in folder 19 is signed, but the signature is damaged.
Box 42 Folder 20
The photographs in this file are wallet-size or smaller photographs. Includes several early items.
Box 42 Folder 21-22
Box 45 Folder 4-7
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
Advertisement for men's suits.
Box 56 Folder 18-21
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
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
Box 107 Folder 5
This subseries primarily consists of snapshots, family photographs, and other personal photographs.
Box 42 Folder 25
Includes photograph of Mitchell with other students, and a photograph of the school building.
Box 42 Folder 26-28
Various snapshots. These photographs include Mitchell.
Box 43 Folder 1-6
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
3 items, one includes Mitchell. These are unidentified, and may include family members.
Box 43 Folder 8-9
Includes photographs of Mitchell's mother and other family members.
Box 43 Folder 10-12
Box 97
"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
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
Oversized photograph of Mitchell and two others (unidentified).
Box 44 Folder 38
Art print. Photgraph is in a mat.
Box 44 Folder 37
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
Signed photograph (signer is not identified) of what might be an artwork of a dancer.
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
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
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
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
Exhibition poster for the Museum of Broadcasting. Drawing of Balanchine by Hirschfeld.
Box 131 Folder 14
Poster is for a panel for the National Visionary Leadership Project that included Mitchell on February 22, 2008.
Box 131 Folder 11
Box 47 Folder 1
Box 47 Folder 2
Box 47 Folder 3
Box 47 Folder 4
Box 44 Folder 29
Box 47 Folder 5
Box 47 Folder 6
Box 47 Folder 7
Box 47 Folder 8
Box 47 Folder 9
Box 44 Folder 30
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Box 47 Folder 10
Box 47 Folder 11
Box 47 Folder 12
Box 47 Folder 13
Box 47 Folder 14
Box 47 Folder 15
Box 47 Folder 16
Box 44 Folder 31
Box 47 Folder 17
Box 47 Folder 18
Box 47 Folder 19
Box 44 Folder 32
Kennedy Center Honors
Box 47 Folder 20
Box 47 Folder 21-22
Box 48 Folder 1
Box 48 Folder 2
Box 48 Folder 3-7
Box 48 Folder 14
Box 48 Folder 8
This program includes inscriptions from several people.
Box 48 Folder 9
Box 48 Folder 10
Box 44 Folder 33
Concours International de Danse de Paris
Box 48 Folder 11
Box 48 Folder 12
Box 44 Folder 34
Williamette University Commencement
Box 48 Folder 13
Box 49 Folder 1-8
Box 49 Folder 9-17
Box 49 Folder 18
Box 49 Folder 19
Box 49 Folder 20
Box 49 Folder 21
Box 49 Folder 22
Box 49 Folder 23
Box 49 Folder 24
Box 49 Folder 25
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
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
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
Box 52 Folder 5-12
These are full magazines that contain articles featuring or mentioning Mitchell and/or the Dance Theater of Harlem.
Box 58 Folder 1-3
These are full magazines that contain articles featuring or mentioning Mitchell and/or the Dance Theater of Harlem.
Box 56 Folder 15
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
Issue includes article on Mitchell.
Box 56 Folder 18-21
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.
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.
Box 146
Ink on paper. Hirschfeld's drawing was published in the New York Times, April 28, 1968.
Box 131
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
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
Described as "Persian Print" on received folder. Appears to be paint on fabric.
Box 132 Folder 7
Signed by the artist, May 19, 2002.
Box 132 Folder 8
Signed by the artist, May 31, 2002.
Box 146
Lithograph on paper. Signed and dated by the artist.
Box 146
With images of Arthur Mitchell and John Coltrane. Limited edition print, 7/30.
These are files related to honors and awards for both Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Box 127 Folder 1
Box 130 Folder 2
Box 103 Folder 1
Box 103 Folder 2
Box 132 Folder 13
Appointment of Mitchell as a member of the State Council on the Arts. By Mario Cuomo.
Box 103 Folder 3
Box 103 Folder 4
Box 103 Folder 5
Box 132 Folder 4
Item has what appears to be water damage.
Box 103 Folder 6-7
Box 103 Folder 8
Box 127 Folder 2
Box 131 Folder 3
Box 131 Folder 4
Box 103 Folder 9
Box 103 Folder 10
Box 127 Folder 3
Box 130 Folder 3
Box 131 Folder 5
Box 132 Folder 5
Reproduction of a New York Times page announcement of the awards.
Box 127 Folder 4
Box 103 Folder 11
Box 103 Folder 12
File pertains to Mitchell's work as a choreographer during this period.
Box 100 Folder 21
Box 100 Folder 22
Program cover, only. In Russian.
Box 100 Folder 23
Inscribed to Peter.
Box 107 Folder 2-4
Box 103 Folder 13
Box 103 Folder 14
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
Cynthia Gregory
Box 38 Folder 10-11
Nijinsky; Dudinskaya; Vera Zorina; Irnia Baronova; Anna Pavlova; Ulanova; Tatiana Riabouchinska; Tamara Karsavina
Box 38 Folder 12
Box 38 Folder 13-14
Box 38 Folder 15-16
Billy Wilson, Sonja Van Beers, Serge Lifar, and Karel Shook
Box 38 Folder 17
Billy Wilson, Sonja Van Beers, Peter Appel, Sylvester Campbel, Lucy Pott, Serge Lifar, and Karel Shook
Box 38 Folder 18
Includes photographs of Klarna Pinska.
Box 38 Folder 19-21
Box 38 Folder 22-23
Box 38 Folder 24
Includes Rudolph Nureyev, Ruth Ann Koesun, and Carla Fracci
Box 56 Folder 22-23
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
Box 60 Folder 9-10
Photocopy of score; includes cues and handwritten directions.
Box 103 Folder 15
Box 127 Folder 5
Box 127 Folder 6
File includes statement with a presentation folder.
Box 130 Folder 4
Degree certificate.
Box 130 Folder 5
File includes booklet with photographs and program. It does not include the degree certificate.
Box 127 Folder 7
Box 130 Folder 6
Box 131 Folder 10
Box 127 Folder 8
Box 130 Folder 7
Box 128 Folder 1
Box 131 Folder 1-2
Box 128 Folder 2
Box 128 Folder 3
Box 128 Folder 4
File includes the program and other information, but the not the degree certificate.
Box 130 Folder 8
Degree certificate.
Box 128 Folder 5
File includes the program and other information, but the not the degree certificate.
Box 101
Degree certificate and letter, in green cylinder.
Box 130 Folder 9
Box 130 Folder 10
Box 60 Folder 8
Box 56 Folder 17
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
File contains both originals and scanned copies of these items.
Box 104 Folder 2
Box 104 Folder 3
Box 104 Folder 4
Box 104 Folder 5
Box 104 Folder 6
Box 104 Folder 7
Copy of Mitchell's remarks.
Box 131 Folder 7
Box 60 Folder 3-6
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
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
Box 60 Folder 2
Box 59 Folder 1-7
These files contain magazines with articles of interest on dance.
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
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
Box 53 Folder 2-5
Box 54 Folder 1-3
Box 54 Folder 4
Box 55 Folder 1-7
Box 54 Folder 5-6
Box 54 Folder 7
Box 104 Folder 8-10
Box 104 Folder 11
Box 104 Folder 12
Box 105 Folder 1-5
Box 105 Folder 6
Box 106 Folder 1-6
Box 107 Folder 1
Box 98 Folder 1
Box 98 Folder 2
Box 98 Folder 3
Includes article on Ballet Teachers on Technique that includes an interview with Shook.
Box 98 Folder 4
Notebook.
Box 98 Folder 5-8
Box 98 Folder 9
Box 98 Folder 10-11
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
From the National Society of Film Critics.
This subseries consists of handwritten and typed messages, as well as message books.
Box 79 Folder 9
These are typed or handwritten messages; these items are not bound.
Box 79 Folder 10
Box 79 Folder 11
Box 80 Folder 1
Various typed call sheets and messages; these items are not bound.
Box 80 Folder 2
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.
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
Drafts, and final proposal to the Ford Foundation.
Box 1 Folder 3
Box 1 Folder 4
Mapcase 15-J-10
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
Box 1 Folder 6
Box 1 Folder 7
Box 1 Folder 8
Box 1 Folder 9
Includes historical information, as well as several appendicies.
Box 1 Folder 10
Box 1 Folder 11
Box 1 Folder 12
Box 1 Folder 13
Box 1 Folder 14
Contains a Dance Theatre of Harlem newsletter.
Box 1 Folder 15
Box 1 Folder 16
Box 1 Folder 17
Box 1 Folder 18
Box 1 Folder 19
Box 1 Folder 20
Box 1 Folder 21
Box 1 Folder 22
Box 1 Folder 23
Box 1 Folder 24
Box 1 Folder 25
Box 1 Folder 26
Box 1 Folder 27
Box 1 Folder 28
Box 1 Folder 29
Box 1 Folder 30
Box 1 Folder 31
Box 1 Folder 32
Box 1 Folder 33
Box 1 Folder 34
These are handwritten minutes and notes.
Box 1 Folder 35
Box 1 Folder 36
Box 1 Folder 37
Box 1 Folder 38
Box 1 Folder 39
Box 1 Folder 40
Box 1 Folder 41
Box 1 Folder 42
Box 1 Folder 43
Box 1 Folder 44
Box 1 Folder 45
Box 1 Folder 46
Box 1 Folder 47
Box 1 Folder 48
These are handwritten minutes and notes.
Box 2 Folder 1-2
Box 1 Folder 49
Box 1 Folder 50
Box 1 Folder 51
Box 1 Folder 52
Box 1 Folder 53
Box 1 Folder 54
Box 2 Folder 3
Box 2 Folder 4
Box 2 Folder 5
Box 2 Folder 6
Box 2 Folder 7
Box 2 Folder 8
Box 2 Folder 9
Box 2 Folder 10
Box 2 Folder 11
Box 2 Folder 12
These are handwritten minutes and notes.
Box 2 Folder 13
Box 2 Folder 14
Box 2 Folder 15
Box 2 Folder 16
Box 2 Folder 17
Box 2 Folder 18-19
Box 2 Folder 20-21
Box 2 Folder 22
Box 2 Folder 23
Box 2 Folder 24
Box 3 Folder 1
Box 3 Folder 2
Box 3 Folder 3
Box 3 Folder 4
Box 3 Folder 5
Box 3 Folder 6
Box 3 Folder 7
Box 3 Folder 8
Box 3 Folder 9
Box 3 Folder 10
Box 3 Folder 11
Box 3 Folder 12-14
Box 3 Folder 15
Box 3 Folder 16
Box 3 Folder 17
Box 3 Folder 18
Box 3 Folder 19
Box 3 Folder 20
Box 3 Folder 21
Box 3 Folder 22
Box 3 Folder 23
Box 3 Folder 24
Box 3 Folder 25
These are handwritten minutes and notes.
Box 3 Folder 26
These are handwritten meeting notes; undated.
Box 3 Folder 27
Includes handmade cards by children.
Box 3 Folder 28
Box 3 Folder 29
Box 3 Folder 30
Box 3 Folder 31
Box 3 Folder 32
Box 3 Folder 33
Box 20 Folder 12
Box 3 Folder 34
Box 3 Folder 35
Box 3 Folder 36
Box 3 Folder 37
Box 3 Folder 38
Box 3 Folder 39
Box 3 Folder 40
Box 4 Folder 1-2
Box 3 Folder 41
Box 3 Folder 42
Box 4 Folder 3
Box 4 Folder 4
Box 4 Folder 5
Box 4 Folder 6
Box 4 Folder 7
Box 4 Folder 8
Box 4 Folder 9
Box 4 Folder 10
Box 4 Folder 11
Box 4 Folder 12
Box 4 Folder 13
Box 4 Folder 14
Box 4 Folder 15
Box 4 Folder 16
Box 4 Folder 17
Box 4 Folder 18
Box 4 Folder 19
Box 4 Folder 20-21
Box 4 Folder 22
Box 4 Folder 23
Box 123 Folder 1
Box 4 Folder 24
Box 4 Folder 25
Box 4 Folder 26
Box 4 Folder 27
Box 4 Folder 28
Box 4 Folder 29
Box 4 Folder 30
Box 4 Folder 31
Box 4 Folder 32
Box 4 Folder 33
Box 5 Folder 1
Box 5 Folder 2
Box 5 Folder 3
Box 5 Folder 4
Box 5 Folder 5
Box 5 Folder 6
Box 5 Folder 7
Box 5 Folder 8
Box 5 Folder 9
Box 5 Folder 10
Box 5 Folder 11
Box 5 Folder 12
Box 5 Folder 13
Box 5 Folder 14
Box 5 Folder 15
Box 5 Folder 16
Box 5 Folder 17
Box 5 Folder 18
Box 20 Folder 13
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
Box 5 Folder 20
Box 5 Folder 21
Box 5 Folder 22
Box 5 Folder 23
Box 5 Folder 24
Box 5 Folder 25
Box 5 Folder 26
Box 5 Folder 27
Box 5 Folder 28
Box 5 Folder 29
Box 5 Folder 30
Box 5 Folder 32
Box 5 Folder 33-34
Box 6 Folder 1
Box 6 Folder 2
Box 6 Folder 3
Box 6 Folder 4
Box 6 Folder 5
Box 6 Folder 6
Box 6 Folder 7
Box 6 Folder 8
Box 6 Folder 9
Box 6 Folder 10
Box 6 Folder 11
Box 6 Folder 12
Box 6 Folder 13
Box 6 Folder 14-15
Box 5 Folder 31
Box 6 Folder 16
Box 6 Folder 17
Box 6 Folder 18
Box 6 Folder 19
Box 6 Folder 20
Donations log.
Box 6 Folder 21
Box 6 Folder 22
Box 6 Folder 23
Box 7 Folder 1-2
Box 7 Folder 3-5
Box 7 Folder 6
Box 7 Folder 7
Box 7 Folder 8
Box 7 Folder 9
Box 7 Folder 10
Box 7 Folder 11
Box 7 Folder 12-18
Box 7 Folder 19
Box 7 Folder 20
Box 8 Folder 1
Box 8 Folder 2
Box 8 Folder 3
Box 8 Folder 4
Box 8 Folder 5
Box 8 Folder 6-9
Donations log.
Box 8 Folder 10
Box 8 Folder 11
Box 8 Folder 12
Box 8 Folder 13-17
Box 9 Folder 1-3
Box 9 Folder 4
Box 9 Folder 5
Box 9 Folder 6
Box 9 Folder 7
Box 9 Folder 8
Box 9 Folder 9-12
Box 10 Folder 1
Box 10 Folder 2
Box 10 Folder 3
Box 10 Folder 4
Box 10 Folder 5
Box 10 Folder 6
Box 10 Folder 7
Box 10 Folder 8
Box 10 Folder 9
Box 9 Folder 18
Box 9 Folder 19
Box 10 Folder 10
Box 10 Folder 11
Box 9 Folder 13
Box 9 Folder 14
Box 9 Folder 15
Box 9 Folder 16
Box 9 Folder 17
Box 10 Folder 12-13
Box 21 Folder 1-2
Box 10 Folder 14
Box 23 Folder 21
Box 21 Folder 3-4
Box 10 Folder 15
Box 10 Folder 16
Box 10 Folder 17
Box 21 Folder 5
Box 10 Folder 18
Box 10 Folder 19
Box 10 Folder 20
Box 10 Folder 21
Box 10 Folder 22
Box 10 Folder 23
Box 10 Folder 24-25
Box 10 Folder 26-28
Box 21 Folder 6-7
Box 10 Folder 29
Box 10 Folder 30
Box 10 Folder 31
Box 10 Folder 32
Box 10 Folder 33
Box 10 Folder 34
Box 21 Folder 8-9
Box 21 Folder 10
Box 10 Folder 35
Box 10 Folder 36
Box 10 Folder 37
Box 10 Folder 38
Box 10 Folder 39
Box 10 Folder 40
Box 21 Folder 11
Box 10 Folder 41
Box 21 Folder 12
Box 11 Folder 1
Box 11 Folder 2-3
Box 10 Folder 42
Box 11 Folder 4
Box 11 Folder 5-6
Box 21 Folder 13-15
Box 11 Folder 7
Emergence Award
Box 11 Folder 8
Box 11 Folder 9
Box 11 Folder 10
Box 11 Folder 11-12
Box 11 Folder 13
Box 21 Folder 16-17
Box 11 Folder 14
Box 11 Folder 15
Box 21 Folder 18-19
Includes 5 year plan.
Box 11 Folder 16
Box 11 Folder 17-18
Box 21 Folder 20
Box 22 Folder 1-2
Box 11 Folder 19
Includes full list of awards, 1951-1994.
Box 11 Folder 20-24
Box 11 Folder 25
Box 22 Folder 3
Box 11 Folder 26
Box 11 Folder 27
Box 11 Folder 28
Box 11 Folder 29-30
Box 11 Folder 31-32
Box 12 Folder 1-2
Box 22 Folder 4-7
Box 22 Folder 8
Box 12 Folder 33
Box 12 Folder 3-6
Includes information on outreach, programs, residency, etc.
Box 12 Folder 7
Box 12 Folder 8
Box 12 Folder 9
Box 12 Folder 10
Box 12 Folder 11
Box 12 Folder 12-13
Box 22 Folder 9-10
Box 12 Folder 14
Box 24 Folder 1
Box 24 Folder 2-3
Box 24 Folder 5-8
Box 24 Folder 9-12
Box 24 Folder 13
Box 24 Folder 14
Box 24 Folder 15
Box 24 Folder 16-17
Box 12 Folder 15
Box 22 Folder 11
Box 12 Folder 16
Box 12 Folder 17
Box 12 Folder 18
Box 22 Folder 12
Box 12 Folder 19
Box 12 Folder 20
Box 12 Folder 21-24
Box 12 Folder 25-27
Box 12 Folder 28
Box 12 Folder 29
Box 22 Folder 13-14
Box 22 Folder 15-16
Box 22 Folder 17
Box 13 Folder 1-7
Includes information on outreach, programs, public relations, residency, etc.
Box 13 Folder 8
Box 12 Folder 30
Box 12 Folder 31
Box 12 Folder 32
Box 13 Folder 9-10
Box 13 Folder 11
Box 13 Folder 12-13
Box 13 Folder 14-16
Box 23 Folder 1
Box 13 Folder 17
Box 13 Folder 18
Box 13 Folder 19-22
Box 23 Folder 2-3
Box 23 Folder 4
Box 13 Folder 23
Box 13 Folder 24
Box 13 Folder 25
Box 13 Folder 26
Box 13 Folder 27
Box 14 Folder 1
Box 14 Folder 2
Box 14 Folder 3-6
Box 14 Folder 7-8
Box 14 Folder 9
Box 22 Folder 18-19
Box 23 Folder 5
Box 23 Folder 6
Box 23 Folder 7-8
Box 14 Folder 10
Box 14 Folder 11-12
Box 14 Folder 13-14
Box 23 Folder 9
Box 14 Folder 15
Box 14 Folder 16
Box 14 Folder 17
Box 14 Folder 18
Box 14 Folder 19
Box 23 Folder 10
Box 14 Folder 20-21
Box 20 Folder 14
Includes memoranda, calendar, etc.
Box 14 Folder 22
Box 20 Folder 18
Box 14 Folder 23
Box 23 Folder 11-12
Box 15 Folder 9
Box 15 Folder 10-11
Box 14 Folder 24
Box 14 Folder 25
Box 15 Folder 12-13
Box 15 Folder 1-2
Box 15 Folder 14
Box 15 Folder 15
Box 15 Folder 3
Box 14 Folder 26
Box 15 Folder 4
Box 15 Folder 5
Box 15 Folder 6
Box 15 Folder 7-8
Box 23 Folder 13
Box 16 Folder 1-5
Box 15 Folder 16-17
Box 16 Folder 6
Includes two photographs.
Box 16 Folder 7
Box 16 Folder 8
Box 24 Folder 4
Box 16 Folder 9
Box 16 Folder 10
Box 16 Folder 11
Box 16 Folder 12
Box 16 Folder 13
Box 16 Folder 14
Box 16 Folder 30-31a
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
Box 16 Folder 16
Box 16 Folder 17
Box 16 Folder 18
Box 16 Folder 19-20
Box 16 Folder 21
Box 16 Folder 22
Box 15 Folder 18
Box 15 Folder 19
Box 15 Folder 20
Box 15 Folder 21
Box 15 Folder 22
Box 16 Folder 23
Box 16 Folder 24
Box 16 Folder 25
Box 16 Folder 26
Box 16 Folder 27
Box 16 Folder 28
Box 16 Folder 29
Box 16 Folder 32-34
Box 16 Folder 35
Box 23 Folder 14
Box 17 Folder 1
Box 17 Folder 2
Primarily related to 30th Anniversary events.
Box 17 Folder 3-5
Box 17 Folder 6-7
Box 17 Folder 8
Box 17 Folder 9
Box 17 Folder 10
Box 23 Folder 15
Box 23 Folder 16
Box 17 Folder 11
Box 17 Folder 12-13
Box 17 Folder 14-19
Box 17 Folder 20
Box 17 Folder 21-22
Box 17 Folder 23
Box 17 Folder 24
Box 17 Folder 25
Box 17 Folder 26
Box 17 Folder 27
Box 17 Folder 28
Box 18 Folder 1
Box 18 Folder 2
Box 18 Folder 3
Box 18 Folder 4-5
Box 18 Folder 6
Box 18 Folder 7-9
Box 18 Folder 10
Box 18 Folder 11-13
Box 18 Folder 14
Box 18 Folder 15-18
Box 23 Folder 17
Box 18 Folder 19
Box 18 Folder 20
Box 18 Folder 21
Box 18 Folder 22
Box 18 Folder 23
Box 18 Folder 24
Box 18 Folder 25
Box 18 Folder 26
Box 18 Folder 27
Relates to New York City's bid for the 2012 Olympics.
Box 18 Folder 28
Box 18 Folder 29
Box 18 Folder 30
Box 18 Folder 31
Box 18 Folder 32
Box 18 Folder 33
Box 18 Folder 34
Box 18 Folder 35
Box 19 Folder 1-4
Box 18 Folder 36
Box 19 Folder 5
Box 18 Folder 37
Box 19 Folder 6
Box 19 Folder 7
Box 19 Folder 8
Box 19 Folder 9
Box 19 Folder 10
Box 19 Folder 11
Box 23 Folder 18-19
Box 19 Folder 12-13
Box 19 Folder 14
Box 19 Folder 15
Box 19 Folder 16
Box 19 Folder 17
Box 19 Folder 18
Box 19 Folder 19
Box 19 Folder 20
Box 19 Folder 21
Box 19 Folder 22
Box 19 Folder 23
Box 19 Folder 24
Box 19 Folder 25
Box 19 Folder 26
Box 72 Folder 21
This includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 19 Folder 27
Box 19 Folder 28-29
Box 19 Folder 30
Box 19 Folder 31
Box 19 Folder 32
Box 19 Folder 33
Box 20 Folder 17
List of select television appearances by the Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1973-2006.
Box 19 Folder 34
Box 19 Folder 35
Box 19 Folder 36
Box 20 Folder 1
Box 20 Folder 16
Box 20 Folder 2
Box 20 Folder 3
Box 20 Folder 4
Box 20 Folder 5
Box 20 Folder 6
Box 20 Folder 7
Box 20 Folder 8
Box 20 Folder 9
Box 20 Folder 10
Box 20 Folder 11
Box 23 Folder 20
Box 20
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
Box 33 Folder 1-3
These files include information on the 1997 labor strike.
Box 25 Folder 1
Box 25 Folder 2
Box 25 Folder 3
Box 25 Folder 4
Box 25 Folder 5
Box 25 Folder 6
Box 25 Folder 7
Box 25 Folder 8
Box 25 Folder 9
Box 25 Folder 10
Box 25 Folder 11
Box 25 Folder 12
Box 25 Folder 13
Box 25 Folder 14
Box 25 Folder 15
Box 25 Folder 16
Box 25 Folder 17
Box 25 Folder 18
Box 25 Folder 19
Box 25 Folder 20
Box 25 Folder 21
Box 25 Folder 22
Box 25 Folder 23
Box 25 Folder 24
Box 25 Folder 25
Box 25 Folder 26
Box 25 Folder 27
Box 25 Folder 28
Box 25 Folder 29
Box 25 Folder 30-31
See Also: Leadership Award
Box 25 Folder 32
Box 25 Folder 33
Box 25 Folder 34
Box 25 Folder 35
Box 25 Folder 36-37
Box 25 Folder 38-39
Box 25 Folder 40
Box 25 Folder 41-42
Box 26 Folder 1
Box 26 Folder 2
Box 26 Folder 3
Box 26 Folder 4
Box 26 Folder 5
Box 26 Folder 6
Box 26 Folder 7
Box 26 Folder 8
Box 26 Folder 9
Box 26 Folder 10
Box 26 Folder 11
Box 26 Folder 12-17
Box 26 Folder 18
Box 26 Folder 19
Box 26 Folder 20-21
Box 26 Folder 22
Box 26 Folder 23-25
See Also: Independent Sector Award
Box 26 Folder 26
Box 26 Folder 27
Box 27 Folder 1
Box 27 Folder 2
Box 27 Folder 3
Box 27 Folder 4
Box 27 Folder 5
Box 27 Folder 6
Box 27 Folder 7
Box 27 Folder 8
Box 27 Folder 9
Box 27 Folder 10
Box 27 Folder 11
Box 27 Folder 12
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New York City Council Member.
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Box 27 Folder 38
City College
Box 27 Folder 39
Lively Arts Foundation
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Box 27 Folder 60
Box 27 Folder 61
Clippings.
Box 27 Folder 62
Box 27 Folder 63
Box 27 Folder 64-66
Box 27 Folder 67
Box 28 Folder 1
Box 28 Folder 2-6
Box 28 Folder 7
Box 28 Folder 8-9
Box 28 Folder 10
Box 28 Folder 11
Box 28 Folder 12
Box 28 Folder 13
Box 28 Folder 14-17
Box 28 Folder 18-20
Includes final report.
Box 28 Folder 21
Box 28 Folder 22
Box 28 Folder 23-24
Box 28 Folder 25
Box 28 Folder 26
Artist.
Box 28 Folder 27
Box 28 Folder 28
Box 29 Folder 1
Box 29 Folder 2
Box 29 Folder 3
Box 29 Folder 4
Box 29 Folder 5
Box 29 Folder 6
Box 29 Folder 7
Box 29 Folder 8-9
Box 29 Folder 10
Box 29 Folder 11-12
Box 33 Folder 4
Box 33 Folder 5
Box 34 Folder 6-9
Box 29 Folder 13
Box 29 Folder 14
Box 29 Folder 15
Box 29 Folder 16
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Box 29 Folder 29-30
Box 29 Folder 31
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Box 29 Folder 47
Box 29 Folder 48
Box 29 Folder 49
Management Consultant. Includes draft of his report.
Box 29 Folder 50
Box 29 Folder 51
Box 29 Folder 52
Box 29 Folder 53
Box 29 Folder 54
Box 29 Folder 55
Box 29 Folder 56-57
Box 29 Folder 58
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Box 29 Folder 60
Box 29 Folder 61
Box 29 Folder 62
Box 29 Folder 63
Box 29 Folder 64
Box 29 Folder 65
Box 29 Folder 66
Box 30 Folder 1
Box 30 Folder 2
Includes signed card from Prince.
Box 30 Folder 3
Box 30 Folder 4
Box 30 Folder 5
Box 30 Folder 6
Box 30 Folder 7
Box 30 Folder 8
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
These files contain copies of outgoing correspondence, only.
Box 66 Folder 1-2
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 66 Folder 3
Box 66 Folder 4-6
These files contain copies of outgoing correspondence, only.
Box 66 Folder 7-9
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 66 Folder 10
This file contains copies of outgoing correspondence, only.
Box 66 Folder 11-14
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 66 Folder 15-21
These files contain copies of outgoing correspondence, only.
Box 67 Folder 1-4
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 67 Folder 5-8
These files contain copies of outgoing correspondence, only.
Box 67 Folder 9
This file includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 67 Folder 10-11
Box 67 Folder 12
Box 67 Folder 13
Box 67 Folder 14-16
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 67 Folder 17-18
Box 67 Folder 19-22
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 68 Folder 1
This file includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 68 Folder 2
Box 68 Folder 3
Box 68 Folder 4-13
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 68 Folder 14-18
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 69 Folder 1-11
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 69 Folder 12-17
Box 70 Folder 1-6
Box 70 Folder 7
Box 71 Folder 1-2
These files consist primarily of outgoing faxes.
Box 71 Folder 3-10
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 71 Folder 11-23
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 71 Folder 24-38
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 72 Folder 1-19
These files include both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Box 72 Folder 20
This includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
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
Box 30 Folder 10
Box 30 Folder 11
Box 30 Folder 12
Box 30 Folder 13
Box 30 Folder 14
Box 30 Folder 15
Box 30 Folder 16
Box 30 Folder 17
Box 30 Folder 18
Box 30 Folder 19
Box 30 Folder 20
Box 30 Folder 21
Box 30 Folder 22
Box 30 Folder 23
Box 30 Folder 24
Box 30 Folder 25
Box 30 Folder 26
Box 31 Folder 5-6
Box 31 Folder 7
Box 31 Folder 8-12
Box 31 Folder 13
Box 31 Folder 14
Box 31 Folder 15
Box 31 Folder 16
Box 31 Folder 17
Box 30 Folder 27
Box 30 Folder 28
Box 30 Folder 29
Box 30 Folder 30
Box 30 Folder 31
Box 30 Folder 32
Box 30 Folder 33
Includes a copy of the report by Thomas B. Harris.
Box 30 Folder 34
Box 30 Folder 35
Box 30 Folder 36-37
Box 30 Folder 38
Box 30 Folder 39
Box 30 Folder 40
Box 31 Folder 1-3
Box 31 Folder 4
Box 30 Folder 41
Box 30 Folder 42
Box 30 Folder 43
Box 30 Folder 44
Box 30 Folder 45
Box 30 Folder 46
Box 30 Folder 47
Box 30 Folder 48
Box 30 Folder 49
Box 30 Folder 50
Box 30 Folder 51
Box 30 Folder 52
Box 30 Folder 53
Box 30 Folder 54
Box 30 Folder 55
Box 30 Folder 56
Box 30 Folder 57-58
Box 30 Folder 59-60
Box 31 Folder Unknown
Box 31 Folder 18-20
Box 31 Folder 21
Box 32 Folder 1-2
Box 30 Folder 61
Proposal drafts.
Box 32 Folder 3
Box 32 Folder 4
Box 32 Folder 5
Box 32 Folder 6
Box 32 Folder 7
Box 32 Folder 8
Box 32 Folder 9
Box 32 Folder 10
Box 32 Folder 11
Box 32 Folder 12
Box 32 Folder 13
Box 32 Folder 14
Box 32 Folder 15
Box 32 Folder 16
Box 32 Folder 17-18
Box 32 Folder 19
Box 32 Folder 20
Box 32 Folder 21
Box 32 Folder 22
Box 32 Folder 23
Box 32 Folder 24
Box 32 Folder 25
Includes the President's Report and several other reports related to the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Box 32 Folder 26
Box 32 Folder 27
Box 32 Folder 28
Box 32 Folder 29
Box 32 Folder 30
Box 32 Folder 31
Box 32 Folder 32
Box 32 Folder 33
Box 32 Folder 34
Box 32 Folder 35
Box 32 Folder 36
Box 32 Folder 37
Box 32 Folder 38
Box 32 Folder 39
Box 32 Folder 40
Box 32 Folder 41
Box 32 Folder 42
Box 32 Folder 43
This subseries contains various items, including business cards, buttons, calendars, postcards, stationary, stickers, and tickets.
Box 73 Folder 16
Box 100 Folder 1
This is a photocopy, with a note from the artist.
Box 100 Folder 2
Various business cards. Most of these are for Arthur Mitchell; a few are for Mitchell and Karel Shook, Directors.
Box 100 Folder 3
Box 129 Folder 1-2
This includes a blank award plaque (pewter) and a brochure about the award itself.
Box 100 Folder 4
Transparency.
Box 100 Folder 5
Small engraving plate, inscribed "Forces of Rhythm By Sarah Hudson Inspired by Dallas Performance Dance Theatre of Harlem 1975"
Box 100 Folder 6
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.
Box 100 Folder 7
Box 100 Folder 8
Box 100 Folder 9
Box 100 Folder 10
Box 100 Folder 11
Box 100 Folder 12
Includes special event tickets, and one ticket stub from a performance with a note on it by Mitchell.
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.
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
Stephanie Dabney and Mel Thomlinson and Joe Cipolla
Box 35 Folder 2
Box 35 Folder 3
Box 35 Folder 4
Box 35 Folder 5
Mell Thomlinson and Virginia Johnson
Box 35 Folder 6
Box 35 Folder 7
Box 35 Folder 8
Box 35 Folder 9
Paul Russel, Virginia Johnson, and William Scott
Box 35 Folder 10
Box 35 Folder 11
Box 44 Folder 1
Box 35 Folder 12
Box 35 Folder 13
Abarca, Johnson, Paul Russell
Box 35 Folder 14
Box 35 Folder 15-16
Includes color photographs.
Box 35 Folder 17
Box 35 Folder 18
Box 35 Folder 19-20
Where are 2 and 5. Only 6 items here.
Box 35 Folder 21
Where are 1 and 4. Only 2 items here.
Box 35 Folder 22
Where is 3. Only 2 items here. #1 is marked as a duplicate copy however.
Box 35 Folder 23
4 items here.
Box 35 Folder 24
Box 35 Folder 25
2 copies
Box 35 Folder 26
Virginia Johnson and company. File is empty.
Box 35 Folder 27
Box 35 Folder 28
Box 35 Folder 29
Box 35 Folder 30
Box 35 Folder 31
Box 35 Folder 32
Box 35 Folder 33
Box 35 Folder 34
Box 35 Folder 35
Box 35 Folder 36
Box 35 Folder 37
Box 35 Folder 38
Box 35 Folder 39
Virginia Johnson and Lowell Smith. File is empty.
Box 35 Folder 40
Box 35 Folder 41
Box 35 Folder 42
Box 35 Folder 43
Box 35 Folder 44-45
Box 35 Folder 46
This subseries includes snapshots of the Dance Theatre of Harlem company on tour.
Box 36 Folder 1
Box 36 Folder 2-3
Box 36 Folder 4-6
Box 36 Folder 7
Box 36 Folder 8
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
Box 36 Folder 12
Snapshots, Dance Theatre of Harlem Gala
Box 44 Folder 2-3
Box 36 Folder 13-16
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
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
Primarily contact sheets. Includes a few black and white photographs.
Box 36 Folder 24-26
Primarily from the naming event.
Box 45 Folder 8
Oversized photograph; includes Arthur Mitchell.
Box 99
Photograph album of the event created for Mitchell by photographer Irving Spivey.
Photographs in this subseries include a behind the scenes look at Dance Theatre of Harlem company, institution, and school.
Box 36 Folder 27
Box 37 Folder 1-4
Box 45 Folder 12
Photograph is in a mat.
Box 36 Folder 28-29
Box 44 Folder 4-9
Primarily portrait photographs of individual dancers. Includes some group photographs of the company.
Box 37 Folder 5-8
Box 36 Folder 30
Mitchell in rehearsal. Lowell Smith in foreground.
Box 36 Folder 31
Contact sheets.
Box 37 Folder 9-11
Box 37 Folder 12
Box 37 Folder 13
Box 37 Folder 14
Box 44 Folder 10
Box 37 Folder 15
Box 37 Folder 16-18
Box 37 Folder 19-21
Box 37 Folder 22
Box 37 Folder 23
Box 37 Folder 24-26
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
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
Includes photographs from Mitchell's receipt of an honorary degree from The University of the Arts.
Box 38 Folder 26
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
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
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
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
Photograph was originally framed.
Box 44 Folder 12
Box 38 Folder 8
Includes photographs of Shook with Arthur Mitchell and Sonia Gaskell. Also includes a childhood photograph.
Box 38 Folder 25
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.
Tube Box Tube Box B
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
Poster designed by Hilary Knight. Signed by the dancers.
Tube Box Tube Box B
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
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
Mapcase 15-J-10
Mapcase 15-J-10
Poster featuring Shawn Lander, Lisa Attles, and Charmaine Hunter
Box 132 Folder 10
Box 132 Folder 1
Box 132 Folder 2-3
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
Signed by Arthur Mitchell.
Tube Box Tube Box B
2 copies.
Mapcase 14-N-6
In honor of Black History Month
Box 131 Folder 12
Box 132 Folder 12
This poster uses the same photograph as the Open House Series poster, above.
Box 131 Folder 13
Exhibition poster. 2 copies.
Box 45 Folder 11
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
Box 50 Folder 1
Box 45 Folder 10
Box 44 Folder 35
Box 44 Folder 36
Box 50 Folder 2-4
Box 73 Folder 3
2 copies; one is signed.
Box 73 Folder 4
Box 50 Folder 5
This program is signed by Alexandra Danilova
Box 73 Folder 15
This program is inscribed to the DTH by Michael Jackson on the page for Graduation Ball.
Box 50 Folder 6-9
Box 50 Folder 10-12
Box 50 Folder 13-15
Box 50 Folder 16-17
Box 50 Folder 18-19
Box 50 Folder 20
Box 51 Folder 1
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
Box 73 Folder 5
Box 73 Folder 6
Box 123 Folder 4-6
Box 123 Folder 3
Box 73 Folder 7
Box 51 Folder 12-13
Box 52 Folder 1-2
Box 52 Folder 3
Box 131 Folder 8
2 copies.
Box 131 Folder 9
Spring performance poster.
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
Box 57 Folder 16
Box 73 Folder 1
Box 73 Folder 8
Box 123 Folder 3
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
Box 74 Folder 2
Box 74 Folder 3
Box 74 Folder 4
Box 74 Folder 5-6
Pertains to Mitchell's work as a choreographer on the Francis Ford Coppola film.
Box 74 Folder 7-9
Box 75 Folder 1-4
Scripts and related correspondence for a proposed film based on the history of the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Box 73 Folder 9
Outline by Milton Rosenstock, based on poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
Box 75 Folder 5
Box 75 Folder 6
Box 73 Folder 10
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
The files both relate to proposals by Mario L. Baeza.
Box 75 Folder 9
Box 75 Folder 10
Box 75 Folder 11
Box 76 Folder 1
Box 76 Folder 2
Box 76 Folder 3
Box 76 Folder 4
Box 76 Folder 5
Box 76 Folder 6
Box 45 Folder 1
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
Notes
Box 76 Folder 8
Box 76 Folder 9-12
Box 73 Folder 11-12
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
Box 76 Folder 13
File is related to rights.
Box 73 Folder 14
Photocopy of score.
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.
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.
Box 121 Item 1
This might be Tape 2. There is no Tape 1. This audiocassette is damaged and could not be digitized.
Box 121 Item 2
Box 121 Item 3
Box 121 Item 4
Box 121 Item 16
[By Marlos Nobre]
Box 121 Item 29
Possibly from Spiritual Suite by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1970).
Box 122 Item 1A
See Also: Production Research subseries for proposals related to the work.
Box 122 Item 4A
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
Box 117 Item 16
Original Cast Recording. Commercial CD.
Box 117 Item 19
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
Box 121 Item 19
Box 121 Item 20
Box 117 Item 35
Commercial CD. Inscribed to Mitchell by Alyson Williams.
Box 117 Item 36
Commercial CD. Inscribed to Mitchell by Alyson Williams.
Box 121 Item 37
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
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
Box 122 Item 14A
The 4th item was found to be blank during digitization.
Box 121 Item 55-61
Items 1-2, 4- 5, and 7 (55-56, 58-59, 61) are blank, and were not digitized.
Box 121 Item 57
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
Item 6 (60) is a recordings of a psychic reading.
Box 122 Item 62-64
Item 1 (62) was blank, and was not digitized.
Box 122 Item 63
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
Item 3 (64) is a recording of Mitchell's conversation with a man, talking about dances he's planning.
Box 122 Item 10A-11A
Box 122 Item 10A
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
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
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
Box 108
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.
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.
Box 119 Item OHRO055018 and OHRO055026
Original 8mm films might be in items #1-3 on the large reel.
Box 119 Item OHRO055050 (4)
Tape 4.
Box 119 Item OHRO055042 (5)
Tape 5.
Box 108 Item OHRO050105 (6)
Box 119 Item OHRO055069 (7)
Tape 7.
Box 108 Item 8
Box 108 Item OHRO050148 (9)
Box 108 Item OHRO050156 (10)
Full label: Beginning Mexico; Holland; Karel [Shook?] Amsterdam; Billy; Sonia
Box 108 Item OHRO050113 (11)
Box 108 Item 13
Box 108 Item 14
Box 108 Item 15
Box 108 Item OHRO050130 (16)
Full label: NYCB; Purdue; Indiana; Melissa Camp
Box 108 Item 17
Box 108 Item 18
Box 108 Item 19
Box 108 Item 20
Box 108 Item 21
Box 108 Item 22
Box 108 Item 23
Box 108 Item 24
Box 108 Item 25
Box 108 Item 26
Box 108 Item 27
Box 108 Item 28
Box 108 Item 29
Box 108 Item 30
Box 108 Item 31
Box 108 Item 32
Box 108 Item 33
Box 108 Item 34
Box 108 Item 35
Box 108 Item 36
Box 108 Item 37
Box 108 Item OHRO050091 (38)
Box 108 Item 39
Box 108 Item 40
Box 108 Item 41
Box 108 Item 42
Box 108 Item OHRO050164 (43)
Box 108 Item 44
Box and outside cannister have been cleaned by Polygon; but cannister itself was not opened
Box 108 Item OHRO050121 (45)
Box 119 Item OHRO073652 (46)
Box 119 Item OHRO073601 (47)
Box 119 Item OHRO073750 (48)
Box 119 Item OHRO073644 (49)
Box 119 Item OHRO073610 and OHRO073679 (50 and 51)
Box 119 Item OHRO073687 (52)
Box 119 Item OHRO073717 (53)
Box 119 Item OHRO073733 (54)
Box 119 Item OHRO073768 (55)
Box 119 Item OHRO073628 (56)
Box 119 Item OHRO073636 (57)
Box 119 Item OHRO073741 (58)
Box 119 Item OHRO073709 (59)
Box 119 Item OHRO073784 (60)
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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"
Original was loaned to Columbia University for digitization; Dance Theatre of Harlem retains the original 8mm film.
Box 120
Commercial film of 1973 McGraw-Hill television special. Digital copy available via the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/rhythmetronthedancetheatreofharlemwitharthurmitchell/rhythmetronthedancetheatreofharlemwitharthurmitchellreel1.mov
Box 109 Item OHRO050059 (83)
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)
Columbia Pictures.
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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)
Personal Diary, Black Entertainment Television. Interview with Arthur Mitchell. Aired October 19, 1990.
Box 109 Item OHRO050032 (89)
Content does not match original tape label.
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Music by Samuel Barber; Choregraphy by Loyce Houlton.
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Choregraphed by M. Morawski. Danced by Deirdre Eyden and Antony Dowson from the Royal Ballet Company
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This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.
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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.
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This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.
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This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.
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Content is unrelated to the Mitchell or the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
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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
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
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Title on label is "WABC-TV: Arthur Mitchell Interview" but this does not match the content.
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Performed at Lincoln Center.
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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.
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This item was found to be a duplicate of Box 111 Item 14 during digitization. Content was not digitized.
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No barcode on original videocassette box
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Portion of label with performance name is cut off.
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This item was found to be a duplicate of Box 111 Item 26 during digitization. Content was not digitized.
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This item was found to be a duplicate of Box 111 Item 26 during digitization. Content was not digitized.
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Dance Theatre of Harlem Gala Performance, New York State Theater.
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This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.
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Mitchell received an honorary degree in 2002.
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Commercial VHS. Never opened. Arthur Mitchell is included in production.
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Ballet: Rhythmetron; Choregraphy: Arthur Mitchel. Japan 1981.
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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
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Note on box that this is now available in digital format from Alexander Street.
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CH 2 News
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Note on box says "Needs to be transferred- another format"
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During digization, it was discovered that Tape 1 (70A) is a combination of Tapes 2 (70B) and 3 (70C).
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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
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For private use only. Copyright held by George Ballanchine Foundation.
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Mitchell and Violette Verdy. Segment aired-Ruckblonde.
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Note indicates this promo is available online on the project's website.
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Commercial release. Arthur Mitchell plays Frank.
Collection includes a commercial DVD of this title.
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New York. Longer version. Label has a Nations Bank logo on it.
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South African television show. Episode is related to the visit to South Africa by the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
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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.
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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
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Fever/Video Sampler/"Lento, A Tempo e Appassionato"
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English National Ballet, Sadlers Wells.
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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.
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Jeff Satinoff, choreographer.
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Bruce Wells, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
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Milwaukee Ballet. Music: Joan Tower, Choreography: Kathryn Posin.
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With letter from Michael Smuin.
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Circus Polka, Badinage; Shinju; Steps for Two; Variations de Ballet
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8/31/93 Performance. Director: Kenneth Robins Producer: David Haugland. This item has not been digitized.
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WWOR Channel 9 Arsenio Hall Show. This item has not been digitized.
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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)
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Full Moon Over Central Park; Inner Voice; Serenade for Dead Men
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Choreograpy: Eddie Shellman. La Guardia High School.
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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)
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Sarasota Ballet; Chant; Joffrey Workshop; Kathryn Posin
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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
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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)
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Tape property of R. Sprong.
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The USSR Committee for Foreign Tourism: The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre Ballet; A. Kachaturian.
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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)
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Copy #1: 4 Seasons in Bellville, Victorian Interlude, Couples, Cole; includes note from Wayne Soulant
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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"
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Joyce Trisler Danscompany: "Dance for Six" (choreography: Joyce Trisler; music: Antonio Vivaldi); "Four Temperaments" (choreography: Joyce Trisler; music Paul Hindemith)
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Women Song, PBS; "Ravelesque," SFB Workshop
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Floella Benjamin Productions Ltd
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Mayoral Inauguration of Honorable Sharpe James (Newark NJ) NJPAC; includes letter
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Juan Valqui, choreography. Includes note on post-it.
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Includes note
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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)
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Excerpts from Glennies (Sacramento Ballet), BachSlide (Atlanta Ballet), Roseland Pictures (CPYB), Link (Kansas City Ballet), Funf (CPYB)
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Franklin Court, "Golden Mean," "Pandora's Box," "Glazunov Variations," "Da Mummy, Nyet Mummy," "Just One of Those Things"
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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"
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Dancer-Choreographer; Director of Stage and Camera, #1
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Choreography. "Be still… Listen and Know Thyself"
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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.
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Catanch Ballet Theater: Daniel Catanch, Artistic Director. Excerpts From: Mambo, Bless Me Ultima, Of Dust and Bone.
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Dream Lilio and Easton. Wide Shot.
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Promo; Choreographed by Ann Marie De Angelo. See also note and clippings with DVD.
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Choreographed by Ann Marie De Angelo, with note and clippings.
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Rest of label has fallen off the tape.
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Dancer
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Includes letter
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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.
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Homer Bryant- Artistic Director
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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.
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Lincoln Center. Commericial recording.
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This videocassette was found to be blank during digitization.
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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.
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Commercial VHS videocassette
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Includes letter from producer-director Edet Belzberg regarding making a documentary about Mitchell. Commercial VHS videocassette.
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Commercial VHS videocassette.
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Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman; conducted by James Levine
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Commercial VHS videocassette.
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Commercial VHS videocassette.
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Commercial VHS videocassette.
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Cut out from TV Guide indicates this is a discussion from 8 ballerinas about the demands of dancing Giselle.
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Donald Byrd/The Group
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Live from the Kirov Theatre. Commercial VHS videocassette.
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One item is a commericial VHS videocassette.
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Commericial VHS videocassette.
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Commericial VHS videocassette.
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Choreograpy - Pauline Koner, Music- Leon Kirchner. Based on the life of Helen Keller.
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The Floating Outfit Project. Choreography: Boyzie Cekwana.
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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.
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This item was confirmed to be a duplicate of Box 117 Item 1 during digitization.
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Note indicates this is the Master, with introduction by Arthur Mitchell and Laveen Naidu; 35th anniversary.
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Notes on item states "B.B." and "some spots of hesitation w/ picture and sound throughout; no intro by AM"
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With Ballanchine as Don Quixote and Mitchell in the cast.
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White House and Street Festival.
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This is an official recording of DTH. These are excerpts from these works.
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"The Greatest"
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Airdate: June 28, 2006 on PBS. This item was found to be a duplicate of Box 117 Item 9 during digitization.
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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
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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
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Arthur Mitchell, Jacques d'Amboise, Anna Kisselgoff, Merill Ashley, Peter Martins. New York Times. 2 copies.
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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.
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"Sampler 13:40" "Strictly for private viewing only" This is a commercial DVD.
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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.
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From Creative Arts Television Archive. Mitchell was in the cast of one of these works.
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From CBS. Mitchell was in the cast.
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Arthur Mitchell with Allegra Kent. German Broadcast.
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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
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Performances at Hunter College. Artistic Director/Composer: Mossa Bildner.
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Commercial DVD. Arthur Mitchell is included in production.
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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.
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4 copies.
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From WNET/Thirteen. DVD video with iTunes file. DVD is in a commerical case, but DVD itself does not have a commercial label.
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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.
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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.
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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.
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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.
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Public program (panel discussion) at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Includes letter from the library.
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Commercial DVD. Concerto Barocco (1956) Pas de Dix (1957) Agon (1960) The Nutcracker Grand Pas de Dix (1957).
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Commercial DVD.
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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.
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Commercial DVD.
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Commercial DVD.
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Commercial DVD. Arthur Mitchell plays Frank.
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Commercial DVD. Arthur Mitchell was included in this documentary.
Series: Materials about Arthur Mitchell and DTH, 1990s-2019
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Banner sized reproduction of photograph (folded).
Box 126
Banner sized reproduction of photograph (folded).
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.
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Includes Press Releases, Emails, Memos, Articles, Planning and Design documents
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Draft #1 4/25/1968.
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